Series
1 Sub-Series 2: Maggie Jean Chestnut House (Women’s Residence). –
1944-1963.
Scope and Content: This sub-series contains correspondence largely with external individuals, companies and businesses who donated food, furniture, kitchen equipment, etc. to the Women’s Residence. Correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook, utility/maintenance/repair contractors, and students in residence is also included. The material consists of original and copied records in both typescript and manuscript.
Arrangement is chronological.
Scope and Content: This sub-series contains correspondence largely with external individuals, companies and businesses who donated food, furniture, kitchen equipment, etc. to the Women’s Residence. Correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook, utility/maintenance/repair contractors, and students in residence is also included. The material consists of original and copied records in both typescript and manuscript.
Arrangement is chronological.
| Box 1 | |
| File 24 |
1944-1949 (general and financial correspondence) |
| File 25 |
1944-1958 (Lord Beaverbrook/Muriel Baird correspondence) |
| File 26 |
1949-1963 (gift appeals and replies) |
| File 27 |
1950-1956 (general correspondence) |
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