Wanda Eloise Robson (née Wanda Davis) was born December 16, 1926, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as one of fifteen children born to James Albert Davis and Gwendolyn Irene Davis. She attended Sir Charles Tupper School, Alexandra School, Bloomfield Junior High School, and graduated from Queen Elizabeth High School. Upon graduating high school, she began working as a lab assistant for the Federal Fisheries department in Halifax. She had three children, Stephen Neal, Jeff Neal, and Gordon Neal, and raised them as a single mother until she married Joe Robson in 1971. The couple moved to North Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1975. In 2004, Wanda completed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) at the University College of Cape Breton (UCCB, now Cape Breton University(CBU)). Wanda experienced racial discrimination throughout her life and after graduating with her BA, became an activist, speaking about being a Black Nova Scotian and telling her sister, Viola Desmond's, story. Robson's work led to Viola Desmond’s posthumous pardon in 2010 and she created a lasting legacy for herself and her sister. In 2010, Robson published *Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks*, which recounted the courage and ambition of Viola Desmond and the Davis family. Due to her work, Wanda received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from CBU in 2012. She died in Sydney, Nova Scotia on February 6, 2022.
Viola Irene Desmond (née Viola Davis) was born July 6, 1914, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as one of fifteen children born to James Albert Davis and Gwendolyn Irene Davis. Desmond attended Sir Joseph Howe Elementary School and Bloomfield High School before working as a teacher at two racially segregated schools in Preston, Nova Scotia and Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia. In 1936, she enrolled in the Field Beauty Culture School in Montréal, Quebec, one of the few institutions that accepted Black students. She continued her education in New York, New York and in 1940 received a diploma from the Apex College of Beauty Culture and Hairdressing in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Viola married Jack Desmond, a barber, in 1936 and the two settled in Halifax. In 1937, Desmond opened Vi’s Studio of Beauty Culture on Gottingen Street and started a beauty product line, Vi’s Beauty Products, which catered to Black women's needs. In addition to the salon, Viola started the Desmond School of Beauty Culture where Black students could learn hairdressing in Atlantic Canada. On November 8, 1946, Desmond refused to move from the whites-only section of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, an act that resulted in a conviction for tax evasion, which cemented her as a significant figure in the Civil Rights Movement in Canada. Desmond received an official apology and a Grant of Free Pardon from the Province of Nova Scotia in 2010. She died in New York City on February 7, 1965.
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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.
Records were collected and maintained by Dr. Wanda Robson (Hon.) and her husband, Joe Robson, and were donated to the Beaton Institute on June 9, 2016. Digital copies of photographs of the Davis family were given to the Robsons by Emily Clyke and Sharon Clyke, with the original photographs being returned to the Clykes in Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Graham Reynolds, Cape Breton University's (CBU) Viola Desmond Chair for Social Justice, facilitated the donation.
For commercial use (broadcast, exhibition, publication) or public licensing of materials found in this collection please contact the Beaton Institute for more information.
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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.
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File consists of materials related to Viola Desmond's arrest, including copies of letters from Desmond to the Ministry of Justice, and the posthumous apology and pardon she received in 2010 from the Province of Nova Scotia.
*The Clarion* was edited and produced by Carrie Best and Cal Best in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia beginning in 1946. The paper originally focused on Black Nova Scotians who attended Second Baptist Church in New Glasgow, with news about their church and community.
To read more editions of *The Clarion* visit the Nova Scotia Archives: https://archives.novascotia.ca/newspapers/results/?nYear=1948&nTitle=The+Clarion
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Item is three photocopies of the December 31, 1946 edition of *The Clarion* newspaper published in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia featuring articles about Viola Desmond's 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow and her court appeals.
The letters from Viola Desmond were originally written by Dr. A.E. Waddell, a physician and surgeon in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and signed by Viola. These copies do not have her signature.
Related letters can be found at the Beaton Institute using ID numbers: MG 21.4-A-1-3 and MG 21.14-A-1-4.
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Item is a typewritten copy of a letter from Viola Desmond to the federal Minister of Justice in Ottawa, Ontario explaining her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and asking them to grant her a pardon, or, in her words, "vindicate [her] in the eyes of Society."
Related letters can be found at the Beaton Institute using ID numbers: MG 21.14-A-1-2 and MG 21.14-A-1-4.
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Item is a copy of a typewritten letter from M.F. Gallagher, Director of Remission Service at the Department of Justice, in response to a letter from Viola Desmond regarding her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. He refers her to the Attorney General of Nova Scotia.
Related letters can be found at the Beaton Institute using ID numbers: MG 21.14-A-1-2 and MG 21.14-A-1-3.
The letters from Viola Desmond were originally written by Dr. A.E. Waddell, a physician and surgeon in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and signed by Viola. These copies do not have her signature.
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Item is a letter from Viola Desmond to M.F. Gallagher, Director of Remission Service at the Department of Justice, in response to his letter on September 23, 1949. She declares that she did not wish for the Department of Justice to give her clemency, only to either uphold or discredit her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
The letters from Viola Desmond were originally written by Dr. A.E. Waddell, a physician and surgeon in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and signed by Viola. These copies do not have her signature.
Related letters can be found at the Beaton Institute using ID numbers: MG 21.14-A-1-6 and MG 21.14-A-1-7.
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Item is a copy of a typewritten letter from Viola Desmond to the Attorney General of Nova Scotia regarding her arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and her legal case.
Related letters can be found at the Beaton Institute using ID numbers: MG 21.14-A-1-5 and MG 21.14-1-1-7.
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Item is a copy of a typewritten letter from John A. Y. MacDonald, Deputy Attorney General of Nova Scotia, to Viola Desmond in response to a previous letter about her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre.
Related letters can be found at the Beaton Institute using ID numbers: MG 21.14-A-1-5 and MG 21.14-A-1-6
The letters from Viola Desmond were originally written by Dr. A.E. Waddell, a physician and surgeon in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and signed by Viola. These copies do not have her signature.
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Item is a copy of a typewritten letter from Viola Desmond to John A.Y. MacDonald, Deputy Attorney General of Nova Scotia, asking his department to investigate her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and to confirm her claims that her human rights were violated.
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Item is a copy of *The Beaver: Canada's History Magazine* with the article "Ticket to Freedom" about the legacy of Viola Desmond as a civil rights activist on pages 24 to 29. Wanda Robson appears on the cover of the magazine.
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Item is a copy of the Cape Breton University (CBU) Alumni Magazine, *Distinction*, featuring the article "A Story of Two Sisters" about Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson. Wanda Robson and Graham Reynolds are on the cover with Robson holding a copy of Graham's book, *Viola Desmond's Canada: A History of Blacks and Racial Segregation in the Promised Land*.
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Item is a typewritten copy of the March 3, 1995 article "Desmond Led the Fight Against Racism" by Dean Jobb in *The Chronicle Herald*. Included on the 3rd page is an email from Wanda Robson and Joe Robson to Sherri Borden Colley, a staff reporter at *The Chronicle Herald*, asking her for a copy of the Jobb article.
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Item is a copy of an email from Adrian Harewood, a CBC reporter, to Wanda Robson and Joe Robson regarding a meeting he had with Mayor Anne Maclean of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia about the legacy of Viola Desmond in New Glasgow and the upcoming 60th anniversary of Desmond's arrest at the Roseland Theatre.
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Item is a letter from Ross Landry, Minister of Justice of Nova Scotia, to Wanda Robson thanking her for her work in getting her sister, Viola Desmond, an official apology from the province and a Royal Prerogative of Mercy Free Pardon for her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a letter from Jay C. Hope, Deputy Minister, Correctional Services for the Province of Ontario, thanking Wanda Robson for approving the use of Viola Desmond's name for a proposed internal grant in the Correctional Services department. The grant would be given to a Correctional Services staff member who makes contributions to diversity and inclusiveness within the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled "Sister: Viola Desmond would appreciate pardon efforts," outlining the efforts of Wanda Robson to have Viola Desmond pardoned 63 years after her arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Also included are two clippings from the front of the paper to advertise the article on page F1.
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Item is a newspaper clipping of pages A1 and A2 of *The Chronicle Herald* from Halifax, Nova Scotia. On page A1, continuing on page A2, is the article, "Innocence Lost: A white child sees reality of racism" about Ian Fraser who witnessed Viola Desmond's arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1946. On page A2 a second article titled, "Nov. 8 could be Viola Desmond Day" outlines a provincial day of honour for Desmond proposed by the Progressive Conservative party.
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Item is pages A1 and A2 of *The Chronicle Herald* from Halifax, Nova Scotia with an article titled, "Historic moment: Doing right by Viola Desmond," announcing that Viola Desmond would get a posthumous apology and pardon for her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping of page A10 from the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Pardon, apology for black woman guilty of sitting in white theatre section," outlining the official apology and pardon being given to Viola Desmond for her arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1946.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Globe and Mail* titled, "A clean slate for an icon of freedom: N.S. grants apology to 'Canada's Rosa Parks'," regarding the posthumous apology and pardon Viola Desmond received for her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Viola's Vindication" regarding the posthumous apology and pardon given to Viola Desmond for her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper with a portrait of Viola Desmond and a caption outlining her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Metro News* in Halifax, Nova Scotia titled, "Province rights a wrong," outlining the official apology and pardon Viola Desmond received posthumously for her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* with a photograph of Lt.-Gov. Mayann Francis unveiling a portrait of Viola Desmond at Government House in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping of a cartoon created by Cape Breton Ink in the *Cape Breton Post* featuring Viola Desmond being arrested at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in the left panel and Rosa Parks being arrested on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama in the right panel.
