Item is a postcard of the coal colliery in Dominion, Cape Breton during the wintertime. There are train cars filled with coal on the tracks in the postcard as well.
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Item is a photograph taken in the early years at Dominion No. 1 Colliery. Man second from left was Joe Hall, father of Charlie and Ralph Hall who came here in 1900; the man next to Mr. Hall is reported to be Gilbert Watson who later moved to New Waterford and was shot and seriously injured during the Davis Day Riot at Waterford Lake Power Plant when William Davis was killed. The big man on the extreme right was Big Frank Boutilier from Gardiner Mines, the engine operator. The young man, third from the right was blacksmith Neil Graham, son of Dominion's first Deputy Mayor Dan Graham, and father of Walter Graham who was killed at No. 26 surface railroad on 2 December 1972.
Item is a photograph of the generator for the Dominion #6 mine.
Item is a photographic portrait of a group of young children from a Dominion school.
Item is a photographic portrait of a group of young children from a Dominion school. First row: second from the right is Shirley (nee Young) White. Second row: fifth from the left is Mary Cook. Third row: first on the left is Norinia Colosimo, second from the left is Annie Maydanski, third from the left is Leta Melanson Basso, fourth from the left is Anna Cherpac, and fifth from the left is Isabel Urquhart.
Item is a souvenir from the golden jubilee of Dominion, N.S. in 1956.
This fonds consists of records and minutes (in Italian) of the meetings of the Club at Dominion. Beginning in February 1967, page 192, the minutes are written in English.
Item is a photograph of the MacDougall Girls' Pipe Band of Dominion and Glace Bay.
Abbass Studios Ltd.Fonds consists of papers related to coal mining and other business activities of Henry Mitchell and sons as well as family records documenting life in Bridgeport (now Dominion) Nova Scotia and various locations in Pennsylvania. Correspondence between Henry and his children provide a detailed account of social, economic and political life in North America between the mid-19th and early 20th century.
Members of the Mitchell family were impacted by the American Civil War which is documented among the letters, along with various events of note in Canada including Confederation.
Mitchell, HenryItem is a list of members and adherents of the Chalmers Congregation in Dominion, N.S. and their contributions for the year 1913.
Item is a photograph depicting the testing of a new fire truck.
Abbass Studios Ltd.Item is a photograph of a new fire truck.
Abbass Studios Ltd.Item is a photograph of a railway car in a Dominion railyard containing soldiers of World War 1. Children are in the foreground on the tracks.
Item is a photograph of the back view of the Royal Theatre, owned by Olive Liscombe MacDonald.
Item is a photograph of the front view of the Royal Theatre, owned by Olive Liscombe MacDonald.
Item is a photograph of St. Eugene's Church in Dominion, Cape Breton.
Collection consists of the following:
Series A
- Correspondence regarding St. Anthony’s Church Bell, 1911
- League of the Cross (L.O.C.) Dominion, 1930 2 documents
Series B: Memoranda including background information for Mr. Stephenson’s two books.
- Proofs of Mr. Stephenson’s two books. 20 pages
- Material General Mining Association supplied to miners, 1831-1832. 40 pages.
- Company Store Records, 1878-1884, 35 pages.
- Miners’ time book and waste book; Materials General Mining Association supplied to miners 1882-1891 66 pages.
- Company Store records; time book; waste book 1883-1890 48 pages
- Papers including Dominion Town Council election results; Minutes of the first town Council and school board meetings 1906; inventory of Dominion Electric Light Department, 1959. 263 Pages.
Series C: Deeds: Photocopy, 1826-1946 relating to the Bridgeport area, 31 pages, 1 folder.
- John Claghan to John Young; L’Indian bay 1826
- William the Fourth to William Cadegan, Catherine Stanton, Reardon O’BRIEN, John Handley, John Murphy and John Casey; S.S. Lingan Bay, 1832
- John and Bridget Murphy to Roman Catholics - South Side Lingan Bay, 1840.
- Walter and Catherine Young to Roman Catholic Episcopate Corporation of Arichat; South Side Lingan Bay, 1869.
- Walter and Catherine Young to Roman Catholic Episcopate Corporation of Arichat ; Lingan, 1884.
- GMA to Henry Mitchell; Bridgeport, 1890.
- Rev. John Cameron to John Phalen, Old Bridgeport, 1900
- The Crown to James Cooney, Anastasia Cooney & Ann O’Neal; Between Lingan Basin and Little Glace Bay [Bridgeport], 1878.
- Cooney & O’Neil to Joseph Campbell; Bridgeport, 1881
- Cooney & O’Neil to Roderick Johnston; Bridgeport 1892
- James & Anastasia Cooney to Lawrence O’Neil; Bridgeport 1892
- James & Mary Ann Cooney to Ann O’Neil; Bridgeport, 1892
- Cooney to Alexander Mc Donald; Bridgeport, 1893
- O’ Neil & Cooney to James Mac Neil; Bridgeport, 1893
- O’Neil to Cooney; Bridgeport, 1894
- Cooney to Annie Crosby; Bridgeport, 1904
- Cooney to Alexander Mc Donald; Bridgeport, 1905
- Cooney to O’Neil to Dominion Coal Company , Bridgeport, 1917
- Cooney to Walter Graham; Main Road leading from Bridgeport to Dominion [Bridgeport] 1932
- Daniel Joseph Cooney to Walter Graham; Main Road leading from Bridgeport to
Dominion [Bridgeport] 1928 - Cooney to Alexander N. Mac Neil; Main Road leading from Bridgeport [Bridgeport] 1932
- Cooney to Mrs. S.J. Cooney; Main Road Glace Bay to Bridgeport [Bridgeport] 1932
- Cooney to Ignatius Mc Intyre; East Side of Phalen’s Rd. [Bridgeport] 1944
- Cooney to Alexander M. Mc Neil; Main Rd. Leading from Bridgeport to Dominion [Bridgeport] 1944
- Daniel Joseph Cooney to Francis Joseph Mc Mullin; Bridgeport, 1946
Series D: Clippings
- Biographical material relating to Dominion; including matters concerned with the
Second World War; Social news, Churches and Law and Order. - Clippings referring to August Gale, 1873; 1909 Strike; Tramline route, 1914; Bands
And Orchestras - Michalik, 1927; Polish orchestra, 1927; Roosevelt’s death, 1945;
VE day riots - Halifax; end of WW II.
Series E: Photographs (See Photograph Collection #25)
Four volumes pertaining to the Town of Dominion and the organization of Mr. Stephenson’s two books: Dominion, Nova Scotia 1906-1981 and souvenir booklet on the History of the Dominion Volunteer Fire Department.
Series F. Scrapbooks:
- 1901-1961 Cuttings relation to Dominion, 8cm.
- Material relating to Bridgeport and Bridgeport Mine, 3 cm.
- Cuttings pertaining to Dominion and Mr. Stephenson 1960's and 1970's
- School records, 1888, Mitchell’s School, Photocopies, 7 pages
- Cuttings relating to religion (RC) and education in Dominion in mid twentieth century,
2 cm. - Cuttings from Dominion-New Waterford areas, May-August, 1947, compiled by John
Mac Kinnon, Dominion, 2cm.
Records of the Town of Dominion; includes Town Council Minutes, ledgers, school board and police reports, teachers board minutes, rate, assessment, and tax rolls, as well as electric and liquor ledgers.