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Letters, soundscribers, telegrams, receipt, news clipping discussing: Colin B. Mackay's appointment as President of UNB; transfer of Starr property to Law School and its official opening in conjunction with fall convocation; construction of memorial students' centre, chemistry building and rink; redecorating Lady Beaverbrook Building including the repair of the chimes; fund raising, provincial grants, scholarships, law faculty salaries and Athlone fellowships and selection of winners; Beaverbrook graduate scholarships in chemistry and progress of recipients; appointment of Dept. of Business Administration head; establishment of Depts. of Agriculture, Architecture and Geology at UNB; visiting lecturers; proposed archives; art exhibition at Bonar Law Bennett Library; affiliation of UNB and Teachers' College; Beaverbrook named honorary Chancellor; centenary anniversary of engineering at UNB; plaque for the Bonar Law Bennett Library; entrance testing at universities; (CONTINUES).
Letters, telegrams and soundscribers discussing: addition to students' centre; progress of construction on residences and art gallery; candidates for position of curator of the gallery; winners of post-graduate scholarships in law; naming of "Aitken House" and "Jones House" and Beaverbrook's suggestion that residences should be named after Premier Flemming and John B. McNair; arrangements for and opening of an exhibition of Sir Winston Churchill's paintings at UNB to be held in the Bonar Law Bennett Library (July 10-14, 1958); appointment of Lieutenant-Governor Leonard O'Brien; planning for a financial campaign to raise 3.2 million dollars for UNB; provincial government contribution to the campaign and Beaverbrook's written appeal for public contributions to the financial drive (for publication in the proposed campaign booklet).
Letters, memos, telegrams and receipt relating mainly to the UNB fund raising campaign for the construction of a men's residence. Subjects discussed: publicity, solicitation of monies from alumni, individuals and corporations; K.C. Irving and John W. McConnell's valuable assistance with the campaign; names of contributors and amount of their donations; Lady Dunn's finances; provincial grants; Band master Tryhall's progress and salary; Fredericton civic election results (1957); general administration of UNB and its routine activities; gift of a flag from UNB for Beaverbrook's yacht and the building of a display case in the Beaverbrook Reading Room of the Bonar Law Bennett Library. The file contains a typed copy of Beaverbrook's original statement launching the residence campaign as well as his "last round-up" statement.
Letters, soundscribers, telegrams, notes and receipts discussing UNB and related affairs: construction of rink, chemistry building, memorial student centre, playing field and art gallery; expansion of Depts. of Engineering and Geology (the latter through a donation by Sir James Dunn); proposed nursing, social work and fine arts programs; possibility of a band being formed; combined arts and law program and possibility of extending this to Mount Allison University; provincial and federal grants, fund raising and scholarships including support from the Carnegie, Rockefeller and Bickell Foundations and the Ford Motor and General Motors Companies; transfer of Somerville House (Fredericton, N.B.) to Beaverbrook; redecoration of Lady Beaverbrook Building; faculty deaths, appointments, salaries, awards, visiting lecturers; art exhibition at Bonar Law Bennett Library; provisions made for storage of Beaverbrook's paintings; (CONTINUES).
Letters, soundscribers and memo discussing UNB matters: creation of John Bassett scholarship in law for Bishop's University and selection process for it; forestry scholarships; transfer of law school to Fredericton; refurbishing of Somerville House (Fredericton, N.B.) to house Faculty of Law; transportation of books, etc. from Beaverbrook House (Saint John, N.B.) to Fredericton; proposed use of Saint John Law School Building as an art gallery; Board of Broadcast Governor's meetings and the setting-up of additional television stations in certain cities; proposed visit of Dr. A.L. Rowse to UNB to deliver three lectures; opening of Goodridge Roberts' (resident artist at UNB) exhibition and the loaning of art gallery paintings to UNB.
(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.
Letters, notes and statements relating primarily to UNB matters. Topics discussed include: Encaenia and Convocation (1960); progress reports on campus construction; Dr. Steeves' gift of books to the library; Beaverbrook's expressed appreciation of Alfred Bailey's service to the library and his wish for this service to be acknowledged by the UNB Senate; Beaverbrook's recommendations that Louise Manny and Etienne Dupuch receive honourary degrees; Beaverbrook's displeasure concerning restoration of the university chapel; suggested payouts from the Beaverbrook-Mackay Fund (established to benefit faculty members suffering from financial strain); the proposed exhibit of visiting artist, Bruno Bobak's paintings at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery (April 1961); and Colin Mackay's visit to Dalhousie University. Financial statements for the Lady Beaverbrook Rink are also included in the file.
(CONTINUED) The file contains reporting letters on other routine university matters as well as Beaverbrook's response to them; an invitation to the President's Dinner (May, 1959) and the background note on the pageant, "Soldiers of the Queen" performed May 1959. In addition there is discussion of the construction and opening of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and of a plan to establish a John Bassett Scholarship at Bishop's University.
(CONTINUES) note on Maxwell MacLaggan and Industrial Acceptance Corporation; travelling fellowships for faculty; Kellogg Foundation grant toward establishment of school of nursing; opening of Aitken House and new Chemistry Building and proposed Churchill exhibition. The file contains lists of donors to the building fund and notes regarding UNB sports and social activities and the progress of Beaverbrook scholars.
Correspondence concerning: the Chatham Post Office property being considered for purchase; Beaverbrook's school reports missing; Tweedie's analysis of the federal election results; scholarships (the views of Beaverbrook, Tweedie, Sheila Elton, Colin Mackay, Alfred Bailey); Beaverbrook Art Gallery (construction progress, the effect of a Saint John River flood; Maritime Art Exhibition postponed; paintings available; curator candidates); the offer of an archival collection from Durant Brown; a proposed site for a new Archives building.