SERIES 4 1941-1945
Box 1 1941 A-F
File 1 A (1941)
- Central Advisory Committee on Education in the Maritime Provinces
and Newfoundland, minutes
- Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium, construction
- Proposed establishment of a blood processing center for the
provinces at UNB
File 2 B (1941)
- N.A.M. MacKenzie to Bailey re tentative arrangements for Bailey to
replace him on the Social Science and Research Council, and
attendance at the Carnegie Conference on Canadian American relations
- N.A.M. MacKenzie to Lord Beaverbrook, thanking him for providing the
Lady Beaverbrook's Building residence and the Lady Beaverbrook
gymnasium, and explaining to what use they are being put
- Lord Beaverbrook sends a message to the young men of the Province of
New Brunswick
- N.A.M. MacKenzie to Rt. Hon. Viscount Bennett
- Alex Bell sends an article "The Work of a London Emergency Blood
Supply Depot" by O.M. Solandt
- The British Council Scholarships for Women Graduates from the
Overseas Dominions, ... these awards to male students cancelled
during the period of hostilities and substituted by the award of
scholarships to women
- W.H. Brittain, MacDonald College, sends information on Canadian Farm
Problems, in the matter of Rural Extension Work
- N.A.M. MacKenzie notifies G.P. Burchill that UNB would like to
confer an Honorary Degree of Science upon him
File 3 C (1941)
- Canada Law Book Company - UNB Law School gets its first subscription
to the Dominion Law Reports
- Canadian Federation of University Women sends "a copy of the little
register of Canadian women prepared to undertake advanced teaching
this autumn ..."
- The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League engages
N.A.M. MacKenzie for speaking engagements in two U.S. cities
- Canadian Legion War Services, Inc., Educational Services - minutes
from a meeting of the Representatives of Universities
- Carnegie Corporation - Canadian members of the Central Advisory
Committee on Education in the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland
submit resolutions and recommendations to the Government of Canada
- Letters received from Departments of Federal Government in response
- Carnegie Endowment For International Peace - correspondence re
formation of an International Relations Club at UNB, and a
collection of books on International Relations to be donated to UNB
- Common Examining Board of the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland,
minutes - [Oswald S. Crocket, Supreme Court of Canada: "... I may say that if
all the members of the Honorary Degrees Committee agreed to the
conferring of the proposed degrees indicated, I should not like to
interpose any objection, though I should never have thought myself
of conferring the highest degree in the gift of the university upon
a husband and wife at the same time unless there were very special
reasons why the wife should be included"]
File 4 D-F (1941)
- Demobilization and Rehabilitation General Advisory Committee
correspondence, including the "Post-Discharge Re-Establishment
Order"; submissions made for that order; and a statement made by Ian
MacKenzie, Minister of Pensions & National Health on the same topic
- Canadian Council of Education for Citizenship, report of progress
- City of Fredericton acquires property known as the O'Dell woodlot,
N.A.M. MacKenzie suggests that consideration be given to the idea of
making the entire area a game refuge
Box 2 1941 G-L
File 1 G (1941)
- Susan B. Ganong invites President MacKenzie to address the
graduation class at [Netherwood] in Rothesay; accepts invitation to
Founders' Day Celebration at which her brother, Dr. William Francis
Ganong, will be honored
- Faculty of Law sends names of students eligible to receive degrees
at Encaenia; accreditation of courses taken at other law schools;
the merits of a thesis submitted by W. Bloomfield Jordan in support
of his application for a D.C.L. degree
- A.B. Gilbert contributes $30 for a prize for English in First Year
- C.W. Gilchrist, Dept. of National Defence, requests use of the UNB
gymnasium for Army basketball teams and tournament
- J. Kenneth Gillies, of Alward & Gillies, Architects, corresponds re
Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium
- Katherine Whetham (Artists' Representative) arranges a recital at
UNB for distinguished English Baritone, John Goss
- Doris Flieger, Secretary of the Senior Class expresses the hope that
UNB will purchase 20 gowns a year to be used for the Encaenial
Exercises, because "the wearing of gowns to classes has almost
disappeared at UNB" and they are becoming increasingly difficult to
borrow
File 2 H-J (1941)
- Speech on the history of Harkins Academy [Dr. R. Nicholson]
- Katherine Whetham arranges recital for the Hart House String Quartet
- Arthur A. Hauck, President, University of Maine, corresponds re
Conference of Presidents of the Colleges and Universities of the
Maritime Provinces and Maine. Sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation
- Constance Hayward, Canadian National Committee on Refugees sends a
memorandum re Young Refugees (students) Interned in Canada
- Lester G. Hoar solicits funds from Beaverbrook scholars in order to
put a plaque in his honour in the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium
- T. Hoffer writes that the Hebrew Congregation of Fredericton will
continue its scholarship
- Artist Jack W. Humphrey sends some of his work to UNB
- Nigerian student Okechuwu Ikejiani writes re his desire to complete
a medical degree so he may help his people; sends information re The
African Students' Association
- F. Cyril James, Principal, McGill University, re various university
matters; the Committee on Demobilization and Re-Establishment's
announcement of the Mayhew Essay Prize
- Marsh Jeanneret, of the Copp Clark Co., re a dispute between UNB's
Science Club and Fredericton book-seller, Mr. Hall.
File 3 K-L (1941)
- Prof. Burton Keirstead corresponds from Dalhousie University re the
uncertainty of the duration of his leave of absence from UNB.
Funding from the Rockefellar Foundation for the War Project on which
he is working is uncertain. Also, sends information on proposed
training in social work from graduates of Maritime universities
- Fraser S. Keith reports on scholarships awarded to UNB by the
Leonard Foundation
- Correspondence re a tribute to Dr. Keppel of the Carnegie Foundation
- Dr. Leopold Kohr, re a lecture in Fredericton by His Imperial
Highness, Archduke Otto of Austria
- Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel, Dept. of Labour re
possibility of accelerating courses in Engineering; postponement of
service for students and members of the University staffs
- R.J. Love, Principal, Bathurst High School, re the matter of
permanent licenses for teachers, and how it affects the university,
particularly the summer school
Box 3 1941 Mc-R
File 1 Mc-M (1941)
- Laura McCain of Florenceville re her son Robert's academic
performance
- Correspondence with A.S. McFarlane, Chief Superintendent of
Education re a petition by Education students to be granted a
Temporary Grammar School Teacher's license
- Hon. Colonel Murray MacLaren congratulates President MacKenzie on
the Honorary Degree (LLD) conferred upon him by Mount Allison
University
- Randall R. MacLean sends information about the Lord Beaverbrook
Hurricane Fund in Alberta
- Correspondence with Premier John B. McNair re new pension scheme for
UNB staff
- Fred Magee corresponds re establishment of scholarships in support
of French language training
- Notes on the Conference of Presidents of Colleges and Universities
of the Maritime Provinces and Maine
- R.A. Murray re manufacture of semi-concentrated food to be used by
Canadian and British soldiers and the people of Britain (during the
war)
File 2 N (1941)
- Dept. of National Defence re recruiting campaign; lecture series at
Camp Sussex for the entertainment of the men in the forces; training
of radio technicians; use of Lady Beaverbrook's Building by Dept. of
Defence; enlistment of radio mechanics; University Air Training
Plan; Information Relative to Entry into Royal Canadian Air Force;
Appointment of Officers, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps; Women
Wireless Operators; Military Training of University Personnel; Royal
Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
- C.J. MacKenzie, National Research Council, re codes and cipher
experts; scholarship awards made by the National Research Council;
establishment of Commonwealth Fund Fellowship; Rockefeller
Foundation fund to aid travel in the United States by Canadian
scientists; importation into Canada of photostats of scientific
articles taken from publications of enemy origin on file in the
United States
- S.R. Noble, Royal Bank of Canada, re Endowment Fund
File 3 O-R (1941)
- Count Henry Degenfeld, on behalf of His Imperial Highness Archduke
Otto of Austria, refuses UNB's invitation to visit
- Dr. Lorne Pierce informs President MacKenzie of the history of Bliss
Carman's estate, its present state of affairs, and a trust fund will
be established under UNB known as the Bliss Carman Memorial Fund
