Item is a book of music containing strathspeys and reels for the violin, as well as for the violoncello and harpsichord.
Item is a photocopy of a book of music containing strathspeys, reels, and jiggs for the violin, as well as the violoncello and harpsichord.
Item is a sound recording by McCusker Bros Ceilidhe band
Item is a sound recording of John Campbell.
Item is a thesis titled "A History of the Scottish on Cape Breton Island," written by Thomas Redmond Murphy. The thesis describes the history of the Scottish community of Cape Breton Island, primarily of the counties of Inverness and Victoria.
Item is a thesis titled "A Linguistic Study of the Lake Ainslie Area of Inverness County, Nova Scotia," written by Nora Alice Rowe. The thesis provides an analysis of linguistic particularities in the Lake Ainslie area.
Item is a sound recording of Donald Angus Beaton.
Item is a sound recording of Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald.
Item is a sound recording of Howie MacDonald.
Item is a sound recording of various artists.
Item is a sound recording of Theresa and Marie MacLellan.
Item is a report titled "A View of Three Concerts" written by Dan MacDonald.
Item is a videocassette recording of various events and scenes filmed for the Inverness County Dance Project.
Canadian Museum of HistoryItem is a videocassette recording of various events and scenes filmed for the Inverness County Dance Project.
Canadian Museum of HistoryItem is a videocassette recording of various events and scenes filmed for the Inverness County Dance Project.
Canadian Museum of HistoryItem is a videocassette recording of various events and scenes filmed for the Inverness County Dance Project.
Canadian Museum of HistoryItem is a sound recording of accordion music..
Cassette notes it as tape #110.
Item is a play concerning the judgement of the actions of infamous factor Patrick Sellar during the Highland Clearances.
Item is a sound recording of Alasdair Gillies.
Item is a sound recording of Alasdair and David Silver and his Band.
Item is a photograph of fiddler Alex Francis MacKay.
Item is a sound recording of Alex Goldie.
Cassette notes it as tape #136.
Track List:
Side A
Track A1 - Falt Trom Trom Dualach. 05:34
Track A2 - Mios Faoilleach colla-deug Gearran..., Gaelic toast for St. Andrew's Night. 02:53
Track A3 - Song: Comunn Mo Rùn 02:24
Track A4 - Òran nam Fasan composed by James Campbell of Boisdale and later, North Sydney. 03:12
Track A5 - Bhean an Taighe Ghaoil an Fhortain. 01:49
Track A6 - Cumha - Seo a'bhliadhna chuir as dhomh 's a ghlas a falt air mo cheann. (Alex Goldie) 03:40
Track A7 - Tha mo Chion air an Fhiùran (Alex Goldie) 05:27
Track A8 - Cumha na Tulaich. Composed by Archie (Larry) Gillis of Rear Beaver Cove. Recording of a recording. 03:34
Side B
Track B1 - Falt Trom, Trom Dualach (Alex Goldie) 02:50
Track B2 - An Te Sin air an Robh Mi'n Gheall (Alex Goldie) 04:31
Item is an audio recording of Gaelic song selections by Alex Goldie, Irish Cove, N.S.
"Illean ill o, illean i"
"Ochoin mo chailin..."
"Teannaibh dluth 's togaibh fonn"
"An teid thu leam, a ribhinn lurach"
Item is an audio recording of stories and songs performed by Jessie MacDonald (River Denys, N.S) and Alex Maceachern (Creignish, N.S).
MacEachern, Alex - A Bhean-taighe's na Sithichean
MacEachern, Alex - Murchadh is Mionachag
MacEachern, Alex - De chuireadh mulad ort latha do Bhainnse?
MacEachern, Elizabeth - Two short "bochdan" stories
MacDonald, Jessie - Mo nighean donn bhoidheach
MacDonald, Jessie - Oran mar gum b' ann le mhnaoi
MacDonald, Jessie - Fear a Bhata
MacDonald, Jessie - E hi ri ill raill o
MacDonald, Jessie - Togainn fonn air lorg an fheidh
MacDonald, Jessie - Mo nighean donn 's laghach thu
MacDonald, Jessie - Cnuic 's na glinn
MacEachern, Elizabeth - Burns and his Highland Mary
MacEachern, Elizabeth - Eilean a' Cheo
MacEachern, ElizabethItem is a sound recording of Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald.