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Item is four pages of the *Sunday Herald* produced by *The Chronicle Herald* in Halifax, Nova Scotia with a cover feature on Viola Desmond. The article titled, "The woman behind the story," outlines Viola Desmond's life as a business woman and entrepreneur, her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and her legacy as a Canadian social justice icon.
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Item is a photocopy of a newspaper article from the *Vancouver Sun* by reporter Evelyn C. White about Viola Desmond and her legacy.
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File consists of genealogical information about the Davis family.
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Item is a handwritten genealogy of the Benjamin Newton Davis family.
Vist the following link for information about James Davis and Gwendolyn Davis' gravesite at Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187869288/james-albert-davis
Visit the following link for information about Viola Desmond's gravesite at Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159476634/viola-irene-desmond
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Item is a handwritten genealogy of the James Albert Davis and Gwendolyn Irene Davis family. Also included is a list of Davis family members buried at Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia with burial dates.
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File consists of news items reporting on honours dedicated to Viola Desmond, such as an outdoor theatre and a Halifax, Nova Scotia ferry being named after her.
In October 2010, the former Roseland Theatre was operating as Pentzie's Roseland Cabaret, a dance club, owned by Ray Pentz. Pentz had a permanent exhibit set up in the club with information about Viola Desmond and her arrest on the site in 1946.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Viola Desmond honored on site that once did her wrong," with a story about a group of people meeting at the former Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia to honour Viola Desmond.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *Metro Halifax* titled, "Theatre in honour of Viola Desmond opens in Halifax," which covered the opening of the Viola Desmond Outdoor Theatre in Warrington Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia and includes comments from Gertrude Jefferies who had her hair done by Desmond almost weekly as a child.
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Item is a newspaper article from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Theatre named after Desmond," about the opening of the Viola Desmond Outdoor Theatre in Warrington Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The article includes comments from Gertrude Jeffries, who had her hair done almost weekly by Desmond as a child, and Michael Davis-Cole, Viola's nephew.
On February 25, 2016 it was announced that the new Halifax harbour ferry would be named after Viola Desmond.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from an unidentified paper titled, "HRM ferry naming list down to five," regarding the top five people being considered to have one of the Halifax, Nova Scotia harbour ferries named after them. The top five people included on the list were Viola Desmond, Vincent Coleman, Major Gavin Rainnie, Pte. John Curwin, and Ron Wallace.
Canada's $10 bank note featuring an image of Viola Desmond went into circulation in November 2018. To read more about the bill visit: https://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/vertical10/
In 2019, the International Bank Note Society announced the 2018 winners of the International Banknote Awards and Canada's $10 bill came in first. To read more about the award visit: https://www.theibns.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=701%3Acanada-captures-ibns-2018-bank-note-of-year-award&catid=38%3Abnoy-2018&Itemid=51
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Honour Viola Desmond," written by Wanda Robson who wished to thank Vernon Oikle for his article, "Let's Honour a Real Hero," published in *The Chronicle Herald* on March 31, 2016 and asking people to nominate Viola Desmond to appear on a Canadian banknote.
Canada Post issued the Viola Desmond stamp on February 1, 2012.
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File consists of material related to the Viola Desmond stamp distributed by Canada Post.
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Item is a Viola Desmond stamp booklet issued by Canada Post with one stamp in place.
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Item is a Day of Issue Stamp for the Viola Desmond stamp distributed by Canada Post. The Viola Desmond stamp is fixed to the top corner of an envelope featuring a picture of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a program for the Commemorative Stamp Unveiling Ceremony hosted by The Black Cultural Society for Nova Scotia and The Canada Post National Stamp Committee in Cherry Brook, Nova Scotia for the unveiling of the Viola Desmond and John Ware stamps.
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Item is a letter from Jim Phillips, Director of Stamp Services at Canada Post, to Wanda Robson thanking her for her suggestion to put Viola Desmond on a stamp.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* about the Viola Desmond stamp issued by Canada Post.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* featuring a photograph of Wanda Robson at the Black Cultural Centre in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia during the unveiling of the Viola Desmond stamp. Standing with Robson are Leslie Oliver, president of the Black Cultural Centre (back, right), and Canada Post's Robert Waite.
Heritage Minutes are produced by Historica Canada and are one minute length films about historic Canadian figures. Viola Desmond was featured in the 82nd Heritage Minute. To view the video, please follow the link: https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/viola-desmond
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File consists of newspaper clippings about Viola Desmond's Heritage Moment and a fax with information about a Viola Desmond documentary being made titled, *The Lady Resists*.
To view the Viola Desmond Heritage Minute, see: https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/viola-desmond
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Item is two copies of one article published in the *Cape Breton Post* about a Heritage Minute produced by Historica Canada about Viola Desmond.
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Item is four copies of an article titled "Documentary about Viola Desmond to be screened Wednesday" in the *Cape Breton Post* about a screening of the the documentary, "A Long Road to Justice: The Viola Desmond Story" at Cape Breton University (CBU).
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Item is a fax from Marilyn Gray, a producer at Inner City Films in Toronto, Ontario, to Wanda Robson and Joe Robson regarding the Viola Desmond documentary being made by the film studio. The fax includes a note from Gray and a synopsis of the one hour documentary, "The Lady Resists: The Viola Desmond Story."
Viola Desmond Day is commemorated annually on November 8 in Nova Scotia.
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File consists of materials regarding the creation of Viola Desmond Day.
Viola Desmond Day is commemorated annually in Nova Scotia on November 8.
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Item is a letter from Colleen Gillis to Hon. Percy Paris, Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs, asking him to support the creation of Viola Desmond Day.
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Item is the Cape Breton Regional Municipality's (CBRM) proclamation to name the Nova Scotia February holiday 'Viola Desmond Day.' A handwritten note on page 2 reads: "With the understanding it should be all encompassing - Carrie Best, Dr. Wm [Dr. William Oliver] & Pearleen Oliver, Henderson Paris."
Viola Desmond Day is commemorated annually in Nova Scotia on November 8.
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Item is a copy of an article written by Stephen Kimber for *Metro News* about 'Viola Desmond Day' only being held on the first Heritage Day in Nova Scotia. A short note at the top from Kimber states that this is an advanced copy of the article.
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Item is a letter from Dr. Graham Reynolds to Stephen McNeil, Premier of Nova Scotia, asking him to enact a provincial Viola Desmond Day. On the back of the paper is page 16 of an unrelated article.
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Item is an email from Ron Caplan to Wanda Robson and Joe Robson lending his support for a permanent "Viola Desmond Day" and sharing a news release that he sent to MLAs, school board members and individuals around Nova Scotia.
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Item is a press release announcing a special assembly addressing racial prejudice hosted by Wanda Robson and Dr. Graham Reynolds at Riverview High School (RHS) in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Ron Caplan published Wanda Robson's book, *Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks*.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* about Ron Caplan, a Cape Breton publisher, and his support of November 8 being declared Viola Desmond Day.
The first Heritage Day in 2015 was dedicated to Viola Desmond; however, November 8 was later declared Viola Desmond Day in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper titled, "Voice of the People: A Vote for Desmond," with a short write up by Jon Stone of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia who supported the idea that Nova Scotia's newly formed February holiday, Heritage Day, be named after Viola Desmond.
The first Heritage Day in 2015 was dedicated to Viola Desmond; however, November 8 was later declared Viola Desmond Day in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "People lobby for holiday in honour of Viola Desmond" outlining the efforts of people to have the new Nova Scotia February holiday named after Viola Desmond.
The first Heritage Day in 2015 was dedicated to Viola Desmond; however, November 8 was later declared Viola Desmond Day in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* about efforts to have Nova Scotia's newly formed February holiday, Heritage Day, named after Viola Desmond.
The first Heritage Day in 2015 was dedicated to Viola Desmond; however, November 8 was later declared Viola Desmond Day in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photocopied newspaper article from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Holiday honours rights pioneer," announcing that Nova Scotia's first Heritage Day in February 2015 would be dedicated to Viola Desmond.
The first Heritage Day in 2015 was dedicated to Viola Desmond; however, November 8 was later declared Viola Desmond Day in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photocopy of a newspaper article from an unidentified newspaper titled, "Kids go with Heritage for February holiday," announcing that Nova Scotia's new February holiday would be called 'Heritage Day'.
The first Heritage Day in 2015 was dedicated to Viola Desmond; however, November 8 was later declared Viola Desmond Day in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* of a guest article written by publisher Ron Caplan titled, "A second chance for Viola Desmond Day," where he asks the public to consider adopting a date for Viola Desmond Day to be celebrated annually.
The first Heritage Day in 2015 was dedicated to Viola Desmond; however, November 8 was later declared Viola Desmond Day in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Heritage Day: 'It will be all about Viola'" featuring an interview with Wanda Robson about Nova Scotia's first Heritage Day and it's dedication to her sister, Viola Desmond.
The first Heritage Day in 2015 was dedicated to Viola Desmond; however, November 8 was later declared Viola Desmond Day in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Heritage Day a brand-new holiday for Nova Scotians," about Nova Scotia's new holiday, Heritage Day.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "'It was a breakthrough in social justice'," about Viola Desmond, her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and her legacy.
The first Heritage Day in 2015 was dedicated to Viola Desmond; however, November 8 was later declared Viola Desmond Day in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping of a 'Letter to the Editor' written by Ron Caplan in the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Just pick a day to honour Viola Desmond," asking the public to consider dedicating an annual day to commemorate Viola Desmond and her civil rights work.
The first Heritage Day in 2015 was dedicated to Viola Desmond; however, November 8 was later declared Viola Desmond Day in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping titled 'rant' in an unidentified newspaper asking for Heritage Day to be celebrated as Viola Desmond Day every year.
