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World War I Scrapbook
World War I Scrapbook
CA BI MG 09.021-C-1 · Item · 1915-10-04 - 1918-11-12
Part of Dodd Family fonds

Item is a scrapbook kept by Frances Dodd during her time serving as a nurse in England during World War I (WWI). The scrapbook includes photographs with handwritten descriptions, drawings, poems and recipes.
Welcome to Cape Breton Speech
MG 21.37-A-2-3 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of a speech given by Dr. MacMillan welcoming a man from Scotland to Cape Breton. He has come to Cape Breton for the annual Gaelic Mod Festival in Baddeck. Dr. MacMillan talks about the similarities between Scotland and Cape Breton as well as the predominant highland and Gaelic culture in parts of Cape Breton.
Valenciennes
CA BI MAP 202 · Item · 1916

Item is a map of Valciennes, Belgium, that was created by the War Office.
The Glasgow and Harris Gathering, 1976
CA BI T-1248 · Item · 1976
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording of Gaelic songs, fiddle and bagpipe selections.

Association Pipers - Bagpipe selections

MacLennan, Finlay - Presidential welcome

Morrison, Murdo, D.S.M. - Chairman's remarks

MacLeod, Margaret - "Tha m'eudail 's m'aighearr mo ghraidh"

MacAuley, Willie John - "Chi mi'n tir 's an robh mi nam bhalach"

Campbell, Janet - "O 's ann tha mo ghaol-sa thall"

Morrison, Murdo - Presentation of Church Chomunn Leodhas agus na Hearadh

Caledonian Reel and Strathspey Society - Violin selections

Ross, Calum - "Gun till mi m'as maireann mi..."

MacNeill, Finaly - "A' nionaig a' ghraidh..."

Association Pipers - Bagpipe selections

Campbell, Janet - "Nan tigeadh thu idir..."

Campbell, Janet - "A' fhleasgaich an fhuilt chraobhaich chais..."

Campbell, Janet - "A' fhleasgaich an fhuilt chraobhaich chais..."

MacAuley, Willie John - "Tiugainn a' leannan o duthaich nan Galla..."

Caledonian Strathspey and Reel Society - Violin selections

Ross, Calum - "A' Chalum bhig, a' Chalum bhig"

MacNeill, Finlay - "Eilean beag donn a' chuain"

MacLeod, Margaret - "He mo leannan, ho mo leannan..."
The Cape Breton Highlanders collection
The Cape Breton Highlanders collection
MG 20.5 · Fonds · 1910 - 1990

Collection consists of materials related to The Cape Breton Highlanders, including photographs, recruitment ledgers, rolls and daily orders, correspondence, regimental histories, programs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings and the World War 2 war diaries.

 The Cape Breton Highlanders (CBH)
The Canadians in France
CA BI MAP 185 · Item · 1918

Item is a map published during World War 1 by the Montreal Star Publishing Company Ltd, titled "The Canadians in France." The map indicates locations where Canadian troops distinguished themselves.
Sylvia Karrel collection
MG 21.49 · Fonds · 1943 - 2001

Fonds consists of correspondence written to Sylvia Karrel (née Sylvia Glickman) by Pilot Officer Curdis Karrel, Pilot Officer Karrel's war medals, photographs of Pilot Officer Karrel’s headstone in Kiel War Cemetery in Kiel, Germany, and newspaper clippings.

 Karrel, Sylvia
Soldier in World War 1
Soldier in World War 1
CA BI 93-03-23977 · Item · ca. 1917

Item is a postcard of a soldier in uniform during World War 1. The photo was taken in London, England.
Scottish Gaelic Singer
CA BI T-601 · Item · 1972
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording of singer or singers recorded singing Gaelic songs and puirt-a-beul in Scotland.