Fonds consists of a microfilm reel relating to Gaelic literature and poetry.
MacDonald, AlexanderItem is a sound recording of Archie Grant.
Fonds consists of papers consisting of: articles and music composed by or for Mr. Gillis; papers compiled by Mr. Gillis; clippings and handwritten versions of Gaelic poetry and stories; biographies and genealogical information; articles, songs and miscellaneous items.
A. Articles and music composed by or for Mr. Gillis:
- Bagpipe music composed by Mr. Gillis, 1965.
- "The Goilleachen", [n.d.], notes about a Gaelic Easter tradition.
- "A Highland Halloween in Canada". Halloween traditions in the Judique area.
- Allan James Gillis of Judique "March" by George D. Grant. This tune was composed by George Darroch Grant, a former pipe-major of the Scots Guards and the RCAF while he was Mr. Gillis' pipe-major in the City of Montreal Pipe Band. Photocopy, (1 p.).
B. Papers compiled by Mr. Gillis:
- Anecdotes about Donald Eoghain Duinn and Peter Smyth; "Peter Smyth's Song" by Alasdair MacLean.
1a. Gaelic version of above.
1b. Notes by Lloyd Leland on obscure words (Gaelic. and also notes about Alasdair MacLean (composer) by Allan Gillis, July, 1991 Photocopies (2 p.).
B2. List of Scottish violin players.
3."The Bluenosers' Castle" by Hugh Angus MacDougall. - Genealogies:
a. MacDonalds of Glendale and of Borrodale
b. Neil MacDougall, Pioneer of Judique Intervale, 1975, (89 p.).
c. The Clan MacLellan, compiled by Rev. James A. MacLellan, 1940, (18 p.).
d. The Gillises of Rear Judique Banks, 1973 (15 p.). - Diary of Angus Innis MacDougall, St. Ninians, 1912-1915, (77 p.).
C. Clippings and handwritten version of Gaelic poetry and stories, including: an English translation of Bard MacLean's "Gloomy Forest". Photocopies, (18 p.); a lament for the death of Hugh MacDonald of Glencoe by Ronald Beaton; a Gaelic translation of the song "You Can't Make Monkey Out of Me";the story "Iseabail augs Monagan"; The songs "Catriona Dhonn", Anull do dh'Ile Bhoidheach and "An Till Thu Tuilleadh" by E MacFhionnghuin (Jonathan G MacKinnon?); "Rann do'n Cheud Cheard" by Duncan Ban MacIntyre and the song "A Mhairi Bhinn Mheall-Shuileach" composed by Jimmy (Seumas Aonghuis) MacKay of Kingsville
D. 1.Gillis genealogy, (2 p.).
- Co Leis Thu? A Dangerous Question, (1 p.).
- List of teachers 1907-1963 St. Ninian School, Judique Intervale, C. B., (1 p.).
- The Clubhouse Song by Allan Gillis, Ottawa, February 1992, (2 p.).
- Death of a Sturdy Old Pioneer, John MacDonald 1822-1913 plus Obituary, (3 p.).
- Gaelic names and brooks, bridges, roads etc., in the Glendale area - list compiled by Jimmy MacKay, West Bay Road, (2 p.).
- Letter of complaint by J. F. Gillis addressed to Rev. L. J. MacDonald, Parish Priest of Judique, April 24, 1938, (1 p.).
- Music sheet notes "Wee Donald's Farewell", The Creignish Hills, Glengarry's Dirk, Strathlorne March, The Antigonish Centenary Gathering, Cutting Bracken, Phelim's Wee Boat (Bardin Fheidhlimi. Wandering Mary, The Dark Stream (Ant'Alltan Dubh) Godfrey Crovan's Galley (Berlinn G Horaidh Chrobhain) My Eye is on Thee (Mo Shail a'd Dheiger) Leaving
Barra, The Loch Tay Boat Song. (10 p.). - The Goilleachan, A Gaelic Easter Feast by Allan Gillis, (1 p.).
