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              Blacks and West Indians
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              Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of Kay (Morrison) Borden being interviewed by Pam Newton about the Blacks and West Indians of Whitney Pier. T-2199
              Blacks at Whitney Pier
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              File consists of two audio reels that feature sound recordings of Neville Gibson, Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford being interviewed by Elizabeth Beaton about the Black population of Whitney Pier. Track listing is as follows:Side A: Biographical information (Neville Gibson) Rev. Phillips founder; White people creating problems for them (Neville Gibson) Problem - St. Cyprians on Henry Street (Neville Gibson) Re-iteration of involvement; Split in Black community (Neville Gibson) The "Brethern" Bible study meetings (Neville Gibson) Land bought by church; Bishop Trotman; History of African Orthodox Church (Neville Gibson) Marcus Garvey; Black Star Line; U.N.I.A. (Neville Gibson) Father lost house; Went to night school (informant); Picnics at Mira; Tennis courts; Menelik Hall (Neville Gibson) Dr. Calder (Neville Gibson) Connection between U.N.I.A. and A.O.C. (Neville Gibson) Cricket Club (Neville Gibson) Marcus Garvey; United Mission; Home and School (Neville Gibson) Discrimination; Black scholarship program; Influence on Stanfield (Neville Gibson) Black Methodist Church (Neville Gibson) Reid Family (Neville Gibson) Side B: Biographical information; Born 1912; Arthur Stanley Trotman was father (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford) Robertson from States; One named Jones (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford) A.O.C. history; Robertson worked out of church on Henry Street (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford) Robertson gone by 1924; Trotman had church on Victoria Road; Never a Methodist Church (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford) Chronology of Priest (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford) St. Alban's problems (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford) Trotman, third bishop of A.O.C. (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford) Marcus Garvey (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford) T-2104
              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
              Holy Redeemer Convent
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              Item is a photograph of the Holy Redeemer Convent, the church and the glebe house. Many homes were destroyed by fire in 1913. 77-1513-1647
              Informal Religion
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              File consists of two audio reels that feature sound recordings of a speech presented by Reverend Vincent Waterman at St. Philip's African Orthodox Church to the Friends of Whitney Pier that outlines the history of the Church. Track listing is as follows:Side A: History of A.O.C. priests, problems, establishment, etc.; Pier not an "ethnic ghetto," Synod in Pier Trained by American Catholic Church, Endich Theological Seminary Commitment to A.O.C. Majority of Blacks belong to either United or Anglican or Catholic Churches More support from whites, negative defeatist attitude in Sydney Need for pride in community Informal religion and A.O.C. Father came in 1940 Sunday very important day, always dress up for church Side B: Christmas preparations, food and customs Sermons based on gospel Holy days Christmas celebrations Women in church Prayers Superstition, preach good behaviours, no African Methodist Episcopalian Churches in Nova Scotia Brought up very strict Awareness of African Heritage Food was very important, West Indian dishes Linguistics, dialects Further from Cuba, mother from Antigua Many left A.O.C.; Very discouraging at times T-559
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              File consists of two audio reels that feature sound recordings of of Dr. Leo Bartley of the United Negro Improvement Association discussing the organization and its history in Cape Breton. Track listing is as follows:Side A: Came to Cape Breton in 1974 to do research, C.B. U.N.I.A. people involved Thesis to be controlled into book U.N.I.A. not a West Indian organization, people of African descent tied together Marcus Garvey, here on way to England A.O.C. in Pier, Bishop MacGuire, U.N.I.A., tried to make A.O.C. established church of organization Dr. Alvinus Calder, first president of organizations; W.E. Robertson was a later Bishop Phillis Family Sydney had three associations; West Indian and Black characteristics Side B: Various backgrounds, several different organizations; West Indians importance of education; Dr. Bentley's other interests A.O.C. has only one church in Canada and it's in Whitney Pier, do not want to be called Africans Marcus Garvey stressed the importance of maintaining archives Bentley met Garvey's son T-730