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Anne Bishop fonds

  • MS-15-5
  • Fonds
  • [198-?] - 1998
Fonds includes materials created by, collected or about Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia [LGRNS], including a collection of pins.

Bishop, Anne Charlotte

Bob Fougere fonds

  • MS-15-18
  • Fonds
  • 1990-2017
Fonds contains materials collected by LGBTQ+ activist Bob Fougere pertaining to his activism in Halifax. Records in fonds document Fougere's work as coordinator of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project [NSRAP], including NSRAP's participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project and its health care advocacy work on behalf of transgender Nova Scotians. Materials also document Fougere's roles as board member at Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church, and facilitator the Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Youth Project support group. Materials in fonds include correspondence, pamphlets, essays, studies, clippings, reports, meeting minutes, conference materials, and ephemera.

Fougere, Bob

Clippings

Series contains news clippings regarding LGBT social and political issues, culture, and events. Series contains four sub-series of clippings regarding LGBT social and political issues, culture, and events; the Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada [the Krever Inquiry]; HIV/AIDS in Nova Scotia; and HIV/AIDS in Canada and Abroad.

Flyers for Simon Nkoli event, 1989

File contains two copies of a flyer advertising events in Halifax featuring Simon Nkoli, a gay South African political activist. Events include a talk held at Rumours bar, and the preceding meet and greet held on the same date at Veith House.

Gay men's health and HIV/AIDS

Subseries contains materials documenting NSRAP's research and support work related to HIV/AIDS, including the Gay Men's Health Research Project, and NSRAPS's response to Nova Scotia's Strategy for HIV/AIDS. Materials in subseries include Gay Men's Health Research Project planning and research materials, HIV/AIDS related government policy documents, meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, and notes.

Jan Morrell fonds

  • MS-15-23
  • Fonds
  • 1988-1997
Fonds contains materials produced by Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia [LGRNS] as part of their lobbying efforts to gain human rights protections for members of Nova Scotia's LGBTQ+ community, including correspondence, briefs, presentations, and notes. Fonds also contains correspondence, notes, and clippings regarding the establishment and operations of the Halifax chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays [PFLAG].

Morrell, Jan

Janet Conners fonds

  • MS-15-20
  • Fonds
  • 1974-2010
Fonds contains materials related to Janet Conners' advocacy work for recipients of tainted blood products and other persons with HIV/AIDS. Janet's and her husband, Randy Conners, contracted HIV when Randy, a hemophiliac, was treated with infected blood. After publicly announcing Randy's diagnosis in 1991, the Conners provided testimony to the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada [the Krever Inquiry], and became advocates for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Janet revealed her HIV positive status upon Randy's death in 1994. Materials in fonds include legal documents, correspondence, speaking notes, press releases, day planners, awards and honorary degrees, and photographs.

Lynn Murphy fonds

  • MS-15-3
  • Collection
  • 1972 - 1996
Fonds contains graphic materials collected by Lynn Murphy through her association with the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) of Nova Scotia, and participation in organizing Halifax Pride marches and parades, in addition to other LGBT initiatives in Halifax. Fond contains one series of posters, banners, and flags produced or collected by GALA for use in Pride marches and parades, as well as other political demonstrations, GALA meetings, and dances, or relating to event held at Rumours bar. Fonds also contains posters for LGBT-related events in Halifax, posters for LGBT films, posters encouraging safe-sex practices and political activism, as well as Pride Guide mockups from 1996 and 1998.

Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia

Media coverage of Lesbian and Gay Right's Nova Scotia [LGRNS] activism related to the Human Rights Act

File contains four VHS tapes containing media coverage of Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia [LGRNS] and their work to protect sexual orientation under the Human Rights Act in Nova Scotia. Media coverage also includes LGRNS opposition to Barkhat Khokhar, a member of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission who expressed homophobic and misogynistic views. Footage from these tapes has been copied onto a DVD-R disc which is also located in this file.

Neighbourhood noise

Item contains seven contributions to the Neighbourhood Noise Project, presented by CKDU Radio, the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), and Centre for Art Tapes. The contributions are all written, produced, and performed by Canadian subjects. The project was released as part of the People's Summit (P-7) event staged in Halifax, Nova Scotia during the G-7 Summit. The project invited people to submit audio-taped works on the subject of community and neighbourhoods and were compiled into a tape to play at the 00 Gallery in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Personal archives of David R. Jones

  • MS-2-795
  • Fonds
  • 1925 ; 1944 ; 1960-1962
The collection documents the beginning of the Youth New Democratic Club at Dalhousie, and David Jones' involvement in the organization. It also includes two articles of E. Chesley Allen, David's maternal grandfather, plus a photograph. E. Chesley Allen was the Superintendent of the School for the Blind, and a naturalist.

Photograph of a group of unidentified attendees gathered around a barbecue of the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of a large group of unidentified attendees standing around a barbecue at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978. Nolan Reilly stands in the foreground with his back to the camera.

Photograph of an unidentified group of people listening to a speech at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of a large group of unidentified people listening to an unidentified speaker at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978. Charlie Murray and George MacEachern are seated next to each other in the background of the middle of the photo.

Photograph of Charlie Murray addressing a seated crowd at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of Charlie Murray, organizer of the Canadian Fisherman and Fish Handlers Union, member of the Communist Party of Canada, and host of the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, addressing seated attendees at the Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of Charlie Murray addressing a seated crowd at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of Charlie Murray, organizer of the Canadian Fisherman and Fish Handlers Union, member of the Communist Party of Canada, and host of the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, addressing several dozen seated attendees at the Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of Charlie Murray at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of Charlie Murray, organizer of the Canadian Fisherman and Fish Handlers Union, member of the Communist Party of Canada, and host of the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, posing at the Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of George MacEachern addressing a seated crowd at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of George MacEachern, a Steel Workers Union activist and member of the Communist Party of Canada, addressing several dozen seated attendees at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978. Perspective of the photograph is from MacEachern's right, and MacEachern is partially obscured by a tree.

Photograph of George MacEachern addressing a seated crowd at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of George MacEachern, a Steel Workers Union activist and member of the Communist Party of Canada, addressing several dozen seated attendees at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of George MacEachern addressing a seated crowd at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of George MacEachern, a Steel Workers Union activist and member of the Communist Party of Canada, addressing several dozen seated attendees at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978. Perspective of the photograph is face-on.

Photograph of George MacEachern at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of George MacEachern, a Steel Workers Union activist and member of the Communist Party of Canada, standing at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978. Much of the image is obscured by foliage in Charlie and Kaye Murray's garden.
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