Correspondence with Miss Louise Manny : 1957. 1957 Apr. 2 - Dec. 28.

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Correspondence with Miss Louise Manny : 1957. 1957 Apr. 2 - Dec. 28.

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Letters, memos and soundscribers concerning Miramichi matters: Lord Beaverbrook's interest in possibly acquiring the Andrew Brown Estate papers which contain original land grants leases, agreements and other documents relating to the history of Northumberland County from 1820-1920; shipment of books and supplies to the Old Manse Library; reports on its operation; request for books written by Grace Livingston Hill and those for high school children; search for Peter Mitchell memorbilia; price list of Haviland (Limoges) China; acquisition of furniture and financial support offered to John Wright (medicine). Manny supplies a detailed summary of the papers contents.

Correspondence : 46 (50 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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Brown, Andrew J.

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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. ...