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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.

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 is a handwritten genealogy of the Benjamin Newton Davis family.

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 three photocopies of the December 31, 1946 edition of The Clarion newspaper published in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia featuring articles about Viola Desmond's 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow and her court appeals.

Item is a program for the play "Other People's Heaven," about Viola Desmond's 1946 arrest, which was staged at the Firebrand Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.

Item is a typewritten letter from Cal Best (aka J.C. Best or Calbert Best), son of Carrie Best, to Wanda Robson in response to a letter previously sent by Robson. Wanda was looking for a copy of Carrie Best's book, That Lonesome Road, which had gone out of print.

Item is a draft of "My Early Memories of Race, My Sister Viola, and the Incident at the Roseland Theatre" by Wanda Robson, which appeared as a chapter in Viola Desmond's Canada: A History of Blacks and Racial Segregation in the Promised Land by Dr. Graham Reynolds. Corrections and annotations in red pen have been made throughout the essay.

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.

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.

Item is a photograph of Emma [?] and [?], Wanda Robson's grandchildren, on Emma's 6th birthday in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Item is a photograph of Connie Davis (Constance Davis) sitting behind three children, from left to right, Junie Davis, Sharon Clyke and Graeme Clyke.

Item is a studio portrait of Connie Scott (née Connie Davis, Constance Davis) and another portrait of her husband, Wilfred Scott.

Item is a photograph of Connie Scott (née Connie Davis) and Wilfred Scott with their niece, Sharon Clyke.

Item is a photograph of Connie Scott (née Connie Davis) and Wilfred Scott during their engagement. Olive Scott (née Olive Davis) is standing on the far right.

Item is a photograph of the Criterion Club's annual banquet at Wilberforce Hall on Gerrish Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Seated, left to right, are Mr. and Mrs. William Prevoe, Capt. W.P. Oliver, Mrs. Arnold Smith, Bessie Halfkenny, Thomas G. MacDonald, Josephine Roach, William R. Allison, Sophia Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Davis. Also in the photograph is Booker Roach, William Reid, Ernest Earle, Courtlandt Davis, Donald Skeir, John Desmond, James Ross Kinney Jr., Frank Adams, Viola Desmond, Ida Pinto, Viola Wilson, Edith Sisco, Mrs. J.A.R. Kinney, Eva Skeir, Mrs. H.D. Nicholas, Harry Bowles, Lalia Smith, Mrs. Harry Bowles, Evelyn Evans, Wanda Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Earle, Dr. Ruthvan Johnson, Ellen Evans, Edith Brown, Rosie Gibson, Evelyn Williams, Verna Davis, Mrs. A.T. Best, Mr. J. Scroggins, Gwendolin Davis, James Davis, Gladys Duncan, Mr. B. Jones.

Item is a photograph of the Halifax, Nova Scotia branch of the Criterion Club, with a woman seated front and centre holding a sign that reads "Criterion Club Org. Nov. 7 1936."

Item is a photograph of the Halifax, Nova Scotia branch of the Criterion Club. Viola Desmond is standing in the second row, second from left; Gwendolyn Davis is seated in the first row, far left; and Booker Roach is standing in the back row, far left.

Item is a photograph of members of the Criterion Club sitting around a picnic table at a park in Cow Bay, Nova Scotia.

Item is a photograph of Curtelaine, who was visiting from Bermuda, holding Lynn Scott (left) and Niki Scott while sitting on a balcony.

Item is a photograph of members of the Davis Family standing in front of a house with a car parked behind them. Standing, from left to right, are: Gwendolyn Davis, [unknown], [unknown], and Connie Scott (née Connie Davis). Wilfred Scott, Connie's husband, is seated to the right in the front row.

Item is a photo of Wanda Robson looking at a sheet of paper while three unidentified children stand around her.

Item is a copy of an email from Adrian Harewood, a CBC reporter, to Wanda Robson and Joe Robson regarding a meeting he had with Mayor Anne Maclean of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia about the legacy of Viola Desmond in New Glasgow and the upcoming 60th anniversary of Desmond's arrest at the Roseland Theatre.

Item is a photograph of James Davis and Gwendolyn Davis sitting at a picnic table at the beach.

Item is a photograph of children, including Dawn Paris, Sybil Paris, Sydney Paris and Jimmy [?], in front of a Christmas tree.

Item is a photograph of, from left to right, Dawn Paris, Sybil Paris and Sydney Paris, sitting in folding lawn chairs as young children.

Item is a photograph of Dawn Paris.

Item is a photograph of Edna Clyke.

Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis), Margo Reid and Sharon Clyke.

Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) with her son, Graeme Clyke.

Item is a photograph of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis), Ginette Clyke, Jim Clyke, Sharon Clyke and Graeme Clyke.

Item is a graduation portrait of Emily Clyke (née Emily Davis) from Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Quebec.

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.

Item is a photograph of the Viola Desmond information panel in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia on the day it was unveiled to the public.