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Oldham, Mike (Aylmer) MNR
File · 1989-1992
Part of Claude Garton Herbarium fonds

Correspondence between Mike Oldham and Joan Crowe, his publication “Veronica Verna (Scrophulariaceae), an Overlooked Element of the Naturalized Flora of Ontario, his plant records of the Thunder Bay district to be sent to Joan Crowe and the Herbarium

Old photos (family)

Five photos identified by sticky notes on the backs. A photo of Luigi and Luisa Petrone alongside Luigi and Virginia Cava. A photo of Clara Albanese and her sister. A photo of Luigi Petrone and his sister Virginia. A photo of the Pencionte family (?), including the mother of a Rita Dallas. A photo of Luigi and Virginia Cava.

Old Organizing Stuff
1992-2000
Part of Steve Mantis fonds

Information about WCB financial improvement package; COLA Campaign; Steve Mantis 3 year appointment to Workers' Compensation Board, 1991; Report on Temporary Supplements.

Old Correspondence
File · 1972-1988
Part of Claude Garton Herbarium fonds

A collection of correspondence between Claude Garton and various others, including R. E. Whiting, Alen Vahey, Dr. E. A. Bourdo, a letter from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, a membership list that includes Claude Garton, as well as a budget.

Old Alumni Materials

The file contains a number of items relating to the Alumni Association of Lakehead University and how the organization was run. There are items such as letters, alumni magazines, newsletters, the Alumni Association of Lakehead University’s Constitution and By-laws along with information that members were given.

Okpik, Abraham (1929 - )
File · 1969-1986
Part of Dr. Penny Petrone fonds

Two index cards with biographical data for Abraham Okpik. Photocopy of authored articles: Abraham Okpik. "What Do the Eskimo People Want?, Northern Affairs Bulletin, Vol. Vii, No. 2, Mar/April 1960, p. 38-42; "Ancient People in a Changing World", Imperial Oil Review, October 1960, p. 17-20; undisclosed articles, p. 359-363; p. 366-373. Research articles about Abraham Okpik from Inuit Today, vol. 6, no. 4, May 1977, p. 77; Alex Stevenson, "Inuit People Can Take Pride in Their Past", Tukisiviksat, Vol. 2, No. 10, October 1972, p. 8. Handwritten letter from Penny Petrone to Abraham Okpik (February 6, 1986) and response from Abraham Okpik (February 24, 1986) with attached resume for research request; photocopy of response.

Okamaluk, William
File · 1955
Part of Dr. Penny Petrone fonds

Edited research notes from excerpt of "Three Igloolik Legends", Eskimo, December 1955, p. 18-21 with photocopy of article. Approx. 5 pages of cut out excerpts from undisclosed article. Photocopy of excerpt from The Flying Priest over the Arctic- A Story of Everlasting Ice and of Everlasting Love, by Father Paul Schulte, O.M.I., p. 46-61.

Oka, Mike (Kainai)
File · 1955
Part of Dr. Penny Petrone fonds

This file contains an article titled "A Blood Indian's Story" by Mike Oka. This article was prepared by Mr. Mills, Mike Oka's son-in-law, in 1936. The article contains information on Mike Oka, a member of Kainai First Nation. [Originally titled: Oka, Mike (Blood)]

Oka
File · 1990-1993
Part of Dr. Penny Petrone fonds

This file contains several articles and newspaper clippings from The Chronicle-Journal, Lakehead Living, The Globe and Mail, and The Thunder Bay Post which discuss the use of force, national implications for Indigenous peoples, and historian perspectives on the Oka Crisis.

Oji-Cree
File · 1977
Part of Dr. Penny Petrone fonds

This file contains a newspaper from Wawatay News Vol. 3, No 10, dated August 1977 titled "Oji-Cree is Fun: but translation to and from English presents many difficulties" by Jim Morris.

This file contains a retyped document titled "Traditions of the Indians" originally from 1879 with two Indigenous Traditional Stories titled "The Flood" and "Why the Mouse is Small and has Short Hair." Both Stories refer to "Mishi Manitou," the Bad Spirit, who in the myth "The Flood" was trying to destroy the world. The myth "Why the Mouse is Small and has Short Hair" details the consequences after the flood and is told by parents to give a warning to their children of what their rashness might bring upon them. [Originally titled: Ojibway Myth of the Flood]

Ojibway Traditional Stories

This file contains multiple photocopied documents including "Ojibwa Myths and Tales" by COL. GEO. E. Laidlaw (pages 3-24) reprinted from The Archaeological Report in 1915, a chapter in a book titled "Some Myths and Tales of the Ojibwa of Southeastern Ontario" by Paul Radin (pages 1-15), a book titled "Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa" chapter titled "Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin" (pages 1-27), and a passage titled "The Sleeping Giant" from a book (pages 99-105). Common themes throughout the passages include Anishinaabe Traditional Stories from Ontario including the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibway, the sleeping giant of the Lakehead (Fort William and Port Arthur), and Southeastern Ontario. [Originally titled: Ojibway Myths]

Ojibway songs

This file contains a series of photocopied documents of Ojibway song including a document titled "Ojibwa Songs" by John F. Davidson (pages 303-305) copied from the Old Fort William Resource Centre, a booklet of Ojibway songs (pages 254-256), a loose page titled "Chant to The Fire Fly," and a single page with the song "Chant to The Fire-Fly" and handwritten writing by Penny Petrone on Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864).

File · 1991
Part of Dr. Penny Petrone fonds

This file contains a photocopied document of an affidavit from September 2nd 1991. The affidavit is an application by the Poplar Point Ojibway Nation and Chief Theron McCrady, for a declaration that the Poplar Point have Aboriginal Rights with respect to the harvesting of foods and medicine plants and with respect to sacred sites in the Namewaminkan River, and for an injunction against any further development of the proposed High Falls power dam.