The first Heritage Day in 2015 was dedicated to Viola Desmond; however, November 8 was later declared Viola Desmond Day in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping of a letter to the editor from Regina Gillis in the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Viola Desmond Day worth celebrating every year."
The first Heritage Day in 2015 was dedicated to Viola Desmond; however, November 8 was later declared Viola Desmond Day in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a cartoon from *The Chronicle Herald* in Halifax, Nova Scotia with a drawing of Viola Desmond seated in a movie theatre with an usher standing over her saying, "Don't get too comfortable, you're going to have to move next year." The cartoon was related to Nova Scotia's first Heritage Day being dedicated to Desmond.
Ron Caplan's article, "A second chance for Viola Desmond Day," appeared in the *Cape Breton Post* on February 1, 2013. It can also be found in the Wanda Robson and Viola Desmond Collection at the Beaton Institute, with ID no.: MG 21.14-A-6-13.
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Item is a newspaper clipping of a letter to the editor by Kathleen Bunin in the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Support for Viola Desmond Day," written in response to Ron Caplan's article "A second chance for Viola Desmond Day."
Viola Desmond Day is commemorated annually on November 8 in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper titled, "N.S. to consult before setting day to honour Viola Desmond," outlining plans for the government to consult with Black Nova Scotians before designating a specific day as Viola Desmond Day.
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File consists of materials related to Wanda Robson's work with Dr. Graham Reynolds, the Viola Desmond Chair for Social Justice at Cape Breton University (CBU).
To read the completed essay, see: 'Viola Desmond's Canada: A History of Blacks and Racial Segregation in the Promised Land' by Dr. Graham Reynolds, pages 69 - 86.
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Item is a draft of "My Early Memories of Race, My Sister Viola, and the Incident at the Roseland Theatre" by Wanda Robson, which appeared as a chapter in *Viola Desmond's Canada: A History of Blacks and Racial Segregation in the Promised Land* by Dr. Graham Reynolds. Corrections and annotations in red pen have been made throughout the essay.
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Item is a project proposal for "The Many Faces of Jim Crow: Stories of Racial Discrimination in Twentieth Century Canada," a documentary, to be produced by Dr. Graham Reynolds and Dr. Richard MacKinnon.
To learn more about the Viola Desmond Chair in Social Justice, visit: https://www.cbu.ca/viola-desmond-chair-in-social-justice/
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "University honours Desmond," about the formation of the Viola Desmond Chair of Social Justice at Cape Breton University.
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Item is a newspaper article from an unidentified newspaper titled, "Remembering the past," about the publication of Dr. Graham Reynold's book *Viola Desmond's Canada: A History of Blacks and Racial Segregation in the Promised Land*.
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Item is a clipping from an unidentified newspaper or magazine titled, "Recently named Chairs at CBU," naming Dr. Keith G. Brown as the Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business Studies, Dr. Graham Reynolds as the Viola Desmond Chair in Social Justice, and John MacKinnon as the George Unsworth Chair in Accounting.
To learn more about *Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks* by Wanda Robson, visit: https://capebretonbooks.com/products/sister-to-courage-stories-from-the-world-of-viola-desmond-canadas-rosa-parks
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File consists of newspaper and magazine clippings about Wanda Robson's book *Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks*.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* about books being published in and about Cape Breton, including *Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks* by Wanda Robson.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Keeping sister's legacy alive," featuring a photograph of Wanda Robson signing copies of her book, *Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks*, at the Wilfred Oram Centennial Library in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Dark time in Nova Scotia's past," about the publication of Wanda Robson's book, *Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks*.
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Item is pages 35 to 38 of the Holiday 2010 edition of 'Atlantic Books Today' with a column on *Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond Canada's Rosa Parks* by Wanda Robson.
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File consists of records related to Viola Desmond's personal and professional lives, including a copies of her diplomas, professional certificates and her marriage certificate.
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Item includes a photocopy of Viola Desmond's 1940 diploma from The Apex College of Beauty Culture and Hairdressing and a photocopy of Helen Flint's (née Helen Davis) 1947 diploma from the Desmond Beauty Studio.
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Item is Viola Desmond's certificate from the Advanced Hairstyling Studio, Inc. in New York, New York.
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Item is an announcement for the Desmond Studio of Beauty Culture graduation exercises to take place on June 4, 1947. The announcement includes a photograph of the graduates and a class list of the school's junior and senior classes.
The Bank of Canada Museum hosted an exhibit about Viola Desmond, "A Noteworthy Woman," from November 30, 2019 to September 2, 2019 to celebrate her appearance on the Canadian $10 bill. The exhibit included Viola Desmond's notebook. To learn more about the exhibit, visit: https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/explore/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/a-noteworthy-woman/
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Item is Viola Desmond's notebook, where she kept notes on hairdressing and styling, manicuring, ingredient lists for the products she used as a hairdresser, and price lists for services she offered at her salon.
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Item is four copies of Viola Desmond and Jack Desmond's marriage record, documenting their marriage at St. George's Church in Montreal, Quebec.
Viola Desmond died on February 7, 1965 in New York, New York.
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Item is a photocopy of a newspaper clipping of Viola Desmond's obituary from an unidentified newspaper.
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File consists of newspaper clippings and a program for the play, 'Other People's Heaven,' which told the story of Viola Desmond's 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a program for the play "Other People's Heaven," about Viola Desmond's 1946 arrest, which was staged at the Firebrand Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *The News*, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia's newspaper, featuring a photograph from the play about Viola Desmond called "Other People's Heaven," which was being staged in New Glasgow.
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Item is a printed copy of newspaper articles from *The News*, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia's newspaper, with an article titled, "Play about Viola Desmond presented where story began" about the play "Other People's Heaven" that was being staged in New Glasgow. Also included on the page is the article, "Viola Desmond featured on a Canada Post stamp."
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File consists of materials for events and presentations that Wanda Robson participated in as part of her social justice work and to promote Viola Desmond's legacy.
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Item is a program for "A Special Tribute in Honor of Viola Desmond," which included the dedication of a commemorative bench at the Africentric Heritage Park in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, the unveiling of a heritage interpretive panel about Viola Desmond at Laurie Park in New Glasgow, and the unveiling of a portrait of Desmond in Council Chambers at the New Glasgow Town Hall.
In 2022, Ryerson University was re-named Toronto Metropolitan University.
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Item is a program for The 5th Annual Viola Desmond Day Awards Ceremony hosted by The Ryerson Black History Awareness Committee at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. The program includes an agenda for the awards ceremony and nominee biographies.
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Item is a poster advertisement for an event at McConnell Library in Sydney, Nova Scotia to celebrate Nova Scotia's 2015 Heritage Day, which was dedicated to Viola Desmond. Guests at the event included Wanda Robson and Dr. Graham Reynolds.
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Item is a press release issued by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba alerting the press to interviews, meet and greets, and a panel being held at the museum with Wanda Robson and Travis Price, founder of Pink Shirt Day, Avery Skog and Robin Wiszowaty. The release includes a schedule of events and biographies for the participants.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson standing at her hotel window overlooking the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Robson was taking part in interviews and a panel on social justice taking place at the museum, where a Viola Desmond exhibit was being held.
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Item is a program for the 15th Annual Harmony Breakfast held on The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination [at Cape Breton University] in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Wanda Robson was the keynote speaker at the breakfast.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Rights heroine gets triple tribute," regarding "A Special Tribute in Honor of Viola Desmond" that was held in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia on August 16, 2010. During the day long event, a commemorative bench was dedicated to Desmond at Africentric Heritage Park in New Glasgow, an interpretive panel about Desmond was unveiled in Laurie Park in New Glasgow, and a portrait of Desmond that was commissioned for Government House in Halifax, Nova Scotia was unveiled at New Glasgow's Town Hall.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Panel discusses racism as Viola Desmond chair in social justice is launched," about the launch of the Viola Desmond Chair in Social Justice at Sydney Academy in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The photograph accompanying the article features, from left to right, Wanda Robson, Kanivannan Chinniah, Dr. Graham Reynolds (the first person to hold the Viola Desmond Chair in Social Justice), Neil MacIsaac, and Yaeesh Sardiwalla.
Dr. Graham Reynolds was the first to hold the Viola Desmond Chair in Social Justice at Cape Breton University (CBU).
To learn more about the Viola Desmond Chair in Social Justice at CBU, visit: https://www.cbu.ca/viola-desmond-chair-in-social-justice/#:~:text=The%20Viola%20Desmond%20Chair%20in,regard%20as%20Canada's%20Rosa%20Parks.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Still 'long way to go' to end racism, says Viola Desmond's sister," regarding comments made by Wanda Robson during a panel held at Sydney Academy in Sydney, Nova Scotia to launch the Viola Desmond Chair in Social Justice.
Wanda Robson visited the Mount Carmel Elementary School students on February 21, 2011. To read about the visit, see: MG 21.14-A-11-12.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Mount Carmel students win provincial video award" about a group of grade 6 students from Mount Carmel Elementary School in New Waterford, Nova Scotia who won an award for a video they created about Viola Desmond.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Mount Carmel students learn about civil rights hero Viola Desmond," regarding a visit by Wanda Robson and Joe Robson to Mount Carmel Elementary School in New Waterford, Nova Scotia to visit a group of students who won an award for a video they created about Viola Desmond.
