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Members of the Pride of Sydney Lodge

Members of the Pride of Sydney Lodge

  • NSSXA 84-14-16103
  • Item

Item is a photograph of the members of the Pride of Sydney Lodge that was published in the Cape Breton Post in March, 1955.

Members are identified as follows: Front row, left to right: Vernal Tull, Evelyne Brathwaite, L.K.; Lucious
Jackson, P.E.R., Grand Organizer; Leonard Arthur, Exalted Ruler; George Ford, L.K.; Harold Kirton, L.K..
Back Row, left to right: Wakefield Harris, Inner Guard; Canon George A. Francis, Chaplain; Harold Best,
Treasurer; Ralph Hedley, Tyler; Henry Marsh, P.E.R.

Dr. Alvinus Calder

Dr. Alvinus Calder

  • NSSXA 63-6310-13610
  • Item

Item is a photograph of Black Nova Scotian doctor Dr. Alvinus Calder standing next to the exterior of a
building, dressed in a suit and tie.

Dr. Alvinus Calder

Dr. Alvinus Calder

  • NSSXA 83-6311-13611
  • Item

Item is a photograph of Black Nova Scotian doctor Dr. Alvinus Calder sitting on the stairs to a home, dressed
in a suit and tie.

WWII Black Servicemen at Banquet

WWII Black Servicemen at Banquet

  • NSSXA 83-133-8433
  • Item

Item is an Abbass Studios photograph of a group of unidentified Black World War 2 servicemen at a banquet. The photo shows the men seated around a table.

The History of the Sydney Steel Plant

  • NSSXA T-2348
  • Item

Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of Mr. A.T. Rhymes being interviewed by his son, Fulton Rhymes, about the history of the Sydney Steel Plant.

Steel Plant Interview with John Mackley

  • NSSXA T-2346
  • Item

Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of John Mackley being interviewed by Fulton Rhymes about the Sydney Steel Plant.

Steel Plant Interview with Blair Caum

  • NSSXA T-2347
  • Item

Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of Blair Caum being interviewed by Fulton Rhymes about the Sydney Steel Plant.

The Future of Sydney Steel

  • NSSXA T-2258
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Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of a CBC Radio program entitled "The Future of Sydney Steel."

Track listing is as follows:

  • The History of the Sydney Steel Plant, DOSCO threatening to close it on Black Friday 1967
  • History from 1901 to present
  • The working of the plant; Various furnaces
  • The importance of the Plant during World War II investments poured into the plant
  • Hard times before the Union came
  • Establishment of Local 1064
  • 1967 march in Sydney to keep the Steel Plant alive
  • Problems during the 1980s with SYSCO; Many of the mills closed and moved to Upper Canada

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.

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