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Sterk, Paul
CA BI MG 07J.001 · Fonds · 1981-1988

This fonds consists of records relating to the architecture in Inverness County and post war immigration of the Dutch to Inverness County. Brother Paul Sterk was born in Deventer, Holland in 1934; in 1954, he came to New Glasgow to teach carpentry with seven other brothers of the Congregation of the Brothers of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows. In 1964, he became Director of students' residence at Mabou and in 1965, Superior of Mary's Hill and the Brother's Farm. In 1987 he retired and returned to Holland in 1993.

Dodd Family fonds
CA BI MG 09.021 · Fonds · 1787-1969

Fonds consists of the papers of Chief Justice Archibald Charles Dodd (1740- 1831) and his son, Justice Edmund Murray Dodd (1797- 1876), containing important political, descriptive, and social material related to late 18th and 19th century Cape Breton; the papers of Dr. Marcus Dodd, and the papers of Frances Ridgway (née Frances Dodd).

CA BI MG 10.1 · Fonds · 1881-1974

Fonds consists of reproduction and original records pertaining to the life and career of Monsignor Michael Moses Coady, including various writings, speeches, lectures, study bulletins, correspondence, genealogical material, clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks.

Rev. Dr. James John Tompkins
CA BI MG 10.2 · Fonds · 1895-1953

Fonds consists of original and typescript records directly related to the life and work of Rev. Dr. James John Tompkins of Margaree, Cape Breton.

CA BI MG 10.2 · Fonds · 1895-1953

Fonds consist of original correspondence and papers. “Father Jimmy” Tompkins was born in Margaree in 1870. Following ordination he became Professor of Mathematics and Vice-President of the University of St. Francis Xavier’s College, then served as Parish Priest in Canso and Reserve.

Michael J. MacKinnon fonds
CA BI MG 10.3 · Fonds · 1945-1959

Fonds consists of speeches, mainly regarding social action, given by Msgr. MacKinnon as well as the eulogy delivered at the funeral of Msgr. M.M. Coady.

Mackinnon, Michael J.
Avery, Martha Moore
CA BI MG 10.4 · Fonds · 1873-1955

This fonds consists of an extensive collection of documents relating to the life and work of Matha Avery and Sister St. Mary Martha. Martha Moore was born in 1851 to a prominent family in Steuben, Maine. She married Millard Avery in 1881 and a daughter, Catherine, was born in 1881. Mother and daughter moved to Boston in 1888 where Mrs. Avery became involved in many reform movements and the Socialist Labour Party. Her daughter, who was educated in a Catholic convent school, became a member of the religious order of the Congregation of Notre Dame in 1900, taking the name Sister St. Mary Martha. This event helped to draw Mrs. Avery to the Catholic Church to which she converted in 1904, after which she, along with David oldstein travelled through the United States as Catholic evangelists, using the slogan "Convert from Marx to Christ" as their motto. Mrs. Avery died in 1929.

James Lotz fonds
CA BI MG 10.7 · Fonds · 1960-1997

Fonds consists of personal and work related documents, as well as materials related to Mr. Lotz's publications and involvement in various organizations.

James Lotz
Dr. Donald F. Campbell
CA BI MG 11.056 · Fonds · 1964-1978

Accession 77-111-313 (MG 11. 56)

These are the original documents. Dates: 1964-1975

Accession 79-41-801 (MG 11. 56)

Papers

These are copies of the original documents (Typescript). Date: 1978

Accession 79-66-826 (MG 11. 56)

Certificate of appreciation on wooden plaque.

This is the original document. Date: 1975

CA BI MG 11.11 · Fonds · 1858-1906

Fonds consists of teacher's licenses and certificates, an application for teacher's annuity, and provincial examination papers.

Inspectors of Schools
CA BI MG 11.14 · Fonds · 1905-1912

Fonds consists of correspondence and reports, as well as Teachers' Returns for the year 1909-1910 for the District of North Inverness, and Notes of School Inspection of Victoria County for 1911. John and James MacKinnon were Inspectors of Schools, District No. 8, North Inverness and Victoria Counties.

School register for Baddeck
CA BI MG 11.15 · Fonds · 1886-1908

Fonds consists of school registers for Baddeck 1886-1887 and 1908.

CA BI MG 11.16 · Fonds · 1917-1955

Fonds consists of school registers for Mira Gut, 1917-1925; 1927-1929 and 1941-1955

CA BI MG 11.17 · Fonds · 1933

Fonds consists of a school register for Mill Creek, Cape Breton County, Section #60.