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Item is a copy of the *Truro Daily News* from Truro, Nova Scotia with an image of Wanda Robson with Colchester Education Centre (CEC) students on the front page. On page 3 of the newspaper is the article, "High school students learn from Desmond's story," about Robson's visit to the high school.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper about the Second Biennial Black Canadian Studies Association Conference held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Viola Desmond is mentioned in the first paragraph of the article.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Museum to hold storytelling event with Wanda Robson" about an event at the North Sydney Heritage Museum in North Sydney, Nova Scotia where Wanda Robson talked about the legacy of her sister, Viola Desmond.
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File consists of materials related to Wanda Robson's time as a Bachelor of Arts student at Cape Breton University (CBU) in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Also included is a newspaper article about the honorary Doctor of Letters degree Robson was granted by CBU in 2012.
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Item is a typewritten, three-page draft essay with handwritten notes by Wanda Robson about how she became a student at Cape Breton University (CBU), her activism and the work she did to promote the legacy of her sister, Viola Desmond. The essay was printed on the back of information sheets about Crime Stoppers Bingo.
"Rise Up Singing" was edited by Peter Blood and Annie Patterson and was published in 1988.
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Item is a photocopy of page 212 from "Rise Up Singing" featuring the lyrics and chords to a number of spirituals. A page of handwritten notes about the history of spirituals is attached to the photocopy.
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Item is a typewritten letter from Ross Landry, Attorney General of Nova Scotia, to Wanda Robson congratulating her for receiving an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Cape Breton University (CBU).
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Item is an article from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Grandma earns degree from UCCB," about Wanda Robson graduating from Cape Breton University (CBU) with her Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Item is an article from pages A2 and A9 in the *Cape Breton Post* about Cape Breton University's (CBU) fall convocation, with a mention of the honorary Doctor of Letters degree that was given to Wanda Robson at the ceremony.
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Item is a term paper written by Wanda Robson for her History 322 course at Cape Breton University (CBU) with Dr. Graham Reynolds titled, "Nova Scotia's Jim Crow Laws."
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File consists of documents related to scholarships named after Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson, as well as materials for the Johnstone Scholarship.
The Dr. P. Anthony Johnstone Scholarship was awarded to a Nova Scotia student entering a Bachelor's degree program in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island and who wanted to educate themselves on human rights issues in Canada.
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Item is a typewritten letter from Betty Ann Pothier, Johnstone Scholarship Administrator at the Nova Scotia Department of Education, to Wanda Robson regarding the Dr. P. Anthony Johnstone Scholarship and Robson's role on its Scholarship Committee. Attached to the email is a poster for the scholarship and a copy of the application.
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Item is an email from Vikki Neal (wife of Gordon Neal, Wanda Robson's son) to Wanda Robson catching her up on the family's summer and passing along a letter from the Collingwood School in Vancouver, British Columbia where Vikki Neal and Gordon Neal set up the Wanda Robson Bursary.
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Item is a typewritten draft of an overview of The Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson Scholarship established at Cape Breton University (CBU) in Sydney, Nova Scotia. A handwritten note from Wanda Robson to Dr. Graham Reynolds is written across the bottom and reads: "Did we discuss the possibility of another criterion (?) - subject be a single parent."
Wanda Eloise Robson (née Wanda Davis) was born December 16, 1926, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as one of fifteen children born to James Albert Davis and Gwendolyn Irene Davis. She attended Sir Charles Tupper School, Alexandra School, Bloomfield Junior High School, and graduated from Queen Elizabeth High School. Upon graduating high school, she began working as a lab assistant for the Federal Fisheries department in Halifax. She had three children, Stephen Neal, Jeff Neal, and Gordon Neal, and raised them as a single mother until she married Joe Robson in 1971. The couple moved to North Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1975. In 2004, Wanda completed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) at the University College of Cape Breton (UCCB, now Cape Breton University(CBU)). Wanda experienced racial discrimination throughout her life and after graduating with her BA, became an activist, speaking about being a Black Nova Scotian and telling her sister, Viola Desmond's, story. Robson's work led to Viola Desmond’s posthumous pardon in 2010 and she created a lasting legacy for herself and her sister. In 2010, Robson published *Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks*, which recounted the courage and ambition of Viola Desmond and the Davis family. Due to her work, Wanda received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from CBU in 2012. She died in Sydney, Nova Scotia on February 6, 2022.
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File consists of a scrapbook created by Wanda Robson containing photos and newspaper clippings about events she attended and took park in related to her activism and social justice work, including events for her book *Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks*.
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File consists of newspaper clippings about race and race relations in Canada and the United States.
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Item is a photocopy of an article on page A3 of *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "SMU speaker compares impact of Canadian racism to apartheid."
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Item is a photocopy of an article from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Native women seek federal compensation."
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Item is a photocopy of an article from *The Daily News Sunday Magazine* titled, "A Black Renaissance..." about Maxine Tyne's collection of poems and short stories, *Woman Talking Woman*.
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Item is a photocopy of an article from *The New York Times Magazine* titled, "Taking Sides Against Ourselves."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Mixing with children of another culture."
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Item is a report from *Family Circle* and *Essence* magazines titled, "Race in America Report," outlining the results taken from a joint survey the two magazines ran in February 1995 which polled Americans on racial views and American life.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Globe and Mail* titled, "Debunking biological determinism."
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Item is a two-page newspaper clipping from *The National Post* titled, "High court narrowing definition of discrimination."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Predatory police officers a menace to women."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Pyramid points way to African heritage."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Aftershock of King beating still felt."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* by Peter Duffy. The title of the article has not been included with the clipping.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Cop publishes book of African-Canadians," about a book of biographies of African Canadians written by Craig Smith.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Fighting racism: staying at home no solution."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper titled, ""Elimination of racism: so far, all talk, little action."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Coon Come won't apologize for calling Canadians racist," about remarks made by Matthew Coon Come, National Chief of Canada's First Nations.
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Item is an article from the *Globe and Mail* titled, "The World Conference Against Racism is likely to be remembered not for the hate it conquered but for the divisions it fosters, says reporter."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Globe and Mail* titled, "Racism can make you crazy."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper titled, "U.S. lost golden chance at racism conference."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Raddall's Roger Sudden demonizes Mi'kmaq."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Globe and Mail* titled, "Manufacturing racism: a how-to guide."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Globe and Mail* titled, "What makes human rights right?"
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the *Globe and Mail* titled, "Your people are my people."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from the letters to the editor section of the *Cape Breton Post* titled, "Young people lose generous benefactors," written by Wanda Robson acting as the Northside public relations representative for the Girl Guide Association in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Author's research confirms suspicions on racism."
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Item is an article taken from *MacLean's* titled, "No real excuse: There are times when an apology isn't enough, says Jonathon Gatehouse."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Race a factor in divide between some perceptions of Bryant case."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The National Post* titled, "Voices of Hatred," with an excerpt from a sermon given by Sheik Ibrahim Mudeiris on Palestinian Authority TV.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Racial barriers keep minorities from getting high-paying jobs."
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Has Canada lost its way?" by Mayann Francis, CEO of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission.
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Item is a copy of *The Coast* with the cover story "Celebrating our story (at last)" about Birchtown, Nova Scotia, which, when it was founded in 1783, was the largest community of free Blacks in North America.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Lessons learned in N.S. racism" by Gail Lethbridge.
*The Chronicle Herald's* "Nova Scotia Burning" series can be found in the Wanda Robson and Viola Desmond Collection from MG 21.14-A-15-33 to MG 21.14-A-15-36.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Nova Scotia Burning" about a cross burning on a biracial couples lawn in Hants County, Nova Scotia.
*The Chronicle Herald's* "Nova Scotia Burning" series can be found in the Wanda Robson and Viola Desmond Collection from MG 21.14-A-15-33 to MG 21.14-A-15-36.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Nova Scotia Burning, part II" about a cross burning on a biracial couples' lawn in Hants County, Nova Scotia.
*The Chronicle Herald's* "Nova Scotia Burning" series can be found in the Wanda Robson and Viola Desmond Collection from MG 21.14-A-15-33 to MG 21.14-A-15-36.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Nova Scotia Burning, part III" about a cross burning on a biracial couples' lawn in Hants County, Nova Scotia.
*The Chronicle Herald's* "Nova Scotia Burning" series can be found in the Wanda Robson and Viola Desmond Collection from MG 21.14-A-15-33 to MG 21.14-A-15-36.
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Item is a newspaper clipping from *The Chronicle Herald* titled, "Nova Scotia Burning, part IV" about a cross burning on a biracial couples' lawn in Hants County, Nova Scotia.
Sparky Paris (aka Hugh Paris, 1922-1944) was a business man and boxer from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia who was inducted into the Pictou County Boxing Hall of Fame and the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame. His obituary can be read at the following link: https://pkmacdonald.ca/tribute/details/2612/Hugh-Paris/obituary.html
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Item is an article from *The Pictou Advocate* titled, "Good to remember anti-racism efforts." A handwritten note by an unidentified person on the last page reads, "Another great article on Pictou County's accomplished Black athletes, including my Dad, Sparky Paris."
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Item is a case study titled, "#1 The Case of Philippe Rushton."
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File consists of correspondence sent to, or written by, Wanda Robson.
Carrie Best (1903-2001) owned and operated the first Black-owned newspaper in Nova Scotia, *The Clarion*. In 1943, she and her son, Cal Best, were arrested for sitting in the whites-only section of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. She received the Order of Canada in 1974 and was given a posthumous Order of Nova Scotia in 2002.
Cal Best (J.C. Best, James Calbert Best, 1926-2007) co-founded the first Black-owned newspaper in Nova Scotia, *The Clarion*, with his mother, Carrie Best, in 1946. In 1943, he and his mother were arrested for sitting in the whites-only section of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow. Best was a diplomat and served as the Canadian High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago.
