File consists of a small booklet containing a roll of honour of the war dead of the Cape Breton Highlanders during World War II. The roll of honour includes each member's regimental number, rank, name, company, date killed, and their origins. The booklet was printed in N.V. Groningen, Holland by Dijkstra's Drukkerij.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diaries Volume 4.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 1.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 10.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diaries Volume 3.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 6.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 9.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 11.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 5.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 7.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 12.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 8.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diaries Volume 2.
Item is a typewritten program for the 1990 recruit swearing-in ceremony at Victoria Park in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Item is Cassie Bell Basker’s (née Catherine Isabel McLean, 1892-1944) obituary.
Item is a program for the wreath laying ceremony held at the Cassino War Cemetery in Cassino, Italy during the Canadian delegation’s stop there while in Italy to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy.
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."
Item is Viola Desmond's certificate from the Advanced Hairstyling Studio, Inc. in New York, New York.
Item is a digitized copy of a 1962 re-issued of John Alexander Basker’s birth and baptism certificate issued by Father K.J. MacDonald on behalf of the Catholic Church in Mull River, Nova Scotia. John Alexander Basker was born on March 8, 1890 and his baptism certificate was originally issued on May 3, 1890.
Item is a digitized copy of a 1966 re-issue of Kenneth Basker’s birth and baptism certificate signed by Father J.A. Gillis on behalf of Saint Mary’s Parish in Mabou, Nova Scotia. Kenneth Basker was born on December 31, 1897 and his baptism certificate was originally issued on January 2, 1898.
This fonds consists of documents relating to: the Highlander Press Co. Ltd; pulpwood cutting in Cape Breton County; Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish; speeches. Dr. Charles MacDonald was a member of the faculty of the University College of Cape Breton.
Item is a circular sent to Indian Superintendents and Agents by the Department of Indian Affairs regarding vaccinations, garbage removal, construction, cleanliness and food.
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.
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.
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.
Item is a program for a ceremony held at the Coriano Ridge War Cemetery during the Canadian delegation’s trip to Italy to commemorate the Liberation of Italy during the Second World War.
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.
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.
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."
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.
Item is one typewritten and photocopied memo from the Department of Veterans Affairs to delegates attending the "30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy" commemorative trip to Italy in April and May 1975.
Item is one typewritten letter from F.W. Arthur, District Director of Veterans Welfare for the Department of Veterans Affairs, to Ralph Davies providing him with his Air Canada ticket for his flight to Ottawa, Ontario on April 19, 1975.
Item is one typewritten letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs and signed on behalf of the Director of Public Relations, G.S. Way, to Ralph Davies congratulating him for his nomination as a member of the "30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy" Official Delegation and forwarding a number of documents, including a Pro Forma, which is attached to the letter.
Item is one typewritten letter from F.W. Arthur, District Director of Veterans Welfare with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to Ralph Davies confirming his Air Canada reservation for his ticket from Ottawa, Ontario to Rome, Italy.
Item is one typewritten letter from G.S. Way, Director of Public Relations for the Department of Veterans Affairs, to Ralph Davies to let him know that his passport had been received by the Department of External Affairs ahead of the "30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy" delegation trip to Italy.
Item is one typewritten letter from J.M. Ruttan, Chief of Information Services for the Department of Veterans Affairs, in response to a letter from Ralph Davies regarding the purchase of, and laying of, wreaths at cemeteries in Italy during the “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegation sent to Italy in April and May 1975.
Item is a typewritten letter from G.W. Halpenny, MD, Medical Officer of the Canadian Delegation sent to Italy to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Italian Campaign in April and May 1975, to Ralph Davies asking him to forward a medical report to his office before the trip.
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.
File consists of various runs of Dun's Bulletin, a commercial periodical for the Atlantic Provinces. A file list is available below.
A - March 6 and Sept. 18, 1935, and Jan. - Dec. 1936
B - Jan. - Dec. 1937
C - Jan. - Dec. 1938
D - Jan. - Dec. 1939
Item is a digitized copy of an email from Jim St. Clair to Julie White, daughter of Jack Basker (John Joseph Basker) and Ida McIntosh, with information about the Basker family dating back to 1792 and memories of her grandmother, Cassie Bell Basker, and aunt, Kaye Figurski (Kaye Basker), who were Jim’s neighbours in Mull River, Nova Scotia. The email had been printed off and re-digitized, along with a short biography of Jim St. Clair from the Storytellers of Canada website.
Item is the October 15, 1959 issue of Xavier Junior College school newspaper the Excalibur
Item is the Vol.2 No. 4 October January 16, 1961 issue of Xavier Junior College school newspaper the Excalibur
Item is the December, 1966 issue of Xavier College newspaper the Excalibur
Item is a typewritten and annotated form letter from Edwin T. Davis, Charter Tour Organizer, informing “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegates that a charter tour had been organized for spouses, widows, and Silver Star mothers who could not accompany the official delegation to Italy. Attached to the letter are four newsletters to participants outlining travel details.