CA BI MG 11.18 · Fonds · 1923-1954

Fonds consists of school registers for Round Island, 1923-1940; 1942; 1944-1954. Also included is a certificate of merit from Department of Agriculture for excellence of exhibits at Mir Gut Fair, 1932 and 2 Canadian Junior Red Cross enrolment certificates, 1933-1952 for Sunny Flower Branch, Round Island.

Sacred Heart School fonds
CA BI MG 11.2 · Fonds · 1912-1965

Fonds consists of a diary of events maintained by Sister St. Andrew of Bethsaida (d. 1970), principal of Sacred Heart School for Boys in Sydney, and the Annals of Sacred Heart School, 1948-1965, compiled by Chalmers MacIntyre.

Hillside School fonds
CA BI MG 11.3 · Fonds · 1930-1932

Fonds consists of school registers for Hillside school in Mira.

William R. Reid fonds
CA BI MG 11.31 · Fonds · 1964-1989

Fonds consists of various speeches made by Dr. Reid; correspondence relating to this appointment as President of UCCB; and other miscellaneous documents.

Reid, William
Jamesville School Section
CA BI MG 11.34 · Fonds · 1878-1962

Fonds consists of an assessment ledger giving names of taxpayers and teachers, 1878-1888, and related correspondence concerning above ledger (1962).

Shaun Bennett fonds
CA BI MG 11.36 · Fonds · 1840-1957

Fonds consists of "A brief history of St. Rose School, Inverness County 1840-1957." Also included is a photograph of pupils of the school, 1910-1911 with teacher, James J. MacLellan.

South Inverness School fonds
CA BI MG 11.4 · Fonds · 1924-1932

Fonds consists of school registers for the district of South Inverness (School Section 54)

Charles MacDonald fonds
CA BI MG 11.40 · Fonds · 1963-1983

This fonds consists of documents relating to: the Highlander Press Co. Ltd; pulpwood cutting in Cape Breton County; Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish; speeches. Dr. Charles MacDonald was a member of the faculty of the University College of Cape Breton.

Timothy Hogan fonds
CA BI MG 11.42 · Fonds · 1796-1799

Fonds consists of a copy of a licence to open and keep a school in Sydney, together with certification that Mr. Hogan took oath against Popery.

Dr. Greg MacLeod fonds
CA BI MG 11.44 · Fonds · 1899-2004

Fonds consists of a wide variety of materials collected or created by Dr. Greg MacLeod, mostly written documents, but also videos and cassette tapes, many of which have been digitized. The written documents cover a wide range of genres such as correspondence, memos, financial reports, updates, feasibility studies, newspaper clippings, and minutes of meetings. These records have a date range beginning in the 1950's when Dr. MacLeod was in school in Sydney Mines (though there is one family document from 1899) and ending around 2004. The range of materials found here derives from his association with a number of organizations starting in the early 1970's, many of which he played a founding influence, such as Metropolitan Alliance For Development, Cape Breton School of Crafts, Island Housing Association, and the Cape Breton Association for Co Op Development, which itself would morph into New Dawn Enterprises. His social-economic interests continued with his involvement in the Tompkins Institute from its founding in 1974 and his close association with the university's Centre for Community Economic Development from its founding in 1986. Another large set of documents involves the founding of BCA Group in 1989 and its progress, and the various projects that were supported by it. Based on these associations, the fonds is arranged with the following series: Tompkins Institute; BCA Group; Centre for Community Economic Development, Audio Files, Video Files, New Dawn Enterprises, Economic Reports and Studies, and Autobiographical Materials. Each of these series (and some contain sub-series) will be composed of multiple files (some files with multiple folios) with each file containing many individual items.

MacLeod, Rev. Gregory
School register, Louisbourg
CA BI MG 11.45 · Fonds · 1921

Fonds consists of a school register for Louisbourg, Section #73. It is a register of the attendance, studies and general standing of the pupils, and statistics of the school in the Intermediate Department for the school year ending July, 1921.

Brickyard School
CA BI MG 11.46 · Fonds · 1917-1926

Fonds consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings of school trustees, and School Assessment lists.

Charles F. Gouthro fonds
CA BI MG 11.5 · Fonds · 1894

Fonds consist of a receipt for salary as teacher at Rear Ball's Creek for the term ending 6 July 1894, with record of payments.

