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          General Hospital, Glace Bay
          CA BI 76-19 · Item · 191-?

          Item is a postcard depicting the General Hospital in Glace Bay, N.S. as it stood in the early 20th century.

          Stephenson, Leonard
          CA BI MG 12.197 · Collection · 1826-1979

          Collection consists of the following:

          Series A

          1. Correspondence regarding St. Anthony’s Church Bell, 1911
          2. League of the Cross (L.O.C.) Dominion, 1930 2 documents

          Series B: Memoranda including background information for Mr. Stephenson’s two books.

          1. Proofs of Mr. Stephenson’s two books. 20 pages
          2. Material General Mining Association supplied to miners, 1831-1832. 40 pages.
          3. Company Store Records, 1878-1884, 35 pages.
          4. Miners’ time book and waste book; Materials General Mining Association supplied to miners 1882-1891 66 pages.
          5. Company Store records; time book; waste book 1883-1890 48 pages
          6. 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.

          1. John Claghan to John Young; L’Indian bay 1826
          2. William the Fourth to William Cadegan, Catherine Stanton, Reardon O’BRIEN, John Handley, John Murphy and John Casey; S.S. Lingan Bay, 1832
          3. John and Bridget Murphy to Roman Catholics - South Side Lingan Bay, 1840.
          4. Walter and Catherine Young to Roman Catholic Episcopate Corporation of Arichat; South Side Lingan Bay, 1869.
          5. Walter and Catherine Young to Roman Catholic Episcopate Corporation of Arichat ; Lingan, 1884.
          6. GMA to Henry Mitchell; Bridgeport, 1890.
          7. Rev. John Cameron to John Phalen, Old Bridgeport, 1900
          8. The Crown to James Cooney, Anastasia Cooney & Ann O’Neal; Between Lingan Basin and Little Glace Bay [Bridgeport], 1878.
          9. Cooney & O’Neil to Joseph Campbell; Bridgeport, 1881
          10. Cooney & O’Neil to Roderick Johnston; Bridgeport 1892
          11. James & Anastasia Cooney to Lawrence O’Neil; Bridgeport 1892
          12. James & Mary Ann Cooney to Ann O’Neil; Bridgeport, 1892
          13. Cooney to Alexander Mc Donald; Bridgeport, 1893
          14. O’ Neil & Cooney to James Mac Neil; Bridgeport, 1893
          15. O’Neil to Cooney; Bridgeport, 1894
          16. Cooney to Annie Crosby; Bridgeport, 1904
          17. Cooney to Alexander Mc Donald; Bridgeport, 1905
          18. Cooney to O’Neil to Dominion Coal Company , Bridgeport, 1917
          19. Cooney to Walter Graham; Main Road leading from Bridgeport to Dominion [Bridgeport] 1932
          20. Daniel Joseph Cooney to Walter Graham; Main Road leading from Bridgeport to
            Dominion [Bridgeport] 1928
          21. Cooney to Alexander N. Mac Neil; Main Road leading from Bridgeport [Bridgeport] 1932
          22. Cooney to Mrs. S.J. Cooney; Main Road Glace Bay to Bridgeport [Bridgeport] 1932
          23. Cooney to Ignatius Mc Intyre; East Side of Phalen’s Rd. [Bridgeport] 1944
          24. Cooney to Alexander M. Mc Neil; Main Rd. Leading from Bridgeport to Dominion [Bridgeport] 1944
          25. Daniel Joseph Cooney to Francis Joseph Mc Mullin; Bridgeport, 1946

          Series D: Clippings

          1. Biographical material relating to Dominion; including matters concerned with the
            Second World War; Social news, Churches and Law and Order.
          2. 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:

          1. 1901-1961 Cuttings relation to Dominion, 8cm.
          2. Material relating to Bridgeport and Bridgeport Mine, 3 cm.
          3. Cuttings pertaining to Dominion and Mr. Stephenson 1960's and 1970's
          4. School records, 1888, Mitchell’s School, Photocopies, 7 pages
          5. Cuttings relating to religion (RC) and education in Dominion in mid twentieth century,
            2 cm.
          6. Cuttings from Dominion-New Waterford areas, May-August, 1947, compiled by John
            Mac Kinnon, Dominion, 2cm.
          Stephenson, Leonard Fielding
          General Mining Association
          CA BI MG 14.19 · Fonds · 1827-1900

          The General Mining Association, a Branch of the London
          firm of Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, was granted a monopoly on
          the Nova Scotian coal reserves by the Duke of York in 1827. The
          monopoly was rescinded in 1857, but operations continued until

          1. The mines on the southern side of the Sydney Coalfield
            were taken over between 1893 and 1900 by the Dominion Coal
            Company. Operations on the northern side of the Sydney
            Coalfield were purchased by the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal
            Company in 1900. This documentation includes an extensive
            collection: workmen
          Central School, Glace Bay
          CA BI 80-168-4348 · Item · ca. 1890

          Item is a photograph of Central School, Glace Bay.

