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CA BI MG 21.14-A-11-1 · Item · August 16, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

Adrian Harewood email
CA BI MG 21.14-A-1-11 · Item · March 29, 2006
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

Albert Hallowat
CA BI MG 21.14-B-83 · Item · [194-?]
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

Atlantic Fisheries party
CA BI MG 21.14-B-54 · Item · December 20, 1945
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

Bill Bowman
CA BI MG 21.14-B-16 · Item · August 16, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a photo of Wanda Robson and Bill Bowman at the unveiling of the Viola Desmond information panel in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.

CA BI MG 21.14-B-18 · Item · August 16, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-B-90 · Item · [194-]
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-11-4 · Item · October 27, 2014
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-6-2 · Item · January 21, 2014
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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."

Children Playing in Snowbank
CA BI MG 21.14-B-248 · Item · [195-?]
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-B-15 · Item · August 16, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

Clyde Fraser
CA BI MG 21.14-B-14 · Item · August 16, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

Collingwood Scholarship
CA BI MG 21.14-A-13-2 · Item · 2011
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

Criterion Club
CA BI MG 21.14-B-105 · Item · 1956
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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."

Criterion Club
CA BI MG 21.14-B-106 · Item · [195-]
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.