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Interview with Jane Wills

Interview with Jane Wills

Item is a video recording of an interview with Jane Wills. Wills discusses her experiences as a nursing officer in the military, her travels across North American, her involvement with Metropolitan Community Churches, her relationships with women, and her choice to settle in Wolfville. The interview was conducted by Elisabeth Rondinelli on November 29, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
Interview with Bernadette MacDonald

Interview with Bernadette MacDonald

Item is a video recording of an interview with Bernadette MacDonald. MacDonald discusses her experiences travelling abroad before settling in rural Nova Scotia; her participation in LGBT events in Halifax, Pictou County, and the North Shore in the 1980s -1990s; her work in women's crisis centres; and the differences between urban and rural LGBT experiences. The interview was conducted by Oscar Campbell on January 23, 2022 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
Interview with Sydney Lancaster

Interview with Sydney Lancaster

File contains a video recording of an interview with Sydney Lancaster. Lancaster discusses their sexuality and gender identity, their involvement with the LGBT community in Alberta and Nova Scotia, LGBT visibility in Nova Scotia and their move to the province in 2010, and social justice theories and initiatives. The interview was conducted by Anne Summerhays on November 9th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
Interview with Christina Toplack

Interview with Christina Toplack

Item is a video recording of an interview with Christina Toplack. Toplack discusses her involvement with the women's movement and LGBT organizations Halifax and the Annapolis Valley during the 1980s and 1990s, as well as her journey towards understanding her sexuality. The interview was conducted by Sam Ginther on January 14th, 2022 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
Interview with Fay Wambolt and Catherine Butler

Interview with Fay Wambolt and Catherine Butler

Item is a video recording of an interview with Fay Wambolt and Catherine Butler. Walmbolt and Butler discuss their relationship and marriage, their experiences as out lesbians in Cape Breton, and their families' reactions to their sexuality. The interview was conducted by Joseph Lahey on January 8th, 2022 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.

Atlantic Canada co-operatives collection

  • MS-14-18
  • Collection
  • 1900-2002, predominant 1950-1999
Collection consists of records with information about individual co-operatives and credit unions in Atlantic Canada, as well as documents from larger region-wide co-operative organizations. There is also a large section of general co-op literature about co-operation as a social movement, in Canada and around the world. There are published books, serials, brochures, reports, photographs and slides, maps, audio and visual material, and artifacts. The age of the materials ranges from the early 1900s up to 2002, the majority spans from the 1950s to the 1990s.

Lesbian Oral Histories collection

  • MS-15-26
  • Collection
  • 2021-2022
Collection contains oral history recordings and transcripts collected as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive's Lesbian Oral History Project [LOHP]. LOHP was a project funded by the Department of Communties, Culture, and Heritage's Strategic Development Initiative to supplement available archival materials related to LGBT seniors in 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.

Budge Wilson fonds

  • MS-2-650
  • Fonds
  • 1948-2018
Fonds consists of manuscripts and proofs of Budge Wilson's books and short stories; correspondence with publishers, students, and teachers; publicity material; photocopies and clippings of reviews, profiles, and notices regarding awards and appearances; diaries; recorded radio interviews; and an assortment of other documents created and collected by the author throughout her writing career. The fonds also contains materials relating to the adaptation of Wilson's novel "Before Green Gables" into a Japanese animated television series.
Making a Difference : Halifax Women Remember the 1950s, 60s and 70s workshop : part 1

Making a Difference : Halifax Women Remember the 1950s, 60s and 70s workshop : part 1

Item consists of part one (1:47:31 long) of a video recording of the workshop "Making a Difference: Halifax Women Remember the 1950s, 60s and 70s," held at Dalhousie University on May 7, 1999, as part of the Women, Work, and Social Policy Project.