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Item is a typewritten letter from Cal Best (aka J.C. Best or Calbert Best), son of Carrie Best, to Wanda Robson in response to a letter previously sent by Robson. Wanda was looking for a copy of Carrie Best's book, *That Lonesome Road*, which had gone out of print.
Davis family members who appear in these photographs include: James Davis (father, 1885-1964), Gwendolyn Johnson (mother, 1889-1963), Helen Davis (1910-2003), Henry Davis (Harry Davis, 1912-1957), Emily Davis (Emily Clyke, 1913-2018), Viola Davis (Viola Desmond, 1914-1965), Gordon Davis (b. 1916), Olive Davis (Olive Scott, 1919-2003), Alan Davis (1920-1974), Dorothy Davis (1921-1926), Constance Davis (Connie Davis, Connie Scott, b. January 1923), Eugenie Davis (Genie Davis, Genie Paris, b. December 1923), John Davis (Jackie Davis, 1925-2001) and Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson, 1926-2022).
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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.
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Item is a photograph of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Pictured, from left to right, are: Monica McCunn, Catherine Halliday, Madeleine Deveau, Peggy Lindsay, Marcie Shwery-Stanley, Wendy Panagopoulos, Katherine McDonald and Wanda Robson.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson and Joe Robson surrounded by people at a dinner arranged by Dr. Carolyn Thomas and the Preston Area Board of Trade in Preston, Nova Scotia.
Althea Tolliver is the daughter of famous basket weaver, Edith Clayton. To read more about Edith Clayton, see: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/edith-clayton
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Item is a photo of Althea Tolliver and Marvin Riley presenting a certificate and wicker basket, made by Tolliver, to Wanda Robson (front, right) at a dinner hosted by the Preston and Area Board of Trade in Preston, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson (right) with Mary Colley, an old family friend, at a Preston and Area Board of Trade Dinner in Preston, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photograph of three men sitting in a crowd at an unidentified event.
Item was originally in envelope inscribed: Dartmouth High 2014. Location of the envelope is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of three graduates standing among a crowd of people in a gymnasium during a graduation.
James Davis and Gwendolyn Davis were the parents of Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson.
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Item is a photo of James Davis standing behind his wife, Gwendolyn Davis, who is seated in a floral armchair.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson (front, centre) sitting at a dinner table with four friends, including Frances Oger and Bell Oger, at the Oger's house in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson and Joe Robson eating dinner with their grandchildren, Emma [?] and [?], during a visit to Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Item is a photograph of Emma [?] and [?], Wanda Robson's grandchildren, on Emma's 6th birthday in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson looking at a sheet of paper while three unidentified children stand around her.
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Item is a photograph of the Viola Desmond information panel in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia on the day it was unveiled to the public.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson with Mayann Francis, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, and Peter MacKay, Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Nova, at the unveiling of the Viola Desmond information panel in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. A small crowd of people can be seen standing in the background.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson and Clyde Fraser, a councillor and Chair of the New Glasgow Heritage Committee, at the unveiling of the Viola Desmond information panel in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photograph of three children leaning over a table that has been set up in front of the Viola Desmond information panel in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Two men in uniform are standing sentry over the historic marker.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson and Bill Bowman at the unveiling of the Viola Desmond information panel in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson and Ross Hamid shaking hands at the unveiling of the Viola Desmond information panel in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photo of, from left to right, Bill Bowman, Wanda Robson, and Margie Langille standing next to a painting of Viola Desmond at the unveiling of the Viola Desmond information panel in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson with Mayann Francis, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, and Peter MacKay, Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Nova, at the unveiling of the Viola Desmond information panel in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. A small crowd of people can be seen standing in the background.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson talking to Mayann Francis, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, at the unveiling of the Viola Desmond information panel in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Peter MacKay, Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Nova, is turned and is speaking to a woman who is part of a small crowd standing in the background.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson seated at a table with, from left to right, [an unidentified man], Joe Robson, and author Lawrence Hill standing around her.
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Item is a photo of, from left to right, Beatrice Hill, dressed in a period costume; Lawrence Hill, a Canadian author; and, Wanda Robson at an unidentified Parks Canada site.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson in a graduation gown standing with two unidentified people on the day she was given an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Cape Breton University.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson sitting at a dinner table with a group of unidentified people to celebrate the honorary Doctor of Letters degree she received from Cape Breton University.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, wearing a graduation cap and gown, with one of her grandchildren at the Cape Breton University graduation ceremony where she received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson, wearing a graduation cap and gown, on the day she received her honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Cape Breton University. Two unidentified people are standing in the foreground facing Robson.
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Item is a photograph of Dr. Graham Reynolds, centre, standing with two unidentified men at Cape Breton University's graduation ceremony where Wanda Robson was given an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
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Item is a photograph of a group of people seated around a dinner table toasting Wanda Robson, seated in the centre, while celebrating the honorary Doctor of Letters degree she received from Cape Breton University.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, with her back to the camera wearing a graduation cap and gown, standing with Dr. Graham Reynolds and an unidentified woman on the day she received her honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Cape Breton University.
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Item is a photograph of Dr. Graham Reynolds speaking at the podium during Cape Breton University's graduation ceremony, where Wanda Robson was given an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, left, surrounded by people at a party to celebrate her honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Cape Breton University.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, right, sitting at a table with four unidentified people during a dinner party to celebrate her honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Cape Breton University.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, centre, on stage with Dr. Graham Reynolds, second from right, and three other men at the Cape Breton University graduation ceremony where Robson received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson standing with two people at the Cape Breton University graduation ceremony where she received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson standing with a woman at the Cape Breton University graduation ceremony where she received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, wearing a graduation cap and gown, surrounded by five of her grandchildren at the Cape Breton University graduation ceremony where she received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson doing a radio interview with an unidentified radio DJ.
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Item is a photograph of Dr. Graham Reynolds, centre, and Wanda Robson, with her back to the camera, doing a radio interview with an unidentified radio station.
Viola Desmond Day is held annually on November 8 in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, centre, with four women holding trophies at a Viola Desmond Day Ceremony.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson seated at a table at an unidentified event while a woman standing in front of the table talks into a microphone.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson standing with a man and a woman at an unidentified event.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson and two men at an unidentified event.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson and Dr. Graham Reynolds each holding a gift at a library event. Teenagers can be seen sitting in the background.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson and Dr. Graham Reynolds each holding a gift at a library event. Teenagers can be seen sitting in the background.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson (front, second from right) and Joe Robson (far left) with seven unidentified people standing in front of a model sailboat.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson (front, second from right) and Joe Robson (far left) with seven unidentified people standing in front of a model sailboat.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson signing a copy of her book, *Sister to Courage*, while an unidentified woman sits next to her.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson (front, left) with seven unidentified people at a party at "MJ's".
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson (front, right) with six unidentified people at a party at "MJ's".
Sticker on back: Wanda / FRB Lab / 1966
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson working at a desk in the Atlantic Fisheries Lab in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Inscribed in pen on back: Atlantic Fisheries / Experimental Station / Halifax, N. S. / 1945 (underlined)
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Item is a photograph of the Atlantic Fisheries Experimental Station on Lower Water Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a class photograph from Joseph Howe School. Stephen Neal, Wanda Robson's son, can be seen in the back row, second from left.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson sitting on a bollard on an unidentified wharf.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson (second from left) and Jessie Murphy (third from left) having drinks with two unidentified co-workers at the Atlantic Fisheries lab in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson holding a beaker while working at the Atlantic Fisheries Lab in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Sticker on back: W Robson / 17 VIEW ST / NORTH SYDNEY NS B2A 1E9
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson with co-workers from the Atlantic Fisheries Lab sitting on a bench with a large pad of paper in front of them.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson (seated, centre) with a group of her colleagues from the Atlantic Fisheries Lab in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Photograph is the same image found in MG 21.14-B-57a.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson (seated, centre) with a group of her colleagues from the Atlantic Fisheries Lab in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson (second from left) with co-workers from the Atlantic Fisheries Lab at the Eastern Passage Airport in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia to say goodbye to 'GB'.
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Item is a photo of Wanda Robson sitting with Jessie Murphy on the steps in front of the auditorium at Queen Elizabeth High School (QEH) in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson as a teenager standing in a living room.
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Item is a photograph of a Wanda Robson working at the Atlantic Fisheries Lab in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Photograph is scratched in areas across the surface.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson wearing a long gown with her hair done in victory rolls.
Photograph is the same as MG 21.14-B-63b.
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Item is a photograph of one of Wanda Robson's sons sitting on steps outside of an unidentified house.
Photograph is the same as MG 21.14-B-63a.
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Item is a photograph of one of Wanda Robson's sons sitting on steps to an unidentified house.
Jack's Barber Shop is probably the barber shop owned by Jack Desmond, Viola Desmond's husband.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson's sons, from left to right, Stephen Neal, Gordon Neal, and Jeff Neal standing in the doorway of Jack's Barber Shop in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Item is a photograph of three of Wanda Robson's sons, Stephen Neal, Jeff Neal, and Gordon Neal.
Photo is placed inside a booklet frame.
Photograph is the same as MG 21.14-B-66b.
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Item is a portrait of Viola Desmond.
Photograph is the same as MG 21.14-B-66a.
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Item is a portrait of Viola Desmond.
Sticker on back: Viola Desmond (war time - early 1940's). Note "V" for victory pin
Sticker on back: Mrs. Wanda Robson / 17 View St / North Sydney NS B2A 1E9 / (OWNER) / PL 902- / 794 - / 7505
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Item is a print of a hand-painted colour portrait of Viola Desmond. Viola is wearing a 'V' for Victory pin.