- (2) letters to Sir Charles G.D. Roberts from President MacKenzie
- Howard P. Robinson corresponds about various matters, including,
formal opening of the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium (none); his ill
health; Sir Frederick-Williams Taylor's donation of an Athletics
Medal; Honorary Degrees for Howard P. Robinson, Sir James Dunn and
Mr. Turnbull; wording for the bronze tablet in honour of Lord
Beaverbrook to be placed in Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium
Box 4 1941 S-Z
File 1 S (1941)
- President MacKenzie to Prof. Frank Scott re the necessity of an
International Law section in the Institute of International Affairs
- Terry Sheard, Dept. of National Defence for Air re setting up Air
Training Units in the Universities
- S. Dow Simmons, Secretary, Lord Beaverbrook Scholarship Trust, re
Beaverbrook scholars
- Dominion Bureau of Statistics requests information about the
contribution of the universities and colleges to the war effort
File 2 T (1941)
- Lady Tait forwards the gown and cap belonging to her late husband,
Sir Thomas Tait, to UNB
- George J. Trueman, President, Mount Allison University re Honorary
Degree being conferred on President MacKenzie; plans for summer
schools; obligations to airmen at the universities; Mount Allison's
men's residence destroyed by fire
File 3 U (1941)
- Edgar P. Dean's memorandum on Canadian war problems and the role of
the United States
- Fourth Annual Report on the works in Public Administration and the
activities of the Institute of Public Affairs (Dalhousie University)
- Correspondence re the Maritime School of Social Work, including
Burton Keirstead's impressions after attending a meeting of the
Board of Trustees; [Constitution] of the Board of Trustees; Act of
Incorporation
- Lander MacClintock, Indiana University, writes re the possibility
between Canadian and American staffs
- Dr. Ursilla N. Macdonnell, University of Manitoba's Dean of Women,
requests information about Canadian (UNB) women available for full-
time university teaching, adding, "From your calendar I gather that
you have no woman on your teaching staff"
- Memo re the training of radio technicians
- Notes re establishment of a Founders' Day at UNB
- President's Report on the educational condition of the University of
New Brunswick for the academic year 1939-1940
- Agreement (contract) between Canadian Pacific Railway Company and
UNB re pipe line across right of way for the UNB
- Programs for Queen's University Centenary, Convocation, Service of
Thanksgiving and Remembrance and Academic Procession
- Program for 175th Anniversary of the Founding of Rutgers University
as Queen's College
File 4 V-Z (1941)
- Arthur T. Vanderbilt asks advice and seeks feedback on matters of
concern to both the legal profession and the public re legal
education
- J.C. Webster and Alice Webster accept Honorary Degrees - being
conferred on husband and wife
- Frederick Williams-Taylor questions whether he should continue to
send a message with the medal he donates for UNB athletics
- J.J. Fraser Winslow re improvement of the approaches to the
University of New Brunswick, and to the university grounds
Box 5 1942 A
File 1 A (1942)
- Central Advisory Committee on Education in the Maritime Provinces
and Newfoundland minutes
- Memo from Military Headquarters in Saint John re special military
courses at universities
- Anglo-American-Hellenic Bureau of Education, re the plight of
university students in Nazi-occupied Greece
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes arrangements with UNB to co-
operate in efforts to air a live talk by Lord Beaverbrook
- Hans Bardach writes from the Refugee Camp in Sherbrooke, Quebec,
attempting to arrange for university studies; F.C. Blair, Dept. of
Mines and Resources gives further information of Hans Bardach's
status. Representative of the type of correspondence received from
various refugees
- Memorandum on teaching citizenship in Canada
- Informal Conference of Educational Authorities, minutes
- C.H. Blakeny, Minister of Education re various matters including
financial aid to deserving students
- The British Council, Scholarships for Women Graduates from the
Overseas Dominion send new information
File 2 B (1942)
- Kenneth A. Baird re progress of his son, Gordon's class in
mathematics
- J. Diener re sponsorship for refugee Hans Bardach
- Hans Bardach re his sponsorship and eventual release from the
refugee camp at Sherbrooke, Quebec
- Chief Justice J.B.M. Baxter re his son John's enrollment at UNB;
lecturers for the Faculty of Law
- President MacKenzie to Hugh Whitney Morrison re CBC coverage of a
broadcast by Lord Beaverbrook
- President MacKenzie to Hon. Viscount Bennett re a photograph; an
Honorary Degree; the war; Founders' Day celebration
- Dick M.W. Black re his work on the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium
- Memorandum on Teaching of Citizenship in Canada
- Informal Conference of Educational Authorities (1940), minutes
- C.H. Blakeny, Minister of Education, re a plan of financial
assistance to deserving students who wish to attend universities
- President MacKenzie to Mr. Bowman re correspondent Austin F. Cross's
article in the Evening Citizen, harshly criticizing UNB and the
Maritimes
- The British Council re scholarships for Women Gradustes from the
Overseas Dominions; the inability of Mrs. Thompson to accept her
scholarship
- I.M.R. Maclennan, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom re
Okechukwu Ikejiani
File 3 C-D (1942)
- J. Frank Caine, Joint Legislative Committee of Railway Brotherhoods,
sends a report
- J.M. Cameron, District Medical Health Officer sends a report on
Tuberculosis Survey held at UNB in 1941
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation expresses regret that Lord
Beaverbrook will be unable to address UNB on Founder's Day
- Carnegie Corporation sends report and statement of expenses related
to the presentation of a book to Dr. Keppel on the occasion of his
retirement as President of the Carnegie Corporation
- A.N. Carter responds to Norman A.M. MacKenzie's complaint about the
language used by the Court of Revision in the matter of deciding a
case concerning artist Jack Humphrey
- Central Advisory Committee on Education in the Maritime Provinces
and Newfoundland, minutes
- [Marie Jo Duffie gives various reasons why she requests being
excused from P.T., concluding, "... However, none of these
overshadows the main reason; namely, the fact that I detest putting
on a gym suit ..."!]
File 4 E-H (1942)
- The Engineering Institute of Canada again sends $25 for an
engineering prize, as well as the criteria the candidate must meet
- Samuel B. Epie, a Nigerian student writes to President MacKenzie
seeking aid, desiring to pursue "higher studies." President
MacKenzie explains there is little he can do to help and refers him
to Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, who is "a member of Howard University, one
of the negro Universities in the U.S.A."
- Col. R.B. Maxwell, of the War Office in London requests President
MacKenzie's help in recruiting men for service with The Royal
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and sends particulars on this
new corp
- Nellie T. FitzRandolph offers the Times History of the Great War to
the library, and an oil painting in memory of her late husband, both
of which the University Senate gratefully accepts
- Canadian Forestry Association, Maritime section sends a memorandum
re the UNB Forest; J. Miles Gibson supplements this with further
comments
- New Brunswick International Paper Company re forest fire protection
- G.H. Prince, Deputy Minister of Lands and Mines for N.B. sends
correspondence and memorandums dealing with forest management issues
- A handwritten speech, apparently by President MacKenzie, given at a
conference called by the Hon. F.W. Pirie, Minister of Lands and
Mines and attended by members of the New Brunswick section of the
Canadian Forestry Association
- Agnes S. Foster sends $100 to be awarded to the Fredericton High
School student who makes the highest marks in the freshman year
- A.D. Ganong hopes to attend the Founders' Day tribute to those in
the history of UNB who have contributed to its reputation and to its
physical assets. Dr. William Francis Ganong, who died within the
past twelve months, was to be honoured at this tribute
- Susan B. Ganong writes re a scholarship for deserving science
students; beautification of the university grounds
- J. Miles Gibson is notified that an Honorary Degree will be
conferred upon him at Encaenia
- Information, including extracts from the minutes of the Senate re
establishment of an extension forestry service in connection with
the Forest School of the University
- R.B. Hanson, [Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons],
sends President MacKenzie a copy of the Report of the Round Table on
Canadian Policy, and asks for comments
- Jack Humphrey (N.B. artist) corresponds with President MacKenzie re
the Summer Art School Folder. Apparently, Humphrey raised objection
to the placing of artist Miller Brittain's name before his own
- Also, a copy of the rather scathing decision handed down by the N.B.