- The Bluenosers' Castle, Lyrics to song. (2 p.).
- Memories by Hugh A. MacDougall, Lyrics to Song, (1 p.).
- Gaelic Mo Shuil A'D Dheigh, (1 p.).
- Lament for Allan MacFarlane by Walter MacFarlane, (1 p.).
E. Eigg (Eige. Roll - List of men, women & children in the Parish of Eigg 1764-1765 by Neill McNeill, Catechist including the Isle of Muck, Rumm & Canna. Census lists - Protestants --Isle of Eige, Papists, Galmisdale in Eige Papists, Gruline Papists, Laigtown, Cleadale in Eige Papists, Howland, Fivepenny in Eige,Sandmore, Sandbeg in Eige, Kildonan in Eige Papists, the Rev. Malcolm McAskill genealogy.
F. Miscellaneous items:
- Contract agreement for construction of first church in Judique, 13 June 1819, (2 p.).
- John MacLellan ‘‘Red" of Morar, Scotland and Glenville, Nova Scotia, compiled by Margaret A. Gillis, Windsor and Allan J. Gillis, Ottawa, 1997.
- Biographies and genealogies:
a. Father David Gillies, Father Ronald Rankin, Duncan Joseph Rankin, and Peter Rankin, (6. p.).
b. Passenger ship ‘‘Alexander", 1772.
c. First petition for land in the Judique area, 1789, (3 p.).
d. Father Anthony MacDonald Genealogy, (4 p.).
e. Origins of Some Pioneer Families of River Denys Mountain and Area, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia by Donald E. Read and Allan J. Gillis, 1996, (28 p.).
f. Some Lights and Shades of Family History by Angus J. MacDonald, Port Hawkesbury, 1893 (John ‘‘Ban" MacDonald, Eigg, Scotland., (10 p.).
g. Gillies - Gillis - MacGillis by A. J. Gillis, 1995, (4 p.).
h. MacLellans of Inverness County, 1871 Census, Inverness County, (27 p.).
i. The MacLellans of Inverness County, 1871 Census.
G. Articles:
1A. Humble Cathedral, by Cathy Gillies, Port Hood. Church at Indian Point, Judique North, oldest Highland parish in Cape Breton, 1818, (2 p.).
- River Denys Mountain - A Sketch by Allan J. Gillis, 1997, (4 p.).
H. Songs:
1."The Cookhouse Song" by Peggy ‘‘Duncan Jim" MacDougall (Gillis), 1952, (1 p.).
2.Oran Pheadair (Peter Smyth’s Song., (6 p.).
- Oran Seann Mhoireasdan (mar gum b’ann le mhnaoi. le: Alasdair ‘‘Niall Mor" MacDhomhnuill, Beinn Noah, E.C.B. (Transcribed and translated by Effie Rankin, Mabou, 1995., (8 p.).
Ship ‘‘Catherine", Mabou Pioneers, p. 639.
I. Genealogy and Information on the surname Boyd:
- Genealogy on the Boyds of Glendale, compiled by Allan J. Gillis, 1999 (15 p.).
- Reader’s letter to the Editor of The Oban Times, April 18, 1974, regarding the surname Boyd. (1 p.).
J. Genealogies
- Origins of some Pioneer Families of River Denys Mtn. And Area, Inverness Co., Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia by Donald E. Read and Allan J. Gillis, Ottawa, Ontario, 1999, (24 p.).
- The MacLellan Family of Hillsdale, compiled by Allan J. Gillis, 1999, (6 p.)
- The Descendants of Angus ‘‘Ban" Gillis, compiled by Margaret A. (Gillies) Gillis, Windsor, Ontario, 1998, (12 p.)
- The Descendants of John MacEachern, Kingsville, N.S., by Allan James Gillis, Ottawa, Ontario, 1999, (14 p.). (N.B. This follows out only the line of: A. John MacEachern)
4a. The Descendants of John MacEachern, Kingsville, N.S., by Allan James Gillis, Ottawa, Ontario, 1999, (17 p.). (N.B. this follows out only the line of: A. John MacEachern). (This is a revised version of J. 4.