A ceilidh in Scotland
Iain a luaidh nach pos thu
O Eilean Leodhais
An teid thu leam a'ribhinn mhaiseach
Ochoin a ribhinn o ro
Deannain sugradh leis a nigh'n dubh
Nighean donn mo ribhinn og
Puirt-a-Beul
An tir a dh'fhag mi...
Duthaich MhicLeoid
Puirt-a-Beul
Clachan mo ghaoil
Eilean taobh a'fhraoich
Eilean a'Fhraoich
Eilean mo ghaoil
A hu hi o hu thogadh
Bagpipe selections
Puirt-a-Beul
N'uair a' dh'fhag mi... Duthaich mo chridh
Leis a Lurgainn o hi

 MacMillan, Allan J.
School of Scottish Studies Gaelic Songs and Music
CA BI T-1119 · Item · 1975
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

MacTavish, Morag (Scotland) "Aite mo ghaoil, tha mise dol ann..."

Na H-Oganaich (Scotland) "Tha m'eudail 's m'aighear mo ghraidh"

Na H-Oganaich (Scotland) "Morag na bilean gheala..."

MacTavish, Morag (Scotland) "Soraidh leis a bhreacan ur..."

Na H-Oganaich (Scotland) "Fal o ro bho'n dh'fhag sinn..."

MacTavish, Morag (Scotland) "...mar theid mi leam fhin..."

Scottish Dance Band (Scotland) Scottish dance music

Scottish Dance Band (Scotland) Scottish dance music

Scottish Dance Band (Scotland) Scottish dance music

Scottish Dance Band (Scotland) Scottish dance music

Scottish Dance Band (Scotland) Scottish dance music

Scottish Dance Band (Scotland) Scottish dance music

Sandemann, Mary (Scotland) Gaelic song

 School of Scottish Studies
Pilots
Pilots
CA BI 84-110-14210 · Item · 1918

Item is a photograph of five pilots and one soldier taken during World War 1. A handwritten note on the item indicates the photo was taken in 1918 in "Hunts" or Huntingdonshire, England.
Percy, Alice, and Dorothy in Stratford
Percy, Alice, and Dorothy in Stratford
CA BI 84-114-14214 · Item · 12 June, 1918

Item is a photograph of Percy Willmot with his mother and sister in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. A note on the reverse of the item bears the caption "Style on the Stile" and specifies the photo was taken "on the packway between Shottery - Anne Hathaways [sic] Cottage and Stratford. P.".
Number 2 – Anzio, Sicily and Ortona, Italy
MG 20.5-E-2-2 · File part · May 1985
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Sub-file consists of a photo album of photographs taken by or for Joseph Oldford in Anzio, Italy, Sicily, Italy and Orton, Italy during the Canadian delegation to Italy to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of Italy during the Second World War.
Number 1 – Rome and Cassino
MG 20.5-E-2-1 · File part · May 1985
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Sub-file consists of a photo album of photographs taken by or for Joseph Oldford in Rome, Italy and Cassino, Italy during the Canadian delegation to Italy to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of Italy during the Second World War.
North Uist Gaelic Songs with Iain Crawford
CA BI T-1161 · Item · 1978
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Crawford, Iain - Gaelic songs from Uist, Scotland: Gaelic song
"Fal o ro bho'n dh'fhag sinn..."
"Am bruadar a' chunnaic mi..."
"Comhairle nan Eilean"
"Chi mi'n tir 's an robh mi nam bhalach"
"Seinneadh mi dan do eilean mo ghraidh..."
"O ho ro, na chuala sibh..."
Gaelic translation of English song "Blackboard of My Heart"
"He am bo, hog i o, tha mise 'nam eiginn..."
"O Luiadh"
Song about Color Television
"Oran na Marag"

 Currie, Keats
Map 205
CA BI Map 205 · Item · 8-Aug-1918

Item is a World War 1 map of France, featuring several handmade corrections.
MacSween, Agnes (MacNeil)
CA BI MG 6.10 · Fonds · 1892

This fonds consists of a letter from Malcolm Campbell, Barra, with family news; copy of tombstone of Roderick and Jane MacNeil.

