He said the trust already has a large number of the artifacts "professionally replicated," while the originals are being kept in a temperature- and light-controlled vault. Murray said they're still "figuring out what to do with all of these things." Some of the other items will also be included in a newly created section on Winston Churchill. Once the real letter is replicated and framed, it will be on display at the Ross Memorial Museum in Saint Andrews for the summer. Young wanted the items to be put on display in memory of a former colleague, Fred Drummie, who had lived in Saint Andrews and died in 2018. Murray said the collection is "truly an embarrassment of riches." He said the original letter from the elder Churchill will also be replicated and eventually put on display. The letter from the grandson was professionally replicated, framed and put on display during a recent open house as being from the Winston Churchill. This letter was recently donated to the Saint Andrews Civic Trust along with more than 100 other Churchill-related items. The collection also includes a condolence letter from Churchill's grandson and namesake, which is signed simply as 'Winston." That letter was mistakenly thought to be the letter that Young highlighted during his conversation with Murray. He said there were dozens of letters from Churchill, as well as signed photographs, a commemorative tea set and coins with his likeness, audio recordings of some of his speeches and various other items connected to him.
… I was overwhelmed, to be quite honest," said Murray. "Doug and his wife opened the back of the SUV and said, 'We need help.' And we received boxes and boxes and boxes of stuff. Murray said Young initially called him about putting the letter on display for New Brunswickers to see, but by the time he showed up in Saint Andrews to drop off the letter, he decided to donate the entire collection of more than 100 items. Young bought the collection from the estate of Dalton Camp, a New Brunswick-born journalist, political strategist and commentator. It's part of a large collection of Churchill memorabilia that was given to the trust by Doug Young, a former provincial and federal Liberal politician who once served as federal fisheries minister. (The Canadian Press/ National Archives of Canada C-015132) Churchill was long-time friends with Max Aitken, generally known as Lord Beaverbrook. Winston Churchill and Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, leaving the House of Commons during a 1941 visit.
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