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Mrs. Mary Best Interview by Toby Morrison

  • NSSXA T-2191
  • Item

Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of Mrs. Mary Best being interviewed by Toby Morris about the Ukrainian culture and her marriage to a West Indian man.

Track listing is as follows:
Side A:

  • Austrian-Hungarian background; Family moved to Sydney in 1930; Ukrainian-Polish neighbourhood, easy to get by without speaking English
  • Nuns were tolerant of problems facing immigrant children; Greek Orthodox went to Holy Ghost Church
  • Ukrainian festive traditions (Easter and Christmas)
  • Father experienced discrimination at open hearth, died in plant accident
  • Importance of education; Went to grade eight
  • Married West Indian, description of West Indian Culture

Side B:

  • Importance of Ukrainian language, taught at Ukrainian Hall; Loss of traditions
  • Job at Tea Gardens
  • All children born at home with a local woman as a midwife, old time remedies, doctors occasionally called
  • Homemade wines, livestock
  • Old people were good neighbours, multi-ethnic neighbourhood
  • Christmas - very holy; Food centre of celebration; Peanuts and walnuts hidden in straw
  • Baptisms were popular celebrations; Parents strict in enforcing Ukrainian language
  • Loss of Ukrainian language, spoken in stores
  • Women expected to get married and raise children
  • Crime was not a problem; no discrimination of prejudice

Black Population of Sydney

  • NSSXA T-2207
  • Item

Item is an audio reel featuring a sound recording of Pam Newton interviewing Isabelle Waterman about the Black population of Sydney.

City of Sydney collection

  • NSSXA MG 14.27
  • 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.

Dr. Alvinus Calder

  • NSSXA 83-6312-13612
  • Item

Item is a photograph of Black Nova Scotian doctor Dr. Alvinus Calder standing outdoors at an unknown
location, dressed in suit and tie.

Boxers

  • NSSXA 86-15-16104B
  • Item

Item is a photograph that shows an unidentified black boxer fighting another unidentified boxer at a public
boxing match.

West Indian Reunion Parade

  • NSSXA S85-379-1019
  • Item

Item is a photograph of band members playing in the parade procession during the West Indian Reunion.

West Indian Reunion Parade

  • NSSXA S85-382-1022
  • Item

Item is a photograph of a band's drumline in the parade procession during the West Indian Reunion.

Archbishop W.M.E. Robinson

  • NSSXA 77-892-1026
  • Item

Item is a photograph of the Holy Synod, featuring R. Chisholm, Michael Whally, Archbishop W.M.E. Robinson, Mayor Tony Gallagher, Rev. Calder and Rev. F. Francis.

United Negro Improvement Association

  • NSSXA 78-112-1862
  • Item

Item is a reproduction of a newspaper article about the United Negro Improvement Association band on Laurier Street in Whitney Pier; members are marching in the street with instruments and banners in support of a movement advocating "Africa for the Africans."

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