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              Textual Material
              CA BI MG 21.14-A · Series · 1936-2017
              Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

              Series consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, correspondence, press releases, essays, and copies of diplomas and certificates regarding Viola Desmond's education, career, arrest, pardon and legacy and Wanda Robson's activism and social justice work.

              Photographs
              CA BI MG 21.14-B · Series · [189-]-2017
              Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

              Series consists of photographs taken or collected by Wanda Robson that document the early lives of she and her siblings, including Viola Desmond, growing up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Robson's efforts to gain recognition for the life and legacy of her sister. Also included are photographs of Robson's family life, education, and events and ceremonies she attended that were related to her activism and social justice work.

              CA BI SB 151 · Item · 1985

              Item is a scrapbook that was compiled for the 200th Anniversary of Sydney celebrations that includes reproductions of photographs, event tickets, and newspaper articles, as well as listings of Black men who served during wartime, and a history of the Black population in Sydney.

              CA BI T-730 · File · 1974
              Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

              File consists of two audio reels that feature sound recordings of of Dr. Leo W. Bertley of the United Negro Improvement Association discussing the organization and its history in Cape Breton.

              Track listing is as follows:
              Side A:

              • Came to Cape Breton in 1974 to do research, C.B. U.N.I.A. people involved
              • Thesis to be controlled into book
              • U.N.I.A. not a West Indian organization, people of African descent tied together
              • Marcus Garvey, here on way to England
              • A.O.C. in Pier, Bishop MacGuire, U.N.I.A., tried to make A.O.C. established church of organization
              • Dr. Alvinus Calder, first president of organizations; W.E. Robertson was a later Bishop
              • Phillis Family
              • Sydney had three associations; West Indian and Black characteristics

              Side B:

              • Various backgrounds, several different organizations; West Indians importance of education; Dr. Bertley's other interests
              • A.O.C. has only one church in Canada and it's in Whitney Pier, do not want to be called Africans
              • Marcus Garvey stressed the importance of maintaining archives
              • Bertley met Garvey's son
              The Blacks of Whitney Pier
              CA BI T-2083 · File · 1983

              File consists of two audio reels that feature sound recordings of Vernon Tull being interviewed by Elizabeth Beaton about the Black population in Whitney Pier.

              Track listing is as follows:
              Side A:

              • Genealogical sketch
              • Early African Orthodox Church in Cape Breton
              • Religions practised by West Indians before the African Orthodox Church
              • Building Church
              • Archdeacon Phillips
              • Succession of priests and wardens
              • Keeping the records of the church
              • Discussion of architectural changes
              • Discussion of the different features of the Church
              • Financial Support Systems for the Church
              • Musical bands in the community

              Side B:

              • War experiences
              • Early people who contributed to community
                i-30- The African Orthodox Church and young people
              • Connection to United Mission
              • Menelik Hall, Dr. Calder
              • Traditional Barbaian music
              • Cricket teams at Whitney Pier pre 1941
              • Traditional foodways
              • William Fitzgerald; owned much property at the Pier
              CA BI T-2191 · Item · 1985

              Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of Mrs. Mary Best being interviewed by Toby Morris about the Ukrainian culture and her marriage to a West Indian man.

              Track listing is as follows:
              Side A:

              • Austrian-Hungarian background; Family moved to Sydney in 1930; Ukrainian-Polish neighbourhood, easy to get by without speaking English
              • Nuns were tolerant of problems facing immigrant children; Greek Orthodox went to Holy Ghost Church
              • Ukrainian festive traditions (Easter and Christmas)
              • Father experienced discrimination at open hearth, died in plant accident
              • Importance of education; Went to grade eight
              • Married West Indian, description of West Indian Culture

              Side B:

              • Importance of Ukrainian language, taught at Ukrainian Hall; Loss of traditions
              • Job at Tea Gardens
              • All children born at home with a local woman as a midwife, old time remedies, doctors occasionally called
              • Homemade wines, livestock
              • Old people were good neighbours, multi-ethnic neighbourhood
              • Christmas - very holy; Food centre of celebration; Peanuts and walnuts hidden in straw
              • Baptisms were popular celebrations; Parents strict in enforcing Ukrainian language
              • Loss of Ukrainian language, spoken in stores
              • Women expected to get married and raise children
              • Crime was not a problem; no discrimination of prejudice
              CA BI T-2348 · Item · 1989

              Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of Mr. A.T. Rhymes being interviewed by his son, Fulton Rhymes, about the history of the Sydney Steel Plant.

