2022.065: Souvenir program for International Frontier Week

2022.065: Souvenir program for International Frontier Week

The Frontier Week Steering Committee

Beal, William S. (business and promotional manager)

Davies, Aubrey G. (editor)

1961

Fonds

0.5 cm textual materials

Item is 100-page bound booklet made for for the 9-day festival held in St. Stephen, NB and Calais, ME, which lists events and features articles on topics of local interest; poems and drawings from locals; greetings from American and Canadian politicians at local, state/provincial, and federal levels; and abundant advertisements for local businesses.

“Frontier Week” was a 9-day festival of events running from June 30, 1961 to July 8, 1961, celebrating the cross-border ties between St. Stephen, NB, and Calais, ME. Though a one-off, it served as the precursor to the International Homecoming Festival, which began in 1974.