Item is a transcript of the remarks given by the Honourable Bill MacEachern, Minister of Social Services and the Status of Women. Honourable Bill MacEachern gave the remarks at a public meeting with the Nova Scotia Women's Action Committee at the Halifax Regional Vocation School.
Item consists of selections from a transcript of a discussion between Irving Deale and Stephen Orr (of Rexton, NB) on October 28, 1973, related to the Mary Celeste.
File contains a transcript 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.
File contains a transcript of an interview Susan Walsh. Walsh discusses raising her children, working as a children's entertainer and artist, her relationships with family and romantic partners, and coming out in her forties. The interview was conducted by Elisabeth Rondinelli on October 28th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
File contains a transcript of an interview Susan Larder. Larder discusses living in rural Nova Scotia, her coming out process and relationships with family, her experiences with harrassment, her works as a counsellor, and her involvement with lesbian social groups. The interview was conducted by Elisabeth Rondinelli on December 15th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
File contains a transcript of an interview Susan Adams. Adams discusses her involvement with LGBT choirs, organizations, and political activism in the 1980s and 1990s; her coming out experience, her work in libraries, her thoughts on the sociopolitical environment in Antigonish, and her spirituality. The interview was conducted by Oscar Campbell on November 5th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
File contains a transcript of an interview Sue and Nicky Perkins. The Perkins' discusses their 40-year relationship and subsequent legal fight for marriage equality in Nova Scotia, coming out after 13 years together, and their participation in NSRAP, Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church, and other LGBT groups and events in Halifax. The interview was conducted by Jacqueline Gahagan on November 27th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
File contains a transcript of an interview Sharon Beaseley. Beasley discusses her work in food distribution, her experience using a sperm donor to conceive with her former partner, her involvement with the Youth Project and other LGBT organizations and events, and her relationships and coming out experience. The interview was conducted by Bronwyn Lee on December 8th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
File contains a transcript of an interview Sara avMaat. avMaat discusses her work as an artist and physiotherapist; her involvement womens' and LGBT organizations in Halifax, including Pandora and the Halifax Women's Housing Co-op; her coming out experience; and her relationships. The interview was conducted by Bronwyn Lee on November 1st, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
File contains a transcript of an interview with Paula Arsenault. Arsenault discusses how she came to understand her sexuality, her experiences with psychiatric treatment in the 1980s, involvement with the Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Conference in early 1990s, and her interactions with feminist organizations in Pictou County and Halifax. The interview was conducted by Sam Ginther on December 11, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
Item is a transcript of an interview with Pamela Pahl. Pahl discusses coming to terms with her sexuality in Brandon, Manitoba, before moving to Nova Scotia; her experiences in the military; and experiences with Pride Parades, music festivals, and LGBT groups. The interview was conducted by Elizabeth Fitting on November 26th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
Item is a transcription of an interview with Nancy Jardine and Vicki Froats. Jardine and Froats discuss their 25-year relationship, their attendance at LGBT spaces and events in Halifax, and their experiences coming out. The interview was conducted by Bronwyn Lee on December 10th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project
Item is a transcript of an interview with Lynn Jones. Jones discusses her relationship with former partner, L; living in Edmonton, Vancouver, and Montreal before moving to Nova Scotia; her experience conceiving a child via artificial insemination; and her experiences with blackmail and discrimination. The interview was conducted by Sam Ginther on November 30th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
Item is a transcript of an interview with Lynnette Richards. Richards discusses her experience coming out as a lesbian, moving to Nova Scotia, working as a self-employed stained-glass restoration and repair person, and connecting with the gay and lesbian communities in Nova Scotia. The interview was conducted by Liz Fitting on October 13, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project. Rachel Moore prepared the transcript.
Item is a transcript of an interview with Karen Lorraine. Lorraine discusses her experience with discrimination in the military, her attendance at LGBT bars and social events in Halifax, her understanding of her gender and sexuality, her romantic relationships with men and women. The interview was conducted by Elizabeth Fitting on December 3rd, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
Item is a transcript of an interview with Joan MacLeod. MacLeod discusses her European travels and time living in the UK, her significant romantic relationships, and her interactions with LGBT events and organizations in Pictou Country and other parts of rural Nova Scotia. The interview was conducted by Elizabeth Fitting on December 10th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
Item is a transcript 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.
Item is a transcript 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.
Item is a transcript of an interview with Diane Walsh. Walsh discusses reckoning with sexuality coming from a Catholic background, her relationships with women, and her experiences working in adult education as an out lesbian. The interview was conducted by Sam Ginther on November 3, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
Item is transcript 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.
Item is a transcript of an interview with Carol Millett. Millett discusses her attendance at LGBT dances and social events in Halifax, her coming out story, and her experiences with homophobia in the workplace. The interview was conducted by Joseph Lahey on December 7th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
Item is a transcript 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.