Participants in the workshop included researchers Judith Fingard (chair), Frances Gregor, Janet Guildford, Suzanne Morton, and Jeanne Fay (social work), and community activists Dr. Pamela Brown, Sister Mary Jean Burns, Muriel Duckworth, Joan Fraser, Judith Giffin, Dorothy Grantmyre, Fran Maclean, Judge Sandra Oxner, Linda Christiansen-Ruffman, Myrna Slater, Gertrude Tynes, and Sue Wolstenholme.

The topic of the morning session was a round-table discussion to address 1. circumstances, influences and ideas that brought each panellist to participate in community activities in Nova Scotia; 2. the organizations participated in by each of the panellists; and 3. experiences in volunteer and paid work for each of the women on the panel.

Making a Difference : Halifax Women Remember the 1950s, 60s and 70s workshop : part 2

Making a Difference : Halifax Women Remember the 1950s, 60s and 70s workshop : part 2

Item consists of part two (2:03:08 long) of a video recording of the workshop "Making a Difference: Halifax Women Remember the 1950s, 60s and 70s," held at Dalhousie University on May 7, 1999, as part of the Women, Work, and Social Policy Project.

Participants in the workshop included researchers Judith Fingard (chair), Frances Gregor, Janet Guildford, Suzanne Morton, and Jeanne Fay (social work), and community activists Dr. Pamela Brown, Sister Mary Jean Burns, Muriel Duckworth, Joan Fraser, Judith Giffin, Dorothy Grantmyre, Fran Maclean, Judge Sandra Oxner, Linda Christiansen-Ruffman, Myrna Slater, Gertrude Tynes, and Sue Wolstenholme.

Making a Difference : Halifax Women Remember the 1950s, 60s and 70s workshop : part 3

Making a Difference : Halifax Women Remember the 1950s, 60s and 70s workshop : part 3

Item consists of the final part (26:51 long) of a video recording of the workshop "Making a Difference: Halifax Women Remember the 1950s, 60s and 70s," held at Dalhousie University on May 7, 1999, as part of the Women, Work, and Social Policy Project.

Participants in the workshop included researchers Judith Fingard (chair), Frances Gregor, Janet Guildford, Suzanne Morton, and Jeanne Fay (social work), and community activists Dr. Pamela Brown, Sister Mary Jean Burns, Muriel Duckworth, Joan Fraser, Judith Giffin, Dorothy Grantmyre, Fran Maclean, Judge Sandra Oxner, Linda Christiansen-Ruffman, Myrna Slater, Gertrude Tynes, and Sue Wolstenholme.

Making a difference : Halifax women remember the 1950s, 60s and 70s : [workshop videos]

File contains the 3-tape VHS video master set for the "Making a Difference : Halifax women remember the 1950's, 60's and 70's" workshop, part of the "Women, Work and Social Policy" project, held on May 7, 1999.

Participants in the workshop included researchers Judith Fingard (chair), Frances Gregor, Janet Guildford, Suzanne Morton, and Jeanne Fay (social work), and community activists Dr. Pamela Brown, Sister Mary Jean Burns, Muriel Duckworth, Joan Fraser, Judith Giffin, Dorothy Grantmyre, Fran Maclean, Judge Sandra Oxner, Linda Christiansen-Ruffman, Myrna Slater, Gertrude Tynes, and Sue Wolstenholme.

Theatre Arts Guild fonds

  • MS-3-4
  • Fonds
  • 1931-1999
Fonds comprises records created and collected by the Theatre Arts Guild between 1931 and 1999 that document the history of the company and amateur theatre in Halifax. Record types include administrative documents, financial records, programs, posters, newsletters, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks.

Theatre Arts Guild

Enchanted April

File includes records related to Enchanted April, by Matthew Barber from the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by Ann Miller. Records include a small poster; program; newspaper review; and DVD video recording.

Babes in the Wood

File contains records related to Babes in the Wood, by Paul Reakes, directed by Jeff Pocock. The pantomime was performed at Pond Playhouse from December 3-19, 1999. Records include a copy of a newspaper review; a program; a small poster; and a videocassette.