Copy of 16-80-30220
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Item is a hand coloured portrait of Viola Desmond.
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Item is a portrait of Viola Desmond.
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Item is a photograph of Viola Desmond and [Jack Desmond or Alan Davis] standing on the sidewalk on Gerrish Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Item is photograph of Wanda Robson (left) and Viola Desmond (right) at the Hi-Hat Club in Boston, Massachusetts.
Photograph has been cropped to focus on Wanda Robson and Viola Davis.
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Item is a photo of Viola Desmond (far left) with a class of graduates from the Desmond School of Beauty Culture. An unidentified man is standing to the right of Viola.
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Item is a photo of Viola Desmond standing inside her beauty salon, Vi's Studio of Beauty Culture.
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Item is a photo of Viola Desmond (standing third from left) at an unidentified woman's bridal shower with ten other women.
To learn more about the graduation ceremony, read: The Clarion, "Beauty School Graduation," July 2, 1947, pg. 2, https://archives.novascotia.ca/newspapers/archives/?ID=6940&Page=201575059
1947 graduates, as identified in The Clarion (above), included: Joyce Dean, Dartmouth, N. S. • Verna Skinner, Halifax, N. S. • Rachel Goodridge, Halifax, N. S. • Rose Gannon, Halifax, N. S. • Evelyn Bryan, Halifax, N. S. • Helen Flint, Montreal, P. Q. • Madeline Grosse, Cherrybrook, N. S • Helen Gibson, Springhill, N. S. • Hernadine Hampden, Halifax, N. S. • Vivian Jackson, Halifax, N. S. • Dilma Joseph, Amherst, N. S. • Ruth Jackson, Halifax, N. S. • Enid Parsons, Lucasville, N. S. • Geraldine States, Halifax, N. S. • Elsie Stevens, St. John, N. B.
Published
Item is a photo of Viola Desmond (front, left) with graduates of the Desmond School of Beauty Culture in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Published
Item is a photo of Wanda Robson with four unidentified family members at the Cape Breton University (CBU) graduation ceremony where she received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
Published
Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson with four unidentified family members at the Cape Breton University (CBU) graduation ceremony where she received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
Inscribed in pen on the mat below the photo: James and Gwendolin Davis (Viola's parents) (underlined)
Published
Item is a photo of James Davis and Gwendolin Davis sitting on a couch.
Inscribed on back in pen: 1955
For access to the photograph contact the Beaton Institute.
Published
Item is a photograph of Wanda Neal (Wanda Robson, left), Viola Desmond, and Milton Neal at the Hi-Hat Club in Boston, Massachusetts.
Published
Item is a photograph of four photographic negatives of Gwendolin Davis and James Davis, along with a number of unidentified people, sitting on a couch.
Due to the item being a photograph of negatives, the images in each negative are not clear and individuals are hard to identify.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is one photograph of Yvonne White, Evelyn White, June White, and Lorne White taken in a studio as children.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of two women, including Elaine Marshall, and a child wearing swimsuits and standing on rocks next to water [in Liverpool, Nova Scotia].
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Allan Davis sitting in a doorway holding two kittens.
Location of the original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is one photograph of [Albert Hallowat] standing with a can on his head. The door to a men's washroom and a Coca-Cola freezer can be seen in the background.
Location of the original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is photograph of a man on a horse.
Location of the original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is one photograph of Arthur Scott and Olive Scott [née Olive Davis] sitting under a tree.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is one photograph of Ella Thomas and Gordon Davis in Montreal, Quebec.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Barbara Ann Scott was a 1948 Winter Olympics gold medalist who competed for Canada.
Published
Item is one photograph of Canadian figure skater Barbara Ann Scott with Jimmy Green, a porter with the Canadian Pacific Railway, in a train car.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Helen Davis and Burton Flint (Burt Flint) were married in Halifax, Nova Scotia on October 25, 1927. To see their marriage record, visit the Nova Scotia Archives vital statistics link here: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=193697
Published
Item is one photograph of Bert Flint and Helen Flint (née Helen Davis) standing under a tree with houses in the background.
Location of the original photograph is unknown.
Bessie Halfkenny (Bessie Davidson, née Bessie Smith) was born on July 12, 1873 and died November 12, 1954. To learn more: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=390406 and https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=192521
Bessie Davidson was born on February 5, 1903 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. To learn more: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=155234
Published
Item is one photograph of Bessie Davidson, left, and her mother, Bessie Halfkenny.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of a group of men and children. Included in the image are Bob Davidson, Gonzales, Earle Marshall, Earle Swift, Victor Coward, Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke, front right) who is holding Sharon Clyke in his arms with his son, Graeme Clyke squatting next to them, and Wilfred Scott.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Booker Roach's registration of birth can be seen at the Nova Scotia Archives vital statistics link: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=194150
Published
Item is one photograph of Booker Roach and Viola Desmond (née Viola Davis) standing in a garden.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Graeme Clyke and Sharon Clyke were the children of Emily Clyke (Emily Davis) and Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke) and the niece and nephew of Wanda Robson and Viola Desmond.
Published
Item is one photograph of, from left to right, [unknown boy, possibly Jerry McCallum], Graeme Clyke, and Sharon Clyke standing in front of a fence as children.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is one photograph of Bud Jones and Bessie Davidson standing in front of a brick building.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is one photograph of Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke), Sheila [?], and William Clyke.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of, from left to right, Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke), an unidentified woman holding Marilyn [?] who is wearing a Christening gown, and Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) seated on a couch during Marilyn's baptism celebrations.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Connie Scott (née Connie Davis), Gwendolyn Davis and Wilfred Scott standing together outside.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Graeme Clyke and Sharon Clyke were the children of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) and Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke).
Published
Item is a photograph of Connie Scott (Connie Davis, Constance Davis) with her niece, Sharon Clyke, and nephew, Graeme Clyke.
Location of the original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Connie Scott (née Connie Davis, Constance Davis) with a bicycle.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
According to notes written by a family member (MG 21.14-A-2-2) Constance Davis was born in January 1923.
Photograph was taken on the same day as MG 21.14-B-132. That photograph is dated 1930, which would make Connie Davis about 7-8 years old versus 14 years old as noted on this image.
After her marriage to Wilfred Scott, she would be known as Connie Scott.
Published
Item is a photograph of Connie Davis (Constance Davis) at age 14 standing in a garden in front of a house.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Graeme Clyke and Sharon Clyke were the children of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) and Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke).
Junie Davis was the son of Harry Davis (Henry Davis).
Published
Item is a photograph of Connie Davis (Constance Davis) sitting behind three children, from left to right, Junie Davis, Sharon Clyke and Graeme Clyke.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a studio portrait of Connie Scott (née Connie Davis, Constance Davis) and another portrait of her husband, Wilfred Scott.
Location of original photographs is unknown.
Sharon Clyke was the daughter of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) and Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke).
Published
Item is a photograph of Connie Scott (née Connie Davis) and Wilfred Scott with their niece, Sharon Clyke.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Olive Davis was married to Arthur Scott.
Published
Item is a photograph of Connie Scott (née Connie Davis) and Wilfred Scott during their engagement. Olive Scott (née Olive Davis) is standing on the far right.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
For more information on the Criterion Club, see: Delmore "Buddy" Daye Learning Institute, "The Times of African Nova Scotians - Acadia University Special Edition," Febrary 1, 2016, https://issuu.com/acadiacommunications/docs/tans_vol1_acadia_2016
Published
Item is a photograph of the Criterion Club's annual banquet at Wilberforce Hall on Gerrish Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Seated, left to right, are Mr. and Mrs. William Prevoe, Capt. W.P. Oliver, Mrs. Arnold Smith, Bessie Halfkenny, Thomas G. MacDonald, Josephine Roach, William R. Allison, Sophia Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Davis. Also in the photograph is Booker Roach, William Reid, Ernest Earle, Courtlandt Davis, Donald Skeir, John Desmond, James Ross Kinney Jr., Frank Adams, Viola Desmond, Ida Pinto, Viola Wilson, Edith Sisco, Mrs. J.A.R. Kinney, Eva Skeir, Mrs. H.D. Nicholas, Harry Bowles, Lalia Smith, Mrs. Harry Bowles, Evelyn Evans, Wanda Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Earle, Dr. Ruthvan Johnson, Ellen Evans, Edith Brown, Rosie Gibson, Evelyn Williams, Verna Davis, Mrs. A.T. Best, Mr. J. Scroggins, Gwendolin Davis, James Davis, Gladys Duncan, Mr. B. Jones.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of the Halifax, Nova Scotia branch of the Criterion Club, with a woman seated front and centre holding a sign that reads "Criterion Club Org. Nov. 7 1936."
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of the Halifax, Nova Scotia branch of the Criterion Club. Viola Desmond is standing in the second row, second from left; Gwendolyn Davis is seated in the first row, far left; and Booker Roach is standing in the back row, far left.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of members of the Criterion Club sitting around a picnic table at a park in Cow Bay, Nova Scotia.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Curtelaine, who was visiting from Bermuda, holding Lynn Scott (left) and Niki Scott while sitting on a balcony.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of members of the Davis Family standing in front of a house with a car parked behind them. Standing, from left to right, are: Gwendolyn Davis, [unknown], [unknown], and Connie Scott (née Connie Davis). Wilfred Scott, Connie's husband, is seated to the right in the front row.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of James Davis and Gwendolyn Davis sitting at a picnic table at the beach.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of, from left to right, James Davis, Wanda Davis, Milton Neal, and Gwendolyn Davis standing behind the cake on Wanda and Milton's wedding day.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Please see the archivist for reproductions of this photograph.
