Item is one typewritten letter from Lieutenant Colonel T.M. Mosley, Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders, to Ralph Davies to inform him that he had been chosen as a delegate for the 30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy commemorative trip to Italy in April and May 1975. Attached is a copy of a letter from the Minister of Veterans Affairs to Mosley asking for his nominations for the delegation.
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 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 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 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 is one typewritten and annotated letter from Ralph Davies to the Medals Section of the Department of Veterans Affairs asking for his World War II medals to be replaced, including the 1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, CVSM and clasp, 1939-1945 War Medal, Defense Medal and the medal bar brooch and ribbons. A copy of the letter is attached.
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 a typewritten letter from J.M. Ruttan, Chief of Information Services for the Department of Veterans Affairs, to Ralph Davies with an information package for the “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegation. The package includes information on travel, allowances, baggage, customs, documents, dress, and tips for the delegation's Papal Audience.
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.
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 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 a program for the ceremony held at the Ortona War Cemetery in Ortona, Italy to honour the war dead as part of the official Canadian delegation trip to Italy to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy during the Second World War.
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 program for a ceremony held at the Ravenna War Cemetery in Ravenna, Italy to honour the war dead by the Canadian delegation sent to Italy to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy during the Second World War.
Item is a typewritten history of the 2nd Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (i.e. Cape Breton Highlanders), including a note on their original organization, short histories of the Battalion during the First World War and Second World War, a brief timeline, and a description of the crest.
Item is a handwritten history of the Cape Breton Highlanders written in a Department of National Defense notebook. Also included are two typewritten copies of the history, as well as two photocopies of the typewritten versions, some with annotations or added notes.
Item is a typewritten program for the 1990 recruit swearing-in ceremony at Victoria Park in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Item is a typewritten genealogy of the Basker family from 1792 to 2012 compiled by Peter MacDonald.
Item is a digitized copy of the ‘Births, Marriages, and Deaths’ pages from the Basker Family Bible.
Item is a digitized copy of a handwritten Basker family history and corresponding notes compiled by Kaye Figurski (Catherine Figurski, née Catherine Basker or Kaye Basker).
Item is a Basker Family pedigree chart compiled by Peter MacDonald.
Item is a digitized copy of two newspaper clippings, the first being a marriage announcement for Kaye Basker (Catherine Basker) and Don Figurski (Donald Figurski), who were married on June 27, [1957 or 1959], and the second being the obituary for Ronald Basker (1887-1950).
Item is Cassie Bell Basker’s (née Catherine Isabel McLean, 1892-1944) obituary.
Item is Belle MacDonald’s (née Mary Belle Basker, 1915-1970) obituary published in the Cape Breton Post.
Item consists of digitized Basker family obituaries, memorial cards and wedding announcements. Individuals included in the document are Edith M. Beaton (Mabou), Kaye Basker and Don Figurski (Saskatchewan), Cassie Belle Basker (Mull River), Mary Theresa MacDonald (Montreal), Charlie Basker, Daniel MacLean, Thomas Joseph Basker (Coxheath), Donald Nicholson (Hamilton, Ontario), Sarah Basker Nicholson (Niagara Falls, Ontario), James Allan Beaton, Roderick Daniel Nicholson, Don Figurski, James W. Basker (Casper, Wyoming/Portland, Oregon), and Kaye Figurski (Kaye Basker, Catherine Anne Basker).
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.
Item is a digitized copy of Ranald Basker (Ronald Basker) and Cassie Bell McLean’s (Catherine Isabel McLean, Cassie Bell Basker) marriage certificate, signed in New Waterford, Nova Scotia in 1915.
Item consists of digitized securities and stock certificates between Columbus Kirkland Gold Mining Company and F.W. Beer, Homer L. Gibson, and F.S. Leslie; Canadian International Corporation Limited and Levia McMillan; Straw Lake Beach Gold Mines Limited and Cameron, Pointon & Merritt; West-Side Long Lac Mines Limited and Noel H. Knowles; Macfarlane Long Lac Gold Mines Limited and Ronald Basker; and, Vanguard Explorations Limited and Kaye Figurski (Kaye Basker).