Tainted Justice

File contains records related to Tainted Justice, written by Don Nigro, based on the book by David Newton, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from July 6-22, 2000. Records include copies of newspaper reviews; a program; 14 photographs of the cast; and a videocassette recording.

Fatal Attraction

File contains records related to Fatal Attraction, by Bernard Slade, directed by Nick Jupp and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from February 8-24, 2001. Records include a program; small poster, newspaper review; and videocassette recording.

Don't Dress for Dinner

File contains records related to Don't Dress for Dinner, a comedy by Marc Camoletti, adapted by Robin Hawdon and directed by Frank MacLean, with production and stage management by VanGorder Productions. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from April 19 to May 5, 2001. Records include a producer's report; program; newspaper review; photographs of the cast, crew and stage; and one videocassette.

Arsenic and Old Lace

File contains records related to Arsenic and Old Lace, by Joseph Kesserling, directed by Colette Lambert and produced by Tom Patillo. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from July 5 - July 21, 2001. Records include a producer's report; program; newspaper review; photographs of the cast, crew and stage; and one videocassette.

The Boy Friend

File contains records related to The Boy Friend, by Sandy Wilson, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by John Gatwick, with music direction by Vanessa Buhr and choreography by Sandy Lund. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from October 4-20, 2001. Records include a small poster; two newspaper reviews; photographs of the cast, crew and stage; and one videocassette.

Rebecca

File includes records related to Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by Bill VanGorder. It was performed at the Pond Playhouse from October 10-26, 2002. Records include a program; a newspaper review; and a videocassette,

Red Hot & Cole

File includes records related to Red Hot & Cole, by James Bianchi, Muriel McAuley and Randy Strawman, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The play was directed by Rebecca Humphries, produced by Eileen Maxwell and performed at the Pond Playhouse from April 27 to May 13, 2006. Records include a small poster; a program; one newspaper review; and a DVD recording.

Angel Street

File includes records related to Angel Street, by Patrick Hamilton, directed by Beth VanGorder. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from June 26-July 12, 2003. Records include one program; 10 photographs of the cast, crew and set; and one videocassette.

Red Riding's in the Hood

File contains records related to Red Riding's in the Hood (A Not-so-traditional Pantomime), written and directed by Lorne Abramson and Cheryl Theriault. It was performed at Pond Playhouse from December 2-18, 2004. Records include a producer's report; program; small poster; two newspaper reviews; a CD labelled "Red Riding's in the Hood: The Documentary,"; and a DVD recording.

The Hollow

File contains records related to Agatha Christie's The Hollow, directed by Iris Paterson and produced by Joyce MacDonald. It was performed at the Pond Playhouse from July 7-23, 2005. Records include a program and a DVD recording. There is also a program for Our Summer Reading Swan Song, held July 30, 2005, which was the final annual programme of readings called Summer Readings or Radio Nights as devised by John and Lyn Gratwyck in 1994 as a bridge between theatrical seasons.

The Melville Boys

File contains records related to AThe Melville Boys, by Norm Foster, directed by Nick Jupp and produced by Hugh Vincent. It was performed at Neptune Studio Theatre from June 8-12, 2005. Records include a program; a newspaper review; and a DVD recording.

Shipwreck on Fable Island

File includes records related to Shipwreck on Fable Island, written and directed by James Boyer and produced by Cathy McAuley. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse on December 1-18, 2005. Records include a producer's report; a program; two newspaper reviews; and one DVD recording.

Dancing at Lughnasa

File contains records related to Dancing at Lughnasa, by Brian Friel, directed by Louise Renault and produced by Bill VanGorder. It was performed at the Pond Playhouse from April 28-May 14, 2005. Records include a program; two newspaper reviews; photocopied cast pictures; images for costume inspiration; and two DVDs containing cast photographs and a video recording.

