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This blanket was made as a tribute to Dr Shadd and hangs in the Melfort & District Museum. It shows just how important Dr Shadd was the the Melfort community and the surrounding area that there was a blanket made with images of Dr. Shadd.

The Donavalon Centre

A CN Porter is Helping a Child Board the Train

Black and White Picture of the Union United Church in 1958

Nettie Ware and her friend around 1925. I think that this image shows how Nettie is seen as a very successful woman, and that her homesteading beginnings are often left out of her many accomplishments. Her homesteading beginnings is what shaped her…

Founder of the UNIA, a movement for racial uplifting in areas like industrial and educational opportunities for Black people. Even though mainly in America, it took root in Canada around 1918-1920, with Glace Bay or Montreal being the first in…

Due cards for active members of the UNIA. The UNIA in Glace Bay was a formal organization taking records of who came and when they came into the UNIA.

Reproduction of a newspaper article about the UNIA band on Laurier Street in Whitney Pier. Members are marching the street with instruments and banners in support of a movement advocating "Africa for the Africans." The UNIA was prominent among Black…

A picture of Nettie Ware when she received her honourary doctorate from the University of Lethbridge in 1982. Nettie dedicated her whole life to contributing to the community, and as a result, she received a doctorate that she deserved. She received…