              CA BI T-2347 · Item · 1989

              Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of Blair Caum being interviewed by Fulton Rhymes about the Sydney Steel Plant.

              CA BI T-2346 · Item · 1989

              Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of John Mackley being interviewed by Fulton Rhymes about the Sydney Steel Plant.

              The Future of Sydney Steel
              CA BI T-2258 · Item · ca. 1985

              Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of a CBC Radio program entitled "The Future of Sydney Steel."

              Track listing is as follows:

              • The History of the Sydney Steel Plant, DOSCO threatening to close it on Black Friday 1967
              • History from 1901 to present
              • The working of the plant; Various furnaces
              • The importance of the Plant during World War II investments poured into the plant
              • Hard times before the Union came
              • Establishment of Local 1064
              • 1967 march in Sydney to keep the Steel Plant alive
              • Problems during the 1980s with SYSCO; Many of the mills closed and moved to Upper Canada
              Black Population of Sydney
              CA BI T-2207 · Item

              Item is an audio reel featuring a sound recording of Pam Newton interviewing Isabelle Waterman about the Black population of Sydney.

              West Indian Blacks
              CA BI T-2203 · Item

              Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of Pam Newton interviewing Annabelle Kirton about the West Indian population of Sydney.

              Blacks and West Indians
              CA BI T-2199 · Item

              Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of Kay (Morrison) Borden being interviewed by Pam Newton about the Blacks and West Indians of Whitney Pier.

              Town of New Waterford
              CA BI T-2167 · Item · 1981

              Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of C.J.C.B. Radio "Talk Back" announcer Norris Nathanson interviewing Dr. Danny Nathanson on the history of the town of New Waterford.

              Blacks at Whitney Pier
              CA BI T-2104 · File · 1984

              File consists of two audio reels that feature sound recordings of Neville Gibson, Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford being interviewed by Elizabeth Beaton about the Black population of Whitney Pier.

              Track listing is as follows:
              Side A:

              • Biographical information (Neville Gibson)
              • Rev. Phillips founder; White people creating problems for them (Neville Gibson)
              • Problem - St. Cyprians on Henry Street (Neville Gibson)
              • Re-iteration of involvement; Split in Black community (Neville Gibson)
              • The "Brethern" Bible study meetings (Neville Gibson)
              • Land bought by church; Bishop Trotman; History of African Orthodox Church (Neville Gibson)
              • Marcus Garvey; Black Star Line; U.N.I.A. (Neville Gibson)
              • Father lost house; Went to night school (informant); Picnics at Mira; Tennis courts; Menelik Hall (Neville Gibson)
              • Dr. Calder (Neville Gibson)
              • Connection between U.N.I.A. and A.O.C. (Neville Gibson)
              • Cricket Club (Neville Gibson)
              • Marcus Garvey; United Mission; Home and School (Neville Gibson)
              • Discrimination; Black scholarship program; Influence on Stanfield (Neville Gibson)
              • Black Methodist Church (Neville Gibson)
              • Reid Family (Neville Gibson)

              Side B:

              • Biographical information; Born 1912; Arthur Stanley Trotman was father (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
              • Robertson from States; One named Jones (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
              • A.O.C. history; Robertson worked out of church on Henry Street (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
              • Robertson gone by 1924; Trotman had church on Victoria Road; Never a Methodist Church (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
              • Chronology of Priest (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
              • St. Alban's problems (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
              • Trotman, third bishop of A.O.C. (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
              • Marcus Garvey (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
              West Indian Music
              CA BI T-914 · Item

              Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of "I'm Coming up the Rough Side of the Mountain," the theme music for the West Indian Reunion.

