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Items are photographs of Mr. John L. Hill and the students of his Charlotte Street school. Also identified are his daughter Anne (later Mrs. George Boggs); Mary Ann Muggah, daughter of Captain Charles Muggah (later Mrs. Colin MacKinnon); John Muggah; James Burchell; his sister, Emma Burchell (later Mrs. Bartlett of Brigus, Newfoundland); Dora Uniacke (later Mrs. Kay); two daughters of Thomas Townsend; William (Mac) MacLeod; and F. Harrington. The photograph was taken at the corner of Charlotte and Yorke Streets.

Item is a photograph of the first steam locomotive in Nova Scotia, built by Timothy Hackworth in1839. The train ran from Abbron Mines, Stellarton, to Abercrombie.

Item is a photograph of a painting of James Anderson who was a past Master of St. Andrews Masonic Lodge from 1858-1866 and also a member of an old Sydney family.

Item is a photograph of Caroline Maria Dodd, nee Ritchie, wife of E. Murray Dodd, born in 1809.

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Peter Madore, the daughter of A.C. Dodd, born in 1811.

Item is a photograph of the S.S. Adriatic. In the month of March, 1862, when this photograph was taken, the Adriatic became stuck in the ice in North Sydney harbour. The ice was sturdy enough to support the crew as they walked to shore from the ship.

Item is a photograph of John Sandfield MacDonald, an M.P. from Glengarry, Ontario.

Item is a photographic portrait of Dr. Thomas E. Jeans, the first G.M.A. doctor from 1829-1867.

Item is a photograph of Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Brown, Sydney Mines.

Item is a photograph of the General Mining Association building.

Item is a photographic portrait of Richard Brown and Barbara (Davidson) Brown.

Items are two photographic portraits of Mr. Richard Brown, the first manager of the General Mining Association. He was born on May 2, 1805 in London, England and died on Oct. 30, 1882. In addition to opening up coal mining in the Sydney Mines area, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Sydney Mines Volunteers.

Item is a photograph of St. Peter's Canal under construction.

Item is a photograph of Sydney's Masonic Hall. The hall was built in 1869 on the corner of Esplanade and Dorchester Street, on a piece of property that was purchased from Henry W. Crawley for $300.00. An act of incorporation was passed in 1869.

Item is a photograph of Msgr. Neil MacLeod (born 1807, ordained 1837, parish priest at East Bay 1838-1872).

Item is a photograph of Lady Monck, Vice-Regal Escort.

Item is a photograph of Andrew Archibald MacDonald.

Item is a photograph of Hugh MacDonald who represented Inverness County at the House of Assembly from 1859-1867 and Antigonish County from 1867-1873.

Item is a photograph of Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Brown, Sydney Mines.

Item is a tinted print of of a view of Sydney Mines harbour.

Item is a photograph of D.M. MacGregor.

Item is a photographic portrait of Richard Brown, the general manager of the G.M.A. and the author of "Brown History of Cape Breton" (1869). Richard Brown married a daughter of Captain Chase Barrington.

Item is a photographic portrait of Judge Edmund Murray Dodd, the son of Chief Justice A.C. Dodd (1797-1876).

Item is a photograph of Rev. Alexander Chisholm who was ordained on November 19, 1866.

Item is a photograph of the north shore of Lingan or Indian Bay, an illustration that was removed from "Coal Fields and Coal Trade of the Island of Cape Breton," by Richard Brown F.G.S., published by Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, London 1871.

Item is a photograph of Judge Murray Dodd, Master of St. Andrews.

Item is a photograph of Anne Ethel (Brown) Johnstone, daughter of R.H. Brown, at the age of 2 years and 4 months.

Item is a map of Atlantic Canada post-Confederation with inset of Halifax harbour.

Gertrude E. N. Tratt: "The Cape Breton News had four 12" x 18" pages, each of four columns. It was made up largely of news items but contained as well poetry and advertisements. Its annual price was 10s, changing to $2 before it ceased publication in the early Seventies."

Item is a photograph of Margaret Sybella Brown, daughter of R.H. Brown, pictured sitting in a chair.

Item is a photograph of Margaret Sybella Brown, daughter of R.H. Brown, pictured leaning on a chair.

Item is a photograph of D. Bergin, M.P., at the House of Commons, Ottawa.

Item is a photograph of Premier Marchand, president of the Royal Society of Canada.

Item is a photograph of Darcy McGee, Minister of Agriculture in 1865.

Item is a photograph of H.L. Langevin, M.P., who was the Solicitor General for Eastern Canada.

Item is a photograph of William Henry, M.P. for Antigonish County.

Item is a photograph of C.E. Church, an M.P. from Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.

Item is a photograph of the Earl of Dufferin who was the Governor General from 1872-1878.

Item is a photograph of Alexander MacKenzie, a Western Canadian who was a M.P. from 1873-1878.

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Richard Dwyer with three children, Patrick, Margaret and Michael, before emigration to Nova Scotia.

Item is a photograph of Mayor James MacKenzie who was the mayor of Sydney in 1889.

Item is a photograph of Fr. Daniel J. MacIntosh, parish priest in North Sydney.

Item is a photograph of an oil painting by Henry Sandham, Canadian R.C.A., of people gathering seaweed in Cow Bay, Nova Scotia.

Item is a photograph of the Gisborne Bridge, Mira, which was erected in 1875 and burned in 1910.

Item is a photograph of the Gisborne Bridge with a train crossing it, over the Mira River. There are sailboats visible on the river.

Item is a map of Cape Breton and Richmond counties from the "Atlas of the Maritime Provinces", page 77.

Item is a photograph of Rev. Roderick MacNeil, a parish priest in Grand Mira, 1894-1899.

Item is a photograph of the Hon. Samuel Gordon Rigby, M.P., who was born in Sydney Mines on September 17, 1842. He was called to the bar in 1863 and died on July 8, 1886, then was buried in Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax.

Item is a photograph of Mi'kmaw women, men, and children at St. Ann's. Most likely Chief Herney and family. Photograph is the gift of Harold Medjuck, Photograph Collection #1.

Item is a photograph of a Mi'kmaw man at St. Ann's. On the reverse of the photograph is a handwritten note, identifying the man as a "Peter Henry" (Peter Herney).

Item is a photograph of H.G. MacDougall, M.L.A. for Cape Breton Co. from 1878-1882.