Item is a scrapbook that was compiled for the 200th Anniversary of Sydney celebrations that includes reproductions of photographs, event tickets, and newspaper articles, as well as listings of Black men who served during wartime, and a history of the Black population in Sydney.

Item is a report that was created by Wilma MacLean with the support of the Sterling Assistance Depot that outlines a history of the Black population of that area and presents information about housing, education, employment, and community organizations (such as the United Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League).

Item is a copy of Nova Scotian Blacks: An Historical and Structural Overview by Donald H. Clairmont (Dalhousie University) and Dennis W. Magill (University of Toronto). The study focuses on the issues of poverty and marginalization among Nova Scotian Blacks.

Item is a book about the history of the African Orthodox Church written by Rev. A.C. Terry-Thompson, D.D.. The book includes a history of St. Philip's Church, Sydney.

Item is a book containing twenty-three articles related to Black Studies, edited by Dr. Bridglal Pachai.

The following pieces are featured within the book:

• D.R. Fraser Taylor, "Black Studies: A Canadian Perspective"
• Jan Carew, "Black Studies: An Afro-American Perspective from Northwestern"
• Peter Igbonekwu Okeh, "Black Studies: A West African Perspective"
• Wilson A. Head, "Problems and Prospects for Blacks in the Canadian Mosaic"
• R. Leighton Hutson, "Black Conciousness is our Culture"
• James W. St. G. Walker, "Blacks in Context: Black Canadians and the History Curriculum"
• Ralph E. James, "Concerns about Black Students in Science and Technology"
• Howard D. McCurdy, "Blacks and Science"
• Lorris Elliot, "Literary Writings by Blacks in Canada"
• Vicent D'Oyley "Emerging Canadian Interethnic Issues and Canadian Black Studies"
• Colin A. Thomson, "White Response to Black Migration to the Prairies, 1908-1912"
• Jean Luc Gouveia, "The Blacks in Quebec or the Difficulty of Being a Minority Group that is 'Different'"
• Phillip H Alexander, "Resource Development in Southwestern Ontario"
• Judith R. Gold, "A Special University Program for Nova Scotian Blacks and Micmacs"
• Cynthia M. Thomas, "Black Youth and Education"
• Cherry Paris, "Education and Human Rights"
• Eleanor Dorrington, "Halifax Outreach Employment Project"
• Winston S. Ruck, "Nova Scotian Blacks in the Canadian Mosaic: Blacks and Employments"
• Patricia Skinner, "The Minority Situation in the Antigonish, Guysborough Region"
• Donald E. Fairfax, "The Black Church and Youth"
• Wayne Adams, "The Church and the Black Man"
• Carolyn Thomas, "The Black Church and the Black Woman"
• Donald D. Skeir, "The African United Baptist Association and the Black Man in Nova Scotia."

File consists of two videos of a gathering at the AOC Churchyard during Whitney Pier's West Indian Reunion.

Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of Sister Margaret Beaton and Mrs. A.C. Day interviewing Mrs. Emily Chapman about her experience in Sydney. Mrs. Chapman speaks about the cause that the Jubilee Singers supported.

Track listing is as follows:

• Introduction of Mrs. Emily (Kendall) Chapman
• Where did the Kendalls come from?
• Where did Dr. Kendall practice medicine?
• Where did Dr. Kendall study medicine?
• Did you have an allowance when you were young?
• Have you any interesting stories about your father's career?
• What part did you father play in the Bill for Workman's Compensation Act in 1898?
• Mrs. Chapman gives very interesting stories of her father. She told of many strange incidents.
• Sick calls made by Dr. Kendall. The hardships of travel to these homes and the poverty of the people when he arrived.
• Is it true that your father did an amputation on a kitchen table out in the country?
• Mrs. Day asks about the story of the $5.
• Your mother must have been a marvellous and charitable woman.
• She could never have tea because she would have nothing to serve.
• "A funny story about my father..."
• Who was your mother?
• I ave the loveliest memories of my whole life at Crawley's Creek.
• Tell us about your social life as a young girl.
• What do you remember of the theatre in Sydney?
• Who were the Jubilee Singers? They tried to make money to help the Negroes.
• What was the story of Sir Wilfred Laurier and you?
• What about local talent?
• Duke of Kent, interesting story about him.
• Mrs. Day asks, "Did Dr. Kendall get even a small pension from the city?"
• "You asked me about the old Orange Hall.."

Item is a reel to reel audio tape that features a sound recording of Elizabeth Beaton interviewing Carol Calder about Dr. Alvinus Calder.

Track listing is as follows:

• Dr. Alvinus Calder, his life and diaries; Dr. Calder's papers are anecdote style, written in the third person, thoughts over a long period of time
• Trip to Moscow, speech delivered on return, Post-Record clippings
• Family still living in Grenada, his attitudes toward the governments administration of the country
• His contemporaries - Dr. Young, Dr. Devereaux, Dr. Sandy MacDonald
• Catholic; Attended St. Mary's Polish Church, good friend of Father O'Connell
• Known for his public speaking, reference to Mrs. Calder, 3 books are rewrites
• Dr. Calder, brown 1892, died 1975, lived in Grenada; For one year after graduating from medical school, involved with U.N.I.A.; Reference to St. Alban's, St. Philip's

Item consists of an audio reel that features a sound recording of C.B.I. Radio's Bill Doyle interviewing Ed Parris about Cape Breton's Black community.

Track listing is as follows:

• Black culture in Cape Breton; His parents came from Barbados
• Most blacks in Cape Breton came from West Indies but origin was Africa
• Discrimination today
• The African Orthodox Church
• Close contact kept with relatives in West Indies
• Ethnic food and music
• Black culture will get stronger, young people are organizing
• Intermarriage; His wife is white, no problems
• The role of the media
• Parents are influential in the Black community
• Black United Front
• George Maxwell, a Black man who spoke Gaelic
• The television show "Roots" and its affect on Black culture
• Hidden prejudice, it cannot be proven
• Discrimination in employment, law