Court of Revision re Jack Humphrey's tax appeal
Box 2 1942 I-Mc
File 1 I-K (1942)
- Okechukwa Ikejiani corresponds with President MacKenzie re the
difficulties he has met as a Nigerian student pursuing university
education in North America; including regulations by the Governor of
Nigeria for the Control of Funds for Nigerian Students in the U.S.
- F. Cyril James, Principal & Vice-Chancellor of McGill University
corresponds about various matters, including (Quebec) Youth Training
Plan Scholarships
- Saul Hoffer, Jewish Community in Fredericton, sends a cheque for $50
to be used as scholarship money
- B.S. Keirstead, C.W. Argue, E. McCourt send a report of a committee
appointed to inquire into the requirement for an Honours Degree
- B.S. Keirstead offers his resignation due to an appointment to
McGill University
File 2 L (1942)
- Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, Minister of Labour (Canada) re the work and
function of the Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel, which has
developed a number of services for universities and especially those
students enroled in faculties of engineering and science
- R.F. Thompson, Supervisor of Training, Dept. of Labour (Canada) re
government assistance to students in medicine, engineering and
science
- L.E. Westman, Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel corresponds re
camp training (summer); women in science; registration upon
graduation from forestry, sciences and engineering
- Mr. Fennell, Secretary of the National Conference of Canadian
Universities, forwards a letter from E.M. Little, Director of
National Selective Service, which suggests that each college and
university send its recommendations re appointments to the proposed
Selective Service Boards. President MacKenzie responds
- Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel, minutes
- Andrew Moore, Director of Canadian Legion War Services, Inc.
Educational Services, re credit for Canadian Legion correspondence
courses
File 3 Mc (1942)
- Correspondence from and about George A. McAllister, including his
law school record; a letter of recommendation from President
MacKenzie to Bora Laskin; McAllister's refusal of a temporary
teaching position in Economics and Political Science
- Allan McBeath suggests that UNB begin keeping official records of
graduate work
- Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald, High Commissioner for the United
Kingdom, sends a memorandum re University education of boys and
girls evacuated from the United Kingdom to Canada since the
beginning of the war
- A.S. McFarlane, Chief Superintendent of Education, sends minutes
from a meeting of the Board of Education, Inspectorial Districts;
President MacKenzie's suggested application form for university
students
- Colin B. Mackay expresses regret at having missed Encaenia
- [Katie] Mackay writes that the windows for Memorial Hall in honor of
her father and Dr. Bridges will be completed at an early date;
requests invitations for the Founders' Day celebration at which the
unveiling will take place
- Ross McLean, National Film Board, suggests a means of offering
apprenticeships in order to train film personnel in Canada
- John A. McPhail, Great Lakes Power Company, Limited expresses his
pleasure at his recent visit to UNB while in the company of Sir
James Dunn (who received an Honorary Degree)
- Canadian War Orders and Regulations, Extract, in booklet form (7
parts)
Box 7 1942 M-P
File 1 M (1942)
- President MacKenzie replies to George C. Maddox's inquiry about
government loans (maximum amount of $300 to good students in Science
and Applied Science, Medicine and Dentistry)
- President MacKenzie corresponds with John Marshall, Rockefeller
Foundation, about a project for Bailey
- President MacKenzie writes to the Controller of Construction, Dept.
of Munitions and Supply re construction of a reservoir near UNB
- Dept. of Munitions and Supply writes to Prof. A.F. Baird re priority
assistance to UNB to obtain equipment and supplies; President
MacKenzie's explanation of why new equipment is needed
File 2 M-N (1942)
- President MacKenzie to Colonel E.J. Mooney, file folder was labelled
1942 Notice of Call, etc. National War Services - Mobilization
Section
- Board of the New Brunswick Museum, Annual Meeting, minutes
- Dept. of National Defence corresponds re training of women for
Wireless Operators; President MacKenzie's lecture to officers in
Debert, N.S. on the situation in the "Far East"; facilities at UNB
for radio technician training; Royal Canadian Naval College;
exemption of certain university students from military training
- National Research Council Regulations governing bursaries,
studentships and fellowships
File 3 O-P (1942)
- Correspondence with Grattan O'Leary and C.A. Bowman of the Ottawa
Citizen re article written by Mr. Cross, harshly criticizing UNB; an
interesting article entitled "The Navy Keeps the Sea", recounting
war experiences of some of the officers of the H.M.S. Highlander
(British destroyer)
- Fletcher Peacock, Dept. of Education, re Dept. of Education Council,
minutes (two separate meetings); student aid; scholarships offered
by Colorado School of Mines
- President MacKenzie corresponds with Dr. Lorne Pierce, editor of
Ryerson Press re various matters, including a scholarship in memory
of Bliss Carman; Canadian Authors' Association; donation to King's
College of a number of letters of Bliss Carman; transfer of the
Bliss Carman estate to UNB
- The Kosciuszko Foundation for Memorial Scholarships and the
Promotion of Intellectual and Cultural Relations between Poland and
the United States re Copernican Quadricentennial; the closing of the
University of Krakow, the alma mater of Copernicus due to the
invasion of Poland
- Margaret Pringle, The New Brunswick Association of Nurses, states,
"The general feeling of those connected with the schools of Nursing
in New Brunswick is that we are not yet ready to make any connection
with the University ... although all were very much pleased that
your interest was so genuine and sympathetic"
Box 8 1942 R-Z
File 1 R (1942)
- Canadian Red Cross Society re formation of a Red Cross Corps by
women undergraduates
- Howard P. Robinson corresponds with President MacKenzie re Founders'
Day Celebration; an Honorary Degree for Sir James Dunn; a visit with
Lord Beaverbrook; appropriate academic dress for receipt of an
Honorary Degree from Mount Allison; Beaverbrook Gymnasium; an attack
on Austin F. Cross for his harsh criticism of the Maritimes and UNB;
an offer to pay artist Jack Humphrey's tax bill in order to avoid
further trouble with government officials ("I have had so much
trouble with government officials that I have given up combating
their Hitleresque mentality."); President MacKenzie's response; Lord
Beaverbrook offers an oil painting of his son, Max Aitken
- John Marshall, Rockefellar Foundation, re a visit to Halifax;
choosing a UNB representative to attend the conference on the
Eastern Maritime region
- Royal Canadian Air Force requests the name of a man to act as
Command Officer of the University Air Training Corps at UNB
- Dept. of National Defence for Air advises the discontinuance of
further enlistment and training of radio technicians
File 2 S (1942)
- Further correspondence from President MacKenzie re African student
Okechuwu Ikejiani
- Medley Scovil writes re his son, Alex Scovil, attending UNB
- President MacKenzie sends a letter to the Lord Beaverbrook
Scholarship Trust supporting the application of Harry McCleave, who
is the son of acting librarian, Mrs. ? Thompson
- Sir George Williams College invites President MacKenzie to address
its graduating class
- Saint Vincent's Convent (Saint John, N.B.) Sisters make plans to
pursue Masters Degrees
- Correspondence with President Sidney Smith, University of Manitoba,
re Canadian Universities Conference and various sub-committees
- W.A. Squires, New Brunswick Museum, notifies President MacKenzie
that he has been elected second Vice-President of the Board of the
New Brunswick Museum
- Carleton Stanley, President of Dalhousie University corresponds re
various matters including correspondence with several university
Presidents, and a suspected conspiracy
- Saskatchewan Dept. of Education sends information about student aid
for students of that province
- European Student Relief Fund requests the use of certain books for
men at the International Camp in Fredericton
File 3 T (1942)
- Y. Takahashi writes from the Farm Service Camp, saying, "Through the
International Students' Council I have received word that your
university is accepting Canadian-Japanese students in limited
numbers." President MacKenzie explains that it would be impossible
for UNB to meet his needs in this matter
- F.J. Toole, Prof. of Chemistry, requests a part-time assistant to
help him in his work
- President George J. Trueman, Mount Allison University, corresponds
re various matters
- W.R. Turnbull accepts an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science honoris
causa)
File 4 U (1942)
- Dept. of National Defence Air Services, University Air Training
Corps, Policy
- Prof. K.R.R. Sastry, Reader Law Dept., Allababad, India requests
President MacKenzie's assistance in the publication of his
international law book
- Sidny Smith, President of National Conference of Canadian
Universities, sends correspondence relating to the centennial
celebrations of the University of Chile. Desirability of promoting
good relations with South America necessitates Canadian
representatives at the celebrations
