A certificate of marriage presented to Luigi Petrone and Luisa Sisca by St. Anthony's Church in Port Arthur.
Includes several letters both handwritten and typed addressed to Luisa and/or Luigi Petrone. All letters are in Italian and some appear in the envelopes. Some of the senders' names are illegible. The letters with legible senders are written by Salvatore Mauro, Giovanni Petrone, Maria Petrone, Leonardo Petrone, Alfonso Petrone, and Virginia Romano. Also includes a postcard from Salvatore Mauro, and several Happy Easter cards to Luisa Petrone.
Includes a Port Arthur Progressive Conservative Men's Association Honorary Life Membership presented to Luigi Petrone in card form and in certificate form.
A calendar put out by the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society themed around historic events in Thunder Bay's history.
Two copies of a newspaper clipping about Penny Petrone and her sister Rita's vacation in Florida, including a photo of them together.
Letter from E. Margaret Fulton, President of Mount Saint Vincent University, to George Harrower, President of Lakehead University, in which she gives compliments Penny Petrone among other matters.
Two letters from Luisa Petrone to Penny Petrone in Italian.
Includes 4 handwritten copies a speech given in Italian by Luisa Petrone to commemorate Father Richard Veltri, a typed version, a shorter typed version, and several photocopies of everything.
Includes two original handwritten copies of speeches given in Italian by Luisa Petrone to honour WWII veterans, more recent handwritten copies, several typed versions, and photocopies of everything.
Includes a call for donations to the International Student Service of Canada (ISS) from the Purple and White Press Office, a program for the Assumption College Arts Ball, two handwritten letters to Penny Petrone from someone named John, congratulations cards, an invitation to the Holy Names College Prom, and a patch with the Holy Names College logo.
Contains a lot of unlabeled black and white photographs, probably from Penny Petrone's time teaching at Chapleau High School in 19958-1950, inside a large envelope. Two of the women appear over and over again, one older and one younger. Some are portraits, others are of plays an gymnastics, some are of children, while others are of landscapes, train stations, and one seaplane. Also contains two programs for a Chapleau High School Commencement ceremony and orders for the Chapleau High School Cadet Corps.
Several thank you letters to Penny Petrone from various people, most of them teachers.
Printouts from the American Family Immigration History Center about people from the Fero, Petrone, and Cosentini families alongside two letters from Greg J. Edwards to Penny Petrone about the information. Also, a letter from Alanna Fero to Petrone for advice on a book.
A copy of the poem, The Teacher: A Poem for Penny written by Bonnie.
Notebook with handwritten notes for History class, Serafina Petrone. Includes map of important historic places and covers studies on British Colonial Policy, government, leaders, Confederation.
A photo scrapbook holding loose information on CIDA Canadian Italian Business Association; business cards; congratulations on book launch; photo of Penny Petrone at a gathering; letter from a reader, longtime resident of Thunder Bay. Album covers the publication release of Breaking the Mould by Penny Petrone, November 2 1995, with invitation, personal cards of congratulations, letters, agenda for book launch reception, and photo coverage of event with negatives.
This file contains notes written by Penny Petrone to prepare for her speech to CFUW Thunder Bay branch.
This file contains a copy of Penny Petrone's paper on education for the Canadian College of Teachers' 25th Anniversary Conference in Niagara. There is a pamphlet from the luncheon mentioning the awards to be given. There is a letter to Penny stating she is a head-table guest for the awards luncheon on July 8, 1982 from Elizabeth Jarvis, President of the Canadian College of Teachers, which includes tickets and a name card. There is a programme for the conference entitled "Teaching for Total Living," which was from July 6-9, 1982. As well, there is a thank-you letter to Petrone from Emma Wesonko (President, Kappa Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma) for her research presentation.
