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MG 21.37-A-2-1 · Item · 1949
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of a speech given by Dr. MacMillan at the opening of the new hospital in Victoria County. Dr. MacMillan replaced the Minister of Health, Mr. Harold Connolly at the grand opening of the North Victoria Hospital. Mr. Connolly was not able to make it and asked Dr. MacMillan to give the opening address instead.

Speeches
MG 21.37-D-1 · File · 1949-1967
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

File consists of political speeches written by Dr. MacMillan; Addressing Angus L. MacDonald in Bridgewater in April 1949, expressing his condolences on the passing of King George VI as well as congratulating the Department of Education on it’s success, partial speech talking about the highway needs in Victoria County and the boom in tourism, speech concerning the legalization of the practice of Chiropractic, speech detailing an act to incorporate the Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Limited, speech detailing the damages done by draggers, survey of requirements for the fishing industry, proposition for a committee and minister of Fisheries, a speech thanking the people for nominating him, improving road conditions in Victoria County, speech asking for Cape Bretons rightful share in the tourism industry, a speech thanking the people for re-electing him for the third time, speech thanking the committee for their invitation to the annual celebration of John Cabot setting foot on Cape Breton Island, speech about public health in Nova Scotia, speech at the Gaelic Mod and the gathering of the clans, annual meeting for the Victoria County Liberal Association, speech from the throne debate, addresses the lack of rehabilitation programs for coal miners in the event of a mine closure and the utilization of Nova Scotia’s natural resources, financial figures and an article from the Royal Gazette Extraordinary detailing the House of Assembly Session.

Minutes, 1939-1948
MG 21.42-A-1 · Item · 1939-01-06 - 1948
Part of South Bar Knitting Club fonds

Though the club was formed in 1938, records of meetings begin for the organization on January 6, 1939, and continue until February 12, 1951. This book consists of those minutes from 1939 to 1948. The minutes of the club record the election of officers, fundraising events, and general business of each meeting. The minutes detail the involvement of the club in fundraising for the war effort during WWII. Various engagements with other community organizations such as the Young Men's Christian Association, Red Cross, and Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire are recorded.

South Bar Knitting Club
CA BI MG 21.14-A-7-1 · Item · [Before 2016]
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a draft of "My Early Memories of Race, My Sister Viola, and the Incident at the Roseland Theatre" by Wanda Robson, which appeared as a chapter in Viola Desmond's Canada: A History of Blacks and Racial Segregation in the Promised Land by Dr. Graham Reynolds. Corrections and annotations in red pen have been made throughout the essay.

Diplomas
CA BI MG 21.14-A-9-1 · Item · 1940 - 1947
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item includes a photocopy of Viola Desmond's 1940 diploma from The Apex College of Beauty Culture and Hairdressing and a photocopy of Helen Flint's (née Helen Davis) 1947 diploma from the Desmond Beauty Studio.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-11-1 · Item · August 16, 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a program for "A Special Tribute in Honor of Viola Desmond," which included the dedication of a commemorative bench at the Africentric Heritage Park in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, the unveiling of a heritage interpretive panel about Viola Desmond at Laurie Park in New Glasgow, and the unveiling of a portrait of Desmond in Council Chambers at the New Glasgow Town Hall.

Katharine McLennan
CA BI MG 21.46-E-1 · File · [before 1975]
Part of Sister Margaret Beaton fonds

File consists of cards and postcards from Katharine McLennan to Sr. Margaret. Also included is a religious medal that had belonged to Ms. McLennan’s aunt in Montreal which was given to Sister at Christmas in 1971.

Reels
CA BI MG 21.18-A-1 · File · August 28, 1977
Part of Tarbot Music Festival fonds

File consists of recordings of the August 1977 Tarbot Music Festival in Tarbot, Cape Breton.

CA BI MG 21.18-A-1-1 · Item · August 28, 1977
Part of Tarbot Music Festival fonds

Item is a recording of Marcel Doucet and Sam Moon opening the First Annual Tarbot Music Festival in Tarbot, Nova Scotia. The band, Shore Folk, performs three songs at the end of the recording and their set is continued on Tape 2 (MG 21.18-A-1-1-2).

Sam Moon and Marcel Doucet:
• 00:00:00 – 00:03:01 – “Crossing to Ireland/The Rights of Man”
• 00:03:02 – 00:06:55 - “Hello Cape Breton, Goodbye Nashville”
• 00:06:56 – 00:09:15 - fiddle tune
• 00:09:16 – 00:11:41 - “The Girls of Neil’s Harbour”
• 00:11:42 – 00:14:23 - “Hey Marcel”
• 00:14:24 – 00:18:24 – [unidentified song]
• 00:18:25 – 00:22:10 - [unidentified song]
• 00:22:11 – 00:24:41 - fiddle tune
• 00:24:42 – 00:27:26 - “Christine” (the band’s bassist, Stuart Robertson, is on vocals with Sam Moon)
• 00:27:27 – 00:30:46 - “Space Available” (fiddle tune written by Marcel Doucet)

Shore Folk:
• 00:30:47 – 00:35:19 – “Nancy Whiskey”
• 00:35:20 – 00:39:00 - “Boston Burglar”
• 00:39:01 – 00:45:29 - “The Band Played Waltzing Matilda”

CA BI MG 14.195-B-5-2-1 · File · 1883-1909
Part of Morrison's Store, St. Peter's

File consists of eight customer purchase ledgers. A file list is available below.

