File consists of materials related to the Alexander Graham Bell Award for Distinguished Service for the Deaf presented to Lloyd MacInnis, representing his team at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), for their work on The Silence Barrier, a documentary about educating deaf children. Items include an invitation to the awards ceremony at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C. on March 8, 1965; a program for the awards ceremony; two newspaper clippings about Lloyd receiving the award; a photograph of Lloyd and Sandy Lumpston being presented with a plaque at the ceremony in Washington; and, the original Alexander Graham Bell Award with a copy of the award. Also included, is a copy of The Volta Review: Education of the Deaf in the United States, which includes a memorial article about Lloyd MacInnis published after his death.
Item is a recording of Lloyd MacInnis interviewing people in Barbados, including a Canadian hotel operator; Rudolph Castro, an eleven year old singer; Mr. [Reese], a sugar cane grower; and Mrs. Fred Day, a tourist in Barbados.
Series consists of a portion of a letter written by Mabel Bell to her daughter, Marian Fairchild (née Marian Hubbard Bell), about a retirement banquet held in their Estate Manager, Angus MacInnis's, honour. The portion of the letter was copied by Mrs. Bell’s granddaughter, Lillian Grosvenor Jones (née Lillian Waters Grosvenor, Lillian Grosvenor Coville) and then later a typewritten copy was created.
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Series consists of one copy of the March-April edition of The Dragon, a newsletter published by members of the Hawk Patrol of the 19th Sydney Boy Scouts Troop, and edited by N.E. Nathanson, O.R. Goodyear and Lloyd MacInnis. Also included is a photograph of a Boy Scouts Troop, probably of the 19th Sydney Troop, including Lloyd MacInnis, and Boy Scouts lounging on the grass in front of a barn.
Series consists of photographs, correspondence, song lyrics, a contract, newspaper clippings, and original writings and/or scripts written by Lloyd MacInnis during his career as a radio and television presenter.
File consists of one photograph of Lloyd MacInnis (centre) filming with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in East Berlin, Germany with Eric Dennis (right), The Chronicle Herald newspaper’s Eastern Correspondent from Halifax, Nova Scotia; a newspaper clipping about the two reporting from Germany and Dennis’s arrest; a typewritten letter from J.W. Baillie, CBC’s Supervisor of Talent Booking, a negotiated fee contract signed by Lloyd to appear as a guest panelist on Flashback; and, a piece of fan mail from a teacher in Port Maitland, Nova Scotia, Mrs. D. Mombourquette, relaying a story about one of her students meeting Lloyd at the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia exhibition.
Also included are photographs of Lloyd MacInnis during his time at CBC, including shots on set with co-workers and interviewees, such as Libbie Christianson, Cyrus Eton, Rear Admiral R.E.S. Bidwell, Cameron Graham, Alton Woodside, Henry Hicks, Captain R.V. Bennett, Earl Bailly, Rudolph Gohmann, Rube Hornstein, Glen Sarty, and Wally Koster, among numerous unidentified people.
Item is a collection of Cape Breton Songs from CJCB Radio, probably aired during the “Dishpan Parade” or “Cape Breton Song Contest” shows.
File consists of twelve photographs of Lloyd MacInnis, and his co-host, Bill Loeb, including with fans of their CJCB Radio show, the Dishpan Parade. Also included are handwritten and typewritten song lyrics that were sent into the Dishpan Parade by listeners for its “Cape Breton Songs” segment, including “The Parking Meters,” a parody of “Casey Jones,” “Down the Mine-O” by Lorne Johnson, “Cape Breton Nicknames” by Mrs. R.C. MacDonald, “Cape Breton Girls are the Best” by S.R. Stubbert, “I’m a Cape Breton Newfoundlander” by Lorne Johnson, “Rory’s Hard Luck” by S.R. Stubbert, “Cape Breton History” by S.R. Stubbert, “Spring in Sydney,” “Bootleg Coal” by Mrs. G.B., “I and Donald is Twins,” “A Plain Old Miner Boy,” “A Cape Breton Melody” and a few untitled songs.
File consists of twelve photographs of Lloyd MacInnis on various television sets on CJCB-TV in Sydney, Nova Scotia; an article about Sydney in The Toronto Star Weekly on May 10, 1958 which features a photo of Lloyd on set at CJCB-TV with Ann Terry; a handwritten letter of complaint addressed to Mr. MacInnis about the role of Catholics and Catholic priests in mining and signed by “Educated Citizens of Sydney;” a handwritten letter from Mrs. George McDonald addressed to Ann Terry, asking her to pass the letter on to Lloyd so she could tell him how well he did reporting on the Springhill Mining Disaster in October 1958; and a typewritten farewell speech for Lloyd MacInnis and Florence MacInnis when Lloyd was leaving CJCB-TV to join the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the fall of 1958. Finally, a placard for Lloyd’s television program, “People and Things” is included.
File consists of two letters from James D. Gillis, along with an essay he wrote about a visit to Halifax, Nova Scotia in April 1945.
Item is a recording with Dr. C.M. Harlow about heart disease.
Item is a recording of Lloyd MacInnis interviewing E. Whaelen, a salesman.
Item is a recording of CBC personnel getting ready to tape an interview with Eric Denis of Halifax, Nova Scotia, a journalist from the Chronicle Herald, who was detained in East Berlin, Germany while on a reporting trip with Lloyd MacInnis.
File contains an elementary school photo of Lloyd MacInnis’s class and teacher, Miss Bearse; a photograph of the MacInnis house at 3 Park Street in Sydney, Nova Scotia; Lloyd MacInnis with his friends Ray Goodyear and Ron Ritchie; and photos of Jeanie MacInnis, Lloyd’s sister, with a woman named Carmen.