Item consists of digitized receipts for securities bought by Ronald Basker from G.E. Leslie & Co. in Montreal, Quebec and The Royal Bank of Canada in Port Hood, Nova Scotia.
Item is a digitized copy of a land transfer deed signed by Catherine Figurski (Kaye Figurski, Kaye Basker) for a 149 acre parcel of land in Mull River, Nova Scotia. Also included is a typewritten letter from the Municipality of the County of Inverness to Kaye Figurski regarding the land in Mull River.
Item is a digitized copy of a resolution given by the Warden and Councillors of the Municipality of the County of Inverness and sent to the Basker family upon the death of Ranald Basker, who served as a councillor for the municipality from 1934 to his death in 1950. It was signed by James MacDonnell, municipal clerk.
Item is a digitized copy of a letter from Jim St. Clair, who was in New Canaan, Connecticut at the time of it’s writing, to his neighbours in Mull River, Nova Scotia, Kenneth Basker and Danny Basker, upon the death of their aunt, Belle [Belle MacDonald]. Also included is the letter’s envelope.
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 an electronic booklet of photos of the Basker Family. Included are:
• Page 1 – Jack Basker (John Joseph Basker)
• Page 2 – Composite Platoon in Fort Lewis, Washington, USA - Jack Basker (John Joseph Basker) was a private during the Korean War.
• Page 3 – Basker family home in Mull River, Nova Scotia
• Page 4 – Kenny Basker (Kenneth Basker)
• Page 5 – two photos of members of the Basker Family (top of the page)
• Page 5 – Kaye Basker (Catherine Basker) (bottom left)
• Page 5 – Kaye Basker (Catherine Basker) with an unidentified man (bottom right)
• Page 6 – Ranald Basker (possibly him front and centre wearing a flat cap) with some of his political friends
• Page 7 – Kaye Basker (Catherine Basker, Kaye Figurski) and her brother, Danny Basker.
• Page 7 – Danny Basker
Item is an electronic booklet of photos of the Basker Family. Included are:
• Page 1 – Jack Basker (John Joseph Basker) and Ida Basker (née Ida McLaughlin/Ida McIntosh)
• Page 2 – Kaye Basker (Catherine Basker) and an unidentified man (June 1957)
• Page 3 – Kaye Basker (Catherine Basker) and three unidentified people (June 1957)
• Page 4 – unidentified people
• Page 5 – Kaye Basker (Catherine Basker) in her wedding gown
• Page 6 – Kaye Basker (Catherine Basker) and Don Figurski on their wedding day with the wedding party on the steps behind them
• Page 7 – Kaye Basker (Catherine Basker) and Don Figurski’s wedding portrait
• Page 8 - Kaye Figurski (Kaye Basker, Catherine Basker) and Don Figurski in the early 1980s
• Page 9 – from left to right, Roddy Nicholson, Kaye Figurski (Kaye Basker), Mary Nicholson, Theresa Figurski-Chartrand
• Page 10 – Mary Nicholson, Donny Nicholson, [?], Roddy Nicholson, and [?]
Item is a twenty-three page, typewritten paper about coal mining in Nova Scotia written by an unidentified author. The first three pages of the manuscript are missing.
Item is a handwritten goodbye letter addressed to E.G. McKay by M. Dwyer on behalf of the staff at the Sydney Mines Colliery in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia. Mr. McKay was leaving the Sydney Mines for a steel company in the United States.
Item is a typewritten letter from R. E. Archibald, Wholesale and Retail Dealer of Soft Coal, Hard Coal and Petroleum Coke, to The Indian Cove Coal Company Ltd. regarding the Camp Hill Hospital coal account. A handwritten note is included on the back of the second page.
Item is a typewritten follow-up letter from Thomas E. Vaughan to The Indian Cove Coal Company Ltd. in reference to R.E. Archibald’s February 9, 1923 letter to the company regarding the wholesaler’s accounts. A handwritten note is written on the back of the letter.
Item is a typewritten letter from M. Dwyer of Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia to Thomas J. Brown regarding R.E. Archibald’s account and contract, or lack of contract, with Sydney Mines.