Sydney Academy collection
CA BI MG 11.84 · Fonds · 1898-1991

Fonds consists of Sydney Academy's administrative records, staff records, and its historical collection.

Donald Fergusson fonds
CA BI MG 11.88 · Fonds · 1490-1985

Fonds consists of material relating to Dr. Fergusson's books dealing with Scottish Gaelic culture.

Fergusson, Donald Allister
Dowell, Jack L.
CA BI MG 12.039 · Fonds · 1969-1972

Fonds consists of two articles by Mr. Dowell entitled "Who Named the Acadians" and "Strange Legend of Nyanza," a Mi'kmaw habitation near Baddeck. Also includes newspaper clippings (1969) regarding treaties.

J. Mariner Smith fonds
CA BI MG 12.1 · Fonds · 1813-1961

Fonds consists of receipts and correspondence related to Smith's general store and his activities as an agent for the MacDonald Brothers, owners of the Glendyer Mills. Correspondence often refers to the political and economic conditions of Cape Breton. Some records of Thomas Murray and Co. are included with Smith's records. Presumably Smith took over the business of Thomas Murray and Co. ca. 1882. One account book from a general store in Port Hood operated by Smith is also included.

Smith, James Mariner
CA BI MG 12.103 · Fonds · 1817-1972

Papers include:

1a. Correspondence and papers of the Cameron Family, Creignish, Including draft of a petition to Bishop C.F. Mac Kinnon, Bishop of Arichat [ca. 1854]; Letter from Duncan Cameron to his Brother Angus, 1851; Account Between Donald Mac Donald, Dyer, Mabou and John Cameron, 1854-1868; Trustees, Low Point Parish To Hugh Macmaster About Road Construction, 1857; Royal Gazette Notice Re Estate of Archibald Cameron, 1915.

1b. Miscellaneous Notes and Receipts, 1817-1910.

2a. Correspondence With Sister Margaret Beaton Giving Progress Reports of Work Done Under the Grant, 1972.

2b. Material Collected by Bessie MacEachern: the Grand Narrows Railway Bridge, 1959; Cape Breton Railroads, 1697-1964; Histories of Port Hood, Port Hawkesbury, Mabou and the Parish of Brook Village; Biographies of Rev. Dr. John F. Mac Master, Msgr. Donald Macpherson, Rev. Lauchlin J. MacDonald; Tributes To Rev. Donald Rankin; Folklore, home remedies, Scottish recipes and the working of wool or flax [gaelic].

  1. Six Gaelic poems composed by Donald Maclellan and John Macdonald as well as by anonymous authors; Poetry: "Willie Rielly and His Dear Coleen Bawn", "Causeway Song", by Charlotte Rankin Macinnes; "Angus L.", by H.M. Logan; "My Ingonish Home" (with Music) by Earle Donovan; "When the 'Hurry On' Went Down" by Euphemia Malcolm Mc Eachern; " A Come-all-ye On the Giant" by Lauchlin Macneil; "the Wreck of the Kittie, 1876".
MacEachern, Elizabeth
Harry W. MacKenzie fonds
CA BI MG 12.106 · Fonds · 1946-1980, predominant 1946-1960

Fonds consists of materials related to the construction and opening of the Canso Causeway. Records include correspondence, programs, pamphlets, reports, maps of the Strait of Canso and one photograph (three copies) of four men, who were involved with the building of the Canso Causeway, standing over a model of the project. Also included is an autobiography.

MacKenzie, Harold W.
McKeen Family fonds
CA BI MG 12.109 · Fonds · 1820-1865

Fonds consist of papers relating to William McKeen and son John McKeen's personal, business, and political life in Mabou. Majority of records consist of correspondence, business ledgers including one of John McKeen's dated 1884-1887. The ledger information notes sales of fruit trees, plants and seeds including plant varieties, names of buyers and prices paid.

McKeen, William
Albert Almon fonds
CA BI MG 12.11 · Fonds · 1912-1960, predominant 1950-1956

Fonds consists of correspondence and papers related to the Fortress of Louisbourg site and to the authenticity of a painting of Louis IX, King of France; The Dream city of America (booklet); The Crescent and the Cross (essay); Unwelcome Guests of Cape Breton (the story of the convicts abandoned at Main-a-Dieu); a narrative of Baroness de St. Castine; clippings of articles by and about Almon, and pictures drawn by Almon.

