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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.

Series · 1959-2010

1 CD containing a variety of versions of the Academy Song; Academy Song History; music scores; piano arrangements; correspondence from Blenis Pennel; complete set of music for Symphonic Band as arranged by Belnis Pennel; vocal sheets; original copy of the academy Grand March by Aldun McVicar; educational profile of Sydney Academy by Harold Kyte. Also included is one b&w photograph showing Robert Moffatt (back to camera, dark coat) as part of a delegation meeting with Queen Elizabeth II. Mr. Moffatt is the donor's (Robert Angel) grandfather; a photocopy of a newspaper article re: Robert Moffatt.

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.

Gaelic Language Institute
CA BI MG 12.82-A-MG 12.82 A.15 · File · May 7 2009
Part of Dr. Robert James Morgan fonds

File consists of notes for a talk presented by Dr. Morgan as part of the Gaelic Language Institute held at the Highland Village on May 7 2009. There are also hand-written notes and a program included in the file.

CA BI MG 12.82-MG 12.82 B-MG 12.82 B.6 · File · 2009
Part of Dr. Robert James Morgan fonds

File consists of research notes and citations pertaining to the history of Wentworth Park. Dr. Morgan provided history and text for the completion of panels installed installed in Wentworth park as part of a revitalization project.

The Beaver Magazine
CA BI MG 21.14-A-1-8 · Item · April 2009
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a copy of The Beaver: Canada's History Magazine with the article "Ticket to Freedom" about the legacy of Viola Desmond as a civil rights activist on pages 24 to 29. Wanda Robson appears on the cover of the magazine.

CA BI Reports: Museums · Item · 2009

Item is a feasibility study prepared in 2009 for the Silver Dart Centennial Association (SDCA). The SDCA commissioned a group of architects, museum planners and fundraisers to carry out a study that would develop plans for and assess the feasibility of expanding facilities at the AGB National Historic Site.

Education and Art
CA BI MG 12.82-MG 12.82 H-MG 12.82 H.9 · File · 1974-2008
Part of Dr. Robert James Morgan fonds

File consists of newspaper clippings documenting stories about Cape Breton arts and and education.

Johnstone Scholarship
CA BI MG 21.14-A-13-1 · Item · January 10, 2008
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a typewritten letter from Betty Ann Pothier, Johnstone Scholarship Administrator at the Nova Scotia Department of Education, to Wanda Robson regarding the Dr. P. Anthony Johnstone Scholarship and Robson's role on its Scholarship Committee. Attached to the email is a poster for the scholarship and a copy of the application.

Item · 2008

Item is a report titled "Naval Air Station: North Sydney 1918," written by Peter E. Lawson. The report outlines the experiences and issues that faced American servicemen who assembled a naval air station in North Sydney and patrolled Canadian waters off Cape Breton Island in search of German submarines that threatened merchant ship convoys in the fall of 1918. The report includes copies of photographs, and a list of the North Sydney naval station staff.

CA BI FC 2350 B6 W43 2007 · Item · 2007

Item is a book that was written by Joan Weeks and the Glace Bay Universal Negro Improvement Association that features newspaper articles, interviews, and a history of African Nova Scotians in Cape Breton.

CA BI D 640 W593 2007 · Item · 2007

Item is a book titled "Percy Willmot: A Cape Bretonner at War," written by Brian Douglas Tennyson. This book includes transcriptions of Lieut. Percy Willmot's letters, along with historical analysis from the author. Lieut. Willmot lived in Cape Breton prior to his enlistment.

Rita Joe
CA BI B&G - Joe, Rita · File · 1981 - 2007

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.

CA BI UA 602 N69 M33 2007 · Item · 2007

Item is a book titled, "Honour Roll of the Nova Scotia Overseas Highland Brigade," written by W. James MacDonald. The book includes biographical information pertaining to fallen comrades of the 85th, 185th, 193rd, and 219th Battalions.