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General Hospital, Glace Bay
CA BI 76-19 · Item · 191-?

Item is a postcard depicting the General Hospital in Glace Bay, N.S. as it stood in the early 20th century.

Stephenson, Leonard
CA BI MG 12.197 · Collection · 1826-1979

Collection consists of the following:

Series A

  1. Correspondence regarding St. Anthony’s Church Bell, 1911
  2. League of the Cross (L.O.C.) Dominion, 1930 2 documents

Series B: Memoranda including background information for Mr. Stephenson’s two books.

  1. Proofs of Mr. Stephenson’s two books. 20 pages
  2. Material General Mining Association supplied to miners, 1831-1832. 40 pages.
  3. Company Store Records, 1878-1884, 35 pages.
  4. Miners’ time book and waste book; Materials General Mining Association supplied to miners 1882-1891 66 pages.
  5. Company Store records; time book; waste book 1883-1890 48 pages
  6. Papers including Dominion Town Council election results; Minutes of the first town Council and school board meetings 1906; inventory of Dominion Electric Light Department, 1959. 263 Pages.

Series C: Deeds: Photocopy, 1826-1946 relating to the Bridgeport area, 31 pages, 1 folder.

  1. John Claghan to John Young; L’Indian bay 1826
  2. William the Fourth to William Cadegan, Catherine Stanton, Reardon O’BRIEN, John Handley, John Murphy and John Casey; S.S. Lingan Bay, 1832
  3. John and Bridget Murphy to Roman Catholics - South Side Lingan Bay, 1840.
  4. Walter and Catherine Young to Roman Catholic Episcopate Corporation of Arichat; South Side Lingan Bay, 1869.
  5. Walter and Catherine Young to Roman Catholic Episcopate Corporation of Arichat ; Lingan, 1884.
  6. GMA to Henry Mitchell; Bridgeport, 1890.
  7. Rev. John Cameron to John Phalen, Old Bridgeport, 1900
  8. The Crown to James Cooney, Anastasia Cooney & Ann O’Neal; Between Lingan Basin and Little Glace Bay [Bridgeport], 1878.
  9. Cooney & O’Neil to Joseph Campbell; Bridgeport, 1881
  10. Cooney & O’Neil to Roderick Johnston; Bridgeport 1892
  11. James & Anastasia Cooney to Lawrence O’Neil; Bridgeport 1892
  12. James & Mary Ann Cooney to Ann O’Neil; Bridgeport, 1892
  13. Cooney to Alexander Mc Donald; Bridgeport, 1893
  14. O’ Neil & Cooney to James Mac Neil; Bridgeport, 1893
  15. O’Neil to Cooney; Bridgeport, 1894
  16. Cooney to Annie Crosby; Bridgeport, 1904
  17. Cooney to Alexander Mc Donald; Bridgeport, 1905
  18. Cooney to O’Neil to Dominion Coal Company , Bridgeport, 1917
  19. Cooney to Walter Graham; Main Road leading from Bridgeport to Dominion [Bridgeport] 1932
  20. Daniel Joseph Cooney to Walter Graham; Main Road leading from Bridgeport to
    Dominion [Bridgeport] 1928
  21. Cooney to Alexander N. Mac Neil; Main Road leading from Bridgeport [Bridgeport] 1932
  22. Cooney to Mrs. S.J. Cooney; Main Road Glace Bay to Bridgeport [Bridgeport] 1932
  23. Cooney to Ignatius Mc Intyre; East Side of Phalen’s Rd. [Bridgeport] 1944
  24. Cooney to Alexander M. Mc Neil; Main Rd. Leading from Bridgeport to Dominion [Bridgeport] 1944
  25. Daniel Joseph Cooney to Francis Joseph Mc Mullin; Bridgeport, 1946

Series D: Clippings

  1. Biographical material relating to Dominion; including matters concerned with the
    Second World War; Social news, Churches and Law and Order.
  2. Clippings referring to August Gale, 1873; 1909 Strike; Tramline route, 1914; Bands
    And Orchestras - Michalik, 1927; Polish orchestra, 1927; Roosevelt’s death, 1945;
    VE day riots - Halifax; end of WW II.

Series E: Photographs (See Photograph Collection #25)
Four volumes pertaining to the Town of Dominion and the organization of Mr. Stephenson’s two books: Dominion, Nova Scotia 1906-1981 and souvenir booklet on the History of the Dominion Volunteer Fire Department.