A. June 1883 - July 1895
B. July 1899 - May 1907
C. July 1903 - Dec. 1904 (Oversized)
D. Dec. 1903 - Nov. 1904
E. Jan. 1905 - March 1906 (Oversized)
F. Feb. 1905 - Feb. 1908
G. June 1907 - Feb. 1908 (Oversized)
H. Oct. 1909

MG 21.44-A-2-1 · Item · June 1942
Part of Basker Family of Mull River collection

Item is a newspaper clipping for the wedding of Marion Turnbull and Neil McDougall, which took place at St. Joseph’s Church in New Waterford, Nova Scotia on June 10, 1942. A photograph of Hugh McDonald, the best man; Neil McDougall, the groom; Marion Turnbull, the bride; and, Mrs. Hugh McDonald, the matron of honour was printed above the wedding announcement.

MG 21.44-B-1 · Item · Digitized 2017
Part of Basker Family of Mull River collection

Item consists of digitized securities and stock certificates between Columbus Kirkland Gold Mining Company and F.W. Beer, Homer L. Gibson, and F.S. Leslie; Canadian International Corporation Limited and Levia McMillan; Straw Lake Beach Gold Mines Limited and Cameron, Pointon & Merritt; West-Side Long Lac Mines Limited and Noel H. Knowles; Macfarlane Long Lac Gold Mines Limited and Ronald Basker; and, Vanguard Explorations Limited and Kaye Figurski (Kaye Basker).

MG 21.44-C-1 · Item · Digitized 2017 (originally created January 23, 1951)
Part of Basker Family of Mull River collection

Item is a digitized copy of a resolution given by the Warden and Councillors of the Municipality of the County of Inverness and sent to the Basker family upon the death of Ranald Basker, who served as a councillor for the municipality from 1934 to his death in 1950. It was signed by James MacDonnell, municipal clerk.

MG 20.5-B-6-1 · Item · November 14, 1916
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is a typewritten letter from the Assistant Deputy Assistant & Quartermaster General to the Nova Scotia Highland Brigade’s Officer Commanding regarding declaration and attestation papers for the 185th Overseas Battalion, C.E.F. Included are two lists, one listing all the declaration and attestation papers that were handed in to Camp Headquarters at Aldershot, Nova Scotia and the other listing the declaration and attestation papers that had not yet been received at Camp Aldershot.

Highlanders in New Waterford
MG 20.5-D-1-2-1 · Item · [Between October 25, 1939 and January 23, 1941]
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of members of 'C' Company, Cape Breton Highlanders posing for a group photo outside of the Canadian Legion Hall on Plummer Avenue in New Waterford, Nova Scotia.

Highlanders in Holland
MG 20.5-D-1-5-1 · Item · 1945
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of six Cape Breton Highlanders posing together on a dirt road [in Holland]. Included in the photo, from left to right, are: Joe Corkery, [?] Burgess, D. MacEachern, [?] Saxton, [unidentified], and John MacKay.

Delegates in Canada
MG 20.5-E-1-3-1 · File part · April 20, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Sub-file consists of photographs of the “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegation while in Ottawa, Ontario for briefings before their trip to Italy.

MG 20.5-E-1-3-6-1 · Item · April 28, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of the entrance to the Montecchio War Cemetery in Montelabbate, Italy where the “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegation held a wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the war dead buried in the cemetery.

MG 21.37-D-1-1 · Item · 1949
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of a speech given by Dr. MacMillan in Bridgewater on April 20th, 1949. In the speech, he addresses Angus L. MacDonald. He begins by criticizing the conservative government and their inability to keep their promises. He then goes on to commend the Liberal government and everything they have achieved since coming into office in 1933.

Missing: Curdis Karrel
MG 21.49-C-1 · Item · [after July 29, 1944]
Part of Sylvia Karrel collection

Item is one clipping from an unidentified newspaper with the announcement that Sgt. Curdis Karrel was missing in action during World War II (WWII). The clipping includes a photograph of Karrel in uniform.

CA BI MG 21.14-A-1-10 · Item · September 7, 2013
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a typewritten copy of the March 3, 1995 article "Desmond Led the Fight Against Racism" by Dean Jobb in The Chronicle Herald. Included on the 3rd page is an email from Wanda Robson and Joe Robson to Sherri Borden Colley, a staff reporter at The Chronicle Herald, asking her for a copy of the Jobb article.

"Viola Desmond Day"
CA BI MG 21.14-A-6-10 · Item · February 12, 2014
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a newspaper clipping from the Cape Breton Post about efforts to have Nova Scotia's newly formed February holiday, Heritage Day, named after Viola Desmond.

MG 20.5-C-1-10 · Item · [193-]
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of three Cape Breton Highlanders posing for the photo while standing in a field during their annual military training at a summer camp. One of the men is wearing a Hawley style helmet with tartan trews, while the other two are wearing Argyll and Sutherland Highlander uniforms with tasseled sporrans.

MG 20.5-E-1-3-10 · File part · May 2, 1975 – May 3, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Sub-file consists of photographs of the “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegation during its tenth and eleventh days in Italy, which included travelling from Ravenna, Italy to Rome, Italy, attending a reception for the Canadian delegation at the Canadian Embassy in Rome, and departing Italy for Canada.