Published
Item is a photograph of children, including Dawn Paris, Sybil Paris, Sydney Paris and Jimmy [?], in front of a Christmas tree.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Dawn Paris, Sybil Paris and Sydney Paris were the children of Genie Paris (née Genie Davis, Eugenie Davis) and Sydney Paris.
Published
Item is a photograph of, from left to right, Dawn Paris, Sybil Paris and Sydney Paris, sitting in folding lawn chairs as young children.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Dawn Paris.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Edna Clyke was the sister of Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke).
Published
Item is a photograph of Edna Clyke.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis), Margo Reid and Sharon Clyke.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) with her son, Graeme Clyke.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Ginette Clyke and Jim Clyke were the parents of Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke) and the grandparents of Sharon and Graeme.
Published
Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis), Ginette Clyke, Jim Clyke, Sharon Clyke and Graeme Clyke.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a graduation portrait of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) from Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Quebec.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Emily Davis and Peter Menzies at the site of the Halifax Airport in Nova Scotia.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a portrait of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) and Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke).
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis), Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke) and Sharon Clyke sitting on a patch of grass.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) and her sister, Connie Scott (née Connie Davis), standing with their arms around each other in front of a house.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis, left) and Florence Davidson sitting on a couch.
Location of the original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) with her grandson, Graeme Clyke Jr.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis), Helen Flint (née Helen Davis) and Graeme Clyke at a barbecue at the Scott home.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) and her granddaughter, Marcia Oliver, in North Carolina, United States of America.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis), Wilfred Scott, Connie Scott (née Connie Davis), Graeme Clyke and Sharon Clyke sitting in grass in front of a house.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Eva [?], Odessa [?], Marjorie [?] and an unidentified child.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke) with his mother, Ginette Clyke, and Jim Clyke.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke) with his children, Sharon Clyke and Graeme Clyke.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Photograph was taken on the same day as MG 21.14-B-99.
Other children in the photograph might be Genie Davis (Eugenie Davis) and Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson).
Published
Item is a photograph of four young girls in a garden next to a house, including Connie Davis (back, left), Genie Davis (back, centre) and Wanda Davis (front, centre).
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Genie Davis (Eugenie Davis), Graeme Clyke and Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson) as children.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Eugenie Davis was born in December 1923.
Published
Item is a photograph of Genie Davis (Eugenie Davis) as a baby sitting outside in a chair.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Genie Davis (Eugenie Davis) and Shirley Clyke.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Genie Davis (Eugenie Davis), Lee Davis (Leonore Davis), Shirley Clyke, Henry Davis Jr. (Junie Davis) and Bobby Davis standing together outside.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Genie Davis (Eugenie Davis), Gwendolyn Davis and James Davis having a picnic.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Genie Davis (Eugenie Davis) with a bicycle.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of a woman walking along Gerrish Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Graeme Clyke and Sharon Clyke were the children of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) and Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke).
Published
Item is a photograph of Sharon Clyke and Graeme Clyke as children standing on a sidewalk in Truro, Nova Scotia.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Gordon Davis wearing a suit and standing next to a tree.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Gordon Jemmot.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Graeme Clyke and Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) holding a birthday cake, with Betty-Lou Clyke and Graeme Clyke Jr. standing behind them.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Graeme Clyke was the son of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) and Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke).
Published
Item is a photograph of Graeme Clyke holding a golf club as a young child.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Graeme Clyke was the son of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) and Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke).
Published
Item is a portrait of Graeme Clyke.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Helen Flint (née Helen Davis) holding her niece, Sharon Clyke, while Graeme Clyke stands next to them on the doorstep of a house numbered '773'.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
James Davis was born January 3, 1885 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. To see his death record visit the Nova Scotia Archives vital statistics link: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=451263
Published
Item is a studio portrait of Jim Davis (James Davis, left) with his brother George Davis Jr. as children.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Henry Walter Davis was born on June 9, 1912. To see his birth record visit the Nova Scotia Archives vital statistics link: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=275713
Published
Item is a photograph of the headstone for Henry W. Davis (1912-1957) and Lee Davis, (Leonore Davis, 1912-1985) in a cemetery.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of nine unidentified children.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Graeme Clyke sitting between his grandmother, Gwendolyn Davis (left), and his aunt, Viola Desmond (née Viola Davis).
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Gwendolyn Davis (née Gwendolyn Johnson) was born in 1889 in New Haven, Connecticut.
Published
Item is a studio portrait of Gwendolyn Davis (née Gwendolyn Johnson) as a young woman.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Hal Davis (Henry Davis), Junie Davis (Henry Davis Jr.) and Bobby Davis posing in front of a white picket fence, while men and women walk behind them.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Harry Davis (Henry Davis), Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) and Graeme Clyke standing on the roof of a building. Also included is a photograph of Graeme Clyke standing alone on the roof.
Location of original photographs is unknown.
Published
Item is a studio portrait of Harry Davis (Henry Davis).
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Helen Flint (née Helen Davis), Henry Davis (Harry Davis), Viola Desmond (née Viola Davis), and Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) as children with their uncle, Jack Davis (second from left).
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of, from left to right, H.H. Johnson (Henry Johnson), Gwendolyn Davis (née Gwendolyn Johnson) and Macarra Johnson.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
'Jack' may be John Davis, seated in the centre front of the photograph.
Published
Item is a photograph of six people, including 'Jack'.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Jackie Davis and an unidentified woman standing together in a backyard.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Jackie Davis, Genie Davis (Eugenie Davis) and Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson) as children standing in front of a row of buildings.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of James Davis and Gwendolyn Davis (née Gwendolyn Johnson) posing with a television set.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson, second from left) and Milton Neal on their wedding day, posing with Wanda's parents, James Davis and Gwendolin Davis.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Please see the archivist for reproductions of this photograph.
Published
Item is a studio portrait of Jerry Armstrong.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a studio family portrait of Jimmy Paris, Jean Paris and Lindsey Paris.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Also known as: Helen Davis (Helen Flint), Emily Davis (Emily Clyke), Viola Davis (Viola Desmond), Genie Davis (Genie Paris), Connie Davis (Connie Scott) and Olive Davis (Olive Scott).
Dorothy Davis was born in 1921 and died on December 24, 1926. To see her death certificate visit: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=209568
Published
Item is a photograph of Gwendolyn Davis with her daughters. Standing on the left side of the photo, from left to right, are: Viola Davis, Emily Davis, and Helen Davis. Seated is Gwendolyn Davis holding Genie Davis as a baby. To the right of Gwendolyn, from left to right, are: Connie Davis, Dorothy Davis, and Olive Davis.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Lee Davis was the wife of Henry Davis (aka Harry Davis, Hal Davis) and together they had sons Bobbie Davis and Junie Davis.
Published
Item is a photograph of Lee Davis (Lenore Davis) holding her son, Junie Davis (Henry Davis Jr.).
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Lee Davis was the wife of Henry Davis (aka Hal Davis, Harry Davis) and together they had sons Bobbie Davis and Junie Davis.
Published
Item is a photograph of Lee Davis (Lenore Davis) holding her son, Junie Davis (Henry Davis Jr.).
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is two photographs, the first is a photo of Leo Harris wearing a uniform and standing in front of a ship in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and the second photo is of the ship Evangeline (later re-named the SS Yarmouth Castle).
Location of original photographs is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Leota States and Edna Clyke sitting together on a grassy field.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Lynn Scott, as a young child, sitting on a balcony.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Lynn Scott, as a young child, riding a tricycle on a balcony.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Mabel [?] seated in front of a window.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of an unidentified man standing beside a large brick building.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is two photographs, the first is of, standing from left to right, [unknown], Arthur Scott and Emily Clyke, with Olive Scott and Connie Scott seated below them. The second photo includes [unknown], Walter Scott and Emily Clyke, with Olive Scott and Connie Scott seated on the ground.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of a man leaning against the wheel well of a car.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of an unidentified man sitting on a horse.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of a man standing on the steps of a building (potentially at the Nova Scotia Sanatorium in Kentville, Nova Scotia).
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of an unidentified man.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Marguerite Philips and Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis, right) sitting in a yard with trees in the background.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Maureen Scott.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a studio portrait of Maureen Scott.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Monica Oliver and Simon Corston cutting a cake during their engagement party, while Sharon Oliver (née Sharon Clyke) and Genie Paris (née Genie Davis) stand in the background.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of three women drinking tea together at a dining table, including Gwendolyn Davis (centre) and Mrs. [?] Skier.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Susan Irene Johnson (née Susan Irene Smith) was the mother of Gwendolyn Davis and the grandmother of Viola Desmond, Wanda Robson and their siblings.
Published
Item is a studio portrait of [Susan Irene Johnson] taken in New Haven, Connecticut.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Mrs. [?] Scott holding Lynn Scott and Nick Scott on her lap.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Gwendolyn Davis holding her daughter, Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson), on her lap.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Muriel Gaskin.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of seven unidentified children dressed for winter at nursery school.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Wilfred Scott was the husband of Connie Davis. Olive Scott was married to Arthur Scott (not pictured).
Published
Item is a photograph of Olive Scott (née Olive Davis), Wilfred Scott and Connie Scott (née Connie Davis).
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Pearleen Oliver (front, left) and two others during an exhibit at the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Viola Desmond (Viola Davis), Ella Thomas and [Will Thomas] sitting around a table in Montreal, Quebec.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Viola Desmond, Ella Thomas and [Will Thomas] sitting around a table in Montreal, Quebec.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of an unidentified child wearing a white dress [possibly the daughter of Olivia Scott (née Olivia Davis) or Connie Scott (née Connie Davis)].
