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Lord Tweedsmuir was the Governorâ€"General of Canada during .“ the 1930‘s. His wife Lady Tweedsmuir, who was a devoted institute 2 member in England took a great interest in the Women‘s Institutes of Canada,. It was in 1936, during a Leeds East Institute meeting, that Lady Tweedsmuir stressed the need for preserving the interesting history of the Canadian people in a developing land. This proposition started the wheels turning and in 1945 a list of "Suggestions for Compiling Tweedsmuir Village Histories" was published in Home & Country,. The word "Village" was later dropped. In 1947 Lady Tweedsmuir donated three silver cups as a prize for the National Competitions in Tweedsmuir Histories held triennally. 6 0 Tnane Shiebarth Nev 1986