Correspondence with Miss Louise Manny : Books, 1955. 1955 Oct. 7 - Dec. 5.

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Correspondence with Miss Louise Manny : Books, 1955. 1955 Oct. 7 - Dec. 5.

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Letters and memos related to: the attempted acquisition of Peter Mitchell papers; progress respecting the Enclosure and Old Manse Library projects; acquisition of books and "frying pan" clock for the library; Lord Beaverbrook's desire to have a home on the Miramichi and Manny's investigative reports on possible suitable properties and derivation of the term "skedaddle." There is a brief note on the steamer "Andover" and the folk-song concerning it. The file contains lists of epitaphs {82969-82975} from Miramichi graveyards including The Enclosure--Donald Munro, William Martin, Mary Anne Martin, Stiphen Estes, Nelly Reid, William Davidson; St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (Chatham)--James Millar and Mary Hay; Moorfields (Millbank)--John Taylor, Isabella Taylor, William Gray, Ellen Gillis (Taylor), James Roy, Mary Magdlen Grive, Margery England, Helen Newlands (Barclay); Bartibogue (St. Peter and St. Paul's Church)--Margaret Inglis, James Inglis, Janet Murdoch, James Innes and Isabel.

Correspondence : 20 (29 leaves)

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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Old Manse Library (Newcastle, N.B.)

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Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964

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Virginia Taylor McCormick (1873-1957), of Norfolk, Virginia was a poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and the editor of The Lyric, 1921-1929. From the guide to the Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1887-1953., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...

Manny, Louise

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Louise Manny, 1890-1970, provided Beaverbrook's ongoing contact with his native Newcastle. Their correspondence spans from 1946 to his death in 1964. Beaverbrook supported her in her historical research on the Miramichi, her folk song collecting, and her work in the development of the historic burial ground at Wilson's (Beaubair's) Point into a park named The Enclosure. In the early 1950s he appointed her in charge of the Old Manse Library, his boyhood home, where she continued until her death. ...

Duval, Paul, 1922-....

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