          Glace Bay
          CA BI 77-328-462 · Item · ca. 1900

          Item is a photograph of a large rock at the end of North Street, Glace Bay, showing erosion of the shoreline.

          Glace Bay
          CA BI 77-331-465 · Item · ca. 1900

          Item is a photograph of a large rock at the end of North Street, Glace Bay, showing erosion of the shoreline.

          Glace Bay Mining Co. Engine
          CA BI 77-58-192 · Item · 20th century

          Item is a photograph of the Glace Bay Mining Co. Engine, featuring E.P. Archibal and three employees.

          Men Descending Shaft
          CA BI 77-699-833 · Item · 20th century

          Item is a photograph showing nurses going down into the shaft at IB Colliery, Glace Bay.

          Caledonia #4 Colliery
          CA BI 77-709-843 · Item · 20th century

          Item is a photograph of the Caledonia #4 Colliery being demolished.

          Marconi Towers
          CA BI 77-400-534 · Item · ca. 1900

          Item is a photograph of Marconi Towers at Table Head, Glace Bay.

          Rice, Amos I.
          Dominion #6 Generator
          CA BI 78-139-1889 · Item · 20th century

          Item is a photograph of the generator for the Dominion #6 mine.

          Bridgeport
          CA BI 80-19-4199 · Item · ca. 1900

          Item is a photograph of a street scene showing W.J. McDonald's Store and the Methodist Church in Bridgeport.

          MacDonnell House, Glace Bay
          CA BI 77-718-852 · Item · ca. 1900

          Item is a photograph of the MacDonnell House on Bruce Street in Glace Bay.

          St. Ann's Church, Glace Bay
          CA BI 77-721-855 · Item · Ca. 1900

          Item is a collage of four photographs, featuring the interior and exterior of St. Ann's Church, Glace Bay.

          Glace Bay
          CA BI 77-329-463 · Item · ca. 1900

          Item is a photograph of a large rock at the end of North Street, Glace Bay, showing erosion of the shoreline.

          Glace Bay
          CA BI 77-332-466 · Item · ca. 1900

          Item is a photograph of a large rock at the end of North Street, Glace Bay, showing erosion of the shoreline.

          McLeod & Stanfield Bookstore
          CA BI 12-07-30051 · Item · [between 1900 and 1902]

          Item is a photograph of a man standing in the entrance of the McLeod & Stanfield Bookstore in Glace Bay, N.S.

          Marconi Towers
          CA BI 77-399-533 · Item · ca. 1900

          Item is a photograph of Marconi Towers at Table Head, Glace Bay.

          CA BI 77-1261-1395 · Item · 20th century

          Item is a photograph of the Marconi Wireless Signal Station in Glace Bay from the souvenir album "Nova Scotia."

          CA BI 77-650-784 · Item · ca. 1900

          Item is a photograph of the cast of a Gaelic Play that was held in Glace Bay.

          Glace Bay
          CA BI 85-112-15812 · Item · ca. 1900

          Item is a photograph showing an aerial view of Glace Bay, N.S.

          Municipal Departments
          CA BI MG 14.140-MG 14.140 F · Series · 1901 - 1982
          Part of Town of Glace Bay

          Items are records from various departments in the Town of Glace Bay. This includes: the school board, police, and the board of health minutes, journals, orders, ledgers, and cashbooks.

          Shirley Chernin Collection
          CA BI MG 21.5 · Fonds · 1901-2012

          Collection consists of biographical and genealogical materials, correspondence and clippings, as well as photographs collected and maintained by Shirley Chernin. Collection also consists of correspondence, clippings and photographs, as well as administrative, financial and promotional materials relating to the Congregation Sons of Israel Synagogue in Glace Bay, the Kum-a-Haym in 2001, and the Cape Breton Chapters of the Canadian Hadassah-WIZO.

          Town of Glace Bay
          CA BI MG 14.140 · Fonds · 1901 - 1995

          Fonds consists of a range of municipal records documenting the operation of the Town of Glace Bay from its incorporation until amalgamation in 1995. The bulk of the records in the fonds include hundreds of ledgers including: assessment, rate, and tax rolls, cashbooks, tax records, legal records and documents, financial records, receipts, and account books, public utilities records including electrical, water, and public works, and finally municipal department records including police, the school board, and the board of health. An earlier accrual included a petition to the Honorable Jean Marchand requesting re-opening of Number 20 Colliery; minutes of Town Council meetings; and an annual report from1954.

          The fonds is arranged by series according to department function with sub-series noting the type of information recorded. Item level description is primarily provided in a chronological arrangement where possible.

          Town of Glace Bay
          Glace Bay Town Council
          CA BI MG 14.140-A · Series · 1901 - 1965
          Part of Town of Glace Bay

          Collection contains fourteen books of the Glace Bay Town Council meetings between 1901 and 1964 and an annual report for 1954.