Series F. Scrapbooks:

  1. 1901-1961 Cuttings relation to Dominion, 8cm.
  2. Material relating to Bridgeport and Bridgeport Mine, 3 cm.
  3. Cuttings pertaining to Dominion and Mr. Stephenson 1960's and 1970's
  4. School records, 1888, Mitchell’s School, Photocopies, 7 pages
  5. Cuttings relating to religion (RC) and education in Dominion in mid twentieth century,
    2 cm.
  6. Cuttings from Dominion-New Waterford areas, May-August, 1947, compiled by John
    Mac Kinnon, Dominion, 2cm.
Stephenson, Leonard Fielding
Central School, Glace Bay
CA BI 80-168-4348 · Item · ca. 1890

Item is a photograph of Central School, Glace Bay.

Glace Bay
CA BI 77-328-462 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of a large rock at the end of North Street, Glace Bay, showing erosion of the shoreline.

Glace Bay
CA BI 77-331-465 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of a large rock at the end of North Street, Glace Bay, showing erosion of the shoreline.

Glace Bay Mining Co. Engine
CA BI 77-58-192 · Item · 20th century

Item is a photograph of the Glace Bay Mining Co. Engine, featuring E.P. Archibal and three employees.

Men Descending Shaft
CA BI 77-699-833 · Item · 20th century

Item is a photograph showing nurses going down into the shaft at IB Colliery, Glace Bay.

Caledonia #4 Colliery
CA BI 77-709-843 · Item · 20th century

Item is a photograph of the Caledonia #4 Colliery being demolished.

Marconi Towers
CA BI 77-400-534 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of Marconi Towers at Table Head, Glace Bay.

Rice, Amos I.
Bridgeport
CA BI 80-19-4199 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of a street scene showing W.J. McDonald's Store and the Methodist Church in Bridgeport.

MacDonnell House, Glace Bay
CA BI 77-718-852 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of the MacDonnell House on Bruce Street in Glace Bay.

St. Ann's Church, Glace Bay
CA BI 77-721-855 · Item · Ca. 1900

Item is a collage of four photographs, featuring the interior and exterior of St. Ann's Church, Glace Bay.

Glace Bay
CA BI 77-329-463 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of a large rock at the end of North Street, Glace Bay, showing erosion of the shoreline.

Glace Bay
CA BI 77-332-466 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of a large rock at the end of North Street, Glace Bay, showing erosion of the shoreline.

McLeod & Stanfield Bookstore
CA BI 12-07-30051 · Item · [between 1900 and 1902]

Item is a photograph of a man standing in the entrance of the McLeod & Stanfield Bookstore in Glace Bay, N.S.

Marconi Towers
CA BI 77-399-533 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of Marconi Towers at Table Head, Glace Bay.

CA BI 77-650-784 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of the cast of a Gaelic Play that was held in Glace Bay.

Glace Bay
CA BI 85-112-15812 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph showing an aerial view of Glace Bay, N.S.

Shirley Chernin Collection
CA BI MG 21.5 · Fonds · 1901-2012

Collection consists of biographical and genealogical materials, correspondence and clippings, as well as photographs collected and maintained by Shirley Chernin. Collection also consists of correspondence, clippings and photographs, as well as administrative, financial and promotional materials relating to the Congregation Sons of Israel Synagogue in Glace Bay, the Kum-a-Haym in 2001, and the Cape Breton Chapters of the Canadian Hadassah-WIZO.

Marconi Reception, Glace Bay
CA BI 77-406-540 · Item · 1902

Item is a photograph of a reception that was held on the occasion of the first wireless message.

Stirling Pit Crossing
CA BI 87-656-17186 · Item · Sept. 26, 1902

Item is a photograph showing the Stirling Pit railroad crossing.

Miners (boys) at Caledonia
CA BI 80-5-4185 · Item · ca. 1903

Item is a photograph of boy miners at Caledonia, taken after their shift had finished and they had changed into casual wear.

Standing in the second row, left to right: Jim Wadden, Peter Jobes and Tim Wadden
In the front row, left to right: (seated) Tius Tutty, Fred Wadden, Bill MacKenzie, (standing) F.K. Wadden.
Off to the left is Allie MacKenzie, and behind him Tom Wadden.

The Glace Bay Gazette
Newspaper 48 · File · 1904-[1950?]

Gertrude E. N. Tratt: "Apparently a weekly for the first five years of its existence, the Gazette then became the first of the two dailies in the newspaper history of Glace Bay. It terminated about 1950, although its circulation figures were well over four thousand at that time. Independent for most of its fifty years, it became a Labour organ about 1948. Published by the Gazette Publishing Company, its manager in 1909 was John Byrenton, who was replaced in 1923 by A. D. MacNeil.
Originally it had eight 16" x 22" pages. The number later varied between eight and sixteen and there were always seven column on each page. Its circulation has also varied widely between 2,000 and 8,200. Its price of $3 eventually doubled."

