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Spirituals
CA BI MG 21.14-A-12-2 · Item · 1988
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a photocopy of page 212 from "Rise Up Singing" featuring the lyrics and chords to a number of spirituals. A page of handwritten notes about the history of spirituals is attached to the photocopy.

Davis Family Genealogy
CA BI MG 21.14-A-2-2 · Item · [20--]
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-1 · File · [1949]-2017, predominantly 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

File consists of materials related to Viola Desmond's arrest, including copies of letters from Desmond to the Ministry of Justice, and the posthumous apology and pardon she received in 2010 from the Province of Nova Scotia.

CA BI MG 21.14 · Collection · 1890-2017

Collection consists of records related to Viola Desmond’s 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and her posthumous 2010 free pardon granted by the Government of Nova Scotia. Also included are materials related to Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson’s civil rights work in Nova Scotia, including newspaper clippings and articles, diplomas, certificates, scholarship and bursary documents, a scrapbook and materials related to Robson’s education and published book, Sister to Courage. Included are photographs of the extended Davis family and published books about the Black Nova Scotian experience.

Robson, Wanda Eloise
Textual Material
CA BI MG 21.14-A · Series · 1936-2017
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Series consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, correspondence, press releases, essays, and copies of diplomas and certificates regarding Viola Desmond's education, career, arrest, pardon and legacy and Wanda Robson's activism and social justice work.

Distinction Magazine
CA BI MG 21.14-A-1-9 · Item · 2017
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a copy of the Cape Breton University (CBU) Alumni Magazine, Distinction, featuring the article "A Story of Two Sisters" about Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson. Wanda Robson and Graham Reynolds are on the cover with Robson holding a copy of Graham's book, Viola Desmond's Canada: A History of Blacks and Racial Segregation in the Promised Land.

Photographs
CA BI MG 21.14-B · Series · [189-]-2017
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Series consists of photographs taken or collected by Wanda Robson that document the early lives of she and her siblings, including Viola Desmond, growing up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Robson's efforts to gain recognition for the life and legacy of her sister. Also included are photographs of Robson's family life, education, and events and ceremonies she attended that were related to her activism and social justice work.

Honors
CA BI MG 21.14-A-3 · File · 2015-2016
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

File consists of news items reporting on honours dedicated to Viola Desmond, such as an outdoor theatre and a Halifax, Nova Scotia ferry being named after her.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-3-4 · Item · February 4, 2016
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a newspaper clipping from an unidentified paper titled, "HRM ferry naming list down to five," regarding the top five people being considered to have one of the Halifax, Nova Scotia harbour ferries named after them. The top five people included on the list were Viola Desmond, Vincent Coleman, Major Gavin Rainnie, Pte. John Curwin, and Ron Wallace.

"Honour Viola Desmond"
CA BI MG 21.14-A-3-5 · Item · April 8, 2016
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a newspaper clipping from The Chronicle Herald titled, "Honour Viola Desmond," written by Wanda Robson who wished to thank Vernon Oikle for his article, "Let's Honour a Real Hero," published in The Chronicle Herald on March 31, 2016 and asking people to nominate Viola Desmond to appear on a Canadian banknote.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-6-13 · Item · February 1, 2016
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a newspaper clipping from the Cape Breton Post of a guest article written by publisher Ron Caplan titled, "A second chance for Viola Desmond Day," where he asks the public to consider adopting a date for Viola Desmond Day to be celebrated annually.

"Remembering the past"
CA BI MG 21.14-A-7-4 · Item · 2016
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a newspaper article from an unidentified newspaper titled, "Remembering the past," about the publication of Dr. Graham Reynold's book Viola Desmond's Canada: A History of Blacks and Racial Segregation in the Promised Land.

Viola Desmond Cartoon
CA BI MG 21.14-A-6-20 · Item · December 9, 2016
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a cartoon from The Chronicle Herald in Halifax, Nova Scotia with a drawing of Viola Desmond seated in a movie theatre with an usher standing over her saying, "Don't get too comfortable, you're going to have to move next year." The cartoon was related to Nova Scotia's first Heritage Day being dedicated to Desmond.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-6-21 · Item · 2016
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a newspaper clipping of a letter to the editor by Kathleen Bunin in the Cape Breton Post titled, "Support for Viola Desmond Day," written in response to Ron Caplan's article "A second chance for Viola Desmond Day."

CA BI MG 21.14-A-7-1 · Item · [Before 2016]
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

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.

Books
CA BI MG 21.14-C · Series · 1977-2016
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Series consists of 11 books of fictional poetry, interviews, biographies, case studies, and history that explore race and the Black experience in Nova Scotia, Canada, and the United States. Viola Desmond is featured in Viola Desmond's Canada: A History of Blacks and Racial Segregation in the Promised Land by Dr. Graham Reynolds, which includes a chapter written by Wanda Robson.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-3-3 · Item · November 9, 2015
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a newspaper article from The Chronicle Herald titled, "Theatre named after Desmond," about the opening of the Viola Desmond Outdoor Theatre in Warrington Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The article includes comments from Gertrude Jeffries, who had her hair done almost weekly by Desmond as a child, and Michael Davis-Cole, Viola's nephew.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-6-17 · Item · February 27, 2015
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a newspaper clipping of a 'Letter to the Editor' written by Ron Caplan in the Cape Breton Post titled, "Just pick a day to honour Viola Desmond," asking the public to consider dedicating an annual day to commemorate Viola Desmond and her civil rights work.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-3-2 · Item · November 8, 2015
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a newspaper clipping from Metro Halifax titled, "Theatre in honour of Viola Desmond opens in Halifax," which covered the opening of the Viola Desmond Outdoor Theatre in Warrington Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia and includes comments from Gertrude Jefferies who had her hair done by Desmond almost weekly as a child.

"Viola Desmond Day"
CA BI MG 21.14-A-6-10 · Item · February 12, 2014
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a newspaper clipping from the Cape Breton Post about efforts to have Nova Scotia's newly formed February holiday, Heritage Day, named after Viola Desmond.