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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FIRST AND MOST OF ALL MY THANKS FOR UNREMITTING HELP, SUPPORT and kindnesses must be proffered to the members of the Board of The Weir Foundation, to Eugene LaBrie, past president of the Weir Foundation, to Margaret Ferguson, president of The Weir Foundation, to Joyce De Vecchi, honourary secretary of the Weir Foundation and to the late John Robert Weir, past secretary of the Weir Foundation. My thanks and deep appreciation go to James Campbell, Curator of the Samuel E. Weir Collection and Library of Art, for sharing so generously his profound knowledge of the Collection as well as so many hours of his time; to Judy Mahoney, Mr. Weir’s faithful housekeeper, who became a dear friend; to E.C.H. Phelps whose archival interests and never failing fund of information were invaluable and to Margaret Markert, so generous with help and hospitality.

My thanks go also to William P.C. Baldwin, Paula Elliott Bawtenheimer, Hugh Blair, Margaret Blair, John Brook, Charles Brunner, John Burtniak, Jack Choles, Moira and William Cooper, Jeanette Earp, Isobelle Erskine, Barry Fair, Dorothy Fiedelleck, Charles B. Kirk, Alexander Kiss, Penny Krull, Eva Lynn, Nancy Poole, Hugh MacMillan, Margaret May, J.H. Moore, Hon. J. Douglas McCullough, Gretchen McCulloch, Dr. J.P. McMillan, George Neely, Paddy O’Brien, Rory O’Donal, Anne Kolisnyk, Dr. Joseph Solevich, Richard and Muriel Pendergast, Sandra Guillaume, Leon Warmsky, Karen Bergsteinsson, Wayne Crockett, Paul Mcllroy, Raymond Peringer, Dennis Reid, Philip Schiavo, Gerry Sherlock, Tony and Kathy Szabo, Fred and Fran Thompson, Susan Binnie, Agnes Van der Meulen, Betty Webster, Marie Smibert, David Silcox, Albert Soren, Tom Smart, Lorne Stewart, Nathan Strauss, Richard and Yvonne Pagani, Mary Di Matteo, and to others who wished to remain anonymous.