Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman. He had just moved to a new air force station after two weeks of leave.
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman. He writes that he likes the new air force station that he has been sent to and thanks her for a recent parcel.
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman. He writes about receiving a letter from Morris [?] and tells her that he made a trip to Harrogate, England.
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman thanking her for a recent letter and photograph. He also asks her to send film so he can take photographs.
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman. He writes that he has no intention of getting engaged to anyone, one of the reasons being that he has recently been sent to a new station and is now on the 431 “Iroquois” Squadron and doing active operations, which he asks her to not tell his family.
Item is one telegram from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman wishing her a happy birthday.
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 one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman. He wishes her a happy birthday and, though he knows it is an impossibility, suggests she come to England on her summer vacation so they could see each other.
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman hoping she has a nice vacation with friends.
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman asking her to share her feelings with him, thinking about future plans, and thanking her for sending news of his family.
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman. He writes that they lost a tail gunner on a recent operation and asks her not to tell his family, as they do not know that he is doing active operations with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).
Sub-file consists of the 185th Battalion’s Daily Orders, Part 11, Numbers 13 to 22.
Item is a copy of Bay News No. 5.
Item is the official biography of The Honourable Daniel J. MacDonald, Minister of Veterans Affairs, who served as a Cape Breton Highlander during the Second World War (WWII) and was instrumental in planning the 30th Anniversary delegation to Italy.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 5.
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 a copy of a typewritten letter from Viola Desmond to the Attorney General of Nova Scotia regarding her arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and her legal case.
Item is a typewritten letter from The Indian Cove Coal Company Ltd., signed by M. Dwyer, to Thomas J. Brown returning borehole records for the Jubilee Pit and Gannon Road. Also included was an April 30, 1929 balance sheet for the Indian Cove Coal Company.
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 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 handwritten Mi’kmaq lexicon created by Msgr. MacPherson while learning the Mi’kmaq language. Newspaper clippings are fixed to some pages and Joe Gould of Whycocomagh, Cape Breton wrote his name on the inside front cover.
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman, sent while Curdis was stationed in London, Ontario for training with the RCAF during World War II. Karrel starts planning a meeting with Glickman while the two of them are passing through Montreal on July 9, 1943 on their way home to Cape Breton, he for a two week leave and she returning from a trip to New York City.
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman. He tells her he will be thinking of her all day on July 9th, as they had been together in person on that date the year before.
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman thanking her for a recent parcel.
Item is the last handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman sent before his death on July 29, 1944.
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel addressed to his mother, Sarah Karrel, and brothers, Benjamin Karrel and Sam Karrel. He writes that “nothing new or drastic is happening at all” and that he is hoping to go on leave within the next week. It was his last letter to the family before his death on July 29, 1944.
Item is one empty envelope addressed to Sylvia Glickman from Curdis Karrel that did not correspond to any of the letters present in the Sylvia Karrel collection.
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 copy of Bay News No. 6.
Item is a typewritten biography of Klaus Goldschlag, Canadian Ambassador to Rome.
Item is a letter from a representative of the House of Commons, [Thomas Cauley], in Ottawa, Ontario to Thomas J. Brown thanking him for his recent telegram, expressing his regrets that Brown was retiring as Deputy Minister of Mines, and giving him a report about the Scotia and Dominion Submarine Areas.
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 copy of a typewritten letter from John A. Y. MacDonald, Deputy Attorney General of Nova Scotia, to Viola Desmond in response to a previous letter about her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre.
Item is a handwritten note about the Mi’kmaq language written by Fr. Donald MacPherson while learning the language.
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman.
Item is a booklet explaining to veterans of World War Ii how to wear the medals they were awarded on their civilian clothes or military uniforms (if they were still serving in any branch of the armed forces).
Item is a photocopy of a newspaper clipping of Viola Desmond's obituary from an unidentified newspaper.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 6.
Item is a copy of Bay News No. 7.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 7.
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 handwritten note from Fr. Lucien [?] at Ste-Anne de Ristigouche in Bonaventure, Quebec sending $2.00 for “Le Pays des Micmacs.”
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman telling her that he finished his RCAF training course and would be getting his wings on Friday, July 8. He also relays his travel plans to meet her in Montreal on Saturday, July 9 and tells her to expect his call in the late afternoon.
Item is a copy of a typewritten letter from Viola Desmond to John A.Y. MacDonald, Deputy Attorney General of Nova Scotia, asking his department to investigate her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and to confirm her claims that her human rights were violated.
Item is a typewritten biography of Paul Tremblay, Canadian Ambassador to the Vatican.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 8.
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 a copy of Bay News No. 8.
Item is one telegram from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman thanking her for the parcel she sent.
Item is a brochure for an all inclusive tour to Italy planned for veterans, wives, widows, and Silver Star Mothers to coincide with the “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegation.
Item is a typewritten letter from John M. Clarke at the New York State Museum to Fr. Donald MacPherson offering to buy a number of Mi’kmaq items – “the squaw cap, the wooden plate with buttons, copies of Father Kander’s prayerbook, baby boards.”