              CA BI T-871 · File · 1977

              File consists of two audio reels that feature sound recordings of a C.B.I. Radio interview with John Nicholson describing ethnic culture in Industrial Cape Breton.

              Track listing is as follows:
              Side A:

              • Ethnic groups in Cape Breton Industrial Area: Why various groups came to the Island
              • Only blacks were recruited...
              • Rural Cape Bretoners came to industrial area for employment
              • Why different ethnic groups settled in specific areas
              • People remain in the old areas because of kinship
              • No hostilities among ethnic groups
              • Importance of Church and Church Hall
              • Problems were caused from outside
              • The role of unionism
              • Intermarriage
              • Role of the church in keeping groups together
              • Two distinct groups of Blacks
              • Compares Cape Breton ethnic groups to the Jewish people going to Israel

              Side B:

              • Metropolitan character of Cape Breton ethnic groups
              • Future of these groups depends on economic development
              • Cape Bretoners are interested in their ethnic roots
              • They are different because everyone was allowed to retain their identity
              • Contributions of the ethnic groups to Cape Breton
              • Indians and Pakistanis have no problems settling here
              • Federal policies on multiculturalism
              • Cape Breton is as separate from Nova Scotia as it is from the rest of Canada
              • How ethnic Cape Bretoners see themselves (rarely as Nova Scotians)
              CA BI T-799 · Item · 1977

              Item consists of an audio reel that features a sound recording of C.B.I. Radio's Bill Doyle interviewing Ed Parris about Cape Breton's Black community.

              Track listing is as follows:

              • Black culture in Cape Breton; His parents came from Barbados
              • Most blacks in Cape Breton came from West Indies but origin was Africa
              • Discrimination today
              • The African Orthodox Church
              • Close contact kept with relatives in West Indies
              • Ethnic food and music
              • Black culture will get stronger, young people are organizing
              • Intermarriage; His wife is white, no problems
              • The role of the media
              • Parents are influential in the Black community
              • Black United Front
              • George Maxwell, a Black man who spoke Gaelic
              • The television show "Roots" and its affect on Black culture
              • Hidden prejudice, it cannot be proven
              • Discrimination in employment, law
              Informal Religion
              CA BI T-559 · Item · 1985

              File consists of two audio reels that feature sound recordings of a speech presented by Reverend Vincent Waterman at St. Philip's African Orthodox Church to the Friends of Whitney Pier that outlines the history of the Church.

              Track listing is as follows:
              Side A:

              • History of A.O.C. priests, problems, establishment, etc.; Pier not an "ethnic ghetto," Synod in Pier
              • Trained by American Catholic Church, Endich Theological Seminary
              • Commitment to A.O.C.
              • Majority of Blacks belong to either United or Anglican or Catholic Churches
              • More support from whites, negative defeatist attitude in Sydney
              • Need for pride in community
              • Informal religion and A.O.C.
              • Father came in 1940
              • Sunday very important day, always dress up for church

              Side B:

              • Christmas preparations, food and customs
              • Sermons based on gospel
              • Holy days
              • Christmas celebrations
              • Women in church
              • Prayers
              • Superstition, preach good behaviours, no African Methodist Episcopalian Churches in Nova Scotia
              • Brought up very strict
              • Awareness of African Heritage
              • Food was very important, West Indian dishes
              • Linguistics, dialects
              • Further from Cuba, mother from Antigua
              • Many left A.O.C.; Very discouraging at times
              CA BI T-351 · Item · 1972

              Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of Mrs. Betty Lynch interviewing Winston Ruck about Cape Breton's Black community.

              Track listing is as follows:

              • Biographical sketch
              • Did all Black immigrants who came to C.B. stay?
              • Social life of Black community
              • Genealogical background of Mr. Ruck
              • Ancient Order of Forresters
              • Position in Union
              • Cosmo Club
              The Life of Alvinus Calder
              CA BI T-292 · Item · 1985

              Item is a reel to reel audio tape that features a sound recording of Elizabeth Beaton interviewing Carol Calder about Dr. Alvinus Calder.

