Item is a book of music containing "Scotch Strathspeys and Reels, Highland Schottisches, Jigs, Hornpipes, Highland Airs and Marches, Country Dances, Waltzes, Polkas, &c. [...] Specially arranged for the Ballroom."
Item is a book of music containing reels and strathspeys for the violin.
Item is a photograph of fiddler Kyle MacNeil.
Item is a book titled "Language & Poverty: The Persistence of Scottish Gaelic in Eastern Canada," written by Gilbert Foster. It describes the cultural survival of minority populations in Eastern Canada, namely the survival of Scottish Gaelic. It contains a chapter titled "Angus W. R. MacKenzie, 1891-1967, and the Immigrant Presbyterian Gaeldom in New Scotland, Canada" on pages 80-104, which touches on Celtic music.
Item is a collection of hymns translated by various individuals.
A collection of songs released on gramophone records and sung by the celebrated tenor Roderick MacLeod.
Item is a Ragweed Press publication featuring poetry by Rita Joe.
Item is a typed copy of Donald MacLellan "An Gobha"'s poem, Loch Mira, produced in his memory by his son, Vincent A. MacLellan.
MacLellan, Vincent A.Item is a pamphlet for the 2005 season at the Louisbourg Playhouse in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.
Fonds consists of documents including minutes, membership lists, applications, by-laws, purpose and list of members. Includes minutes of the first organizational meeting - 14 February, 1918, and subsequent minutes March 5th, March 19th, April 2nd, May 7th, 1918.
Louisbourg Scottish SocietyFile consists of the following items:
Obituary for Lucy Doucet, Cape Breton Post, March 18, 2005
"Neré pi Lucy Jane: Their Story," a biography written by Lucy's son Daniel Doucet, March, 1999
Item is a photograph of lumbermen in Grand Narrows. One is playing the fiddle.
Item is a photograph of members of the Gaelic College - Glace Bay Division Junior Pipe Band.
Abbass Studios Ltd.Item is a photograph of the MacDougall Girls' Pipe Band of Dominion and Glace Bay.
Abbass Studios Ltd.Item is a photograph of piper (Big) Farquhar MacKinnon and his wife taken in East Lake Ainslie. Mr. MacKinnon holds a set of bagpipes and Mrs. MacKinnon is seated at a spinning wheel.
Item is the lyrics and music to a song popularized by National Mod gold medalist Hugh MacKay.
Item is a song with musical notation provided in staff and sol-fa forms.
Fonds consists of the script of the first ten programs of "Island Echoes", "MacTalla an Eilean" - 8 May 1971 - 10 July 1971. This program was hosted by Hugh MacKenzie on Radio Station C.B.I., Sydney and later by Norman MacLeod, following Hughie's death.
MacKenzie, Hugh FrancisItem is a collection of poetry including biographical information on the bards.
Item is a photograph of a memorial cairn erected to honour the memory of Gaelic bard and teacher, Malcolm Hugh Gillis. The cairn is located in Upper Margaree.
Fonds consists of a Gaelic song "Na Cnoic 's na Glinn" with words and music by Mr. Gillis; the song "Nigh'n Donn a Chuil Reidh, written by Gillis. There is also Mr. Gillis' notebook containing songs in Gaelic and English, one of which is the original version of "Na Cnoic 's na Glinn"; violin music; record of marriages, 1881-1883, probably performed in St. Joseph's Church, Southwest Margaree. Also included is an affidavit by Malcolm R. MacLeod concerning the copyright of Gilis' songs.
Gillis, Malcolm H.Item is a collection of English hymns translated into Gaelic and an elegy to the author's wife.
File consists of various newspaper clippings re: New Waterford pianist Margaret MacPhee, including her obituary. File also contains a copy of Greg MacLeod's eulogy delivered at her funeral in 1997, and a remembrance article from The Cape Bretoner (Summer 1999).