- The City College (The College of the City of New York) acknowledges
that Mr. Donald Marsh of Barnard College, N.Y. will represent UNB at
the inauguration of Dr. Harry Noble Wright as President of City
College
- UNB sends its congratulations to Colgate University upon its
installation of Everett Needham Case as President
- Dalhousie University sends copies of its Application for Admission
to the Faculty of Medicine
- McGill University Faculty of Medicine requests information about
Okechukwu Ikejiani, who has applied there for admission
- Sidney Smith, President of the National Conference of Canadian
Universities sends correspondence re the appointment of one
representative to C.N.E.A. (Canada and Newfoundland Education
Association) to act as liaison officer between that Committee and
National Conference
- A. Emerson Warren, McMaster University, inquires about the
desirability of a Central Film Library
- Commission of Government, Newfoundland, Dept. of Education requests
information about the annual salaries paid to the Heads of
Departments
- Mount Allison University Vesper Service invites President MacKenzie
to address them
- Statement from President MacKenzie re UNB co-operating with the
Provincial Departments of Agriculture and Health in the erection of
a small laboratory on University property
- Minister of National Defence to Dr. H.J. Cody, President, University
of Toronto, re proposals submitted on behalf of the Officers
Commanding, Canadian Officers' Training Corps
- Memorandum for the Minister of National Defence, Air, re the
University Air Training Plan, submitted by certain universities in
conference at University of Toronto on April 20th, 1942
- President MacKenzie responds to articles in The Brunswickan re
military training of university students
- Summer school 1942, Financial Statement
- University of Oklahoma announces the establishment of the University
College
- President MacKenzie sends official congratulations to the Catholic
University of Peru upon the occasion of the celebration of its 25th
anniversary - Queen's University Prof. D.S. Eillis writes re difficulties in
obtaining material and equipment necessary for engineering and
science classes; Frank Knox, Dept. of Economics and Political
Science, sends information on the appointment of assistants
- W. Sherwood Fox, President, University of Western Ontario, sends
information re the grant made by the Carnegie Corporation of New
York to Western, saying, "Since your university has the opportunity
of profiting by this benefaction I hasten to lay before you more
particulars concerning it than could appropriately be given to the
general public"
- Trois-Pistoles (Quebec), application for English immersion program
offered at University of Western Ontario
File 5 V-Z (1942)
- A.S. Walker, President, University of King's College, writes on the
subject of the Bliss Carman letters donated to King's College by Dr.
Morse, of which UNB requested a photostatic copy
- C.H. Herbert, The Wartime Prices and Trade Board, sends literature
designed to stimulate and organize programmes of Popular Economic
Education in war-time economic problems in general, and in problems
of price control in particular
- British Association for the Advancement of Science, Post-War
University Education, Interim Report
- "The Fundy Fisherman" (newspaper) article entitled "UNB's
Contribution to the War Effort is Great - President, Professors and
Students All Doing Excellent Work - Fine Buildings and Good
Equipment Available"
- Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel requests information with
respect to university undergraduates in engineering and science
- C.H. Blakeny, Minister of Education, sends a draft memorandum and
other correspondence related to an order of the Wartime Prices and
Trade Board with respect to the sale of books of a literary nature;
asks President MacKenzie to endorse the proposed plan to lift
restrictions on these books; Wartime Prices and Trade Board responds
in the negative
- J.C. Webster corresponds with President MacKenzie re Founder's Day
talk about Dr. Ganong
- Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel writes re deferment of Dr.
Allen S. West's compulsory military training
- F.H. Wetmore, re potential entry of vocational students into
university
- Katherine Whetham inquires about the possibility of establishing a
University Musical or Fine Arts Club
- Senator Cairine R. Wilson asks President MacKenzie to attempt to
accommodate refugee Dr. H.W. Lissmann; President agrees that Dr.
Lissmann may pursue graduate studies at UNB provided that he has a
sponsor
Box 9 1943 A-L
File 1 A-C (1943)
- K.A. Baird re "the probabilities of scrap wood as a source of fuel
for internal combustion engines
- Wm. McL. Barker expresses appreciation to UNB for offering him an
Honorary Degree
- John B.M. Baxter, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of N.B., re his son's
academics
- Lord Beaverbrook corresponds re a portrait of his son, Wing
Commander The Honourable Max Aitken, D.S.O., D.F.C., to be hung in
the Lady Beaverbrook Residence
- Reply to Viscount Bennett about his suggestion that he give $5,000
to assist the students at UNB
- C.H. Blakeny inquires about the cost of the UNB Gymnasium Building,
Equipment and Swimming Pool ($200,000); Beaverbrook Residence
($250,000)
- K.M. Cameron, Committee on Reconstruction, endeavours "to ascertain
from Canadian Universities a picture of their planned building
construction proposed for the postwar period." President MacKenzie
replies
- Carnegie Corporation Trustees announce the death of former President
Frederick Paul Keppel
- Central Advisory Committee Education proposed agenda
- Common Examining Board of the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland,
minutes
File 2 D-H (1943)
- President MacKenzie writes to Dr. Stephen Duggan, Institute of
International Education, about Mr. Ikejiani
- The Engineering Institute of Canada sends a cheque for $25 which
represents the thirteenth award of The Engineering Institute of
Canada's student prize; rules governing award of institute prize; a
report and a proposed syllabus suggested by the Institute's
Committee on Industrial Relations
- Lilian M. Maxwell, President of the UNB Alumnae, writes re Miss
Frances Fisher, her unmarked gravesite, and the fact that UNB was
the primary beneficiary under Miss Fisher's will
- Mrs. B.C. Foster sends $100 for the B.C. Foster Memorial Scholarship
- A.D. Ganong, Ganong Bros. Limited, re the importance of forests in
the economic life in New Brunswick
- Miss Susan Ganong accepts the conferral of an Honorary Degree of
Doctor of Laws
- J. Miles Gibson sends a report on a trip to Quebec to attend the
annual meeting of the Association of Forest Engineers of the
Province of Quebec
- Rev. W.S. Godfrey, United Church of Canada, re the alarming shortage
of Ministers in the pulpits of the United Church in the Maritimes,
and the possibility of encouraging UNB students in that direction
- President MacKenzie thanks W.E. Ecclestone, Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Co. Ltd. (Saint John) for sending $1,000 to UNB
- President MacKenzie sends a note on the activities of UNB to Berton
E. Robinson of the Halifax Chronicle
- President MacKenzie acknowledges E.B. Harley's Royal Trust Co.,
letter re the estate of Colonel MacLaren
- W.H. Harrison writes re Leon Loggie, a deserving applicant who was
refused a Beaverbrook Scholarship
- Arthur A. Hauck, President, University of Maine, accepts an Honorary
Degree of Doctor of Laws from UNB
- Malcolm MacDonald, Office of the High Commissioner for the United
Kingdom, sends memoranda re University Education of Boys and Girls
Evacuated from the United Kingdom since the Beginning of the War
- William S. Hoar, University of Toronto, writes re the launching of
a nutritional program in N.B.; its funding by the Rockefeller
Foundation; mentions the appointment of President MacKenzie as chief
censor of the Dominion
- President MacKenzie writes to Prof. John Hughes, McGill University,
re Mount Allison University, and the opportunities it offers
(apparently for staff)
File 3 I-L (1943)
- Okechukwu Ikejiani writes re his outstanding bill at UNB, and sends
news that he will receive his M.Sc. degree from University of
Chicago
- Mbonu Ojike, President, The African Students Association writes a
(flowery) letter to President MacKenzie, a "pioneer of
humanitarianism," and requests that Okechukwu Ikejiani's diploma be
forwarded to him
- President MacKenzie sends a frank letter to the Committee on
Fellowships at Harvard re Okechukwu Ikejiani
- Harold A. Innes sends a detailed letter to G.M. Weir, Dept. of
Pensions and Health, re the demands of returned men for graduate
work
- International Student Service, agenda for conference; European
Student Relief Fund report on Student Relief After the War;
correspondence with G. Deas, Registrar, War Charities Act, stating
that, "a general certificate of permission to carry on this war
relief work in all the universities and colleges in Canada would be
much preferable to the present system of requiring these
certificates from each of the universities"
- Correspondence with Deputy Minister of Labour, Arthur MacNamara, re
Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel University Advisory Board;
President MacKenzie's appointment to this board
- Canadian Legion War Services, Inc., Educational Services
correspondence re one-week summer courses for service people;
cancellation of course offered by President MacKenzie, and W.C.
