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.
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.
Item is the The France and Germany Star given to Pilot Officer Curdis Karrel for his service in France and Germany during World War II (WWII).
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 ClubFile consists of two copies of Dr. Morgan's lecture about John Despard to the Old Sydney Society on November 16, 1971. File also contains a piece of correspondence from Dr. Morgan thanking Rev. Boulton for his assistance locating Jon Despard's gravesite in Oswestry, U.K.
Item is a Viola Desmond stamp booklet issued by Canada Post with one stamp in place.
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.
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.
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.
Item is a photograph of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Pictured, from left to right, are: Monica McCunn, Catherine Halliday, Madeleine Deveau, Peggy Lindsay, Marcie Shwery-Stanley, Wendy Panagopoulos, Katherine McDonald and Wanda Robson.
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.
File consists of recordings of the August 1977 Tarbot Music Festival in Tarbot, Cape Breton.
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”
Sub-series consists of 35 file folders of textual correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd.
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
File consists of employee tax forms for Morrison's Store.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Item is three copies of an official history published by the Government of Canada about the Canadian Military and its role in the Italian Campaign during World War 2 (WW2).
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.
Item is one photograph of “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegates in St. Peter’s Square during a tour of the Vatican.
Item is one photograph of Sharkey MacDonald (Charles MacDonald) and Ralph Davies laying a wreath at the Cassino War Memorial in Cassino, Province of Frosinone, Italy for the four Cape Breton Highlanders whose names are inscribed on the memorial.
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.
The item consist of Tom Carter helping John Allen gather hay to put in the barn.
The item is one photograph of Ann Carter outside in standing by the beach in Broad Cove
Item is one clipping from an unidentified newspaper titled, ‘“Thomas J. Brown’s ‘Place Names of Nova Scotia’ Should be Writer’s Handbook,” about the publication of Brown’s book.
Item is a photograph of Second World War veterans, Smokey Smith (left) and Joe Oldford (second from left) standing with two unidentified veterans in Italy.
Item is a handwritten letter from Simon Basquer to Msgr. MacPherson, with a short note written at the bottom by Mrs. Simon Basquer.
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.
File consists of personal correspondence and prayer cards.
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.
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.
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.
File consists of newspaper clippings and a program for the play, 'Other People's Heaven,' which told the story of Viola Desmond's 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
Item is a photograph of Emma [?] and [?], Wanda Robson's grandchildren, on Emma's 6th birthday in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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.
Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders working in a large warehouse [in Holland]. There is no message written on the postcard.
Item is a copy of Bay News No. 10.
Item is one photograph of Cape Breton Highlander Sergeant John MacKay’s (F78686) headstone in Gradara War Cemetery in Gradara, Province of Pesaro, Italy.
Item is one photograph of a reception held in honour of the Canadian delegates sent to Italy to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy at Ravenna City Hall in Ravenna, Italy.
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.
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Cape Breton Post titled, "Mount Carmel students win provincial video award" about a group of grade 6 students from Mount Carmel Elementary School in New Waterford, Nova Scotia who won an award for a video they created about Viola Desmond.
Item is a newspaper clipping from The Chronicle Herald titled, "Pyramid points way to African heritage."
File consists of Department of Indian Affairs Invitation to Tender forms for material goods generating from Morrison's Store.
Item is one photograph of two Cape Breton Highlanders seated on a verandah while a woman wearing a Hawley style helmet leans on the railing next to them.