This file contains several handwritten notes regarding research into Inuit languages. Also a photocopy of the article "Inuktitut: Surviving in the Arctic's New Age!" by Bernadette K. Immaroitok and Peter Jull from from the Inuit Circumpolar Conference's (now named Inuit Circumpolar Council) newsletter. A photocopy of the document Labrador Inuktut 250 Years Ago by Louis-Jacques Dorais. Photocopy of the "News Items and Short Notes" section of an unknown publication with the section "Notes on Thinking Processes Facilitated by the Eskimo and English Languages" by J. Peter Denny. Photocopy of the journal article "Inuktitut - English Bilingualism in the Northwest Territories of Canada" by J. Iain Prattis and Jean-Philippe Chartrand from Anthropologica New Series, Vol. 25, No. 1, Journalistes amérindiens: études sur le travail d'une minorité professionnelle / Native North Americans and the Media: Studies in Minority Journalism (1983), pp. 85-105. Photocopy of the article "The Early Development of Inuktitut Syllabic Orthography" by Kenn Harper from ÉTUDES/INUIT/STUDIES Vol. 9, No. 1, 1985, pp. 141-162. Typewritten copy of the article "Eskimo Psychology: Regarding Lying and Stealing" by The Oblate Fathers of the Hudson Bay Vicariate from Eskimo December 1948 Vol. 2. Photocopy of the journal article "Towards a Canadian Eskimo orthography and literature (II)" by Raymond C. Gagné from Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique 1962. Photocopy of "Esquimau or Eskimo: The Origin and Evolution of the Word "Eskimo"" by Dr. Jacques Rousseau. Photocopy of a document called "'Eskimo' or 'Inuit'". [Originally titled: Eskimo language]
Contains a text titled A Bibliography of Inuit (Eskimo) Linguistics in Collections of the Metropolitan Toronto Library, Compiled by Barry Edwards in Collaboration with Mary Love. It is a list of items in or about Inuktitut meant to complement similar bibliographies for works in other Indigenous languages made by the Languages Centre of the Metropolitan Toronto Library.
This file contains printed notes about Netsilik Society by Asen Balikci in The Netsilik Eskimo published by The Natural History Press. Also a review of Asen Balikci's book The Netsilik Eskimo written by K.J. Crowe in "The North in Review". Two copies (with slight differences in wording) of an excerpt from Knud Rasmussen's The Netsilik Eskimos: Social Life and Spiritual Culture published by Gyldendalske Boghandel in 1931 covering a period from 1921-1924. Another excerpt from Knud Rasmussen's aforementioned book. Handwritten note on the Netsilik with possibly unrelated print on the back looking at linguistics. [Originally Titled: Eskimo Netsilik]
This file contains several handwritten notes regarding research into Inuit legends. Also a photocopy of several sections from Among Unknown Eskimo by Julian W. Bilby. Photocopy from Eskimo of Baffin Land and Hudson Bay by Franz Boas from Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Vol. 15 1901 pp. 554-557. Photocopies from Across Arctic America: Narrative of the Fifth Thule Expedition by Knud Rasmussen pp. 394-403, 384-387. Typewritten copy of an unidentified story about the creation of the Earth. Typewritten copy of the legend of Papik from Eskimo Spring-Summer, 1985. Typewritten copy and a photocopy of the fables "The kanajuq and the arctic char" and "The raven and the two ducks" from the article "Two Eskimo Fables About Marriage" by Franz Van de Velde according to Bernard Iqugaqtuq from Eskimo magazine. Photocopy of Eskimo Point: Northwest Territories, a publication by the Eskimo Points Residents' Association. Photocopy of the legend How seals were made. Interlibrary loan request from Petrone dated August 1, 1984 for, and a photocopy of, "Bear and an Owl" by Marcel Akadlaka. Photocopy of the story "The North Shore Cree" by George Bauer from North Nord march/april, 1978, pp. 41-43. Typewritten copy of the story Ookpik and Lemming and of part of the song "My Breath" by Orpingalik. Photocopy of the article "Three Eskimo Legends of Ookpik", containing the legends "Ookpik who Married a Goose", "Ookpik and the Snow Bird", and "Ookpik and