Collection consists of photographs, genealogical records, correspondence and financial records belonging to various members of the Basker Family.
Basker Family of Mull River, Nova ScotiaHoly Angels Convent was founded in 1885 at the request of Father James Quinan for the purpose of providing education to the young women of Cape Breton County. Holy Angels operated as the only all girls' educational institution east of Montreal since its founding. Holy Angels High School was known for its fine arts programming with instruction in music, drawing, sculpting, speech and drama.
The fonds consists of seven series: photographs, audiovisual recordings, textual records, Sister Rita Clare, the Marguerite Bourgeoys Centre, Centennial Celebrations, and Objects. The Collection is predominantly a photographic one, with over 3200 negatives, positives and prints spread over the seven series.
The audiovisual recordings include 136 items that relate to the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre-Dame, Holy Angels Convent, Holy Angels High School, the Cape Breton Chorale, the Holy Angels Chorale, the Cape Breton Youth Choir, and Sister Rita Clare. Sister Rita Clare's material includes images, concert programmes, scrapbooks, video tapes, audio reels, and audio cassettes documenting the activities of both the Holy Angels Chorale from 1962-1983, the Holy Angels Alumnae Choir (1985 - 2010), the Cape Breton Youth Choir (1988-1998).
In addition to the music program materials, there are other recordings relating to religious education and the activities of the Convent and School. The textual records consists of material connected to student and community activities in the Sydney area during the twentieth century; samples of student evaluations and compositions, graduation documents, the school newsletter, the Library's operational registers, and correspondence are included. The Collection also includes a number of objects that were donated to the Beaton Institute by Sisters of the CND and photographic and textual records related to the Marguerite Bourgeoys Centre and the Holy Angels Centennial Celebrations, which were held in 1985.
In 2009 the Congregation of Notre-Dame announced their intention to close the convent and sell the property in the historic Northend of Sydney. This closure brought an end to a 126 year history of pioneering in women's education in eastern Canada. The building has since been purchased and is now the New Dawn Centre for Social Innovation.
The collection consists of cellulose acetate film-based negatives originally belonging to Shedden Studio of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. The collection consists of 1136 negatives in two sizes: 10 x 12.5 cm and 12.5 x 16 cm. The content of the images primarily documents coal mining activity between 1948-1968 connected with the operations of the Dominion Coal and Steel Company (DOSCO). In addition to company staff portraits and company events, the negatives mainly capture coal miners and equipment above and below the surface. The main work sites documented include Glace Bay-based collieries ( 1B, No. 18, No. 26, No. 20, No. 25, No. 25). The collection also contains what appear to be unrelated images of rural Cape Breton and a group of Images of Glace Bay and rural Cape Breton. As well, a grouping of unidentified and un-numbered negatives which may belong to an earlier accrual accompanied this donation.
The negatives have been arranged to a series level with five distinct series. A selection of negatives from each series has been digitized for access purposes. An item level listing corresponding to the scanned images is available but does not include all the negatives. Unfortunately, no original listing or indices for the negatives were included in the donation and are thought to be lost. The full item level inventory is in process and after the appraisal is complete, some of the negatives will be re-arranged with earlier accruals to re-create original order.
Donation consists of artifacts, writings, interviews, and personal documents from Flora MacDonald's life and career.
MacDonald, FloraThis collection consists of textual records, photographs, sound recordings, publications and artifacts documenting the history and activities of the Ukrainian community in Cape Breton. Within the collection there is a focus on music and dance with over 1 meter of 78 and LP albums of Ukrainian music. Also included is a comprehensive collection of research related to Ukrainian immigration to Cape Breton with records pertaining specifically to the Ukrainian community in Whitney Pier. Personal papers from the Huk family are also included in the collection along with the manuscript and research related to Mr. John Huk's publication Strangers in the Land: The Ukrainian Presence in Cape Breton.
Huk, JohnCollection consists of a compilation of reproductions of correspondence, legal documents, provincial grants and plans concerning the relocation of this Reserve.
Collection consists of a selection of early Ukrainian sound recordings and 1 photograph donated by Mr. Michael Kuna in 2009.
The collection consists of audio and video interviews, games, hymns, traditional chants, and community events pertaining to Eskasoni and other Mi'kmaq communities in Nova Scotia between the 1940's to the 2000's, both in the Mi'kmaw and English languages. This collection consists of 8 boxes of sound recordings, moving images, and artefacts belonging to Sarah Denny, her children and other community members and organizations. These recordings document culturally and historically significant peoples, events, and traditions of the L'nu/Mi'kmaq.