File consists of photographs of Lloyd MacInnis fishing or with the fish he caught. Also included is a story called “The Ingenious Yankee” written by Lloyd.
Item is a recording of Lloyd MacInnis interviewing Flight Lieutenant Hart who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as a tail gunner during World War 2 (WW2) (00:00:00 – 00:07:04); Lloyd interviewing Consuela Flores about saving a little boy who walked into a circus tent and was attacked by a leopard; and, Lloyd interviewing John [?], who was billed as the world’s largest fat man at a circus.
Item is a recording of Lloyd MacInnis learning about the game of golf.
Interview with Fred Brickenden about CBC setting up the first television station in Malaysia.
Item is a recording of a vocal warm up, followed by a test of the audio and then an accordion medley performed by Hank Hayman.
Item is a recording of Lloyd MacInnis interviewing [?] Hunt.
Fonds consists of moving images, sound recordings, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, speeches, original writings, and awards accumulated by Lloyd MacInnis throughout his childhood, spent in the Boy Scouts and the YMCA; his time starring in theatre productions and musicals in Sydney, Nova Scotia; and his career as a radio and television presenter and journalist. He was also awarded the Alexander Graham Bell Award for Distinguished Service for the Deaf due to his involvement with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) documentary The Silence Barrier.
MacInnis, LloydItem is a head and shoulders shot of Lloyd MacInnis as a young man.
Item is a recording of the song “Lovely Little Isle.”
Item is a recording of part 5 of Lloyd MacInnis’s conversation with [?] Lumbers.
Series consists of film captured during Lloyd MacInnis’s media career at CJCB-Radio in Sydney, Nova Scotia and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, including footage of the Cabot Trail, Lloyd as his "Dishpan Parade" character "Teo," an interview with Jean Lenaver, and footage from CJCB Radio's 50th Anniversary television show.
Item is a recording of a song with lyrics that start “Come with me, Eloise/To my home by the sea…”
Item is a recording of a news broadcast about politics with two men talking over it, giving commentary.
File consists of newspaper clippings about Lloyd MacInnis’s life and various radio and television jobs, including two articles about his foray into local politics in Cape Breton.
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Item is a recording of various recording tests done by Lloyd MacInnis.
Series consists of photographs of Lloyd MacInnis, his family and friends, group photographs of members of the YMCA, and photographs of him fishing.
Item is part one of a recording of Lloyd MacInnis interviewing Richard E. Thompson, a clinical psychologist at the Beverly School for the Deaf in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Item is part two of a recording of Lloyd MacInnis interviewing Richard E. Thompson, a clinical psychologist at the Beverly School for the Deaf in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Series consists of audio recordings of Lloyd MacInnis during his radio and television career, including his time on CBC’s Gazette television program and on CJCB Radio in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Series consists of materials related to The Lloyd MacInnis Memorial Award, which was presented annually to a group or individual who made an outstanding contribution to their community or in human relations within the Maritimes. Included in the series are photocopied newspaper clippings, “Starcast” variety show programs, and a letter to Florence MacInnis from D.J. Coulter with the Nova Scotia Department of Public Welfare.
File consists of correspondence written or received and kept by Lloyd MacInnis related to his documentary, The Silence Barrier, made for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) about educating deaf children. Letters include a copy of typewritten and handwritten letters from Lillian Marion Jones, Dita Vadron-Scholz, production assistant at the CBC, and Mary K. Anderson, as well as a series of letters between Lloyd and Louise Tracy, Director of the John Tracy Clinic in Los Angeles, California.
Series consists of a program for “Iolanthe: or, The Peer and the Peri” staged by the First United Church Men’s Club in Sydney, Nova Scotia from March 16, 1953 to March 18, 1953; a program for “Kin Kapers of 1954” presented by The Kinsmen Club of Sydney; a newspaper clipping from March 1955 about the play, “The Bridal Suite,” starring Lloyd MacInnis and Ray Goodyear staged during the 1955 Parade of Fun; a 2003 newspaper clipping about the 1951 Central School Minstrels; a photograph of Lloyd MacInnis and Florence MacInnis (née Florence Martin) in “Iolanthe” in 1953; and, a photograph of the cast of “Showboat” which was staged in Sydney in 1957 or 1958.
The Central School Minstrels and cast of “Showboat” photographs feature white actors in blackface, wearing makeup and wigs. Minstrel shows featured actors wearing costumes and makeup to depict stereotypical cariactures of Black people that were popular during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Although minstrel shows began in the United States, they have a long history in Canada among theatre troops, school productions and religious organizations.
Series consists of obituaries for Lloyd MacInnis from various newspapers, the Hearing Handicapped Association of Nova Scotia Newsletter, CBC Times, The Volta Review, ACTRA, and the Canada Department of Labour’s magazine, Labour Gazette. Also included is a typewritten transcript of Edmund Morris’s tribute to Lloyd read aloud on CHNS Radio; letters of condolence from the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, The Clark School for the Deaf, Beverly School for the Deaf; a telegram from Lillian Jones (née Lillian Waters Grosvenor) and Joseph Jones; a typewritten copy of remarks given at Lloyd’s funeral; and, a handwritten note signed by Andrew Lynk (later Dr. Andrew Lynk), who would have been aged six at the time the note was written.
File consists of two scripts or speeches written by Lloyd MacInnis, one about Barbados and the other about interviewing people. Also included is a souvenir book about “The Don Messer Show” authored by Lloyd.
File consists of two group photographs of YMCA members and a head and shoulders shot of Lloyd MacInnis. Also included is a “Canadian YMCA War Services” fabric patch.