Lemming". Typewritten copy of a legend from North January-February, 1967, Vol. XIV No. 1, p. 16. Typewritten copy of a legend spoken by an Inuit woman named Arnaruluk from From the ends of the earth by Augustine Courtauld pp. 384-386. Typewritten copy of an unidentified legend about a grizzly bear and a hunter. Typewritten copies of three legends from Eskimo Year by George Miksch Sutton. Typewritten copy of "The Revenge of the Orphan Boy" By Leah Idlout from North, Vol. XIV, No. 4, July/August 1967, pp. 57-58. Typewritten copy of a song with a short foreward from The Eskimo: Their Environment and Folkways by Edward Moffat Weyer Jr. p. 360. Typewritten copy of "The Orphan Boy and the Moon Man" from The Labrador Eskimo by E.W. Hawkes, pp. 158-159. Typewritten copy of the legend of Kiviuq from Inuit Today, Vol. 9, September/October 1982, p. 28, 30, 32, 34. Typewritten copy and a photocopy of the story "The Women Who Went to the Moon" by Donald Kaglik. Photocopy from "Inuit Myths, Legends & Songs" by Bernadette Driscoll pp. 5-7. Photocopy of the article "The Blind Man & The Loon" by Drew Armour from The Beaver, Summer 1984, pp. 8-12. Interlibrary loan request by Petrone dated August 1, 1984 for, and a photocopy of, "The Half Fish" pp. 26-27 by Tavitialuk Alaasuaq from Inuit Today, Vol. IV, No. 7, July-August 1975. Photocopy of a legend about the creation of rivers and fog. Photocopy from Reports of the Fifth Thule Expedition 1921-1924: the Danish expedition to Arctic North America in charge of Knud Rasmussen, Vol. X, No. 2, by Knud Rasmussen pp. 60-77. Photocopy of an article called "The Snow Owl" by Father Rogatien Papion, containing the fables "The Owl and the Lemming", "The Owl, His Wife, and the Two Rabbits", and "The Owl, His Wife and Family". Photocopy of the article "Three Igloolik Legends: As told by William Okomâluk" by Guy Mary-Rousseliere containing the legends "Iblaurâluk: the Famous Whale Hunter", "Sikuliarsioyuitok: He who could not go hunting on new ice", and "Origin of the Sadlermiut". Photocopy of the legend "The Man Who Was Helped by a Polar Bear" by Matthew Innakatsik from Inuktitut, May 1982, pp. 85-88. Photocopy of the article "Battle of the Drums", a retelling of an Inuit legend by Brian Lewis, from The Beaver, Winter 1981, pp. 50-51. Photocopy of the document Eskimo Legends Gathered on the Coast of Labrador During the Summer of 1968 by J. Garth Taylor from the Department of Ethnology at the Royal Ontario Museum. Typewritten copy of a fable about a fox from Eskimo Year by George Miksch Sutton. Typewritten copy of a fable called The Story of the Fox-Wife. This file also contains a newspaper clipping of an article titled "Play will use Inuit legends to confront family violence" from Sunday Express p. 38, January 21 1990. [Originally Titled: Eskimo legends]
This file contains a handwritten note defining Oratory and appears to have been written in 1973. [Originally Titled: Eskimo oratory]
This file contains a hand-written document exploring the origins of Inuit. [Originally Titled: Eskimo origins]
This file contains an excerpt by Solomon Kajuatsiak from Nain talking about specific instances in his life and Christian beliefs. This file also contains the articles "Don't Finish Off Our Dogs" and "Sad Case" from the Midnight Sun Newsletter published in 1972. Also a typewritten note by Titus Joshua from Nain reflecting on his life starting in 1904 and ending the note in 1974. It was published in 1984. Another typewritten note with only the date Fall 1979 and the word "Eskimos" for bibliographic information. This file also contains "Stories by Titus Seeteenak". It is a series of stories passed down to him. Also a typewritten essay by Titus Allovlov published in The Native Perspective in 1978. This file also contains an article written by Walter Audla titled "Jobs I have had." Typewritten essay/script by Daniela Itanus (handwritten, could be a different name). [Originally Titled: Eskimo Remembrances]
Contains Penny's applications for funding for her second book on Inuit literature as well as responses from the Muttart Foundation. Also contains her research proposal for this project.
