Correspondence with Colin B. Mackay : 1956. 1955 Dec. 4 - 1956 Dec. 26.

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Mackay, Colin B., 1920-. Correspondence with Colin B. Mackay : 1956.

Correspondence with Colin B. Mackay : 1956. 1955 Dec. 4 - 1956 Dec. 26.

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Letters, soundscribers, telegrams, news clippings and memos relating primarily to university affairs. Subjects discussed: death of Sir James Dunn, the memorial service held at UNB and a plaque to be placed in his honor; social activities--Red and Black Revue, Drama Society, first Winter Carnival; sports, etc; finances; federal, provincial and municipal grants; fund raising; administration; appointment of William Ryan as first full-time Dean of Law, Gerard LaForest as Professor of Law and A.F. Trythall as bandmaster and Director of Music; increases to faculty salaries; construction of residences, chemistry building and art gallery; list of names for proposed Board of Governors for the art gallery; Beaverbrook's concern regarding the location of the art gallery re: the flooding waters of the St. John River; transfer of Winslow papers from the N.B. Museum to UNB: progress or lack thereof of Beaverbrook and UNB scholars; (CONTINUES). (CONTINUED) consideration of W.G. Constable, Lt.-Gov. MacLaren of British Columbia, Jean Cocteau, Frank MacKenzie Ross for honorary degrees; transfer of Law School from Saint John to Fredericton approved; Lord Lambton's gift of the Durham papers; Encaenia (1956) and recognition bestowed on Robert B. Woodward; Beaverbrook's gift of 43 paintings to New Brunswick; forestry fellowship; historical note on William Brydone Jack; Mackay's views on the feasibility of a proposed medical school in Saint John; shipment of an Emily Carr and 2 Homer Watson paintings to Fredericton; UNB coat-of-arms; Joseph P. Kennedy establishing the Lord Beaverbrook professorship at University of Notre Dame; redecorating Lady Beaverbrook Building; acquisition of band instruments; possibility of Massachusetts Institute of Technology doing some of their field work in New Brunswick; Beaverbrook's suggestion that UNB obtain a "nuclear library" offered by the U.S. Government; (CONTINUES). (CONTINUED) Beaverbrook's refusal to exhibit Churchill's paintings at the Bonar Law Bennett Library and the transfer of St. Thomas College from Chatham to Fredericton. The file contains a copy of Beaverbrook's original statement launching the residence campaign and his "last round-up" statement.

Correspondence : 211 (236 leaves)

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library