Keirstead due to lack of enrollment
Box 10 1943 Mc-S
File 1 Mc-N (1943)
- Frances M. MacKay seeks to donate a clock for the Arts Building, in
memory of her mother Annie A. Van Wart
- George J. Trueman, President, Mount Allison University, re his
acceptance of the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws; finding places
in Canadian Universities for Japanese students of Canadian origin
- Dept. of National Defence corresponds re the charge proposed
respecting the granting of commissioned rank to engineering students
graduating in 1943; Summer Camps, C.O.T.C.; names of students who in
the opinion of the UNB staff do not meet the terms of agreement made
with the National Selective Service; deletion of military training
for students in the two senior years of the courses in Science and
Applied Science; President MacKenzie agrees to take on the duties of
Chairman of the Canadian Legion and Canadian Association for Adult
Education Committee; a copy of the syllabus used by the University
of Toronto in putting on the No. 1 Canadian Army Course
- Royal Canadian Air Force sends a framed photograph of Squadron
Leader Vincent Cronkite McAuley, a former UNB student who had been
decorated
- Natural History Society Chairman's Address; notice of meeting; brief
- W.P. Percival, The Canada and Newfoundland Education Association's
disappointment that no representative of the Universities'
Conference was present at meetings; announcement of twenty-first
meeting
- Nova Scotia Technical College; the Carnegie Central Advisory
Committee on Education in Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland,
minutes of the sub-committee on Post-War Problems
File 2 P (1943)
- W.L. Barteaux, Principal of Kentville Schools, warns that Howard
Grant Parker is using forged certificates to enter UNB and other
universities
- G.R. Parkin, Sun Life Assurance Company sends a report entitled "The
War Effort and the Crisis in Canadian Schools"; donates a collection
of his father's books, "representative of the people and things that
stimulated and developed his mind in his early life" to the UNB
library
- Dept. of Education sends the report of The Committee of Selection of
Applications for Student Aid (Feb. 10/43 and Oct. 10/43)
- Dept. of Pensions and National Health sends two (statistical)
summaries prepared from the occupational history forms supplied by
the Armed Forces; copy of the address given by the Honourable Ian
MacKenzie, Minister of Pensions and National Health re the amended
legislation concerning the treatment and rehabilitation of
discharged persons; a copy of the amended Order-in-Council; requires
information re Maximum Student Capacity of UNB; President
MacKenzie's suggestion that maximum student capacity could be
increased by running consecutive six-month terms
- Correspondence with Dr. Lorne Pierce, Ryerson Press, re photostats
of original Bliss Carman letters donated to [Kings College];
calendar wording for the Bliss Carman Memorial Scholarship;
President MacKenzie's appointment to the Wartime Information Board;
early poems of Sir Charles G.D. Roberts; Dr. Pierce's address on
Marjorie Pickthall; arrangements for a state funeral in N.B. for Sir
Charles G.D. Roberts
File 3 R (1943)
- The Rhodes Scholarship Trust re a revised edition of the address
list and other lists of Canadian Rhodes Scholars from the beginning
of the Scholarship, 1904 to 1941, when the appointments were
discontinued because of the war
- Emerson C. Rice, re choice of candidates for Honorary Degrees
- Howard Robinson, re a ceremony for the hanging of the portrait of
Max Aitken (donated by Lord Beaverbrook); efforts to wind up the
accounts for the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium and send a final audit
to Lord Beaverbrook
- John Marshall, the Rockefeller Foundation, re a grant ($3,000) from
the Foundation for development of studies of the history of New
Brunswick, under the direction of Dr. Bailey
- President MacKenzie informs E.W. Ross that his son Gordon will
receive his degree at Encaenia
- Rotary Club of Montreal, Canadian Programme Committee requests
material on New Brunswick Courses of study and other educational
aspects
- Correspondence from the Royal Canadian Air Force, including their
decision to offer enlistment in the Women's Division of the RCAF, to
University students for training as Operations' Clerks; includes
information sheet re Clerk Operations Fighter
- Cornell University sends programs re Intensive Study of Contemporary
Russian Civilization
- National Council for Canadian-Soviet Friendship invites
participation in the conference in New York
File 4 S (1943)
- Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation re requirements for B.A. degree
- Dr. D.R. Sharpe, Cleveland Baptist Association, accepts the Honorary
Degree of Doctor of Laws
- Rev. Ralph Sherman, Diocese of Calgary regrets he will be unable to
accept an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws at Encaenia in 1943, but
takes a raincheck for 1944!
- Beaverbrook scholars and their standings on their May examinations
- Sidney Smith, President, University of Manitoba re various matters
including C.N.E.A. Committee on post-war education problems; British
Association's Committee on Post-War University Education; the
excellent work of Clyde Auld, editor of the Canadian Abridgement;
possibility of establishing an overseas university; letter from
Prof. Reginald G. Trotter, Chairman of the Committee of the Arts
Faculty on the Employment of Arts Students in the War Emergency, of
Queen's University
- Canadian Social Science Research Council sends a memorandum
concerning "Requirements for the M.A. Degree in Canadian
Universities"
- Canadian Association of Social Workers re concern over the decrease
in enrolment of students in Canadian Social Work Schools
- Carleton Stanley, President, Dalhousie University, sends a
memorandum re Survey of Professional Opportunities in Relation to
the Federal Rehabilitation Programme
- C. McN. Steeves re a Baccalaureate Mass, to be held in Saint John
during Encaenia; a portrait of W.H. Harrison
Box 11 1943 T-Z
File 1 T (1943)
- Canadian Teachers' Federation, New Brunswick Teachers' Federation,
and Manitoba Teachers' Federation re the conferral of Honorary
Degrees on teachers who have performed outstanding service to the
cause of Education. Includes biographical sketches of John W.