This file contains a handwritten note on shamans. [Originally Titled: Eskimo shamans]
This file contains an essay/article by Beverly Cavanagh titled "Imagery and structure in Eskimo Song Texts". Also a typewritten essay by Beverley Cavanagh titled "A Century And A Half And Music In Pelly Bay" published in 1974 for Folklore Canada by the Conference of Canadian Music Council. Also excerpts from Lure of the North with chapter titles "Shipwreck in the Frozen North" "Among the Igloo Dwellers" and "Whither Our Eskimos?" Excerpt from the journal Science published in 1887. Focused on the article "Poetry and Music of some North American Tribes". Unnamed song with an unknown composer from the book Inuit Songs from Eskimo Point by Roman Pelinski, Luke Suluk, and Lucy Amarook published in 1979 and sung by Alice Selik and Eua Arniak. "Le Chant et la Danse: Moyens d'expression vitale de l'Esquimau" on the subject of Inuit song and dance. A small collection of songs with notes written from a colonist's perspective. "Innusivut Our Way Of Living" by Father Guy Mary-Rousseliere: a combination of photos and music. Excerpt from Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 covering the chapter "Songs of Copper Eskimos" by D. Jenness. Excerpt from The Eskimos of Hudson Bay and Alaska, an album produced by Folkway Records. A small collection of songs titled "The Joy of a Singer/Piuvkaq" "Charm for Hunting Caribou/Inutuk" "Greet we Those/Tuglik". An article by Edmund Carpenter titled "Life as it was" with several poems/songs attached. Songs by Kingmerut and Tegoodligak. Excerpt from The Unwritten Song volume 1 published by the MacMillian Company, and another excerpt from an unknown volume. Excerpt from The White World with the chapters "Superstitions of the Eskimo" and "Eskimo Music". Excerpt from the "Song and Dance" chapter of Eskimo. The chapter was written by Geert Van Den Steenhoven. Essay talking about the Netsilik Inuit, with no bibliographic information available. Also "Tentative Transcriptions and Tentative Translations of some songs recorded in Eskimo Syllabics at Eskimo Point and Ennadai Lake" (Eskimo Point is now known as Arviat). No bibliographic information available for that article. It contains a variety of music and commentary. "The Eskimo Songs of Northwestern Alaska" by Thomas F. Johnston from the music department of the University of Alaska. "Songs of the Canadian Eskimo" by Rudy Wiebe. "Mackenzie River Dance Song" sung by Unalina and Cukaiyoq. Excerpt from Eskimo Poems from Canada and Greenland by Tom Lowenstein published in 1983 by University of Pittsburgh Press; excerpt from Poems of the Inuit by John Colombo published in 1981 published by Oberon Press. Also another small collection of stories and songs including "The Father's Song" "The Old Woman's Song" "Dead Man's Song" "The Mother's Song" "Walrus". Also an excerpt from Intellectual Culture of the Copper Eskimos by Knud Rasmussen published by Gyldendalske Boghandel in 1932. Handwritten notes on songs and techniques. [Originally Titled: Eskimo Song]
Organizational emails, invitations, and handwritten speaking notes by Penny Petrone for a reception held to celebrate the publication of "Embracing Serafina" at the Italian Hall in on December 19, 1999. An invitation to a reception at Lakehead University on October 2, 1999, held to celebrate Native Literature in Canada written by Penny Petrone.
Edited draft pages of "Embracing Serafina". Notebooks and loose notes by Penny Petrone regarding the content/proposed timeline of "Embracing Serafina". Newspaper, magazine clippings, and cartoon publications by various authors on a variety of topics, of which Petrone left notes or included in her notebooks referencing the timeline of "Embracing Serafina". A letter from the National Congress of Italian Canadians-Thunder Bay Region regarding a group bus rental to the Italian American Festival held in April/May 2004 in Duluth, Minnesota. Report of the National Congress of Italian Canadians - Thunder Bay Region board meeting held in January 2004.
