This file contains a student essay on Salverson.
This file contains a series of emails from the Freedom to Read Organisation asking Penny Petrone to participate in the "Readings From Banned or Challenged Books Night" held at Lakehead University. Alongside these emails is a list of banned books.
This file contains a card sent to Penny Petrone from Don Smith.
This file contains a photocopy of "Our Canadian Poets," an essay by Arthur Stanley published in The London Mercury. Some annotations.
Contains a book review of Songs My Mother Taught Me by Audrey Thomas.
Contains a photocopy of some handwritten verse and a note about someone by Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon, stapled to a re-typed version.
Contains a letter from Charles Wilkins to Penny Petrone about writing a blurb for a book.
This file contains two small envelopes addressed to Serafine Petrone featuring Italian stamps, a letter written in Italian dated December 29th 1952 to Petrone from Luigi Alvino Roma, a copy of an Italian newspaper entitled "La Via: Settimanale Independente di Critica" (meaning Street: Independent Weekly Critic") Nov. 1st, 1952 vol. 4 no. 43.
This file contains two programmes from Paris, France. One is for "Folies-Bergere" a cabaret music hall that showed "une Vraie Folie" the night Petrone visited, and that has "P.Petrone, Paris Sunday Aug. 23/52" written on it. The other is for "Theatre National de L'Opera Comique", an opera hall which showed Madam Bovary the night Penny Petrone visited. It also had handwritten words on it: "P.Petrone Aug. 27/52".
This file contains a letter to Penny Petrone while she was in Rome on Aug. 4th 1952 from Zio Giovanni.
This file contains the original draft of "Europe '52 by Penny Petrone" featuring drawings of some famous European landmarks, with some handwritten edits on the pages. The file also contains a letter from Penny to family while she was in Europe, written July 18th, 1952. There is a newspaper clipping about the trip and who went on it (their names and jobs), as well as some of the things that the women had done so far in Europe, according to their families back home. There are also two booklets from Cunard Line entitled "List of Passengers" from the trip to Europe (one from the way there, the other the way home). The booklet for the way to Europe aboard the Scythia features some handwritten notes near passengers names as well as some notes on the back cover.
An invitation/menu from the "First Conference of Teachers and Principals of the Canadian DND Dependents' Schools in Europe" from C.S.A Ritchie, Canadian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Western Germany, "subject: Canada and Germany Partners in NATO". Also contains a copy of the Text of Addresses delivered at the conference.
This file contains a temporary residence card for Penny Petrone, featuring a photograph of her on the inside. The card was valid from August 31, 1956 to August 30, 1957. Also contains a menu of from the Royal Canadian Regiment 2nd Battalion Presentation of Colours Luncheon from Monday, October 17, 1955. Another informational pamphlet from the same event.
This file features a small envelope featuring pictures of landmarks from Soest, Germany. There is also a letter to Penny Petrone wishing her a Happy New Year in a booklet featuring a drummer, as well as a handful of letters addressed to Penny from someone in Soest.
This file contains a small envelope addressed to Miss P. Petrone in Gros-Tenquin, a RCAF station in France.
This file contains two programmes for conferences on Teachers and Principals of the Canadian DND Dependents' Schools in Europe held in Germany. Also contains an article on the history of overseas DND schools, multiple pages of handwritten notes, and several pages of correspondence with the National Archives and the Directorate of History and Heritage. Also contains an explanation of elections of community councils within the Canadian Armed Forces, a list of names and addresses, an interlibrary loan request at Lakehead University, pages from The Order of the Stammtisch newsletter, a programme for a celebration of Canadian Confederation, a newspaper clipping about USO Clubs, and a card for the Paris USO.
This file contains an envelope containing receipts from Europe between 1955 and 1957. There is also a small card featuring pine trees and "PENNY" handwritten. The inside of the card is for Penny Petrone, using a play-on-words with her name and a recipe. There are two handwritten letters to Penny Petrone, one in English. There is also a Canadian Schools in Europe Progress Report: High School Division (Grades: IX-XIII). On the cover is listed: Name of Pupil: Petrone, S. Grade: Last, School: Life (Europe), Year: 1957, Teacher: many small names are written here. This report has been filled out in jest under the month of January for Petrone and what she has learned in Europe. As well, there is a handwritten page that appears to be copied from an encyclopedia about spaghetti. There is a program from Lakeview High School, Port Arthur Ontario: Official Opening Programme from Fri. November 22nd, 1957, with some handwritten notes about the views of the building and which street they are from. There are some rough copies of the 1957 Europe notes (Easter 1957 and Weekend May 20 1957), as well as an outline titled: "Outline for Discussion Leaders, Issued with Current Affairs, Vol. 10, no. 1, Westphalia."
This file contains more original copies of the work Penny Petrone wrote of her Europe 1952 trip. This file also contains "Around the World 1959 by Penny Petrone, 25,000 miles" with a drawing of the Earth on the cover. This booklet contains account from Petrone's trips to Hawaii, Japan, Calcutta, Hong King, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, and Afghanistan.
This file contains letters in French to Penny Petrone, both everyday and Christmas cards, as well as some of the envelopes they arrived in.
This file contains letters written December 22, 1959 to Penny Petrone from a man named Walter. These letters were sent from Belfast, Ireland.
This file contains seven postcards that feature photographs of Russian landmarks. There is also a set of postcards that feature art from The Hermitage Western European Painting, as well as another set of postcards that is completely written in Russian. There is another Russian set of cards in a booklet that is in a blue envelope from Hotel Duna Inter-Continental, Budapest.
This file contains a letter dated April 14, 1958 sent from Penny Petrone's mother to her children.
This file contains a newspaper clipping about Penny Petrone discussing her stay in Europe now that she was back home. The article highlights her luncheon with The Duke of Edinburgh.
This file contains a certificate given to Penny Petrone on July 3rd, 1959. The certificate is titled "Domain of Phoebus Apollo". The certificate says it declares Petrone "a subject of the Realm of the Sun and of the Heavens" as she had crossed the Pacific over the International Dateline
This file contains a programme for "The Kingdom and the Beauty" in Hong Kong which premiered June 29, 1959, and gives a synopsis of the play.