Denny, SarahCollection consists of the following:
Series A
- Correspondence regarding St. Anthony’s Church Bell, 1911
- League of the Cross (L.O.C.) Dominion, 1930 2 documents
Series B: Memoranda including background information for Mr. Stephenson’s two books.
- Proofs of Mr. Stephenson’s two books. 20 pages
- Material General Mining Association supplied to miners, 1831-1832. 40 pages.
- Company Store Records, 1878-1884, 35 pages.
- Miners’ time book and waste book; Materials General Mining Association supplied to miners 1882-1891 66 pages.
- Company Store records; time book; waste book 1883-1890 48 pages
- 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.
- John Claghan to John Young; L’Indian bay 1826
- William the Fourth to William Cadegan, Catherine Stanton, Reardon O’BRIEN, John Handley, John Murphy and John Casey; S.S. Lingan Bay, 1832
- John and Bridget Murphy to Roman Catholics - South Side Lingan Bay, 1840.
- Walter and Catherine Young to Roman Catholic Episcopate Corporation of Arichat; South Side Lingan Bay, 1869.
- Walter and Catherine Young to Roman Catholic Episcopate Corporation of Arichat ; Lingan, 1884.
- GMA to Henry Mitchell; Bridgeport, 1890.
- Rev. John Cameron to John Phalen, Old Bridgeport, 1900
- The Crown to James Cooney, Anastasia Cooney & Ann O’Neal; Between Lingan Basin and Little Glace Bay [Bridgeport], 1878.
- Cooney & O’Neil to Joseph Campbell; Bridgeport, 1881
- Cooney & O’Neil to Roderick Johnston; Bridgeport 1892
- James & Anastasia Cooney to Lawrence O’Neil; Bridgeport 1892
- James & Mary Ann Cooney to Ann O’Neil; Bridgeport, 1892
- Cooney to Alexander Mc Donald; Bridgeport, 1893
- O’ Neil & Cooney to James Mac Neil; Bridgeport, 1893
- O’Neil to Cooney; Bridgeport, 1894
- Cooney to Annie Crosby; Bridgeport, 1904
- Cooney to Alexander Mc Donald; Bridgeport, 1905
- Cooney to O’Neil to Dominion Coal Company , Bridgeport, 1917
- Cooney to Walter Graham; Main Road leading from Bridgeport to Dominion [Bridgeport] 1932
- Daniel Joseph Cooney to Walter Graham; Main Road leading from Bridgeport to
Dominion [Bridgeport] 1928 - Cooney to Alexander N. Mac Neil; Main Road leading from Bridgeport [Bridgeport] 1932
- Cooney to Mrs. S.J. Cooney; Main Road Glace Bay to Bridgeport [Bridgeport] 1932
- Cooney to Ignatius Mc Intyre; East Side of Phalen’s Rd. [Bridgeport] 1944
- Cooney to Alexander M. Mc Neil; Main Rd. Leading from Bridgeport to Dominion [Bridgeport] 1944
- Daniel Joseph Cooney to Francis Joseph Mc Mullin; Bridgeport, 1946
Series D: Clippings
- Biographical material relating to Dominion; including matters concerned with the
Second World War; Social news, Churches and Law and Order. - 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:
- 1901-1961 Cuttings relation to Dominion, 8cm.
- Material relating to Bridgeport and Bridgeport Mine, 3 cm.
- Cuttings pertaining to Dominion and Mr. Stephenson 1960's and 1970's
- School records, 1888, Mitchell’s School, Photocopies, 7 pages
- Cuttings relating to religion (RC) and education in Dominion in mid twentieth century,
2 cm. - Cuttings from Dominion-New Waterford areas, May-August, 1947, compiled by John
Mac Kinnon, Dominion, 2cm.
Collection consists of records related to Viola Desmond’s 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and her posthumous 2010 free pardon granted by the Government of Nova Scotia. Also included are materials related to Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson’s civil rights work in Nova Scotia, including newspaper clippings and articles, diplomas, certificates, scholarship and bursary documents, a scrapbook and materials related to Robson’s education and published book, Sister to Courage. Included are photographs of the extended Davis family and published books about the Black Nova Scotian experience.
Robson, Wanda Eloise