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Bill Stewart
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CA NSHK MER-62
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14 Nov 1936 (Creation)
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- Stewart, Bill
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14 Nov 1936 (Accumulation)
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- Merkel, Andrew Doane
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0.5 cm of textual records
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(1914 - 2004)
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Bill Stewart was a reporter with the Canadian Press, from Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec. He was the first CP reporter on the beach during the June 6th, 1944 D-Day landings in France, and was named to the Order of the British Empire in 1948. He was the Montreal bureau chief of the Canadian Press from 1952 to 1974. He passed away in 2004.
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Series consists of a letter Stewart wrote Andrew Merkel after beginning work with Canadian Press:
Haven't gotten a pay increase; still hoping; Charles Bruce checked his rewrites; working on the night side; updates about working in Montreal, with Johnny and Mr. Purcell, and Ailsa Neilson; tell Peggy I haven't forgotten to write to her.
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- Canadian Press (Subject)