This file contains a copy of Petrone's speech "The New Discovery and its Dilemmas," an article from MacLean's magazine (Dec. 2, 1996) entitled "Paying the Price: How a report plays on two native reserves," a copy of a speech/essay entitled "Native American Canadian" with edits throughout and notes written in Italian at the end. There is a poem written by a Native American poet, a speech/essay named "Canadian Indian Literature" and another named "The Inuit: Uncelebrated and Unsung," as well as many copies of all speeches with corrections made. There is a copy of Moose Cree F.N. Tourist Initiative, as well as a deconstructed booklet advertising a lecture by Petrone put on by The Department of English of Lakehead University. The lecture was titled "Canadian Indian Stereotypes: Myth and Reality" and was presented Mon. February 29, 1988.
This file contains a speech that Petrone gave to women on TV about voting, as well as handwritten copies of other notes for speeches she made in the past.
This file contains three copies of Petrone's address at the Altrusa International Inc. District Seven Conference at the Red Oak Inn in Thunder Bay on May 3, 1985. The title was "The Sisterhood: A Celebration of Options". There is also articles from MacLean's magazine (Jan. 7, 1985) entitled: "The way women see themselves" by Ann Finlayson and "Taking Stock of the family" by Ross Laver. There is also a newspaper clipping entitled: "An assessment of life at 60: the perspective is breathtaking" by June Callwood, as well as a document saying that Petrone has become a member of The Altrusa Club of Thunder Bay on June 19, 1985, as well as a blank notebook from the club and a small card (likely attached to flowers) from the club.
This file contains photocopies of newspaper articles that featured Penny Petrone: "Visit to the Holy Land Leaves Lasting Impression" (The News-Chronicle, Sept. 20 1958), "Three-Year Europe Stay Eye-Opener for Teacher" (The News-Chronicle, Sept. 10 1958), "East-West Week Talk Enjoyed," Group Reviews Congo Scenes," "Miss Petrone Addresses Association," "Annual Variety Show at Tech Proves Outstanding Success," "Tells Rotary of Travels in Poland, Czechoslovakia," "Miss Petrone Addresses CWL Members," "University Club Group Members Discuss Unemployment Picture," "Chapter to Aid Hospital" (Jan. 11 1965) as well as some original copies. There are also copies of Lions Views and News (Sept. 29 1959) which say that Petrone will be speaking at their next meeting about Russia. There are certificates/letters to Petrone: for speaking at the D's Men's Club on Nov. 10, 1958, a certificate of appreciation from the Rotary Club in 1958, a thank you letter to Petrone from a local church, a thank you letter for speaking at the Young Authors' Conference in 1985, for giving a presentation on literary criticism to the Thunder Bay Public Library in 1983 and the travel series program in 1981, a thank you card for participation in a workshop, a letter of anticipation from F.W.T.A.O. in Dryden in 1965, an invitation to speak about Africa at the Business and Professional Women's club in Atikokan in 1965 and an advertisement for the talk in The Atikokan Progress (April 22, 1965).
This file contains articles about the second edition of The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. There is a copy of a newspaper clipping from The Toronto Star (Nov. 4, 1997) entitled "Canada's literature fills a book", an article from NOW (Oct. 30-Nov. 5 1997) entitled "CanLit Companion maintains range", and an article from The Citizen's Weekly Books (Nov. 2, 1997) entitled "A new companion."
This file contains the speech made by Penny Petrone entitled "The Native Voice in Canadian Literature from its Oral Tradition to the Present." This is a draft, as there are handwritten edits throughout the speech.
This file contains correspondence concerning Penny Petrone as she applies for full professor status at Lakehead University in 1976. The letters involve Dr. J.T. Angus (Dean, Faculty of Education), Dale Willoughby, Ronald Duhamel (Regional Director of Education), past students, Harold A. Blanchard (Ministry of Education), Prof. F.X. Dupont (Universite D'Ottawa), and others. There is a Curriculum Vitae of Penny Petrone from Nov. 1976 that tells of her experience, publications, etc.