Correspondence with R.A. Tweedie : 1958-1959. 1958 Apr. 9 - 1959 May 3; (predominant 1958 July - 1959 Mar.)

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Tweedie, Robert A. (Robert Allison), 1908-1989. Correspondence with R.A. Tweedie : 1958-1959.

Correspondence with R.A. Tweedie : 1958-1959. 1958 Apr. 9 - 1959 May 3; (predominant 1958 July - 1959 Mar.)

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Letters, soundscribers, telegrams, invoices, minutes, reports, statements and memos discussing: construction of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery including lighting problems and the ensuing dispute with Neil Stewart over them; legal opinion regarding an architect's responsibility to his client; payments made to Diamond Construction and Modern Construction for work completed at the gallery and The Square (Newcastle, N.B.) respectively; Harry Ludford's hiring as caretaker; John Steegman's gallery survey and report; purchase of furnishings, etc.; paintings acquired, shipped and hung; finances; art catalogue; Russell Harper and others considered for curator's position; electrical costs; Art Gallery Trust; appointments to the Board of Governors; gifts of paintings from James Boylen, Olive Hosmer and Margaret Mae Atkinson and a silver pill box from Lord Rosebery. Mentioned are repairs to and lighting for The Square; purchase of a wedding gift for Althea and Beverley Macaulay; (CONTINUES). (CONTINUED) presentation of colours to the 1st and 2nd Battalions, Royal New Brunswick Regiment; repairs to Somerville House (Fredericton, N.B.); dedication of bells at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (Fredericton, N.B.); setting up of Lord Beaverbrook's Birthday Fund by those who benefitted from his generosity; Sinclair Rink (Newcastle, N.B.) and Chatham Curling Club; Sinclair Healy being considered for a post at UNB; a Beaverbrook Scholarship set up at Bishop's University in memory of John Bassett; Beatrice Wood's gift of a watch that once belonged to Robert Falcomer; colours for the Royal Canadian Air Cadets; teachers' tour and Beatrice MacNaughton's comments; search for journalist Medill's birthplace and books for Notre Dame High School (Dalhousie, N.B.). The file contains photographs of paintings and sculptures, a copy of a letter to Rev. E. MacLeod from S.L. Tilley dated May 20, 1864, a sketch relating to The Square and a brochure on William Etty.

Correspondence : 312 (356 leaves)

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library