K. Some common Gaelic names as used in Cape Breton.
L. Correspondence
7 letters from Sister Margaret Beaton to Allan J. Gillis dated August 25, 1970 to December 6, 1971. (8 p. photocopies)
M. Photographs
Photograph (col.) of Allan J. Gillis with his two children, Alasdair and Duncan Gillis taken with Sister Margaret Beaton at Cape Bretoniana Archives, 1973. Photograph Accession number: 11-19-30042
Tape of Gaelic songs, sent as a tape from Allan J. Gillis to Sister Margaret
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Na Cnuic 's na glinn bu bhoidhche leinn
A Fhleasgaich uasail ho ri ho ro
'S i mo dhùthaich a dh'fhàg mi
'S Truagh nach robh mise nan eilean mo chridhe
Item is a book of compiled sheet music for various forms of Scottish dance.
Item is a book of compiled sheet music for the violin.
Item is a book of compiled sheet music for the violin.
Item is a newsletter published by the Gaelic Society of Toronto.
Item is a short story about a man who travels the world in his dreams.
Item is a collection of contemporary and traditional songs accompanied by sol-fa notation.
Item is a sound recording of John S. MacKenzie.
Item is a collection of songs from various singers (many of whom are relatives of the author) from the community of Aird on the island of Lewis, Scotland.
Item is an account of the Gaelic Society of Cape Breton's tour of Scotland in 1974.
Campbell, Peter J. MacKenzieItem is an audio recording of a BBC Glasgow program with John MacPherson exploring Gaelic culture and language throughout Cape Breton Island.
Among the Gaels in Nova Scotia: MacMillan, Hector S e Ceap Breatuinn Tir Mo Ghraidh
MacPherson, John (BBC) Glasgow (Scotland) Gaelic in Nova Scotia
MacEachern, Mrs. Creignish (N.S.) Song in praise of the Island of Cape Breton
MacPherson, John Glasgow (Scotland) Account of Gaelic place names in Cape Breton
Kennedy, Florence Dunvegan Interviewed with John MacPherson
MacDonald, Dan R. Mabou (N.S.) Bonnie Lass of Head Lake
MacPherson, John Glasgow (Scotland) Milling Frolic
MacDonald, J.L. Et al Boisdale (N.S.) Hug ho ran o robha ho, nighean donn Bhoidheach
MacPherson, John Glasgow (Scotland) Gaelic Revival in Cape Breton
Beaton, Sister Margaret Sydney (N.S.) Address to her friends in the Highlands and Islands
MacPherson, John Glasgow (Scotland) We're the children (you brought from Scotland) sorry to leave? Mr. MacPherson replied that there wasn't one dry eye when he took the children back to Scotland
Mi'kmaw song and dance
MacEachern, Bessie Creignish (N.S.) Gaelic song
MacMillan, Hector Song in praise of the Island of Cape Breton
MacPherson, John Glasgow (Scotland) Closing message to people of Cape Breton
MacPherson, John AlickItem is an audio recording of BBC Glasgow's 1971 radio piece 'Among the Gaels of Nova Scotia' concerning Gaelic language and culture in Cape Breton Island.
MacEachern, Bessie Fuadach nan Gaidheal
MacPherson, John Conversation with J.C. MacNeil
MacNeil, J.C. Families who left for Western Newfoundland
MacNeil, J.C. Orain Mocaisean
MacNeil, J.C. Soldier's song
MacPherson, John
MacNeil, J.C. Conversation with J.C. MacNeil, Genealogy of the MacNeil Family
MacNeil, J.C. A bhean a tighe
Sailor's love song
A Ghille Dhuinn
MacPherson, John
MacNeil, J.C. Discussion on their trip to Cape Breton
Item is a musical for children that one first prize at the National Mod in Greenock, Scotland. The musical includes a number of lullabies written in sol-fa notation.
Item is a sound recording of Rodrick MacLeod.
Item is a sound recording of Angus C. MacLeod.
Item is a song including piano accompaniment.
Item is a collection of songs with sol-fa music notation.