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DOSCO Song sheet

  • NSSXA PAM 257b
  • Item

Item is a song book containing traditional working and marching songs, folk songs, and Christmas carols, among others.

Informal Religion

  • NSSXA T-559
  • Item

File consists of two audio reels that feature sound recordings of a speech presented by Reverend Vincent Waterman at St. Philip's African Orthodox Church to the Friends of Whitney Pier that outlines the history of the Church.

Track listing is as follows:
Side A:

  • History of A.O.C. priests, problems, establishment, etc.; Pier not an "ethnic ghetto," Synod in Pier
  • Trained by American Catholic Church, Endich Theological Seminary
  • Commitment to A.O.C.
  • Majority of Blacks belong to either United or Anglican or Catholic Churches
  • More support from whites, negative defeatist attitude in Sydney
  • Need for pride in community
  • Informal religion and A.O.C.
  • Father came in 1940
  • Sunday very important day, always dress up for church

Side B:

  • Christmas preparations, food and customs
  • Sermons based on gospel
  • Holy days
  • Christmas celebrations
  • Women in church
  • Prayers
  • Superstition, preach good behaviours, no African Methodist Episcopalian Churches in Nova Scotia
  • Brought up very strict
  • Awareness of African Heritage
  • Food was very important, West Indian dishes
  • Linguistics, dialects
  • Further from Cuba, mother from Antigua
  • Many left A.O.C.; Very discouraging at times

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.

Court house and jail, Sydney

  • NSSXA 80-860-5040
  • Item

Item is a photograph of the court house and jail showing the vegetable garden.

Citizen's Band, Sydney

  • NSSXA 80-862-5042
  • Item

Item is a photograph of Frank J. Liscombe, Captain P.E. Campbell, J.E. Muggah, Jim Menzie and Bob Menzie.

"Logue House," Sydney

  • NSSXA 80-878-5058
  • Item

Item is a photograph of "Logue House," Sydney. The building on the corner of Yorke and Esplanade is the site of the first drug store in Sydney, 1868. It was the home of Kate Logue, ca. 1936, formerly the home of Richard Logue Sr..

J.E. Burchell and Dorothy Clarke

  • NSSXA 82-760-7460
  • Item

Item is a photograph of J.E. Burchell and his granddaughter Dorothy Clarke on a snowy day during World War 1. Burchell is holding a roll of papers and a house is visible in the background.

Moxham's Castle Hospital

  • NSSXA 87-960-17490
  • Item

Item is a photograph of the interior of Moxham Castle and its staff during its time as a hospital during the First World War. Officers, nurses, and others are assembled in chairs on the floor, the stairs, the landing, and the second floor. The exact date and identities of those pictured are unknown.

Chain of Office, Sydney

  • NSSXA 76-116
  • Item

Item is a photograph of the chain of office of Sydney on display at St. Patrick's Church Museum. The chain was designed by James Lovelance.

Holy Angels Convent

  • NSSXA 77-899-1033
  • Item

Item is a photograph of teachers and students outside of Holy Angels Convent.

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