Almon, Albert
Allan Ridgway fonds
CA BI MG 12.110 · Fonds · 1915-1973

Fonds consists of papers and medals concerning enlistment and service in World War I, including award of the Military Medal, 1915-1921; appointment as Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 1931; and clippings of obituaries of Allan and Frances Ridgway, 1970-1973.

Ridgway, Allan
Elmsly, Robert
CA BI MG 12.115 · Fonds · 1855-1889

Fonds consists of photocopies of his diaries that were indexed and transcribed in 1966 by his grandson, Wilbur L. Elmsly of Peterborough, Ontario.

Sarah Steele fonds
CA BI MG 12.117 · Fonds · 1943-1974

Fonds consists of miscellaneous personal papers that were collected by Sarah Steele of Boisdale, Cape Breton. The papers cover a variety of topics.

Steele, Sarah
Roderick A. Johnston fonds
CA BI MG 12.118 · Fonds · 1858-1936

Fonds consists of a diary containing memoranda of accounts payable, post office savings, work performed and family events compiled by Roderick Johnston. The diary was continued by Johnston's son John Joseph (1915-1936).

Johnston, Roderick A.
Charles H. Sutherland fonds
CA BI MG 12.119 · Fonds · 1917-1974

Fonds consists of a scrapbook assembled by Charles Sutherland that includes some World War 1 clippings.

Sutherland, Charles H.
Barrington family fonds
CA BI MG 12.12 · Fonds · 1813-1961, 1882-1887 predominant

Fonds consists of four series: Charles Parnell Barrington (1813-1844), Edwin John Barrington (1851-1880), Yorke Henry Ainsley Barrington (1869-1893) and Yorke Cotril Barrington (1903-1908). Fonds also consists of a letter from Edward Barrington (grandson of Captain Barrington) to his brother and sister from Washington Territory (1865), lineage of the Barrington family, newspaper clippings on the Barrington family, notice regarding installation of an electrically driven booster pump, a trust deed from Helen Jane Catherine Barrington (heir of Edwin Barrington) to Frank Seward Barrington (1885), and deeds to John Barrington.

Barrington family
Andrews, Edmund
CA BI MG 12.121 · Fonds · 1899-1942

Fonds consists of "Coxheath or a Century of Civilization" by E. A., 1899, and scrapbook of miscellaneous clippings, some relating to Coxheath, compiled by Ethel Lewis Routledge, Reserve Mines, 1936-1942.

Crowdis family fonds
CA BI MG 12.123 · Fonds · 1883-1949

Fonds consists of personal papers of the Crowdis family over generations, including legal papers, correspondence, ephemera, and birth certificates of various family members.

Crowdis, Edward
Daniel J. MacKay fonds
CA BI MG 12.124 · Fonds · 1876-1936

Fonds consists of personal papers (1876-1901), appointments, deeds, stock certificates and business papers (1900-1921), and memorial cards.

MacKay, Daniel J.
CA BI MG 12.125 · Fonds · 1830-1970

Fonds consist of correspondence relating to MacDonald's private, business, and civic life including probate papers, will, deeds, and other legal documents, land papers, genealogical information, clippings relating to Inverness history, Gaelic documents, and other miscellaneous family papers.

MacDonald, Donald Cameron
John Archy MacDonald fonds
CA BI MG 12.127 · Fonds · 1834-1967

Fonds consists of a copy of the minutes of the Washabuckt Liberal-Conservative club (1911); diary of daily events kept by MacDonald (1899-1949); petition concerning the closure of a road (1902); deed: John A. MacDonald to Hughie J. MacDonald, Glace Bay, for land in Washabuckt (1952); list of voters for the Washabuckt district (1953); and a scrapbook of clippings (1956-1967).

MacDonald, John Archy
John A. MacKinnon fonds
CA BI MG 12.13 · Fonds · 1904-1940

Fonds consists of personal records and documents related to the Sydney Co-operative Society Ltd., correspondence related to the search for coal at Maple Brook, Inverness County, and other business related records.

MacKinnon, John A.
Archie MacIntyre fonds
CA BI MG 12.130 · Fonds · 1896-1969

Fonds consists of correspondence, writings and maps pertaining to the history of coal mining in Cape Breton and Canada, Provincial Workmen's Association, United Mine Workers of America, mine disasters and John L. Lewis (an American labour leader in the 1930s to 1950s who called coal miners out to strike during WWII).

MacIntyre, Archie