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MG 21.37 · Fonds · [18-?]-1993, predominant 1949-1978

The collection consists of 4 complete manuscripts and 2 partial manuscripts of “Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor”/ “Hang the Lantern on the Gate” (which was the original title), personal correspondence and letters of congratulations, reviews of “Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor” as well as a rough draft of an opening scene for a play based on “Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor”. This collection consists of photographs, an audio cassette tape (The Bush & The Salon), a CD (C.L. MacMillan- Oral Histories), clipping with information about the “C. Monty MacMillan” ferry, clippings of Dr. MacMillan’s obituary as well as condolence letters sent to the family, tributes that were given after the doctor's death, political speeches given by Dr. MacMillan as well as other speeches he has given and 2 scrapbooks containing clippings dealing with his time as MLA and letters of congratulations on receiving the Order of Canada.

MacMillan, Dr. C. Lamont (Monty)
Baddeck
CA BI 77-60-194 · Item · ca. 1920

Item is a photograph of the village of Baddeck, with Spectacle Island in the foreground.

Baddeck
CA BI 78-730-2480 · Item · ca. 1880

Item is a photograph of a view of the Upper Bay, Baddeck, taken from Red Head.

Keisel, Theodore
Boat Builders, Beinn Bhreagh
CA BI 77-86-220 · Item · 1918

Item is a photograph of female boat builders, taken by Charles Martin of the National Geographic Society. Four women work indoors on a lifeboat in the foreground, while two others work on another boat in the background. These lifeboats were built at Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck under the supervision of Alexander Graham Bell during the First World War.

Identified from left to right as Miss Ongo, Mary MacNeil Campbell, and Louise MacNeil, who worked in Baddeck in 1918.

Martin, Charles
Boat Builders, Beinn Bhreagh
CA BI 77-85-219 · Item · 1918

Item is a photograph of female boatbuilders, taken by Charles Martin of the National Geographic Society. Thirteen boatbuilders pose with lifeboats built at Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck under the supervision of Alexander Graham Bell.

Martin, Charles
Bras d'Or House, Baddeck
CA BI 77-205-339 · Item · ca. 1890

Item is a photograph of the original Bras d'Or House in Baddeck. The original house was destroyed by a fire in 1894 then rebuilt in 1896. The property was owned and operated by Alex Anderson, then by Jack MacKenzie and later by Alton Langille. Finally the building was made in apartments.

Bras d'Or House, Baddeck
CA BI 78-720-2470 · Item · ca. 1880

Item is a photograph of Bras d'Or House, Baddeck, taken by photograph Theodore Keisel on his visit to Alexander Graham Bell.

Keisel, Theodore
Baddeck Academy Students
CA BI 77-208-342 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of twenty-five students of Baddeck Academy.

The individuals in the photo are identified as:
Back row, left to right: Miss Margaret McPhee, Annie Bentick, [first name unknown] Reid, Janie Taylor, Jessie Campbell, Garfield McKay, Watson girl from Bras d'Or, Emily Taylor, Harold Atwater, Malcolm McKenzie.
Middle row: Alex McAulay, John McKinnon, Phillip J.P. McLeod, Willie McDonald, Fred McInnis, Aubrey Atwater, Fraser boy, Harvey Rice.
Front row: Jean McDougall, Jean Campbell, Sybil Tremaine, Mae Campbell, Janie McDonald, Jessie McDonald.

Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck
CA BI 77-261-395 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of Beinn Bhreagh, the home of Alexander Graham Bell in Baddeck.

Beinn Bhreagh
CA BI 80-514-4694 · Item · 1911

Item is a photographic postcard of Beinn Bhreagh, the summer residence of Alexander Graham Bell.

Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck
CA BI 77-186-320 · Item · ca. 1950

Item is a photograph of Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck, the home of Alexander Graham Bell.

Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck
CA BI 77-1553-1687 · Item · 1910

Item is a postcard of Beinn Breagh, the Baddeck home of Alexander Graham Bell.

Beinn Bhreagh
CA BI 77-1080-1214 · Item · ca. 1909

Item is a photograph of Beinn Bhreagh, the home of Alexander Graham Bell.

"May Queen"
CA BI 77-546-680 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of the Side Wheeler "May Queen" at Baddeck wharf.

Mr. and Mrs. Graham Bell
CA BI 77-906-1040 · Item · 1919

Item is a photographic portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell.

CA BI 77-207-341 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of "Millionaire" MacNeil's house, later known as the Inverary Inn. The home was constructed by Neil MacNeil.

Baddeck
CA BI 77-204-338 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of Baddeck, featuring Kidston Island.

Bell's Cove, Baddeck
CA BI 78-734-2484 · Item · ca. 1890

Item is a photograph of Bell's Cove, Baddeck.

Keisel, Theodore
Baddeck Harbour
CA BI 77-1515-1649 · Item · 1906

Item is a postcard featuring several sailboats in Baddeck Harbour.

Baddeck Harbour
CA BI 78-1188-2938 · Item · ca. 1908

Item is a photographic postcard of Baddeck Harbour.

Greenwood Church, Baddeck
CA BI 77-199-333 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of the Greenwood Church in Baddeck. Baddeck Harbour is visible in the background.

Sailboat Race at Baddeck
CA BI 79-536-3516 · Item · 1894

Item is a photograph of a sailboat race at Baddeck.

AEA Cygnet II
CA BI 76-15 · Item · Feb-1909

Item is a photograph of an early aerial experiment by Alexander Graham Bell; the tetrahedral kite the Cygnet II was tested on the frozen Bras d'Or Lake at Baddeck Bay between 22 and 24 February 1909.