National Geographic, June 1983 edition excerpts and photos 'I bronzi di Riaci'- Greek bronzes from ~450 B.C.. "I bronzi di Riaci" informational booklet (written in Italian with English translation on back).
Gifted to Penny Petrone: a copy of "Ethnotherapy: An Exploration of Italian-American Identity" by Aileen Riotto Sirey, Anthony Patti, and Lisa Mann, published by National Institute For The Psychotherapies Inc.
Letter from J.A. Molinaro from the Italian Canadiana Centre for Italian Canadian Studies (University of Toronto), asking if Petrone would write a paper for the 11th annual symposium on Italian Canadiana, taking place in May 1993.
Human Organization, the journal of the Society of Applied Anthropology, spring 1959, v. 18, opened to article entitled "The South Italian Family: LIterature and Observation" by Leonard W. Moss and Walter H. Thompson.
LONGOBarte art show invitation. Lecture confirmation from the Istituto Technico Commerciale. Italian newspapers from September 1990, highlighting various conference panels. Plastic bag from Monumenti, Museli e Gallerie Pontificie Citta del Vaticano. Letter from a friend recounting time with Petrone in Italy. Partially completed copy of Professor Penny Petrone's December 1992 exam in "Canadian Indian Literature" course. Highlighted copy of article titled "Review Article, Canadian Poetry Chronicle: VI" by Douglas Barbour printed in the Dalhousie Review, pages 557 to 578. Some material in Italian.
Excerpt from Leisureways magazine (April 1997 ed.), Italian Connection, story by Jeremy Ferguson. Penny Petrone's 1997 trip to Italy itinerary. Italian conference programs highlighting Petrone's lectures on "Breaking the Mould: the Autobiography of an Italian-Canadian Woman," "Native Literature in Canada," and "Canadian Indian stereotypes: myth and reality." Invitation to 'Canadian Writers in Conversation' panel including Petrone, organized by Scuola Superiore Interpreti Traduttori di Vicenza in May 1997. Some material in Italian.
Includes a criminal records check for Luigi Petrone, in Italian, from 1912. Also includes a copy of Luigi Petrone's birth certificate, reprinted in 1957, in Italian.
Contains an original immigration inspection card for Luigi Petrone upon his arrival in Canada in 1912, complete with stamps from a medical examiner, a civil examiner, an inland exchange order, and the CPR.
Includes a photocopy of the death certificate, in Italian, of Leonardo Petrone, Luigi Petrone's father.
Includes a notice from H. Arbuckle at the Canadian Bank of Commerce and a cheque for Luigi Petrone from the City Recreation Company. Also includes a letter of introduction from H. Arbuckle at the Canadian Bank of Commerce for Luisa Petrone for her to cross the United States border.
Includes a receipt for Luisa Petrone for money paid to the Petrone Estate through Alfred Petrone, a Cash Surrender slip for Louis Petrone (aka Luigi Petrone) from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and a Loan Certificate signed by Louis and Luisa Petrone.
Contains several small envelopes addressed to Luisa Sisca (aka Luisa Petrone) from Italy in various conditions. Some have original letters still folded up inside, but most are empty. Contains several handwritten letters to Luisa Petrone from Francesco Mauro in Piane Crati, who writes to her as his sister, and some of the letters include sections directed to his niece, Serafina (aka Penny Petrone). Also contains a handwritten letter from Rev. Francesco Calvelli, a handwritten letter from Serafina Covello, a typed letter from Giovanni Petrone, and two handwritten letters from Alfonso Mauro, all addressed to Luisa. A few of the letters are too damaged to make out their source. Contains an invitation to the wedding of Ileana Mauro and Mario Mazzei, as well as a contact card. Contains an Italian prayer card, marked up. All letters are in Italian. Finally, a letter for Penny from Francesco Mauro.
A receipt made out to L. A. Petrone from Port Arthur Motors Limited, a promotional postcard for NR Juniors, and a receipt made out to Louisa Petrone from St. Andrew's Cemetary inside an envelope. Also, several receipts made out to Mr. Petrone from Wilson's Typewriter Service, McNulty's Limited, McGolrick's, Barton and Fisher, and I. L. Matthew's Furniture Co. Finally, a request for a radio from G. Heintzman & Co., Limited.