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Keltic Lodge
CA BI 78-72-1822 · Item · ca. 1920

Item is a photograph of cottages at Keltic Lodge near Ingonish.

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
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.

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)
Political Career
MG 21.37-D · Series · c.1949-1971
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Series consists of multiple political speeches given by Dr. MacMillan when he was MLA for Victoria County; thanking constituents, talking about the fishing industry, the department of education, the public health department, the tourism industry, the needs of Cape Breton and Victoria County, the speech from the throne debate, and welcome speeches at events or festivals. Series also consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings concerning his political career.

Plan of the City of Sydney
Map 424 · Item · 1910

Item is a Plan of the City of Sydney with businesses, churches and schools identified on the map with a list of each located on the left side of the map. Along the right side of the map are a list of the advertisers included on the map.

Winter Scene, Louisbourg
CA BI 77-1396-1530 · Item · ca. 1910

Item is a photograph of a winter scene on Main Street looking east from Warren Street in Louisbourg.

CA BI T-95 · Item · 1968
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Finlay Cameron Boisdale (N.S.), Christmas Island (N.S.), Halifax (N.S.) S toigh leam ho ro hu bhith'sa chul a fuireach...

Finlay Cameron - An te ruadh

Finlay Cameron Story - If she only had horns and a tail...

Finlay Cameron Tha mi'n diugh gu tinn...

Joseph L. MacDonald Hinn hainn hogadan...

Joseph L. MacDonald Ho hi ri ill rathill o...

Finlay Cameron Fleasgaich ur, leannain thu...

Finlay Cameron Tha mi sgith o'n timseo 'n de...

[Finlay Cameron?] Eilean mo Chridhe

Joe Lawrence MacDonald O hi ri ill o robha...

Hugh MacKenzie O Mhairead mhin mholach...

Hugh MacKenzie Oran na Mohawks

Hugh MacKenzie Graf Zeppelin song

Archie MacKenzie An tulach boidheach

Archie MacKenzie An samhradh air tighinn a's ur oirnn

Hugh MacKenzie Orana' mhathain

Archie MacKenzie Nighean an Taillear

Hugh MacKenzie S toigh leam cruinneag dhonn nam bo...

Hugh MacKenzie Faill irinn illrinn uill irinn o

MG 21.39-B-8 · Item · 1979
Part of Dr. Thomas Carter fonds

The item consist of a photograph of a farm near the shore in Board cove, Nova Scotia. The farmhouse is a dark faded red with a small storage barn next to it done in the same colour. There is land and small islands in the water across from the farm.

Farm, Cape Breton
MG 21.39-B-20 · Item · 1979
Part of Dr. Thomas Carter fonds

The item consists of a photograph of timber that was cut for use in the barn and on the Beaton’s property.

MG 21.39-B-9 · Item · 1979
Part of Dr. Thomas Carter fonds

Item consists of a photograph of a farm in Broad Cove, showing a house with a blue truck parked in the front, two barns on the property and a person walking down the driveway. The property is on the water with trees lining a portion of it while the rest is open field.

Dr. Thomas Carter fonds
MG 21.39 · Fonds · 1970-1979

The fonds consists of images and sound recordings of the Beaton and Kennedy family in the Broad Cove. The recordings feature John Beaton playing the fiddle, while family is heard speaking with Tom Carter about various topics pertaining to Cape Breton. There is a change in language between English and Canadian Gaelic from individuals on the recordings. The fiddle playing is Scottish-Canadian in style, while some are Scottish fiddle music. The recordings include small conversations between reels and songs, descriptions and origins of the music’s is also discussed. The photographs are of the Beaton family house and farm, highlighting rural life in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The photos also show the boarder Broad Cove community and Inverness county.

Carter, Thomas Dr.
CA BI MG 09.021-C · Subfonds · October 4, 1915 - August 12, 1937
Part of Dodd Family fonds

Sub-fonds consists of a World War I scrapbook kept by Frances Dodd during her time in England serving as a nurse, correspondence, and objects, including a silver service, pewter goblets, a silver urn, and a tea set.

Ridgway, Frances (Dodd)
MG 13.58 · Fonds · 1891 - 1957

Fonds consists of correspondence, personal papers and writings, petitions, published papers, and newspaper clippings. The fonds pertains to Msgr. MacPherson’s role as a Roman Catholic priest, Gaelic language and culture in Cape Breton, and Mi’kmaq language and culture in Nova Scotia.

MacPherson, Fr. Donald
Mabou River Note
MG 13.58-E-1-2 · Item · August 12, 1937
Part of Msgr. Donald MacPherson fonds

Item is one handwritten note based on knowledge given by Stephen Morrison regarding Mi'kmaq names for the Mabou River, the Mull River, the mouth of the harbour in Mabou, Nova Scotia, and Port Hood, Nova Scotia. The note is written on the back of a typewritten financial sheet about St. Francis Xavier University (St. FX).