              Track listing is as follows:

              • Dr. Alvinus Calder, his life and diaries; Dr. Calder's papers are anecdote style, written in the third person, thoughts over a long period of time
              • Trip to Moscow, speech delivered on return, Post-Record clippings
              • Family still living in Grenada, his attitudes toward the governments administration of the country
              • His contemporaries - Dr. Young, Dr. Devereaux, Dr. Sandy MacDonald
              • Catholic; Attended St. Mary's Polish Church, good friend of Father O'Connell
              • Known for his public speaking, reference to Mrs. Calder, 3 books are rewrites
              • Dr. Calder, brown 1892, died 1975, lived in Grenada; For one year after graduating from medical school, involved with U.N.I.A.; Reference to St. Alban's, St. Philip's
              CA BI T-76 · Item · 1969

              Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of Sister Margaret Beaton and Mrs. A.C. Day interviewing Mrs. Emily Chapman about her experience in Sydney. Mrs. Chapman speaks about the cause that the Jubilee Singers supported.

              Track listing is as follows:

              • Introduction of Mrs. Emily (Kendall) Chapman
              • Where did the Kendalls come from?
              • Where did Dr. Kendall practice medicine?
              • Where did Dr. Kendall study medicine?
              • Did you have an allowance when you were young?
              • Have you any interesting stories about your father's career?
              • What part did you father play in the Bill for Workman's Compensation Act in 1898?
              • Mrs. Chapman gives very interesting stories of her father. She told of many strange incidents.
              • Sick calls made by Dr. Kendall. The hardships of travel to these homes and the poverty of the people when he arrived.
              • Is it true that your father did an amputation on a kitchen table out in the country?
              • Mrs. Day asks about the story of the $5.
              • Your mother must have been a marvellous and charitable woman.
              • She could never have tea because she would have nothing to serve.
              • "A funny story about my father..."
              • Who was your mother?
              • I ave the loveliest memories of my whole life at Crawley's Creek.
              • Tell us about your social life as a young girl.
              • What do you remember of the theatre in Sydney?
              • Who were the Jubilee Singers? They tried to make money to help the Negroes.
              • What was the story of Sir Wilfred Laurier and you?
              • What about local talent?
              • Duke of Kent, interesting story about him.
              • Mrs. Day asks, "Did Dr. Kendall get even a small pension from the city?"
              • "You asked me about the old Orange Hall.."
              CA BI FT 19 · File · 1985

              File consists of three videos of the West Indian Reunion Achievement Dinner at St. Alban's Hall, Whitney Pier.

              CA BI FT 18 · Item · 1985

              File consists of two videos of a gathering at the AOC Churchyard during Whitney Pier's West Indian Reunion.

              West Indian Foodways
              CA BI FT 1 (24) · Item · 1983

              Item is a video of Elizabeth Beaton and Stephanie Inglis interviewing Uri Johnston and Cecilia Coward about West Indian Foodways.

              Books
              CA BI MG 21.14-C · Series · 1977-2016
              Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

              Series consists of 11 books of fictional poetry, interviews, biographies, case studies, and history that explore race and the Black experience in Nova Scotia, Canada, and the United States. Viola Desmond is featured in Viola Desmond's Canada: A History of Blacks and Racial Segregation in the Promised Land by Dr. Graham Reynolds, which includes a chapter written by Wanda Robson.

              CA BI F 5221 N4 C43 · Item · 1970

              Item is a copy of Nova Scotian Blacks: An Historical and Structural Overview by Donald H. Clairmont (Dalhousie University) and Dennis W. Magill (University of Toronto). The study focuses on the issues of poverty and marginalization among Nova Scotian Blacks.