Barnett, E.K. Marshall, and Charles Nelson Crutchfield. At a
Special Convocation for the purpose of honouring the teaching
profession of Canada, Charles Nelson Crutchfield received an
Honorary Degree
- Dept. of National Defence requests specifics about the "Forestry"
course offered by UNB
File 2 U-W (1943)
- The National Association of State Universities, program of the
forty-eight Annual Meeting, at which President MacKenzie represented
the National Conference of Canadian Universities
- National Conference of Canadian Universities, draft Constitution
- Report on One-week full-time courses mostly at Maritime
Universities, held in the summer of 1943
- University of King's College sends photostatic copies of the Carman
letters which are in their possession
- McGill University, Faculty of Engineering sends a report of the
Committee on Educational Problems of Returned Men; also
correspondence re conditions of entry of a student from UNB into the
course in Mechanical Engineering at McGill University
- G.M. Shrum, University of British Columbia, University Extension,
sends a memorandum re Folk Schools in a Rehabilitation Programme
- University of Winnipeg comments on the CBC Inquiry Committee on
Post-War World broadcasts
- J.H. MacLean writes of the celebrations at Santiago de Chile, at
which he represented UNB
- Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine sends notice that "through
the generosity of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek,
Michigan, we are now in a position to offer one entrance scholarship
into the Dalhousie Medical School for students coming from the
University of New Brunswick
- C.L. Bennet, Dalhousie University, Registrar, expresses concern over
a "Defence Course" which he feels is intended for recruiting rather
than educational purposes, but for which academic credit is to be
given
- Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel re University Science Students
Regulations; deduction of income tax from the cheques of students
who undertake summer employment; status of individual students
- Dr. J.C. Webster re the upcoming Founder's Day Address
File 3 W-Z (1943)
- Correspondence with the Dept. of Labour Wartime Bureau of Technical
Personnel, the Dept. of External Affairs, Canadian Legation in
Washington, Dept. of National War Services, Selective Service System
(U.S.A.) in attempts to forego the military service of Dr. Allan
Sherman West, a valuable American Professor who was a member of the
Forestry Faculty
- Katherine Whetham re prospective performance dates at UNB for
various performing artists, including Zara Nelsova, Gertrude Huntly,
the Hart House Quartet. Includes programs
- Frederick Williams-Taylor writes re his Encaenia Medal message;
attempts to find a good home, potentially at UNB, for his collection
of Canadian Historical Prints (at least 100 framed prints)
- R.H. Wright, UNB Dept. of Chemistry states that owing to this many
years of dedicated service, UNB ought to make some financial
provision for Arthur Smith, the former janitor of the Memorial
Building
Box 12 1944 A-L
File 1 Appointments, Philosophy & Education (1944)
- Applications for a position in the Dept. of Philosophy and
Education, including one from Louise M. Thompson, to which President
MacKenzie notes, "In your case there is the further question as to
whether the people in education in the Province ... would attach as
much importance to our department of Education if it were headed by
a woman in place of men like themselves"
File 2 A-B (1944)
- Alward & Gillies, Architects, advise what measures can be taken to
deal with the plumbing difficulties at the Beaverbrook Gymnasium
- New Year's Message by Nicholas Murray Butler, [distributed by]
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Division of Intercourse
and Education
- Randolph H. Bennett, a UNB graduate, agrees to represent his alma
mater at the inauguration of Dr. N.A.M. MacKenzie as President of
the University of British Columbia
- George E. Buckley encloses outlines of four courses in Play
Production, Oral Interpretation of Literature, Public Speaking,
Voice and Diction, and requests that they be accepted as university
credit courses at the UNB summer school
- Alfred G. Bailey, Prof. of History, writes that the first in a
series of historical monographs of which he is general editor and
which are sponsored by a Rockefeller Foundation grant, will be ready
for publication at the end of the summer
File 3 C-D (1944)
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company re students attending UNB climbing
through freight trains when trains are stopped on track near college
- Canadian Federation of University Women, "in an effort to be helpful
during the War" sends its annual register
- Canadian Teachers' Federation requests information regarding the
life and outstanding factors of Dr. Jones' work, "It is possible
that his life and work amy be dramatized by the CBC over a national
hook-up during Education Week"
- Marcel de Merten notifies President MacKenzie that two students of
Politics made a 100% mark in Comparative Civil Law. They are Jean
Smith and Kathleen Simcock
- President MacKenzie sends a bill from Dr. Lorne Pierce in connection
with Sir Charles G.D. Roberts' Memorial Service, to Bacon Dickson,
Deputy Attorney-General for N.B.
- Joseph Dolphin, Canadian Cottons, Limited discusses a possible
donation to UNB of $10,000, spread over two years
File 4 E-G (1944)
- Chief Superintendent of Education A.S. McFarlane, sends a list of
the outstanding changes in the suggested Regulations of the Board of
Education, together with the reasons for or effect of such changes
- Education Office requests statistics from Colleges and Universities
Having Degree - Conferring Powers for publication in the Annual
Educational report
- National Film Board producer, Graham McInnes, re filming at UNB
- Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited gives $2,500 to UNB, imposing
no restrictions on the Board of Governors as to the purpose for
which these funds shall be utilized
- The Canadian Forestry Association asks that President MacKenzie make
a statement re forest conservation to be published by newspapers
throughout Canada. He does so
- Memorandum re the Organization of an Extension Forestry Service in
Connection with the University of New Brunswick Forest School
(Proposed Policy)
- Program for the eighth annual meeting of the Maritime Section of the
Canadian Society of Forest Engineers and the Association of
Registered Foresters of New Brunswick
- Agnes [T.] Foster sends $100 for the Dr. B.C. Foster Memorial
Scholarship
- President MacKenzie sends a lengthy letter to A.D. Ganong about the
Maritimes and why he believes they were not more prosperous and why
more young people did not remain there
- Civil Service Commission sends information re Positions of
Censorship Examiner in the Department of National War Services
- J.M. Gibson, Prof. of Forestry recommends that part of the money
available from Viscount Bennett's gift to the university be made
available for a scholarship in Forestry of not less than $100. To
date, the Forestry dept. had no available scholarships for students
and only one money prize
File 5 H-J (1944)
- The Halifax Chronicle requests a statement from President Gregg for
publication in its New Year edition entitled "The Maritimes Look
Ahead"
- The Israel Synagogue of Fredericton contributes $50 for the highest
standing in Fredericton
- Helen S. Hubbard resigns as Matron of the Lady Beaverbrook Residence
"due to health causes due to essential lack of support, from the
Dean of Residence, for proper apartment in the Building that is due
a Matron"
- Peter J. Hughes corresponds with President MacKenzie saying "I have
your letter ... together with list of names who might be interested
in the position of President
- Dr. H.A. Innis, Dept. of Economics, University of Toronto, is
notified of UNB Senate's intention to confer the Honorary Degree of
Doctor of Laws upon him
- F. Cyril James, President, McGill University re the desirability of
admitting Japanese students to the various faculties of the
university. President Gregg's response
- Dept. of National Revenue, Dominion Succession Duties Division re
Estate of Cecil C. Jones; UNB's gratuity payable to Dr. Jones' widow
File 6 K-L (1944)
- Wilfred C. Keirstead resigns from the Dept. of Philosophy and
Education, after thirty-six years on the Faculty of UNB
- Watson Kirkconnell, Chairman, Humanities Research Council of Canada
seeks UNB's co-operation as it undertakes a two-year detailed survey
of the state of the humanities in Canada, sponsored by an $8,000
grant from the Rockefeller Foundation
Box 13 1944 Mc-R
File 1 Mc (1944)
- Dept. of Mines and Resources sends a copy of an Argentinean
company's correspondence re sending an Argentine student to Canada
to study the manufacture and treatment of wood
- President MacKenzie writes to Colin B. Mackay, telling his reasons
for accepting the appointment to UBC
- T.C. MacNabb re the unveiling of the portrait of Max Aitken
File 2 M (1944)
- Announcement re Fred Magee Scholarships
- Dr. Chester B. Martin is invited to deliver the "Ganong Address for
Founder's Day"
- Dept. of Munitions and Supply, Wartime Industries Control Board
gives permission to UNB to reconstruct its old gymnasium as a
laboratory for the Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- President MacKenzie thanks Walter C. Murray, U. of Sask., for this
cheque for the Harrison portrait fund; comments on his new post at
the U of B.C.