The Daily Gazette
Newspaper 85 · File · 1904-[19??]

The Daily Gazette was published in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia by the Gazette Publishing Co., Limited. It was published every afternoon, Sundays and legal holidays excepted. The price of a single issue was 2 cents.

Caledonia Brook
CA BI 82-1391-8091 · Item · 1906

Item is a postcard depicting Caledonia Brook in Glace Bay, N.S.

Coal Mining in Glace Bay
CA BI 79-453-3433 · Item · 1906

Item is a photographic postcard of a miner operating a long wall machine.

New Aberdeen, Dominion #2
CA BI 84-768-14868 · Item · ca. 1907

Item is a postcard depicting the company houses and part of the mine of the #2 Colliery in Glace Bay, N.S.

CA BI 76-102 · Item · 1909

Item is a photograph of the first draeger crew formed in North America; the crew was formed at the No. 2 and No. 9 collieries, Glace Bay.
Front row: John Joe MacNeil, Mr. Fergie, Norman MacKenzie. Middle row: Dan "Storey" MacDonald, Joe Campbell, Thomas Turner, James MacMahon, Unknown, Roddie "Heenan" MacDonald, Matt MacAdam, Dan MacGillivary, Gilbert Darroch, Alex T. MacNeil, Mick Steele.
Back row: Harry Miller, Vannie Nicholson, John MacLean, John Robinson, Dan W. "Kink" McDonald, Unknown, Unknown Evan Prothero, Unknown.

Harry Wilkinson
CA BI 77-343-477 · Item · 1909

Item is a photograph of Harry Wilkinson, a Glace Bay Police Officer.

Guglielmo Marconi
CA BI 83-6668-13968 · Item · ca. 1909

Item is a photograph of Guglielmo Marconi seated in the receiving room at Marconi Station, Glace Bay, N.S.

Dr. and Mrs. Marcus Dodd
CA BI 77-684-818 · Item · ca. 1910

Item is a photograph of Dr. Marcus Dodd, doctor at Bridgeport Mines, and Mrs. Marcus Dodd, born Sarah Rigby.

Dr. and Mrs. Marcus Dodd
CA BI 77-685-819 · Item · ca. 1910

Item is a photograph of Dr. Marcus Dodd, doctor at Bridgeport Mines, and Mrs. Marcus Dodd, born Sarah Rigby.

Main Street, Glace Bay
CA BI 77-90-225 · Item · 1910-1930

Item is a hand-coloured postcard of Main Street, Glace Bay. The general warehouse of the Dominion Coal Company is marked with an "x."

People's Store, Glace Bay
CA BI 86-71-16168 · Item · ca. 1910

Item is a photograph of men sitting outside of the People's Store (Glace Bay, N.S.) while under construction.

CA BI 77-39-168 · Item · ca. 1911

Item is a reproduction of a photograph of the general offices and laboratory of the Dominion Iron and Coal Company in Glace Bay.

CA BI 77-1250-1384 · Item · 1912

Item is a photograph of the Dominion Colliery No. 2 in Glace Bay from the souvenir album "Souvenir of Cape Breton." The colliery is seen across water.

CA BI 77-1245-1379 · Item · 1912

Item is a photograph of St. Joseph's Hospital in Glace Bay from the souvenir album "Souvenir of Cape Breton."

Central School, Glace Bay
CA BI 84-795-14895 · Item · 1913

Item is a postcard depicting the Central School in Glace Bay, N.S.

CA BI 77-339-473 · Item · 1913

Item is a photograph of the Coal Company office staff in Glace Bay, showing the interior of the office building. The names of the staff members are included on the reverse of the photograph: Alex T. Mc Lellan, William Hodges, A.D. Mc Cuish, A.S. Mc Neil, Fred Simonson, Peter Nicholson, Jas. D. Maxwell, Thomas Farrell (back), John Mc Eachern (back), John Mc Dougall, Ernie Beaton, Chas. Compton, Theo J. Cribb.

Glace Bay
CA BI 78-952-2802 · Item · ca. 1914

Item is a photographic postcard of Commercial St., Glace Bay.

Glace Bay Town Hall
CA BI 80-557-4737 · Item · ca. 1914

Item is a photograph of the Glace Bay Town Hall showing McKeen Street.