Thomas J. Brown fonds
MG 21.48 · Fonds · 1820 - 1939

Fonds consists of Brown’s collection of mining documents, the manuscript for his book, Place Names of Nova Scotia as well as an undated mining manuscript. Also included is a copy of the poem The Mayflower, the book Gaelic Lessons for Beginners, a scroll addressed to E.G. McKay, a leather nameplate, newspaper clippings and correspondence.

Brown, Thomas James
Manuscripts
MG 21.48-B · Series · 1918 – [after 1923]
Part of Thomas J. Brown fonds

Series consists of two manuscripts Place Names of Nova Scotia and an untitled manuscript about mining in Cape Breton.

Town of Louisbourg
CA BI MG 14.208 · Fonds · 1985-1995

Fonds consists of minutes of the town council, a town management review, and a brief on unitary government for Cape Breton County.

Town of Louisbourg
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)
CA BI T-1104 · Item · 1975
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording of a selection of Gaelic songs from the North River Area.

MacDonald, Tommy - "O hi hugi o..."

MacDonald, John Dan - "He mo leannan, ho mo leannan..."

Shaw, John - "Hug us aran..."

MacRae, Frank - "Mairi dhonn, bhoidheach dhonn..."

Shaw, John - "O horo 's gum bheil tu air m'aire"

MacRae, Mrs. Frank - "O horo ille dhuinn..."

MacDonald, Tommy - "Ho ri horo nan, ho ro chall eile"

MacDonald, John Dan - "Mo run 's mo nighean donn bhoidheach"

Shaw, John - "Dh'olainn deoch air laimh mo ruin"

Shaw, John - "Faill il o ro eileadh"

Shaw, John - "Faill il o ro eileadh"

MacDonald, Tommy - "O hi ri leibh a ho..."

MacLeod, Dan A. - Twenty-third Psalm

MacRae, Frank and MacDonald, Tommy - "Mo ruin 's mo nighean donn bhoidheach"

Shaw, John - "Cha threiginn fhin mo chruinneag dhonn"

Shaw, John - "Cha bhi mi buan 't bhi bhuam..."

Shaw, John

Shaw, John - "Mo Mhairi lurach..."

Shaw, John - Song by An Gille Glas

Shaw, John - "Cha'n olair leam dram le sunnd..." (Oran eile air an aobhar cheudna)

Shaw, John
MG 20.5-E-1-3-1-3 · Item · April 20, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of Charles MacDonald (Sharkey MacDonald, left) and Emmie Right at the Skyline Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario during a briefing held by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding logistics for the delegates’ trip to Italy to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy.

1947 - 1990
MG 20.5-E · Series · 1939 - 1990
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Series consists of materials created in the years following the Second World War (World War 2, WW2), including photographs and documents from the Canadian delegations sent to Italy to commemorate the 30th and 40th anniversaries of the Liberation of Italy in 1945.

Sister Margaret Beaton fonds
CA BI MG 21.46 · Fonds · 1924 - 1975

Fonds consists of Sister Beaton’s correspondence, essays, travelogues, speeches, newspaper clippings, certificates, and a few pieces of her schoolwork. Also included are documents related to Cape Bretoniana and her work there as a librarian and archivist.

Beaton, Sister Margaret
Margaree Accomodation Mile
B&G - Margaree Parish · Item · August 2020

Item is a copy of Margaree Accomodation Mile by M. Gerard Doyle, which includes information on River View Inn, Kelly's Tourist Home, Valley View Cabins, Carroll's Cabins, Hillview Cabins, Belmont Hotel, Chiasson Hotel, Colbleen Lodge, Coady Hotel and Margaree Lodge (later known as the Margaree River View Inn).

CA BI T-642 · Item · 1973
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording of various singers performing Gaelic songs.

Cameron, Finlay - Song - "Mo Nighean Dubh" (Boisdale, N.S)

Cameron, Finlay - Song - "Gaol an t-Seoladair" (Boisdale, N.S)

Beaton, Alexander - Song - "Bitibh aotrom 's togaibh fonn..." (Boisdale, N.S)

Beaton, Alexander and Cameron, Finlay - Song - "O gur mise tha fo mighean..." (Boisdale, N.S)

Cameron, Finlay - Song - "Tha mi sgith bho'n tim seo 'n de..." (Mabou, N.S)

Beaton, Alexander - Song - "O hi ri ill o robha..." (Mabou, N.S)

Cameron, Finlay - Story - sgeulachd (Boisdale, N.S)

Campbell, Sandy - Song - "Cruinneag nam Buaile" (Detroit)

Campbell, Sandy - Song - "Tha mo run air a'ghille" (Detroit)

Campbell, Sandy - Song - "Teannaibh dluth is togaibh fonn..." (Detroit)

Campbell, Sandy - Song - "Ho ro 's toigh leam fhein thu" (Detroit)

Rankin, Angus (Black) - Song - "An cluinn thu leannain" (Mabou Ridge, N.S)

Rankin, Angus (Black) - Song - Ochoin o ri mo chuideachd dileas.. (Mabou Ridge, N.S).