 Campbell, Malcolm
Log Raft
Log Raft
CA BI 77-374-508 · Item · 1918

Item is a photograph of a log raft that was once stored in North Sydney Harbour. Built in Newfoundland during World War I by Ivan Arkley Bailey from North Sydney and others, it was created in order to ship lumber to England.

Left to right: Mrs. Bailey, Mr. Ivan Arkley Bailey and Mrs. Bailey's sister.
Isle of Lismore
PAM 4139 · Item · 1977

Item is a history of the Isle of Lismore in Scotland. A small map card is tucked against the first page.
Ike Wiseman, Harvey Myers, R. Patterson
Ike Wiseman, Harvey Myers, R. Patterson
MG 20.5-D-1-5-26 · Item · 1945
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of three Cape Breton Highlanders, from left to right, Ike Wiseman, Harvey Myers, and R. Patterson, holding a bottle between them while they stand in front of a military vehicle with their arms around each other’s shoulders in Holland during World War 2 (WW2).
Highlanders in Holland
Highlanders in Holland
MG 20.5-D-1-5-4 · Item · 1945
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders posing for a group photo in front of the Delfzijl Railway Station in Delfzijl, Holland. There is no message written on the postcard.
Highlanders in Holland
MG 20.5-D-1-5-9 · Item · 1945
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders posing in front of a number of military vehicles near the Delfzijl Railway Station in Delfzijl, Holland. There is no message written on the postcard.
Highlanders in Holland
Highlanders in Holland
MG 20.5-D-1-5-5 · Item · 1945
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one postcard photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders posing for a group photo in front of the Delfzijl Railway Station in Delfzijl, Holland. There is no message written on the postcard.
Highlanders in Holland
Highlanders in Holland
MG 20.5-D-1-5-6 · Item · 1945
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders posing for a group photo in front of the Delfzijl Railway Station in Delfzijl, Holland. There is no message written on the postcard.
Highlanders in Delfzijl, Holland
Highlanders in Delfzijl, Holland
MG 20.5-D-1-5-17 · Item · [Between May 1945 and June 1945]
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of a small group of Cape Breton Highlanders standing at parade rest in front of The Adam, a windmill, in Delfzijl, Holland during World War 2 (WW2). The top of the windmill cannot be seen in this photograph.
Highlanders in Delfzijl, Holland
Highlanders in Delfzijl, Holland
MG 20.5-D-1-5-16 · Item · [Between May 1945 and June 1945]
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of a small group of Cape Breton Highlanders standing at attention in front of The Adam, a windmill, in Delfzijl, Holland during World War 2 (WW2). The top of the windmill cannot be seen in this photograph.
Highlanders in Delfzijl, Holland
Highlanders in Delfzijl, Holland
MG 20.5-D-1-5-18 · Item · [Between May 1945 and June 1945]
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of a small group of Cape Breton Highlanders standing at parade rest in front of The Adam, a windmill, in Delfzijl, Holland during World War 2 (WW2). The top of the windmill cannot be seen in this photograph.
Highlander in Holland
Highlander in Holland
MG 20.5-D-1-5-24 · Item · 1945
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of a Cape Breton Highlander resting on the front bumper of a military truck with the alphanumeric code “CL5926545” painted on the door in Holland. The back of the photo has been damaged after being affixed to a photo album, but the greeting “all my love” can be made out near the top.
Highland Clearances Trail
PAM 4138 · Item · June 1983

Item has short entries on Scottish towns along the Highland Clearances Trail, which include geographic and historic descriptions of each place.
"Guth Barrach"
CA BI MG 6.47 · Fonds · n.d.

Fonds consists of an address to the Gaels in Canada by the author Donald Sinclair of Barra and later Glasgow. He names is signed using his patronymic "Dòmhnull Dhòmhnuill Dhunnchaidh Chìobair" and initials from the Gaelic for Sinclair "D.M.N.C.". His signature also states that his is from Barra.