94th Highlanders Summer Camp
CA BI 77-198-332 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of the 94th Victoria Battalion "Argyll Highlanders" summer camp at Big Baddeck.

Band of 94th Regiment
CA BI 77-197-331 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of the band of the 94th Regiment in Big Baddeck.

Individuals are identified from left to right:
M. McLeod, W. McAskill, A. Ferguson, unknown, Jim MacNeil, A. MacDonald, Mr. Ferguson. Sitting, left to right: M. MacDonald, Frank McKeen, Bandmaster H.P. Blanchard, Mayor Malcolm H. Morrison, N. McKenzie, unknown.

Baddeck Telephone
Newspaper 2 · File · 1898-1900

The Baddeck Telephone (1898-1900) was the second newspaper published in Baddeck, after the Island Reporter (1884-1887). The newspaper was a six-page broadsheet containing local news and advertisements. The paper started when Charles H. Peppy acquired the unused presses and typeset from the Island Reporter and relocated to the west end of Chebucto Street near Gertrude Hall. The newspaper ended soon after Peppy had been sued for libel by a politician. The Baddeck Telephone had only been published for over a year.

Bras D'Or Advertiser
Newspaper 16 · File · 1936

The Bras D'Or Advertiser was published in Baddeck by S. A. MacLeod.

The Canadian Commonwealth
Newspaper 79 · File · 1914

The Canadian Commonwealth (23 May 1914): "The Canadian Commonwealth was published every Saturday morning by "The Canadian Commonwealth, Ltd." of North Sydney, Cape Breton." Rev. Edwin H. Burgess of North Sydney was the editor. Contributing editors included Rev. John Pringle, D.D., Rev. D. M. Gillies, D.D., and Rev. J. F. Tupper. A yearly subscription costed $1 in Canada and $1.50 in the United States and foreign countries.

CA BI 77-566-700 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of the Old Knox Presbyterian Church, Baddeck.

Baddeck School
CA BI 77-200-334 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of the teachers and pupils of Baddeck School at one end of the school building. The individuals in the photo have been identified by Jocelyn Bethune in Historic Baddeck (Nimbus 2009). Back row, left to right: Margaret McPhee, Annie Bentick, [unknown] Reid, Janie Taylor, Jessie Campbell, Garfield McKay, [unknown] Watson (from Bras d'Or), Emily Taylor, Harold Atwater, Malcolm McKenzie; middle row: Alex McAulay, John McKinnon, Phillip J.P. McLeod, Willie McDonald, Fred McInnis, Aubrey Atwater, [unknown] Fraser, Harvey Rice; front row: Jean McDougall, Jean Campbell, Sybil Tremaine, Mae Campbell, Janie McDonald, Jessie McDonald.

Uisge Ban Falls, Cape Breton
CA BI 77-946-1080 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a scrapbook photograph of Uisge Ban Falls, close to Baddeck.

Bras d'Or Lakes, Cape Breton
CA BI 77-939-1073 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a scrapbook photograph of a view of the Bras d'Or Lakes, featuring Kidston Island, Baddeck Harbour, and Kidston Point.

Baddeck, Cape Breton
CA BI 77-937-1071 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a scrapbook photograph of a view of Baddeck.

CA BI 77-567-701 · Item · ca. 1920

Item is a photograph of the Old Knox Presbyterian Church, Baddeck.

Bras d'Or Lakes
CA BI 77-217-351 · Item · 20th century

Item is a photograph of a sailboat on the Bras d'Or Lakes, near Baddeck.

MacFarlane Yacht
CA BI 77-211-345 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of the T.L. MacFarlane Yacht, docked in Baddeck, Cape Breton.

Baddeck, Cape Breton
CA BI 77-203-337 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of a view of Baddeck.

Baddeck School
CA BI 77-202-336 · Item · ca. 1893

Item is a photograph of the pupils and teachers of Baddeck School. It is a view of one end of the school building.

Baddeck School
CA BI 77-201-335 · Item · ca. 1893

Item is a photograph of the pupils and teachers of Baddeck School. It is a view of one end of the school building.

94th Regiment at Camp
CA BI 77-196-330 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of the 94th Regiment at camp in Big Baddeck.

94th Regiment at Camp
CA BI 77-195-329 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of the 94th Regiment at camp in Big Baddeck.

94th Regiment at Camp
CA BI 77-194-328 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of the 94th Regiment at camp in Big Baddeck.

94th Regiment at Camp
CA BI 77-193-327 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of the 94th Regiment at camp in Big Baddeck.

94th Highlanders
CA BI 77-192-326 · Item · ca. 1895

Item is a photograph of the 94th Highlanders at camp in Big Baddeck.

Presbyterian Church, Baddeck
CA BI 77-189-323 · Item · ca. 1898

Item is a photograph of the Presbyterian Church in Baddeck. A warship is visible in the harbour in the background.

Baddeck, C.B.
CA BI 77-92-226 · Item · 1940

Item is a photograph of Baddeck, showing the Bras d'Or Lakes and yachts.

Baddeck Yacht Club
CA BI 77-75-209 · Item · ca. 1945

Item is a photograph of the Baddeck Yacht Club taken at a distance.

Baddeck, Cape Breton
CA BI 78-82-1832 · Item · ca. 1910

Item is a postcard featuring Baddeck Harbour.

Baddeck
CA BI 77-1381-1521 · Item · ca. 1917

Item is a photograph of Baddeck featuring several homes, the Steamer Marion docked at a wharf, and a lighthouse.

Baddeck
CA BI 77-1078-1212 · Item · July 1, 1909

Item is a photograph of Baddeck, taken from the water.

An Unidentified Brook
CA BI 77-1077-1211 · Item · ca. 1909

Item is a photograph of an unidentified brook.