Rankin, Angus (Red) - Song - O hi ri ill o robha (Mabou Ridge, N.S)

Campbell, Alex Angus - Song - Eilean mo Chridhe (Detroit)

Campbell, Alex Angus - Song - Se fa mo mhulad (Detroit)

MacNeil, Mrs. Alex - Song - Horan o 's na hi iu o (Mabou, N.S)

MacNeil, Mrs. Alex - Song - Illean ill o illean i... (Mabou, N.S)

Cameron, Mrs. Finlay - Song - An te Ruadh (Boisdale, N.S)

Cameron, Mrs. Katie Ann - Song - Horo iu 's na hiurabh (Mabou, N.S)

Cameron, Mrs. Katie Ann - Song - Ochoin a righ gur e mi tha muladach (Mabou, N.S)

MacMillan, Mrs. Janet - Song - Cailin mo run-sa (Port Hood, N.S)

Beaton, Mrs. John - Thug mi run 's chuir mi Uidh (Mabou, N.S)

Beaton, Mrs. John - Song - 'S ann tha'n commun grinn... (Mabou, N.S)

Beaton, Mrs. John - Song - "Oran a' Bhotuil" (Mabou, N.S)

Rankin, Angus (Red) - Song - "Bitibh aotrom 's togaibh fonn" (Mabou (N.S.) Ridge)

Rankin, Angus (Black) - Song - "Mo run geal dileas" (Mabou (N.S.) Ridge)

Beaton, Donald Alex
Gaelic Songs
CA BI T-455 · Item · 1972
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audo recording of Gaelic songs and stories recorded in Boisdale and Mabou (N.S)

MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence - "Sgeulachd Gill'easbuig Aotrom"

MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence - "Cumha Cheap Breatunn"

Cameron, Finlay - "Tha mi sgith o'n tim seo 'n de"

Cameron, Finlay - "Mo Nighean Dubh"

Cameron, Finlay - "Gaol an t-Seoladair"

Cameron, Finlay - "Thug mi run 's chuir mi uidh"

Cameron, Finlay - "Fhleasgaich ur, leannan thu..."

Cameron, Finlay - "O gur mise tha fo mhighean..."

Beaton, Angus D. - "Hi ho ro s na ho ro eile"

Beaton, Angus D. - "Air faill irinn ill irinn uill irinn o ro hi..."

Cameron, Mrs. Finlay - "An te ruadh"

Cameron, Finlay - "Tha mi'n diugh gu tinn..."

Beaton, Angus D. - "Feasgar Luain"

MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence
Mac Ruttan
MG 20.5-E-1-3-1-6 · Item · April 20, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of J.M. Ruttan (Mac Ruttan), Chief of Information Services for the Department of Veterans Affairs, standing at the podium during a briefing for the delegates of the “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” at the Skyline Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.

MG 20.5-E-1-3-1-2 · Item · April 20, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of Ralph Davies (right) and Emmie Wright standing together at the Skyline Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario during a briefing given by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding logistics for the delegates’ trip to Italy to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy.

MG 20.5-E-1-3-1-1 · Item · April 20, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of Charles MacDonald (Sharkey MacDonald, left) and Ralph Davies at the Skyline Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario during a briefing held by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding logistics for the delegates’ trip to Italy to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy.

CA BI MG 6.26 · Fonds · 1920-1955

Fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, constitution and by-laws, financial records, addresses, cash book, roll book, and membership records that were created by the Scottish Catholic Society.

Scottish Catholic Society
Eddie Grant
MG 20.5-D-1-7-23 · Item · [194-]
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of Cape Breton Highlander Eddie Grant seated on the South African War Memorial at the corners of University Avenue and Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario.

97-538-28386 · Item · ca. 1953

Item is a reproduction of a photograph of an aerial view of Sydney - with views of Kings Road. Moxham Castle, lower left - St. Rita's Hospital, mid-right.

Canso Causeway Opening
CA BI 77-7-136 · Item · 1955

Item is a photograph of the Hon. C.D. Howe cutting the cake at the reception for the opening of the Canso Causeway.

Canso Causeway
CA BI 77-21-150 · Item · 1955

Item is a photograph of a small ship passing through the lock at the the Canso Causeway.

Canso Causeway
CA BI 77-20-149 · Item · 1955

Item is a photograph of ships passing through the Canso Causeway after it was completed.