Location of original photograph is unknown.
The photograph was addressed to "Bus and Em", meaning Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke) and Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis).
Published
Item is a studio portrait of an unidentified woman.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Booker Roach and Viola Davis (Viola Desmond) hugging beside a car with an unidentified woman standing to their right.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Primrose Hamilton died in Italy while serving in the army during World War II. To read more about Primrose Hamilton, visit: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1713468
Published
Item is a photograph of Primrose Hamilton in a Canadian army uniform, standing under a tree.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Raymond [?], Dawn Paris and Bobby Davis at an engagement party.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Raymond [?] and an unidentified woman at an engagement party.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Rodney Millington, Betty Millington and Paula Millington standing on Walker Avenue.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Ronald [?], at four months old, [in Liverpool, Nova Scotia].
Location of original photographs is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Ruth [?], Sadie [?] and Hazel [?] standing in front of the Orchid Grill.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Arthur Scott was married to Olive Davis.
Published
Item is a photograph of Arthur Scott sitting in a cornfield.
Location of the original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Scotty (Arthur Scott), Olive Scott [née Olive Davis], Mabel [?] and Wilfred Scott standing together in front of a tree.
Location of the original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Sharon Clyke and her cousin, Lynn Scott, standing with their arms around each other in front of a brick house.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Graeme Clyke and Sharon Clyke standing next to a horse.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Sharon Clyke, wearing a pink prom dress, and John Chambers posing in a living room before going to their high school prom.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Sharon Clyke and Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) on the day of Sharon's high school graduation.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis, left) sitting with her granddaughter, Marcia Oliver, in front of a birthday cake.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is two studio portraits of Sharon Clyke, including a photograph of her in a nursing uniform.
Location of original photographs is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of, from left to right, Sharon Oliver (née Sharon Clyke), Simon Corston, Monica Corston (née Monica Oliver) and Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) sitting on a couch.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Sharon Oliver (née Sharon Clyke) with the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, Myra Freeman.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Simon Corston and Monica Oliver at their engagement party surrounded by friends and family.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) standing beside a tree while her husband, Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke), pokes his head out from behind the tree.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Stephen Neal was the son of Wanda Robson.
At the time of the photograph, Stephen Neal was 12 years and 4 months old.
Published
Item is a studio portrait of Stephen Neal taken at the age of 12.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Stephen Neal was the son of Wanda Robson.
Published
Item is a studio portrait of Stephen Neal.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Sharon Clyke, Graeme Clyke and Jerry McCallum standing with a dog outside of the movie house in Truro, Nova Scotia.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Graeme Clyke and Sharon Clyke's father Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke) was born in Truro, Nova Scotia and the house pictured in the photograph is his family's home.
Published
Item is a photograph of Graeme Clyke, Sharon Clyke and Jerry McCallum standing with their arms around each other outside of the Clyke family home in Truro, Nova Scotia.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Published
Item is a photograph of Sharon Clyke and Graeme Clyke swimming with Bev [?] and Wayne [?].
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Sybil Paris and Dawn Paris are the children of Sydney Paris and Genie Paris (née Genie Davis, Eugenie Davis), the sister of Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson.
Published
Item is a photograph of Sybil Paris (left) and Dawn Paris as young children sitting in chairs on a balcony.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Sydney Paris is the son of Sydney Paris and Sheila Paris.
Published
Item is a school photograph of [Sydney Paris].
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of Sydney Paris, holding a baby up for the camera, and Genie Paris (née Genie Davis, Eugenie Davis) standing outside.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Sydney Paris was the husband of Genie Paris (née Genie Davis, Eugenie Davis).
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Item is a photograph of Sydney Paris in a World War II military uniform. Written in the top left hand corner is the following note: "Yours Sincerely, Sydney."
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of Sydney Paris holding a baby while sitting on a bench outdoors.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of two girls, possibly [Genie Davis and Olive Davis], standing with their arms around each other.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of Harry Davis (Henry Davis) and an unidentified boy standing against a monument.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of, from left to right, Jack Davis, Gwendolyn Davis and James Davis, with Gordon Davis standing behind them.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of, from left to right, Vera Evans, Walter Scott, Bessie Davison, Olive Scott (née Olive Davis), Arthur Scott and Graeme Clyke (in front) standing under a tree.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of a calendar produced by Viola Desmond's 'The Desmond Studio of Beauty Culture,' which was located at 91 1/2 Gerrish Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The calendar is mounted to a piece of paper featuring a photograph of Viola Desmond.
Location of original photograph and calendar is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of a calendar produced by Viola Desmond and Jack Desmond's businesses - Viola's Hairdressing & Jack's Barber Shop - which was located at 445 Gottingen Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The calendar is attached to a piece of paper featuring photographs of Viola and Jack and information about the businesses.
Location of original photograph and calendar is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of a house in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Written along the bottom of the photograph is "Rupert's home".
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of a poster advertisement for The Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia (BANNS) event "Black Writes: An afternoon with African Nova Scotian authors and storytellers," featuring Wanda Robson, Louise DeLisle, Rolanda Kane, Gloria Wesley, Evetta Thomas, Sharon Robart-Johnson, Donna Byard Sealey, Craig Smith, Dr. Anthony Stewart and Izreal.
Location of original photograph and advertisement are unknown.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson) as a young child sitting on a chair on the sidewalk of Swaine Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson) with an unidentified man standing outside of a house.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson (née Wanda Davis) holding her young son, Stephen Neal.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson (née Wanda Davis) at Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson (née Wanda Davis; front row, centre), John Davis (possibly, front right), Genie Davis (Eugenie Davis, centre left), and Olive Davis (possibly, centre middle) with a group of six other unidentified children standing outside next to a wire fence.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson (née Wanda Davis) working in the Federal Fisheries lab in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson (née Wanda Davis) sitting with Jessie Murphy on the auditorium steps of Queen Elizabeth High School (QEH) in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of, from left to right, Wanda Robson (née Wanda Davis), Olive Scott (née Olive Davis) and Connie Scott (née Connie Davis) standing outside in front of a tree with their arms around each other.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
The photograph is addressed to "Em and Bus" meaning Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) and Buster Clyke (Stanley Clyke).
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Item is a studio portrait of Wanda Robson (née Wanda Davis) taken at Mayfair Studios. A handwritten note in the corner reads: "To Em and Bus, With Love, Wanda."
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a studio portrait of Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson) as a teenager.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of, from left to right, Genie Davis (Eugenie Davis), Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson), Milton Neal, and an unidentified man standing behind a wedding cake on Wanda and Milton's wedding day.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Please see the archivist for reproductions of this photograph.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson) and Milton Neal cutting the cake on their wedding day.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Please see the archivist for reproductions of this photograph.
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Item is a photograph of Connie Scott (née Connie Davis, Constance Davis) and Wilfred Scott sitting on a rock.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
Wilfred Scott was the husband of Connie Scott (née Connie Davis, Constance Davis).
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Item is a photograph of Wilfred Scott standing on the steps of an unidentified building.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson) holding a baby [at Clara's house in Malden].
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of, from left to right, an unidentified woman, Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) and Graeme Clyke Jr.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of an unidentified woman in a fur hat frying chicken at a stove.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of children playing on a snowbank on the side of a city street while a group of women, which might include Wanda Robson (née Wanda Davis) and Jessie Murphy, watch from the background.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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Item is a photograph of the women's annex at the Nova Scotia Sanatorium in Kentville, Nova Scotia.
Location of original photograph is unknown.
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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.
Inscribed in pen on top-right corner of first page: Graham Reynolds
Sticker on top-right corner of first page reads: WANDA ROBSON / 17 VIEW ST / NORTH SYDNEY NOVA SCOTIA / B2A 1E9
*The Clarion* was published by Carrie Best and her son Cal Best in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia beginning in 1946.
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Item is the autobiography of Carrie Best, publisher of *The Clarion*, the first Black owned newspaper in Nova Scotia.
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Item is a book describing Africville's residents, social structure, and place in Halifax's society.
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Item is the first book in a series of two in a collection of poetry, stories, sermons, speeches, and more written by Black Nova Scotians between 1785 and 1935.
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Item is a book of poetry about the social structure of a fictional town and the protagonist's emotions.
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Item is a book that discusses the concept and connotations of "blackness," and racism in American society.
Inscribed in pen in top-left corner on page 14: Total NOT / 150 free (underlined) / 14 slave / (line) / 109 free (underlined)
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Item is a chronological look at Black history in Nova Scotia with biographies of seven influential people.
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Item is a narrative series of personal accounts from Black and white Canadians.
Volume two of series.
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Item is the second volume in a series of the history of Black Nova Scotians concentrating on the years 1800 to 1989. The series was made in conjunction with the Black Educators Association of Nova Scotia as a teaching supplement.
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Item is a book that traces the Black experience in Canada throughout history. The book includes a chapter written by Wanda Robson about her personal experiences as a Black woman in Canada and memories of her sister, Viola Desmond.
Sticker on top-right corner of first page: WANDA ROBSON / 17 VIEW ST / NORTH SYDNEY NOVA SCOTIA / B2A 1E9
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Item is a book that examines Black slavery in Canada.
Inscribed in pen on page 128 with first sentence of last paragraph underlined.
Inscribed in pen on page 129: segregation has long been established in Canada. It now is firmly rooted in settlement patterns and in other community institutions, especial school and churches. Eight lines of text in the last paragraph are noted with pen.
Inscribed in pen on page 160: Freedom commerce
Inscribed in pen on page 161 with the phrase "la liberté du commerce," underlined and marked.
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Item is a book with four case studies of racial discrimination in the Canadian Supreme Court occurring between 1914 and 1955.