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Captain John Parker collection
Captain John Parker collection
Fonds · 1880-1978
Fonds consists of correspondence, papers, scrapbooks referring to ships, shipping, sailing, and items that were of interest to Captain John Parker. Included is a scrapbook that includes information about "Gaelic speaking Blacks" and photographs from a sailing trip to the West Indies. MG 12.50
Paul MacEwan fonds
Paul MacEwan fonds
Fonds · 1936-1998
Fonds consists of the personal materials of Paul MacEwan, founder and leader of the Cape Breton Labour Party from 1982-1987 and former member of the Nova Scotia Legislature for Cape Breton Nova from 1970-2003. Included is correspondence, subjects files concerning healthcare and agriculture, press releases, and papers related to the New Democratic Party and Cape Breton Labour Party. MG 9.30
Seymour's Senators, Sydney Little League
Seymour's Senators, Sydney Little League
Item · ca. 1951
Item is an Abbass Studios photograph of members of the Seymour's Senators, a Sydney Little League team. Identified from left to right are Joe "Whirly" Worrell, Alvin Daniels, Hubert Crawford, Tom Miller, R. Callander, and C. Boucher. 84-01-14101
Alvinus Calder fonds
Alvinus Calder fonds
Fonds · 1962
Fonds consists of of an undated autobiography, a travel-logue of a trip to Moscow in 1962, a letter to the editor of a Grenada newspaper concerning that island's economy, a clipping of a speech that Dr. Calder gave on racial prejudice, and a report of the Medical Committee. The fonds also includes an address given by Dr. Calder to St. Andrew's Brotherhood, Sydney, 1950 about racial prejudice. MG 12.192
Elizabeth Beaton-Planetta collection
Elizabeth Beaton-Planetta collection
Fonds
Fonds consists of papers that reflect Elizabeth Beaton's work at the Beaton Institute and personal academic research. The materials included cover a wide variety of topics concerning Cape Breton history, especially ethnicity. Beaton's work contains extensive research on Whitney Pier's West Indian population. MG 12.198
Dr. Alvinus Calder
Dr. Alvinus Calder
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Item is a photograph of Black Nova Scotian doctor Dr. Alvinus Calder standing next to the exterior of abuilding, dressed in a suit and tie. 63-6310-13610
Dr. Alvinus Calder
Dr. Alvinus Calder
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Item is a photograph of Black Nova Scotian doctor Dr. Alvinus Calder standing outdoors at an unknownlocation, dressed in suit and tie. 83-6312-13612
City of Sydney collection
City of Sydney collection
Fonds
Fonds consists of textual records that were created by the City of Sydney, including city reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, town histories, police reports, and legal documents. Included within the fonds are materials that provide information about Black Nova Scotians living within the city, including voting records, education reports, and town histories. MG 14.27
Members of the Pride of Sydney Lodge
Members of the Pride of Sydney Lodge
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Item is a photograph of the members of the Pride of Sydney Lodge that was published in the Cape Breton Post in March, 1955. Members are identified as follows: Front row, left to right: Vernal Tull, Evelyne Brathwaite, L.K.; LuciousJackson, P.E.R., Grand Organizer; Leonard Arthur, Exalted Ruler; George Ford, L.K.; Harold Kirton, L.K..Back Row, left to right: Wakefield Harris, Inner Guard; Canon George A. Francis, Chaplain; Harold Best,Treasurer; Ralph Hedley, Tyler; Henry Marsh, P.E.R. 84-14-16103
Rev. England
Rev. England
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Item is a photograph of Reverend England of St. Cyprian's Anglican Church, Whitney Pier. Rev. England wasWest Indian and served a congregation of mainly West Indian Blacks. 84-158-14258