Halo

File contains records related to Halo, by Josh MacDonald, directed by Frank MacLean and produced by Helen Goodwin. It was performed at the Pond Playhouse from September 30 to October 16, 2004. Records include a call for auditions; producer's report; program; two reviews; and a DVD.

Dead Guilty

File contains records related to Dead Guilty, by Richard Harris, directed by Frank MacLean and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from July 8-24, 2004. Records include a program; newspaper review; and a DVD video recording.

Dial "M" for Murder

File includes records related to Dial "M" for Murder, written by Frederick Knott, directed by Bill VanGorder and produced by Cathy McAuley. Records include a producer's report; program; newspaper reviews; and DVD video recording. File also includes a program and show order for the 75th anniversary variety night and silent auction held April 1, 2006.

Lord Arthur Saville's Crime

File contains records related to Lord Arthur Saville's Crime, written by Constance Cox, based on a short story by Oscar Wilde, and directed by Phil Reid. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from April 24-May 10, 2008. Records include a program; newspaper reviews; DVD video recording; and a photograph of the cast and crew.

A Spirit for Evermore

File contains records related to Ian McCutcheon's A Spirit for Evermore, directed by J. Frederick Brown and produced by Michele Moore. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from December 3-19, 2009. Records include a producer's report; program; DVD recording; and cards and a letter of appreciation from audience members.

Thirteen Hands

File contains records related to Carol Shield's Thirteen Hands, directed by Louise Renault and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from February 11-27, 2010. Records include a program; newspaper reviews; a DVD recording; and two CDs containing digital images.

Twelve Angry Men

File contains records related to 12 Angry Men, by Reginald Ross, directed by Angela Butler and produced by René Hartlieb. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from June 17-July 3, 2010. Records include a producer's report; program; small poster; newspaper review; and DVD recording.

A Man for All Seasons

File contains records related to A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from April 18-May 4, 2013. Records include a program; small poster; photographs of the cast and crew; and a DVD recording.

Scotland Road

File includes records related to Scotland Road, by Jeffery Hatcher, directed by Nick Jupp and produced by Hugh Vincent. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from February 15-March 3, 2007. Records include a producer's report; program; newspaper review; and DVD video recording.

Belles

File contains records related to Belles, by Mark Dunn, directed by Angela Butler and produced by Scott Murphy. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from September 27-October 13, 2007. Records include a producer's report; program; small poster; newspaper review; and DVD video recording.

Jack and the Beans Talk: A Genetically Modified Pantomime

File contains records related to Jack and the Beans Talk, written by Brenda Tyedmers and Cheryl Theriault, directed by Cheryl Theriault and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from September 27-October 13, 2007. Records include a program; small poster; newspaper reviews; and DVD video recording.

Office Hours

File includes records related to Office Hours by Norm Foster, directed by Bill VanGorder and produced by Ann Miller. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from April 26-May 12, 2007. Records include a program; two newspaper reviews; photographs of the cast and crew; and a DVD video recording.

A Night in the Theatre

File contains records related to A Night in the Theatre, written by Lawrence Casler and directed by Nick Jupp. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from February 21-March 8, 2008. Records include a producer's report; program; small poster; newspaper reviews; DVD video recording; and CD-R containing photographs of the cast and crew.

The Odd Couple: Female Version

File contains records related to The Odd Couple: Female Version, by Neil Simon, directed by Frank MacLean and produced by Sandra Witherbee. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from September 23 - October 9, 2010. Records include a program; producer's report; and DVD recording.

The Drowsy Chaperone

File contains records related to The Drowsy Chaperone, music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from June 21-July 8, 2012. Records include a program; newspaper review; and photographs of the cast and crew.

The Stillborn Lover

File contains records related to The Stillborn Lover, by Timothy Findley, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse between April 24 and May 10, 2014. Records includes a program; small poster; newspaper review; and DVD recording.
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