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Item is a photograph of the Cape Breton County Council.

Front row, sitting left to right: Henry LeCras, County Treasurer; Neil Morrison, Dist. No. 21, Loch Lomond; Donald MacLean, Dist. No. 6, s. East Bay; Wallace Richardson, Dist. No. 1, South Bar (later Mayor of Sydney); William Buchanan, High Sheriff; Duncan M. Gillis, Dist. No. 17, Grand Mira; Charles J. Logue, Court Crier.

Middle row, standing left to right: Robert Jackson, Dist. No. 2, Ball's Creek; Alexander MacDonald, County Constable; Joseph A. Gillies, K.C., County Solicitor; Henry C.V. LeVatte, Dist. No. 6, Louisbourg; Joseph H. MacKinnon, Dist. No. 9, Boisdale; Donald McDougall, Dist. No. 5, Main-a-dieu; Norman H. McNeil, Dist. No. 3, Hillside, Mira; John A. MacDougall, Dist. No. 14, Grand Narrows; Alexander Campbell, Dist. No. 18, Shipyard; Donald Morrison, Dist. No. 15, Catalone; Angus MacDougall, Dist. No. 16, Trout Brook; Robert Anderson, Dist. No. 12, Port Morien; James Ratchford, Dist. No. 2, Low Point & Lingan; John MacDougall, County Clerk.

Back row, standing from left to right: John Hardy, Dist. No. 7, Gabarus; John MacCormack, Dist. No. 4, Little Bras d'Or & Sydney Mines; Murdock MacKenzie, Dist. No. 10, Boularderie; Henry MacDonald, Dist. No. 11, Little Glace Bay & Bridgeport; Angus Curry, Dist. No. 19, N.S. East Bay; Michael E. Gillis, Dist. No. 13, Irish Cove.

Item is a photograph of the Caledonia Company Store and its employees.

Item is a photograph of the members of the League of the Cross Band, North Sydney.

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.

Item is a map showing details of Louisbourg Harbour and Gabarus Bay with a full inset map of Cape Breton Island, labelled Isle Royal. Documents the landing place and camp of the New England forces as well as the fortified town of Louisbourg, various battery locations, French settlements and the lighthouse.

Item is a map of Cape Breton and Richmond counties from the "Atlas of the Maritime Provinces", page 77.

This map was originally part of Bellin's "Le Petit Atlas Maritime" showing French fortifications destroyed during the 1758 siege.

Item is a map of the Louisbourg area during the 1745 seige. The map shows the location of the New England troop encampment at French Water Brook.

Item is a mid-18th century coloured map showing Louisbourg Harbour and Gabarus Bay. Creator unknown.

Item is a brochure for Louisbourg, N.S.

Item is a photograph by C.W. Kelly Studio of the fifteenth year reunion of the Christ Church Boy Scouts (1915-1930).

Item is a photograph of Nellie Tinski and Stella Paruch at a wedding shower at Mary Wojcek's home on Bryan Street.

Item is a photograph of Peter MacIntyre, who was an athlete from Big Pond.

Written on the reverse: "On reverse side is a photo of Peter MacIntyre, son of James MacIntyre and his wife, Flora MacDonald, both of Big Pond Parish. Peter was born in Big Pond about the middle 50's of the 19th century (likely in 1855). He was drowned about 1914. Peter was a famous athlete."

Item is a photograph of male members of a Polish band.

Item is a photograph of students from Xavier College taking part in the March of Concern, protesting the proposed Sydney Steel Plant closure in 1967. The plant was eventually taken over and operated by the Province of Nova Scotia as the Sydney Steel Company (SYSCO) until its closure in 2001.

Item is a photographic portrait of students seated at desks with a map of the world behind them in a Sydney Academy classroom.

Item is a photograph of miners inside a mine.

Item is a photographic portrait of the St. Agnes School Band dressed in uniform.

Item is a photograph of children riding in the back of a truck holding picket signs during a DOSCO steelworkers strike.

Item is a photograph of coke oven operations, showing coal moving along the covered conveyor system from the loading level to the blending plant.

Item is a photograph of the coke ovens, showing the interior of the coal wash and blending plant built in the 1960's.