          Financial Records
          CA BI MG 14.140-MG 14.140 D · Series · 1901 - 1989
          Part of Town of Glace Bay

          Items are a collection of various financial documents from the Town of Glace Bay. The records range from account books, payroll records, financial accounts and statements, daybooks, and business ledgers.

          Public Utilities
          CA BI MG 14.140-MG 14. 140 E · Series · 1901 - 1966
          Part of Town of Glace Bay

          Collection is several public utility records. The departments include: electrical, water, and public works. These records are registers, account books, rates, letters, payments, and cashbooks.

          Marconi Reception, Glace Bay
          CA BI 77-406-540 · Item · 1902

          Item is a photograph of a reception that was held on the occasion of the first wireless message.

          Stirling Pit Crossing
          CA BI 87-656-17186 · Item · Sept. 26, 1902

          Item is a photograph showing the Stirling Pit railroad crossing.

          Miners (boys) at Caledonia
          CA BI 80-5-4185 · Item · ca. 1903

          Item is a photograph of boy miners at Caledonia, taken after their shift had finished and they had changed into casual wear.

          Standing in the second row, left to right: Jim Wadden, Peter Jobes and Tim Wadden
          In the front row, left to right: (seated) Tius Tutty, Fred Wadden, Bill MacKenzie, (standing) F.K. Wadden.
          Off to the left is Allie MacKenzie, and behind him Tom Wadden.

          The Glace Bay Gazette
          Newspaper 48 · File · 1904-[1950?]

          Gertrude E. N. Tratt: "Apparently a weekly for the first five years of its existence, the Gazette then became the first of the two dailies in the newspaper history of Glace Bay. It terminated about 1950, although its circulation figures were well over four thousand at that time. Independent for most of its fifty years, it became a Labour organ about 1948. Published by the Gazette Publishing Company, its manager in 1909 was John Byrenton, who was replaced in 1923 by A. D. MacNeil.
          Originally it had eight 16" x 22" pages. The number later varied between eight and sixteen and there were always seven column on each page. Its circulation has also varied widely between 2,000 and 8,200. Its price of $3 eventually doubled."

          The Daily Gazette
          Newspaper 85 · File · 1904-[19??]

          The Daily Gazette was published in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia by the Gazette Publishing Co., Limited. It was published every afternoon, Sundays and legal holidays excepted. The price of a single issue was 2 cents.

          Caledonia Baseball Team
          CA BI 80-9-4189 · Item · ca. 1905

          Item is a photograph of the Caledonia baseball team.

          Caledonia Brook
          CA BI 82-1391-8091 · Item · 1906

          Item is a postcard depicting Caledonia Brook in Glace Bay, N.S.

          Coal Mining in Glace Bay
          CA BI 79-453-3433 · Item · 1906

          Item is a photographic postcard of a miner operating a long wall machine.

          New Aberdeen, Dominion #2
          CA BI 84-768-14868 · Item · ca. 1907

          Item is a postcard depicting the company houses and part of the mine of the #2 Colliery in Glace Bay, N.S.

          Legal Documents
          CA BI MG 14.140-MG 14.140 C · Series · 1908 - 1971
          Part of Town of Glace Bay

          Collection is several municipal documents including municipal court documents from 1927-36 and 1960, register of bills 1908, public relief accounts, and direct relief records from 1931 to 1932.

          CA BI 76-102 · Item · 1909

          Item is a photograph of the first draeger crew formed in North America; the crew was formed at the No. 2 and No. 9 collieries, Glace Bay.
          Front row: John Joe MacNeil, Mr. Fergie, Norman MacKenzie. Middle row: Dan "Storey" MacDonald, Joe Campbell, Thomas Turner, James MacMahon, Unknown, Roddie "Heenan" MacDonald, Matt MacAdam, Dan MacGillivary, Gilbert Darroch, Alex T. MacNeil, Mick Steele.
          Back row: Harry Miller, Vannie Nicholson, John MacLean, John Robinson, Dan W. "Kink" McDonald, Unknown, Unknown Evan Prothero, Unknown.

          Harry Wilkinson
          CA BI 77-343-477 · Item · 1909

          Item is a photograph of Harry Wilkinson, a Glace Bay Police Officer.

          Guglielmo Marconi
          CA BI 83-6668-13968 · Item · ca. 1909

          Item is a photograph of Guglielmo Marconi seated in the receiving room at Marconi Station, Glace Bay, N.S.

          Dr. and Mrs. Marcus Dodd
          CA BI 77-684-818 · Item · ca. 1910

          Item is a photograph of Dr. Marcus Dodd, doctor at Bridgeport Mines, and Mrs. Marcus Dodd, born Sarah Rigby.

          Dr. and Mrs. Marcus Dodd
          CA BI 77-685-819 · Item · ca. 1910

          Item is a photograph of Dr. Marcus Dodd, doctor at Bridgeport Mines, and Mrs. Marcus Dodd, born Sarah Rigby.