Item is a photocopy of The Heather, Broughton, C. B. Vol. 1, #2, the official paper of the 185th Overseas Battalion, C.E.F.
Item is a letter from Stephen B. MacNeil and John A. McKinnon from May 2, 1914.
Item is a leather bound botanical ledger detailing sales for trees, shrubs, and berries in communities across Cape Breton Island.
Item is a pamphlet, published by the Personnel of the U.S. Naval Air Station in North Sydney, on December 1st, 1918. The pamphlet contains the staff muster roll, some pieces of poetry, jokes, and an editorial.
Item is a transcript of an interview with Mary and Donald Roddy Rankin.
Canadian Museum of HistoryItem is a copy of a typewritten letter from M.F. Gallagher, Director of Remission Service at the Department of Justice, in response to a letter from Viola Desmond regarding her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. He refers her to the Attorney General of Nova Scotia.
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 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 handwritten genealogy of the James Albert Davis and Gwendolyn Irene Davis family. Also included is a list of Davis family members buried at Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia with burial dates.
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 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 Viola Desmond's certificate from the Advanced Hairstyling Studio, Inc. in New York, New York.
Item is a photocopy of a newspaper clipping of Viola Desmond's obituary from an unidentified newspaper.
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 an email from Vikki Neal (wife of Gordon Neal, Wanda Robson's son) to Wanda Robson catching her up on the family's summer and passing along a letter from the Collingwood School in Vancouver, British Columbia where Vikki Neal and Gordon Neal set up the Wanda Robson Bursary.
Item is a typewritten draft of an overview of The Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson Scholarship established at Cape Breton University (CBU) in Sydney, Nova Scotia. A handwritten note from Wanda Robson to Dr. Graham Reynolds is written across the bottom and reads: "Did we discuss the possibility of another criterion (?) - subject be a single parent."
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.