Item is a press release announcing a special assembly addressing racial prejudice hosted by Wanda Robson and Dr. Graham Reynolds at Riverview High School (RHS) in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Item is a typewritten and annotated schedule of events for the “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegation travelling to Italy between April 23, 1975 and May 3, 1975.
Item is the program for the 1967 Closing Exercises for Xavier College which took place on May 14, 1967
Item is the program for the 1969 Closing Exercises for Xavier College which took place on May 11, 1969
Item is a program for the 1975 convocation for the University College of Cape Breton
Item is a program for the official opening of Xavier Junior College Arts Building which took place on September 19, 1960
Item is the program for the official opening of the science building at Xavier College which took place on December 3, 1966
Item is a typewritten history of the 30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy delegation sent to Italy in 1975. The history outlines how the idea for the delegation came to be, administrative issues, participant selection, the purpose of the trip, transportation and accommodation plans, and the importance of Italian liaisons.
Item is a handwritten questionnaire in the Mi’kmaq language attached to handwritten correspondence in French between between Rev. MacPherson and Fr. Pacifique at the Mission Sainte-Anne de Ristigouche. Also attached is a 1923 letter written on Setaneoei Migmaoi Solnaltjitj (The Micmac Messenger) letterhead and 1903 monthly Mi’kmaq calendars.
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 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 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 handwritten reference letter for Frances Ridgway (née Frances Dodd) written by W.W. Patton of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
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.
File consists of various newspaper clippings re: Rita Joe, including her obituary and an article announcing her death in 2007. File also includes a university report entitled "Rita Joe: Mi'kmaq Poet" written by Joanne Peck in 1994.
Item is an email from Ron Caplan to Wanda Robson and Joe Robson lending his support for a permanent "Viola Desmond Day" and sharing a news release that he sent to MLAs, school board members and individuals around Nova Scotia.
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 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 guest register for Rose Tompkins's farm house and cabins located in Margaree for the years 1957 - 1965.
Tompkins, RoseItem 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.
Item is a typewritten letter from Ross Landry, Attorney General of Nova Scotia, to Wanda Robson congratulating her for receiving an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Cape Breton University (CBU).
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).
File consists of issues of the periodical Setaneoei. Issues include:
• An overview of volume 1, issues 1 to 252 (1902-1908)
Volume 1:
• No. 374, June 1918 (2 copies)
• No. 377, September 1918 (2 copies)
• No. 378, October 1918 (2 copies)
• No. 380, December 1918
• No. 382, February 1919 (2 copies)
• No. 387, July 1919
• No. 389, September 1919
• No. 390, January 1920 (2 copies)
• No. 391, February 1920
• No. 395, June 1920
• No. 398, September 1920
• No. 401, December 1920
Volume 2:
• No. 1, January 1921
• No. 2, February 1921
• No. 4, April 1921
• No. 6, June 1921
• No. 7, July 1921
• No. 22, September 1922
• No. 26, February 1923
• No. 37, January 1924
• No. 39, March 1924
• No. 41, May 1924
• No. 44, August 1924
• No. 50, February 1925
• No. 51, March 1925
• No. 52, April 1925 - May 1925
• No. 53, June-July-August
• No. 55, September 1936 (2 copies)
• No. 58, July 1939 (2 copies)
Series consists of audio-visual recordings, textual records, photographs and sheet music related to Sister Rita Clare, her work in the music department at Holy Angels High School and her work with the Cape Breton Youth Choir.