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… her undergraduate years Ina worked part time as a research assistant for Cornell Plantations, in the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium, and at … from Canada. They married August 1964. On graduation (M.S.) Freek had competed for and won the 1966 Frederick Dreer Award for horticultural … international professional meetings provided welcome opportunities to visit and explore places of botanical and/or horticultural interest. In …
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… with his German family. They couldn't afford for the whole family to visit, so my brother went by himself, placed in the care of a flight … a rich heritage which I hope will continue for many generations to come. Herb family photo December, 1959. Left to right: Karl, Susan, …
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… accept into the collection. Please provide as much information as you can about the items. The Committee wants to know the experiences and … we will reach out to you to finish the donation process. If the Museum cannot accept your offer, we may suggest other museums for you to … Plan. The item expands upon themes related to immigration history in Canada. The item contributes to understanding the diversity of …
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… to return to the “Reich”. We ended up in the “Gau” of Mecklenburg, not far from the Elbe river, where I went to school in the village of … away was the town of Luebtheen, with a population of 5000 people, with some fine buildings and many linden trees. The market square was in the … an affront, a provocation, a frontal attack. The decision to come to Canada was a piece of cake. Luebtheen had a bus service to the …
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… ballet in Halifax. The dancers who were established in Halifax wished to dance with the newly formed National Ballet in Toronto, and …
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… by train to Venice where we had to transfer to Genoa. We were so worried about missing our ship, as the rail connections were frozen … husband remained at the station with all the other immigrants. He did say, however, that a number of them were treated to coffee by an … for work in the mines, so his employment was sporadic. During a Sunday visit with relatives, one of the men asked how work was. Franco said …
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… as our liberators in the spring of 1945 also influenced my decision to come to Canada. There were also many reports from Canada that it was a … recall the Dutch authorities determined that I owed 1200 guilders in income tax, which I had to pay out of my meager savings. I received … a Dutch woman residing in the west end of Ottawa to see if I could visit her for the afternoon. I went over that afternoon and began a …
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… new life was about to begin. This past July I had an opportunity to visit Halifax, Nova Scotia. I visited Pier 21 which stands in all its grandeur. It is mostly …
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… of their crossing to Canada. Joanne writes, “Once my father had left for Canada, Mother quickly fell back into the life she had before going … a carrier behind her, around the breathtaking Irish countryside. As we visited friends and relatives, away from the horrors of the war, Mother … lived in those hills. If you ever caught one, your every wish would come true.” Kay was reluctant to leave her family and beloved Ireland …
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… with Russell Grosse , Executive Director of the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, on the new exhibition A History Exposed: The … be new to some and contradicts some of our national myths. What will visitors learn? One of the key factors of this exhibit is how … important. It answers a lot of questions, not only for the greater community but for the African Nova Scotian and Black Canadian …