              CA BI BX 9999 A3 TF7 · Item · 1956

              Item is a book about the history of the African Orthodox Church written by Rev. A.C. Terry-Thompson, D.D.. The book includes a history of St. Philip's Church, Sydney.

              CA BI FC 2350 B6 W43 2007 · Item · 2007

              Item is a book that was written by Joan Weeks and the Glace Bay Universal Negro Improvement Association that features newspaper articles, interviews, and a history of African Nova Scotians in Cape Breton.

              CA BI LC 2804.2 N6 E92 1992 · Item · 1995

              Item is a book written by Doris Evans and Gertrude Tynes that features profiles of Nova Scotia's segregated schools and teachers at those schools, as well as photographs and speeches from the Retired Teachers of Segregated Schools of Nova Scotia's 1990 reunion.

              CA BI FC 2349 N48 B6 · Item · 1983

              Item is a book edited by Ted Boutilier that outlines the history of New Waterford, as of its 70th anniversary in 1983. It features information about community institutions, culture, organizations, and recreation, and includes a section titled "The First Black Men to Settle in New Waterford."

              CA BI FC 2050 B6 P33 1987 · Item · 1987

              Item is a copy of Bridglal Pachai's book People of the Maritimes: Blacks. The book contains information about the origins of the Maritimes' Black population, their history in the area, descriptions of some prominent individuals and institutions, and the problems and prospects that this population faced during the 1980s.

              Canadian Black Studies
              CA BI FC 106 B5 C3 · Item · 1979

              Item is a book containing twenty-three articles related to Black Studies, edited by Dr. Bridglal Pachai.

              The following pieces are featured within the book:

              • D.R. Fraser Taylor, "Black Studies: A Canadian Perspective"
              • Jan Carew, "Black Studies: An Afro-American Perspective from Northwestern"
              • Peter Igbonekwu Okeh, "Black Studies: A West African Perspective"
              • Wilson A. Head, "Problems and Prospects for Blacks in the Canadian Mosaic"
              • R. Leighton Hutson, "Black Conciousness is our Culture"
              • James W. St. G. Walker, "Blacks in Context: Black Canadians and the History Curriculum"
              • Ralph E. James, "Concerns about Black Students in Science and Technology"
              • Howard D. McCurdy, "Blacks and Science"
              • Lorris Elliot, "Literary Writings by Blacks in Canada"
              • Vicent D'Oyley "Emerging Canadian Interethnic Issues and Canadian Black Studies"
              • Colin A. Thomson, "White Response to Black Migration to the Prairies, 1908-1912"
              • Jean Luc Gouveia, "The Blacks in Quebec or the Difficulty of Being a Minority Group that is 'Different'"
              • Phillip H Alexander, "Resource Development in Southwestern Ontario"
              • Judith R. Gold, "A Special University Program for Nova Scotian Blacks and Micmacs"
              • Cynthia M. Thomas, "Black Youth and Education"
              • Cherry Paris, "Education and Human Rights"
              • Eleanor Dorrington, "Halifax Outreach Employment Project"
              • Winston S. Ruck, "Nova Scotian Blacks in the Canadian Mosaic: Blacks and Employments"
              • Patricia Skinner, "The Minority Situation in the Antigonish, Guysborough Region"
              • Donald E. Fairfax, "The Black Church and Youth"
              • Wayne Adams, "The Church and the Black Man"
              • Carolyn Thomas, "The Black Church and the Black Woman"
              • Donald D. Skeir, "The African United Baptist Association and the Black Man in Nova Scotia."
              CA BI MG 21.14 · Collection · 1890-2017

              Collection consists of records related to Viola Desmond’s 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and her posthumous 2010 free pardon granted by the Government of Nova Scotia. Also included are materials related to Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson’s civil rights work in Nova Scotia, including newspaper clippings and articles, diplomas, certificates, scholarship and bursary documents, a scrapbook and materials related to Robson’s education and published book, Sister to Courage. Included are photographs of the extended Davis family and published books about the Black Nova Scotian experience.

