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Scrapbook
CA BI MG 21.14-A-14 · File · [ca. 2011]
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

Robson, Wanda Eloise
CA BI MG 21.14-A-11-11 · Item · February 22, 2011
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-1-12 · Item · July 21, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

Viola Desmond Portrait
CA BI MG 21.14-A-1-20 · Item · [2010]
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-7-5 · Item · 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-11-7 · Item · August 17, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

"Justice at Last"
CA BI MG 21.14-A-12-1 · Item · [After April 2010]
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

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.

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-19 · Item · August 16, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

Wanda Poster 2010
CA BI MG 21.14-B-230 · Item · 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-1-13 · Item · April 27, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

"Viola's Vindication"
CA BI MG 21.14-A-1-19 · Item · April 16, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

"Portrait Unveiled"
CA BI MG 21.14-A-1-22 · Item · November 9, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-8-2 · Item · September 10, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-8-3 · Item · October 10, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-11-8 · Item · November 9, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-15-31 · Item · February 25, 2010 - March 3, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

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-20 · Item · August 16, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-1-15 · Item · April 12, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

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.

Ross Hamid
CA BI MG 21.14-B-17 · Item · August 16, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

"Unintentinal Activist"
CA BI MG 21.14-A-1-14 · Item · March 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-1-16 · Item · April 14, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

"Province rights a wrong"
CA BI MG 21.14-A-1-21 · Item · April 16, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

Atlantic Books Today
CA BI MG 21.14-A-8-4 · Item · 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-B-13 · Item · August 16, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.