Item is a transcript of an interview with Anne Bishop and Jan Morrell. Bishop and Morrell discuss their interactions with the LGBT community and organizations in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario; their political activism; and navigating communal living in Pictou County in the 1980s. The interview was conducted by Elizabeth Fitting on February 24th, 2022 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.
Item consists of the typed transcript of an interview conducted by Harry Wells with an unidentified person, in 1969 or 1970. A note typed to the head of the first page states: "Due to the noise on the tape it was impossible for Mrs. Walters to hear the name of the ma being interviewed by Harry Wells".
Item is a transcript of an interview with Stanley MacEachern. The interview was conducted by Anna Quon at the Belmont House on August 20, 2010. This was the first interview conducted as part of the Canadian Mental Health Association Halifax-Dartmouth Branch's Our Voices Matter Project. The interview touches on a wide range of topics, including Stanley's childhood in Oshawa, Ontario, life in Nova Scotia, experiences with depression and medication, work and travels, and other aspects of his personal life.
Item is a transcription to English of the twenty-eighth paragraph in a letter that Richard Wagner wrote to his publisher in 1872. This transcription was presumably sent by William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon with a letter.
File contains information on the Train-Sea-Coast Program, which was a United Nations initiative run by DOALOS (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Some documents discuss the International Ocean Institute (IOI)'s running a training programme on behalf of the Train-Sea-Coast Program. Includes reports, drafts, proposals, newsletters, conference and meeting material, website print-outs, program rules; and project documents. Correspondence is attached to some publications. File also contains duplicate copies, which have not been digitized.
File contains a report by the Dalhousie Ocean Studies Programme, entitled "New Directions in Ocean Law, Policy and Management: Training Programs in Development and Management of Marine Resources: A Strategy for the International Centre for Ocean Development." The report details potential training programs, and identifies potential Canadian and international partners.
File contains four pages of five traditional songs sung to Edward Charles Feltmate during his childhood in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Includes the text to the following songs: "The Cold Winters Night", "The Steam Packet Soverign [sic]", "The Gay Spanish Maid", "The Flying Cloud", and "Sable Island: Graveyard of the Atlantic" (written by an attendant of the [Sable Island] Life Saving Station).
File contains a directory for the conference and trade show sponsored by Dalhousie University and International Ocean Institute (IOI). This directory was produced for Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XVI (16), and contains a listing of ocean technologists in Atlantic Canada.
File contains a paper published by the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security (CIIPS) in their "Points of View" series (number 5, November 1987). The paper addresses a recent proposal to the United Nations on the subject of a UN agency that coordinates activities in outer space. The paper compares this with the process that brought about the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), and also discusses benefits for Canada that would flow from a World Space Organization.
Item consists of a program created by Dalhousie Theatre Productions for the 1992-93 season production of J. Douglas Campbell and Leonard G. Sbrocci's translation of Luigi Pirandello's Tonight We Improvise. The production was directed by Patrick Christopher and features a cast and crew of Dalhousie University students. The program is printed on one long, narrow sheet of paper folded in half. The program contains a list of the cast and crew and a director's note.
File contains the original set designs for Neptune Theatre's production of "Tonight at 8:30" directed by John Neville with designs by Robert Doyle for "Still Life" and "Hands Across the Sea".
File contains a typed copy of a toast given by Herbert Leslie Stewart in honour of Carleton Stanley's inauguration as president of Dalhousie University.
Item is a pamphlet published by the Friends of McNabs Island Society. The pamphlet is called "To Protect and Preserve: McNabs Island." The pamphlet is about how the area is threatened by a proposed sewage plant. It appears that a membership form that was included with the pamphlet has been detached.
Item is a ticket to an ethics class taught by Professor Ross at Dalhousie College during the 1863-1864 session. James Baxter's name is written on the back of the ticket. The ticket is in a white envelope with Baxter's name written on it.
Item is a ticket to an electro-biology class at an unidentified school. The ticket is printed on thick blue card and Jame Baxter's name is written on the back.
Item is a ticket for the natural philosophy class at the theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia, in the 1892-1893 session. The ticket certifies that James Baxkter attended the class from October to April and is signed by Thomas McCulloch. The back of the ticket has a note from McCulloch stating that Baxter also took mathematics classes.
Item is a ticket to a metaphysics, esthetics, and belles-lettres class at Dalhousie College. The class was taught by WIlliam Lyall during the 1863-1864 session. James Baxter's names is written on the back of the ticket.
Item is a ticket for a mathematics class at the theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia, during the 1860-1861 session. The ticket certifies that James Baxter attended the class and is signed by Thomas McCulloch.
Item is a ticket for a logic class at the theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia, during the 1860-1861 session. The ticket certifies that James Baxter took the class from October 10th 1860 to April 10th 1861 and is signed by James Ross.
Item is a ticket to a classics class at Dalhousie College, during the 1863-1864 session. The class was taught by Professor Johnson. James Baxter's name is written on the back of the ticket.
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