- The New Brunswick Museum notifies President Gregg that as President
of UNB, he is a member of the Board of the New Brunswick Museum; by-
laws of the New Brunswick Museum; minutes of annual meeting held
Jan. 28/44
File 3 N (1944)
- National Conference of Canadian Universities, Reports upon Academic
Standing to be Granted to Students on Active Service in Canadian
Universities; Memorandum on assistance to deserving students in
Medicine, Engineering, Dentistry and Science (other than first year
students) who sign a written agreement that on graduation they will
make their services available to the National War Effort wherever
needed in the capacity for which they have been trained (includes
handwritten/original (?) copy; memo re number of students who
qualify for assistance; Special Matriculation Programme for men and
women in overseas service who during the period between the
Armistice and Demobilization may wish to qualify for admission to
English speaking universities
- Dept. of Labour, National Selective Service, Mobilization Section;
a significant amount of correspondence re individual students and
their academic standing
- Dept. of National Defence forwards a letter received from University
of Witwatersand, Johannesburg, South Africa re Professor of History
- Report on why a university quarterly "such as the one proposed by
the Natural History Society of New Brunswick would be advantageous
to the university"
- Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Calendar 1944-45
- Mrs. C. Ellen Oland writes re her son, Paul Oland
- Dr. Fletcher Peacock, Dept. of Education, re Physical Fitness Plan
for New Brunswick; names of students who are not, based on their
academic standing, considered "good risks" for government loans
- National Film Board writes that a film unit under the direction of
Mrs. Margaret Perry will shoot general views of the campus of UNB<
and cover the experimental work of the Forestry Dept.
- Gov't for the Province of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Public Health re
promotion of physical fitness and recreation in Canada
- Dr. Lorne Pierce re the state funeral for Sir Charles G.D. Roberts;
Carman scholarship money
- G.H. Prince, Deputy Minister of Lands and Mines accepts an Honorary
Degree of Doctor of Science
- Joan Roberts expresses thanks for the memorial service of the late
Sir Charles G.D. Roberts, stating, "The academic prosession (sic)
added immeasurably to the fitness and dignity of the service"
- Howard P. Robinson writes re the unveiling of the Max Aitken
portrait
- John Marshall, Rockefeller Foundation re the excellent reports of
Alfred G. Bailey's work, and the Foundation's grant of $8,000 to him
- National Council for Canadian-Soviet Friendship re strong
recommendation for the teaching of the Russian language and courses
on Russian civilization; Resolutions by the Arts Panel; Resolutions
by the Education Panel
Box 14 1944 S-Z
File 1 S-T (1944)
- Saint Andrew's Society awards scholarships to Messrs. Leon Loggie
and C.W. Ross
- S.D. Simmons, Lord Beaverbrook Scholarships Trust, requests marks
and attendance records for the Beaverbrook Scholars
- President MacKenzie congratulates Miss Catherine Simcock on her
paper in Comparative Civil Law, which Dr. de Merten said was
"unusually good and as nearly perfect as it was possible for a
student to hand in"
- Sidney Smith, President, University of Manitoba, re a letter to Hon.
C.D. Howe, Minister of Munitions and Supply, on behalf of the
National Conference of Canadian Universities on the difficulty of
procuring scientific apparatus on the scale of the pre-war period
- Dr. Chester B. Martin declines invitation to give the "Ganong
Address for Founders' Day"
- Marion Keighley Snowden, performing artist, will be touring the
Maritimes
- C. McN. Steeves to President Gregg, re an essay contest for the
purpose of encouraging pride in the university's history; opinions
re the Alumni's state of mind, fundraising for a Memorial,
appointment of a Public Relations Officer for the university;
presentation to the university of a series of framed photographs of
"those several persons who have occupied the post of President or
Chancellor since 1811"
- Student Christian Movement of Canada sends information about their
organization, and about a University Christian Mission
- George J. Trueman, President, Mount Allison University to President
MacKenzie re his appointment to UBC; re the University Advisory
Board
File 2 UNIVERSITY ADVISORY BOARD (1944)
- Dept. of National Defence (Army), Personnel Selection Reports for:
Adams, Gerald Clifton
Adamson, Donald Malcolm
Anderson, Uffe Blok
Ayers, Ralph Elwyn
Davidson, Fred William
Evans, Robert Edward
Gale, Charles Benjamin
Goodine, George Raymond
Green, Donald Hughes
Hough, John Emmerson
MacEachern, Harry Arthur
MacDougall, Clarence Donald
MacKenzie, James MacRae
MacKenzie, Roderick Fraser
Mallory, Richard Frederick
Mitton, Thomas Edward Rosborough
Mulherin, James Kenneth Conrad
Young, John Kilburn
- The Public Service Superannuation Act, An Act Respecting Retiring
Allowances for Persons Employed in the Public Service of the
Province; An Act to Amend the Superannuation Act
- Dept. of Labour, University Advisory Board, minutes
File 3 U-V (1944)
- University of British Columbia, Congregation Programme for the
Installation of President Norman Archibald MacRae MacKenzie and the
Conferring of Degrees; thanks to UNB for sending Randolph H. Bennett
as a representative
- Chen Ping-Chuan, President, Canton University, China, wishes to
study post-war problems of finance and education in America;
publication entitled "Canton University", outlining: I Pre-war
conditions, II After the Fall of Canton, III A New Era
- Robert E.D. Cattley agrees to represent UNB at the inauguration of
Dr. A.E. Kerr to Dalhousie University
- Maritime School of Social Work publication entitled "Your Life Work,
What Social Work Offers"
- National Conference of Canadian Universities Committee on Post-War
Problems, Statistical Information Regarding Post-War Vacancies,
Graduate Studies, etc., Prospective Candidates for Post-Graduate
Training
- University of Manitoba President, Sidney Smith, sends a revised
draft letter to the Hon. C.D. Howe, on behalf of National Conference
of Canadian Universities re procuring scientific apparatus on the
scale of the pre-war period
- Mount Allison University, President, George I. Trueman, re the
practice in Maritime Universities as regards professional services
rendered by members of the faculty; privileges in the way of special
rates for tuition, granted to professors and their families
- Memo to the President from Joseph W. Sears, re estimated cost of
renovating the Bird Museum for the use of the Biology Dept.