MacPhee, MargaretFonds consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings:
a. Newspaper clipping: Tribute of Margaret MacPhee, August 23, 1980. 1 p.
b. Thank you acknowledgement. 1 p.
c. Letter from the Gaelic Society. 1 p.
d. Testimonial napkin and invitation.
e. Newspaper clipping: MacPhee Clan Ceilidh is enjoyed. 1 p.
f. Coloured photographic portrait of Margaret; 3.5 x 5 inches, 1980.
g. Newspaper clipping, The Coastal Courier: New Waterford Gaelic Singers, February 1, 1989.
h. Newspaper clipping, Cape Breton Post: "A Lively Step" Annie Grechuk and Margaret MacPhee, March 13, 1989.
i. New Waterford Parks and Recreation Committee volunteers the Heart of the Community Award to Margaret MacPhee, 1989.
j. Certificate of Achievement, Continuing Education Class Program, 1974.
k. Biographical letter highlighting Margaret's career, 1989. 1 p.
l. Magazine article from "A Cape Breton Ceilidh" by Allister MacGillivray, June 1988, featuring the piano career of Margaret MacPhee. 2 p. Also a stepdancing article from the same magazine on Margaret's accomplishments as a step dancer, June 1988. 4 p.
m. Musical compositions by Margaret MacPhee: Alex Graham's Jig, Jeanette (MacDonald) Beaton's Jig, Margaret MacPhee's Jig, Jacqueline's Jig, Doug's Jig, Josie MacArthur's Jig. Photocopies, 2 p.
n. Newspaper clipping, The Community Press, Wednesday, November 27, 1996 "Margaret MacPhee - A Very Talented Lady," 2 p.
o. Biography and Obit., C. B. Post March 5, 1997.
p. Eulogy - Fr. Greg MacLeod - March 6, 1997
q. Funeral Notice and Card of Thanks - C. B. Post April 5, 1997.
r. Appreciation card and photo of Margaret MacPhee.
s. Tribute by Elizabeth Patterson, Cape Breton Post, March, 1997; See MG 11.40 Dr. Charles MacDonald, Reference item D (https://beatoninstitute.com/macdonald-charles).
t. Newspaper clippings from Community Press & C. B. Post In Memoriam tributes for Margaret on the anniversary of her death March 3, 1997.
Item is a book of compiled sheet music for the piano.
Item is a reprint of William Marshall's 1822 publication "Marshall's Scottish Melodies, Airs, Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs for the Violin."
Fonds consists of ballads collected by Mrs. MacNeil while working on a grant for Cape Bretoniana, mainly English and Irish in origin.
Item is a photograph of Mary MacIsaac, born approximately around 1840, who was a step dancing instructor, the mother of Dougald MacIntyre and the grandmother to Margaret MacPhee.
Item is a book of music featuring 66 transcriptions from West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Deep Southern, Ozark, Texas, Northwestern, Midwestern, New England, French Canadian, Maritime, Cape Breton, Cajun, Irish, Scandinavian, and Klezmer Fiddling Styles
Fonds consists of songs of the Cape Breton mining communities, a paper by John C. O’Donnell, the late Director of the Men of the Deeps.
Item is a photograph of the gravestone marking the burial of musician Michael "Little Joe" MacNeil. Mr. MacNeil is buried in West Arichat.
Prendergast, PaulCollection consists of a selection of early Ukrainian sound recordings and 1 photograph donated by Mr. Michael Kuna in 2009.
Item is a photograph of the gravestone marking the burial of musician Mike MacDougall n St. Peter's Cemetery in Ingonish.
Prendergast, PaulItem is a photograph of fiddler Mike MacDougall.
File consists of an audio recording of Mi'kmaw songs and music recorded at a Mi'kmaw gathering in Truro. Directed by Sister Angelina Vallas.
File consists of a videorecording of a Mi'kmaw language class at the Mi'kmawey elementary school, Chapel Island. Class deals with the teaching of proper names, pronunciation, chanting, etc. Beaton Institute Production; 15 minutes.