Items is a photograph of the coke ovens, showing the interior of the conveyor system where coal is being moved by belt line to the top of the coal pocket; A close-up shot of the interior of the system. Note that rollers beneath belt are visible on either side.

Item is a photograph of the coke ovens, showing the conveyor that transported coal to the top of the coal pocket; an interior, close-up shot of the belt line itself.

Item is a reproduction of a photograph of John Brown of Eskasoni, pulling up shells.

Item is a photograph of miners from #26 Colliery at St. Mary's Church Hall.

Item is a photograph of a miner with the last pit pony at the #26 Colliery.

Donation consists of Paruch family documents including photographs and textual materials as well as recordings of Johnny Paruch's band.

Item is a photograph of houses in Whitney Pier, N.S. viewed from the back.

Item is a photograph of houses in Whitney Pier, N.S. viewed from the back.

Item is a photograph of members of the St. Mary's Polish Church Men's Club taken in the basement of the Polish Village Hall.

Item is a photograph of Marconi House in Glace Bay after renovations and restoration.

Item is a photograph of Marconi House in Glace Bay prior to renovation.

Winter scene outside of Woolworth's Charlotte Street, Sydney

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin. Two men are standing on wooden scaffolding repairing steam pipes.

Item is a photograph of the interior of Holy Ghost Ukrainian Church during the May Crowning celebration.

Item is a photograph of Chief Ben Christmas addressing a crowd during Sydney's 1935 Old Home Week, 1935. Christmas was first elected a Mi'kmaw chief in 1919, when he was only 23 years old.

Item is a photograph of the "Princess" Colliery, Sydney Mines. The "Princess" Colliery operated from 1875-1975, and the mine produced more than 22 million tons of coal during its 100 years of operation.

Item is a photograph showing both sides of the woolen mill and dam.

Item is a photograph of Charlotte and Pitt Streets, Sydney at the site of Toronto Dominion Bank (1980) on the South West corner of Pitt and Charlotte. The image shows L. McQuarrie's shoemaker's shop.

Item is a photograph of the 1946 Holy Angels graduates standing on a stage.

Item is a photograph of Charlotte St., Sydney, looking north from near Wright's Furniture store. People and cars are on the street. It features a good view of a clothing and drugstore window.

Item is a photograph of crowds attending a band concert at Wentworth Park during the Centennial Celebrations.

Item is a postcard, published by MacLeod's Art Studio, Sydney, of the Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club in Sydney showing the wharf and yachts in harbour.

Item is a photograph of Central School, Glace Bay.

Item is a photograph of members of the Glace Bay Y.M.C.A. Rugby Team, 1933.

Item is a photograph of a road being laid in Sydney Mines.

There is an article glued to back of photograph that reads: Sydney Mines Street Construction - 1902. 8-horsepower and plenty of manpower were all that was needed in street construction back in the pre-bulldozer days of 1902 when this photo was taken. Passed along to the Highlander by Sydney Mines sports writer Jack MacNeil, it shows a work crew breaking ground for what is now Beech Street in the Northside town. Among those present were Nick Hall, owner of the horses, now deceased, Joe MacInnis, Eddy Boutilier, Jacob Vickers, Henry MacDonald, Jack Matheson and Jack Broderick, all of whom are deceased, and Ambrose MacNeil, Joe Young and William Hall. Originally owned by Alex Gordon of Sydney Mines, the photo is now the property of the Businessmen's Club of Sydney Mines.

Item is a photograph of Robert Peary's S.S. Roosevelt arriving at the Cape Breton Electric Company Wharf in Sydney Harbour.

Item is a photograph of the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Church in Whitney Pier.

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

Item is a photograph of Cassie (Catherine), Annie and Sadie MacIsaac. The three women were co-owners of the Bonnie View Hotel in Whitney Pier. Their sister Margaret (MacIsaac) Gillis and her husband Rod Gillis established the boarding house in 1910. Margaret died shortly after the birth of her fifth child in 1913, and following her death, her husband and children left for Western Canada, while her sisters assumed ownership of the hotel.

Item is a photograph of the North half of the Chateau with shed removal, facing South East and North West.