- Carman E. Miller recommends that the UNB Squadron of the U.A.T.C. be
disbanded
- President MacKenzie sends a list to Peter Hughes re names of men
"that you and your committee might consider in deciding upon a
president for the University of New Brunswick
- President MacKenzie tenders his resignation as President of UNB as
from Aug. 31/44. Written to the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council
- Trustees of the University of New Brunswick Endowment Fund write to
the Royal Bank of Canada re signing authority
- President MacKenzie's words of congratulations to St. Francis Xavier
on the opening of their new radio station, CJFX
- Correspondence with Prof. H.E. Jenkins, Director of the Trois-
Pistoles Summer School operated in conjunction with the University
of Western Ontario, re scholarships awarded under the grant of the
Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Harris E. Vidato re Student Advisers; Students Victims of Bottleneck
Assignments
File 4 W-Z (1944)
- Dept. of Labour, Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel, considerable
correspondence re the academic standing of various students and
whether they should be released for service
- H.W. Lea, University Advisory Board (under Wartime Bureau of
Technical Personnel?) statement re entrance requirements to Canadian
Medical Schools; Communication re Liberal Arts Students at the
University of Toronto; University training in the field of education
- J.C. Webster, re the state funeral for Sir Charles G.D. Roberts; the
rather unique "Poet's Corner" in Fredericton; Founders' Day Address
- Dr. W.W. White is asked to contribute to portrait fund for former
President Dr. Thomas Harrison
- Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor sends his Encaenia message entitled
"Manners Maketh Man"; attempts to find a suitable home for his
Canadiana prints continue
Box 15 1945 A-R
File 1 B (1945)
- Correspondence re UNB Bookstore and Library
File 2 DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN'S AFFAIRS (DVA) (1944-45)
- A confidential letter from Department of Veterans Affairs re change
in policy respecting certain discharged persons applying for
benefits under P.C. 5210
- President Gregg writes to Dr. H.D. Reid re the veteran students from
UNB who were injured in a motor accident (in which Holdane Robinson
of Saint John was instantly killed)
- Copies of R.C.A.F. questionnaires, completed by aircrew personnel
being transferred to the R.C.A.F. Reserve and who desire to attend
UNB; a confidential report re the impact of the discharges on
universities
File 3 DVA STUDENTS (1945)
- A report on Registration from 1945 gives numbers for the faculties
of Arts, Science, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering,
Forestry and Post Grad Studies
File 4 E-G (1945)
- Report of the Book Store Committee, giving reasons why it favors the
setting up of a University Book-Store
- The Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of New
Brunswick re interviewing men who think they would like to go into
engineering in their post-war re-establishment
- Dept. of External Affairs, Office of the Under-Secretary of State re
the considerable number of Greek students eager to come to Canada
for technical training, and the possibility of the Greek gov't
establishing fellowships to that end; also re the study of the
Spanish language in Canada, report on Spanish courses offered at UNB
- Frontier College re its work in lumbering, railway and mining camps
of Canada, where young university men join these camps to work by
day, and by night to act as teachers and discussion leaders on
topics as basic as reading and writing, and also to make clear the
privileges and responsibilities of citizenship
File 5 FOREST RANGER SCHOOL (1945)
- An invitation sent to several influential men, seeking their
attendance at a conference re the establishment of a Forest Ranger
School
- President Gregg writes to R.S. Johnson, Mersey Paper Co. Ltd. re tax
implications of a suggested donation
- Report of Sub-committee on Proposed Maritime Forest Ranger School
- Minutes of Meeting Respecting the Proposed Forest Ranger School,
March 13, 1945
File 6 H-J (1945)
- Carlisle Hanson writes from the Institute of World Affairs,
Salisbury, Conn., re publication of his essay on the retardation of
the Maritime Provinces; expresses his hope that UNB will continue to
be represented at the institute
- Humanities Research Council members plan visit to UNB
- International Student Service re its work and its hope for continued
support from UNB
File 7 K-M (1945)
- President Gregg writes to A.S. Morgan re the application of Mr. Jos
Kileel for priority on building supplies and equipment to complete
apartment building corner of King & Westmorland St., Fredericton;
President Gregg had been negotiating with Mr. Kileel re renting
apartments to house UNB teaching staff and students
- Judge Henry O. McInerney writes re Louis A. Robichaud, a student at
the law school in Saint John, applying for a Rhodes Scholarship
- The Rhodes Scholarships Memorandum (for elections for 1946 only)
- R.B. Miller, First Dean of UNB's Faculty of Forestry re history of
the faculty as it appears in the calendar, and Mr. Miller's personal
account
- Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Board of the New Brunswick
Museum, Aug. 30th, 1945
- Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board of the New Brunswick
Museum, Fri., Feb. 23rd, 1945
File 8 Mc (1945)
- Bob McC[ary] re a military injury and trouble receiving his
commission. Attached are extracts from various orders and
regulations relating to the military
File 9 N-R (1945)
- R.E. Beamish (Major, Directorate of Public Relations - Army)
requests information about women in business and professional
fields, specifically the number of women employed as professors,
lecturers, assistants and instructors at Canadian Universities.
President Gregg supplies the information, comments on the good
performance of the women on staff at UNB, adding, "... it is my
opinion, -for what it is worth-, that the women members of the
staff, at this University should not exceed approximately 20 per
cent of the whole faculty."
- Correspondence with S.R. Noble, Industrial Development Bank, re
UNB's Endowment Fund; sale of shares
- National Research Council's Associate Committee on Petroleum
solicits the cooperation of UNB staff as well as any scientific
data, research papers, or theses that the staff has available on the
topic
- G.C. Darby, Saskatchewan Dept. of Public Health re a long term plan
for physical training and recreation leaders
- Correspondence with Lorne Pierce, Ryerson Press, thanking him for
sending the diplomas of Bliss Carman and other souvenirs; his
contribution for the Bliss Carman Scholarship
- Correspondence with Bryan Priestman re his upcoming release from the
Air Force, and employment with UNB's Physics Dept.
- President Gregg writes to Howard P. Robinson re a bequest and
further appeals to Ian and Larry MacLaren
Box 16 1945 S-Z
File 1 S-T (1945)
- Mother M. Clarice, Saint Vincent's Convent re the degree conferred
by UNB on Sister Mary Angela; sends donation to be used for a needy
student
- C. McN. Steeves re the importance of school spirit and pride; his
establishment of a prize for the best essay on "The Contents of the
Historical Documents Room"
- George J. Trueman, President, Mount Allison University re Mental
Hygiene Council
File 2 U-Z (1945)
- National Conference of Canadian Universities re Committee on Post-
Graduate Studies; Questionnaire Respecting the Nature of Graduate
Work Offered in Engineering or Applied Science
- Canadian Universities Club of New York re visit of Indian Scientists
to the United States
- Dalhousie University and McGill University re increased demands for
admission to Faculty of Medicine
- Maritime School of Social Work, Assistant Director K. Phyllis Burns
re recruiting from universities
- Order of Proceedings at the Installation of Sidney Earle Smith as
President of the University of Toronto
- Dept. of Labour, Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel re individual
interviews with every student graduating in 1945 in Engineering or
Science who has volunteered for active service as a technical
officer; Questionnaires of 1945 Graduates; instructions for
completion of the Standard Questionnaire of the Wartime Bureau of
Technical Personnel by the Class of 1945; Science Students'
Regulations; Civilian Employment for 1945 Graduates; return of
university staff from armed forces; University Advisory Board
minutes from Jan. 18th and May 29th, 1945, and an appendix, Notes on
position of university students with regard to mobilization, etc.
- Correspondence with Dr. J.C. Webster re a speaker for Founder's Day;
death of Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor; location for the Carman-
Sherman-Roberts cairn
- Correspondence with Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor re athletic medal
and addresses; his secretary writes reporting Sir F.W.-T. has been
hospitalized
Box 17 1945 MISCELLANEOUS
File 1 VETERANS A-B (1945)
- Correspondence from enlisted men who are planning to study at UNB
File 2 VETERANS C-D (1945)
- Correspondence from enlisted men who are planning to study at UNB
File 3 GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS (1942-45)
- Correspondence from the National Selective Service (Dept. of Labour)
re training scheme for medical, engineering and science students;
student aid, including various schedules and plans
- The Committee of Selection of Applications for Student Aid, minutes
- University Loan Committee, minutes
File 4 EQUIPMENT (1945)
- Letter to J.O. Wilhelm, Universities Committee on War Surpluses re
how to obtain material through war assets
- Correspondence with E.F. Burton re the lack of apparatus necessary
to the teaching of physical sciences; Memorandum re Research
Enterprises Limited
- Prof. F.J. Toole sends a report on the equipment needed or the
Chemistry Dept.
- Supplementary Report on Equipment Needed by Dept. of Biology
- Prof. Earle O. Turner re equipment needed by Dept. of Civil
Engineering
File 5 NACUS, OTHER CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES (1944, SOME 1943)
- Editorial entitled "War and the Universities" from Canadian
Chemistry and Process Industries
- National Conference of Canadian Universities; programme for
twentieth convention (1944); constitution; reciprocal system of
scholarships or fellowships between the South American Republics and
Canada; Draft Report and Appendices of the Post-War Problems
Committee, also a memorandum on the function of the university in
adult education (76 pages); Representation of N.C.C.U. upon a
National Advisory Council on School Broadcasting; Report of
Committee on Arts Course in War Time; statement on financial aid to
the Universities and Colleges of the Dominion from the Provincial
and Federal Governments for Adult Education; selection and placement
of college students after the war
- The Role of Education in Post-War Reconstruction - An Address
delivered by Dr. F. Cyril James Before the Twentieth Convention of
the Canada Newfoundland Education Association (1942)
- Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel (Dept. of Labour) re
University Advisory Board, minutes, agenda
- Dept. of Pensions and National Health re Policy Governing Post-
Discharge Training Outside of Canada
- Post-War Canadian Made Scientific Apparatus - An Address at the
Luncheon of the Science Section, by Prof. E.F. Burton
File 6 SUNDRY [VARIOUS TRANSCRIPTS AND SCHOOL RECORDS]
[1933-40]
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