Item is a photographic portrait of a team of male curlers.
Item is a photographic portrait of a team of male curlers.
Item is a photograph of an 8 on the base of a pipe fragment. 4J4.18
Item is a photograph of the 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) taken on the steps of a chateau in Lozinghem, France.
Item is one typewritten Cape Breton Highlanders regimental history which includes information about the First World War, including various battalions (85th, 185th, 193rd, 219th), Battle Honours, and casualties; changes made to the regiment in the inter-war years; and, a list of Honorary Colonels from 1871 to 1939. A note was typewritten at the bottom of page 3 in 1944 to announce that the Highlanders had taken part in a battle on the Arielli River in Italy and on the same page handwritten annotations were added to the list of colonels sometime after 1959.
Item is a photograph of troops of the 94th Regiment at arms in front of Marconi Station. Dozens of troops are lined along a path with an officer standing at the right end. There are multiple buildings visible in the background.
Item is a photograph of troops of the 94th Regiment at arms in front of Marconi Station. Dozens of troops and officers are lined in rows in front of a large house, some sitting and some standing.
Item is a series of notes pertaining to the 94th Argyll Highlanders and their role as one of the First Canadian Militia Units in Cape Breton. The notes also detail how the group was absorbed into various troops overseas in World War 1. This piece was published in the Sydney Post Record.
Item is a photograph of the 94th Band, Baddeck, with the names of numbers listed on the back of the picture.
Item is a photograph of the 94th Highlanders at camp in Big Baddeck.
Item is a photograph of the 94th Victoria Battalion "Argyll Highlanders" summer camp at Big Baddeck.
Item is a photograph of 38 soldiers in full uniform at arms and with instruments posing at an unknown location, possibly Margaree. It was likely taken during World War 1.
Item is a photograph of soldiers in uniform, standing and sitting with guns and instruments.
Item is a photograph of soldiers in uniform.
Item is a photograph of soldiers in uniform standing.
Item is a photograph of soldiers in uniform, standing and sitting with guns and instruments.
Item is a photograph of 38 soldiers in full uniform at arms and with instruments posing at an unknown location, possibly Margaree. The exact date is unknown but it was likely taken during World War 1.
Item is a photograph of the 94th Regiment at camp in Big Baddeck.
Item is a photograph of the 94th Regiment at camp in Big Baddeck.
Item is a photograph of the 94th Regiment at camp in Big Baddeck.
Item is a photograph of the 94th Regiment at camp in Big Baddeck.
Item is a group photograph of the 94th “Victoria” Battalion of Infantry, “Argyll Highlanders” regiment brass band and officers posing in a grassy field at Camp Aldershot in Aldershot, Nova Scotia with a number of bell tents erected in the background. The men are in uniform surrounding a large drum and the band members are holding clarinets, tubas, trumpets and French horns.
Included in the photograph are:
Front row (sitting): [unknown], Joe Valentine, D. MacKeigan, Eddie O’Brien, Grover Hull, J. Johnstone, J. Taylor MacDonald, and [unknown].
Middle row (kneeling): Bandmaster Walter Carmichael, Norman MacDonald, Noddie Morrison, Sam Mosely, Tom Fraser (kneeling the left of the drum), John MacNaughton (kneeling on the right of the drum), D. Weir, and Davy Seaton.
Back row: [unknown], Rannie MacDonald, [unknown], R. Bramwell, [unknown], James Mosley, Stewart [?], [unknown], Alex McLeod, George Weir, Allan MacDonald, Charles Anderson, [unknown], [unknown], and [unknown].
The 9th annual convention for the Croatian National Benefit Society detailed in a banner displaced above the entrance of a building. Five men stand outside the entrance, talking to one another.
Item is the autobiography of Rev. Alexander MacDonald.
Item is a photocopy of an article from The Daily News Sunday Magazine titled, "A Black Renaissance..." about Maxine Tyne's collection of poems and short stories, Woman Talking Woman.
Item is a bibliography and journal from the siege of Louisbourg by James Gibson.
Item is a report of the Union of the British provinces.
Item is A Brief History of Louisbourg Schools written by Jean Kyte for the Louisbourg Heritage Society.
Item is a portrait of A.C. (Alexander Charles) Ross .
Item is a report titled "A Cape Breton Primer: Canada's Old World Music" written by Kate Dunlay and published in Sing Out! The Folk Magazine Vol. 34 #4 Fall 1989.
Item is a pamphlet which features "A Cape Bretoner at War: Letters From the Front 1914-1919," an article by Brian Douglas Tennyson. The article contains information about Percy Charles Willmot and his experience serving overseas, which was documented through letters. This piece was originally published in Canadian Military History, Volume 11.1.
Item is a catechism.
Item is an audio recording of a ceilidh at Benacadie, N.S. Includes conversation in English/Gaelic with informants throughout the Iona area. Features:
MacKinnon, Joseph - Brief biographical sketch
MacDonald, Joseph L. - A Ceilidh at Benacadie
Campbell, Neil - Biographical sketch
Campbell, Neil - How did your people first acquire land here?
MacNeil, Stephen R. Curator of Highland Village, Iona - Brief biographical sketch
MacNeil, Stephen R. Curator of Highland Village, Iona - Who were instrumental in bringing the Highland Village to Iona
MacNeil, Stephen R. Curator of Highland Village, Iona - How was land acquired for the Highland Village?
MacNeil, Stephen R. Curator of Highland Village, Iona - Highland Village Day
MacNeil, Stephen R. Curator of Highland Village, Iona - Problems facing a curator
MacDonald, Joseph LawrenceItem is a sound recording of Bobby Gimby.
Item is a sound recording of Archie Grant.
Item is a sound recording of Archie Grant.
Item is an original map showing acreage of Cape Breton townships, parishes, and counties. The map identifies "Indian Hunting Country" based on an earlier survey completed by Samuel Holland.
Item is a photograph of A. Chas. Thompson using a megaphone before the starting gate came into use.
Item is a book of music containing a Gaelic songs.
Item is a photograph of the "A" Class at Sydney Academy, showing teachers and students.
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Globe and Mail titled, "A clean slate for an icon of freedom: N.S. grants apology to 'Canada's Rosa Parks'," regarding the posthumous apology and pardon Viola Desmond received for her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
Item is a reprint of Angus MacKay's 1838 publication "A Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd or Highland Music."
Item is a book of music containing strathspeys and reels for the violin, as well as for the violoncello and harpsichord.
Item is a community history of Mira Gut, Nova Scotia.
Item is a photocopy of a book of music containing strathspeys, reels, and jiggs for the violin, as well as the violoncello and harpsichord.