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.
Collection consists of records related to Viola Desmond’s 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and her posthumous 2010 free pardon granted by the Government of Nova Scotia. Also included are materials related to Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson’s civil rights work in Nova Scotia, including newspaper clippings and articles, diplomas, certificates, scholarship and bursary documents, a scrapbook and materials related to Robson’s education and published book, Sister to Courage. Included are photographs of the extended Davis family and published books about the Black Nova Scotian experience.
Robson, Wanda EloiseSeries 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.
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.
Item is a photo of Wanda Robson looking at a sheet of paper while three unidentified children stand around her.
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.
Item is a print of a hand-painted colour portrait of Viola Desmond. Viola is wearing a 'V' for Victory pin.
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.
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.
Item is a photograph of Curtelaine, who was visiting from Bermuda, holding Lynn Scott (left) and Niki Scott while sitting on a balcony.
Item is a photograph of the Viola Desmond information panel in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia on the day it was unveiled to the public.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Item is a photograph of Emma [?] and [?], Wanda Robson's grandchildren, on Emma's 6th birthday in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson and Joe Robson eating dinner with their grandchildren, Emma [?] and [?], during a visit to Vancouver, British Columbia.
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.
Item is a photo of James Davis standing behind his wife, Gwendolyn Davis, who is seated in a floral armchair.
Item is a photograph of three men sitting in a crowd at an unidentified event.
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.
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.
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.
Item is a photograph of the women's annex at the Nova Scotia Sanatorium in Kentville, Nova Scotia.
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.
Item is a photograph of an unidentified woman in a fur hat frying chicken at a stove.
Item is a photograph of, from left to right, an unidentified woman, Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) and Graeme Clyke Jr.
Item is a photograph of Wilfred Scott standing on the steps of an unidentified building.
Item is a photograph of Connie Scott (née Connie Davis, Constance Davis) and Wilfred Scott sitting on a rock.
Item is a photograph of Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson) holding a baby [at Clara's house in Malden].
Item is a photograph of Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson) and Milton Neal cutting the cake on their wedding day.
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.
Item is a studio portrait of Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson) as a teenager.
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."
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.
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.
Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson (née Wanda Davis) working in the Federal Fisheries lab in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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.
Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson (née Wanda Davis) at Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia.
Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson (née Wanda Davis) holding her young son, Stephen Neal.
Item is a photograph of Wanda Davis (Wanda Robson) with an unidentified man standing outside of a house.
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.
Item is a photograph of a house in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Written along the bottom of the photograph is "Rupert's home".
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.
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.
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.
Item is a photograph of, from left to right, Jack Davis, Gwendolyn Davis and James Davis, with Gordon Davis standing behind them.
Item is a photograph of Harry Davis (Henry Davis) and an unidentified boy standing against a monument.
Item is a photograph of two girls, possibly [Genie Davis and Olive Davis], standing with their arms around each other.
Item is a photograph of Sydney Paris holding a baby while sitting on a bench outdoors.