              Robson, Wanda Eloise
              City of Sydney collection
              CA BI MG 14.27 · Fonds · 1864-

              Fonds consists of textual records that were created by the City of Sydney, including city reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, town histories, police reports, and legal documents. Included within the fonds are materials that provide information about Black Nova Scotians living within the city, including voting records, education reports, and town histories.

              Paul MacEwan fonds
              CA BI MG 9.30 · Fonds · 1936-1998

              Fonds consists of the personal materials of Paul MacEwan, founder and leader of the Cape Breton Labour Party from 1982-1987 and former member of the Nova Scotia Legislature for Cape Breton Nova from 1970-2003. Included is correspondence, subjects files concerning healthcare and agriculture, press releases, and papers related to the New Democratic Party and Cape Breton Labour Party.

              MacEwan, Paul
              CA BI MG 12.50 · Fonds · 1880-1978

              Fonds consists of correspondence, papers, scrapbooks referring to ships, shipping, sailing, and items that were of interest to Captain John Parker. Included is a scrapbook that includes information about "Gaelic speaking Blacks" and photographs from a sailing trip to the West Indies.

              Parker, John
              CA BI MG 12.198 · Fonds · 1900-2005

              Fonds consists of papers that reflect Elizabeth Beaton's work at the Beaton Institute and personal academic research. The materials included cover a wide variety of topics concerning Cape Breton history, especially ethnicity. Beaton's work contains extensive research on Whitney Pier's West Indian and Ukrainian population.

              Beaton, Elizabeth Dr.
              Alvinus Calder fonds
              CA BI MG 12.192 · Fonds · 1962

              Fonds consists of of an undated autobiography, a travel-logue of a trip to Moscow in 1962, a letter to the editor of a Grenada newspaper concerning that island's economy, a clipping of a speech that Dr. Calder gave on racial prejudice, and a report of the Medical Committee. The fonds also includes an address given by Dr. Calder to St. Andrew's Brotherhood, Sydney, 1950 about racial prejudice.

              Calder, Dr. Alvinus
              The Nova Scotia Gleaner
              CA BI PAM 1605 · Item · 5 October, 1929

              Item is a October 5, 1929 issue of the Nova Scotia Gleaner, a monthly newspaper that was published in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This issue of the Gleaner was subtitled "In the Interest of the Coloured People of Nova Scotia," and features an editorial and several pieces that focus on Black persons across Nova Scotia.

              CA BI PAM 2615 · Item · 1985

              Item is a pamphlet that contains the transcript of a lecture, "The Black Identity in Nova Scotia," that was presented by Dr. James Walker at the Second Anniversary celebration of the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, 17 September, 1985. The lecture describes the origin and development of black community identity in Nova Scotia.

              CA BI PAM 2549 · Item · 1938

              File consists of two issues of "The Black Man: A Monthly Magazine of Negro Thought and Opinion." The magazine was edited by Marcus Garvey, founder and president-general of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A.), of London, England, and these issues feature transcripts of speeches that were given by Mr. Garvey at Bethel Church, Halifax, and Menelik Hall, Sydney. These speeches outline the work that has been completed by the U.N.I.A..

              The West Indians in Canada
              CA BI PAM 2482 · Item · 1984

              Item is a pamphlet that contains a history of the West Indians in Canada. The pamphlet features information about their background in the Caribbean, the early migrants that came to Canada, immigration that took place after immigration reforms in 1962, their adaptation to Canada, and provides a comparative perspective between West Indians and other ethnic groups. It was written by James W. St. G. Walker.

              CA BI PAM 2012 · Item · 1974

              Item is a pamphlet that features illustrated biographies of influential Black Nova Scotian individuals and groups, including Colonel Stephen Bluck, William Hall, Sam Langford and the Maroons.

              CA BI PAM 1266 · Item · 1962

              Item is a pamphlet that contains the results of a study completed by the Dalhousie University Institute of Public Affairs that examined the population distribution, socio-economic condition, and educability of African Nova Scotians living in the Halifax area in 1959.