Item is a photograph of the sign for Minuitaqn Craft & Gift Shop in Eskasoni, N.S.
Item is a photograph of J. Madden, an actor who appeared in the movie "The Sea Riders". This was a film by The Maritime Picture Co. of Canada Ltd.
Item is a photograph of Rita Joe reading to a small group of people.
Item is a photograph of Rita Joe with her daughter Caroline and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
Item is a photograph of Rita Joe signing a record after her induction into the Privy Council. The Governor-General and Queen Elizabeth II are also featured in the photograph.
Item is a photograph of Rita Joe holding the proclamation of her induction to the Order of Canada.
Item is a photograph of Sandy MacIntyre (fiddler – Inverness), Winston “Scotty” Fitzgerald (fiddler – Sydney), Ron Gonnella (fiddler – Scotland), Doug MacPhee (pianist – New Waterford), and Dan Joe MacInnis (fiddler – Big Pond).
Item is a miniature portrait of Ranna Cossit. He was the first Anglican minister in Sydney and the founder of St. George's Church.
Item is a scrapbook kept by Frances Dodd during her time serving as a nurse in England during World War I (WWI). The scrapbook includes photographs with handwritten descriptions, drawings, poems and recipes.
File consists of materials related to Viola Desmond's arrest, including copies of letters from Desmond to the Ministry of Justice, and the posthumous apology and pardon she received in 2010 from the Province of Nova Scotia.
Item is a typewritten, three-page draft essay with handwritten notes by Wanda Robson about how she became a student at Cape Breton University (CBU), her activism and the work she did to promote the legacy of her sister, Viola Desmond. The essay was printed on the back of information sheets about Crime Stoppers Bingo.
Item is a typewritten letter from Betty Ann Pothier, Johnstone Scholarship Administrator at the Nova Scotia Department of Education, to Wanda Robson regarding the Dr. P. Anthony Johnstone Scholarship and Robson's role on its Scholarship Committee. Attached to the email is a poster for the scholarship and a copy of the application.
Item is a photocopy of an article on page A3 of The Chronicle Herald titled, "SMU speaker compares impact of Canadian racism to apartheid."
File consists of handwritten and typewritten travelogues and notes written by Sr. Margaret about her trips to Scotland, Ireland, England and Italy.
File consists of materials related to the Canadian Centennial Medal awarded to Sr. Margaret by the Government of Canada on the 100th anniversary of the Confederation of Canada. Included in the file is the official certificate given to Sr. Margaret when she was awarded the medal, handwritten and typewritten congratulatory letters sent to Sr. Margaret, and newspaper clippings about the honour.
Collection is 14 books of meeting minutes from the Town Council of Glace Bay.
Item is the 1915 annual report for the Town of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
Town of Glace BayFile consists of Department of Indian Affairs Invitation to Tender forms for material goods generating from Morrison's Store.
Sub-subseries consists of records detailing business accounts between Morrisons', wholesalers and local retailers.
File consists of nine business account ledgers. A file list is available below.
A. 1940 - 1951
B. Oct. 1953 - Mar. 1955
C. Jan. 1955 - Jan. 1956
D. Jan. 1956 - Jul. 1957
E. Jun. 1957 - Dec. 1958
F. Dec. 1958 - Jul. 1960
G. Jul. 1960 - Feb. 1962
H. Jan. 1962 - Sept. 1963
I. Aug. 1963- Apr. 1965
File consists of Morrison's Store cash journals. A file list is available below.
A. 1944 - 1947 (Oversized)
B. 1947 - 1952 (Oversized)
C. 1952 - 1980 (Oversized)
D. May 1953 - Jan.1980
E. 1979 - 1981 (Oversized)
F. Feb. 1981 - Jan. 1982
G. Feb. 1982 - Jan. 1983
H. Jan. 1982 - Jan. 1983
I. Feb. 1983 - Jan. 1984
J. Feb. 1984 - Jan. 1985
K. Feb. 1985 - Jan. 1986
L. Feb.1986 - Jan. 1987
M. Feb. 1987 - Jan. 1988
N. Feb. 1988 - Jan. 1989
O. Feb. 1989 - Jan. 1990
P. Feb. 1990 - Jan. 1991
Q. Feb. 1991 - Jan. 1992
R. Jan. 1993 - Feb. 1994
S. Jan. 1994 - Feb. 1995
Sub-subseries consists of ledgers detailing company purchases for Morrison's Store.
File consists of handwritten and typewritten genealogies and pedigree charts. Also included is a digitized copy of the ‘Births, Marriages, and Deaths’ pages from the Basker Family Bible.
Item is a digitized copy of a 1962 re-issued of John Alexander Basker’s birth and baptism certificate issued by Father K.J. MacDonald on behalf of the Catholic Church in Mull River, Nova Scotia. John Alexander Basker was born on March 8, 1890 and his baptism certificate was originally issued on May 3, 1890.
Item is one photograph of Ranald Basker [Ronald Basker] and Cassie Bell Basker (née Catherine Isabel McLean) with their arms around each other on the Basker farm in Mull River, Nova Scotia. A horse is standing behind them.
Item is a group photograph of the 94th “Victoria” Battalion of Infantry, “Argyll Highlanders” regiment brass band and officers posing in a grassy field at Camp Aldershot in Aldershot, Nova Scotia with a number of bell tents erected in the background. The men are in uniform surrounding a large drum and the band members are holding clarinets, tubas, trumpets and French horns.
Included in the photograph are:
Front row (sitting): [unknown], Joe Valentine, D. MacKeigan, Eddie O’Brien, Grover Hull, J. Johnstone, J. Taylor MacDonald, and [unknown].
Middle row (kneeling): Bandmaster Walter Carmichael, Norman MacDonald, Noddie Morrison, Sam Mosely, Tom Fraser (kneeling the left of the drum), John MacNaughton (kneeling on the right of the drum), D. Weir, and Davy Seaton.
Back row: [unknown], Rannie MacDonald, [unknown], R. Bramwell, [unknown], James Mosley, Stewart [?], [unknown], Alex McLeod, George Weir, Allan MacDonald, Charles Anderson, [unknown], [unknown], and [unknown].
Sub-series consists of photographs of the Cape Breton Highlanders during World War 2 (WW2).
File consists of photographs of the Cape Breton Highlanders taken while the unit was on Active Service at home in Canada.
Item is one photograph of a military unit in Battle Dress parading past a Superline Service Station.
Item is one photograph of the Cape Breton Highlanders Pipe and Drum Band performing in a cobble square in front of a [cathedral] in an unidentified city in Europe during World War 2 (WW2). A crowd is standing on the sidewalks.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 1.
Item is a copy of Bay News No. 1.
Sub-series consists of correspondence, programmes, schedules, scrapbooks, and photographs belonging to Ralph Davies and Sharkey MacDonald (Charles MacDonald), former Cape Breton Highlanders and World War 2 (WW2) veterans, who were chosen to be delegates for the “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegation sent to Italy to commemorate the Italian Campaign and the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Italy. Delegates visited memorials, battlefields, and war cemeteries and took part in cultural and religious ceremonies to mark the occasion.
File consists of a history of the Canadians in Italy between 1943 and 1945, inclusive tour information, a history of Project Italy ’75, a schedule of events, and news articles about the delegation.
Item is one photograph of Sharkey MacDonald (Charles MacDonald, left) and Ralph Davies standing in front of the Cross of Sacrifice in the Moro River War Cemetery after placing a wreath at the base of the cross for the Cape Breton Highlanders buried at the cemetery in Ortona, Italy.
Item is the typewritten and annotated manuscript of Place Names of the Province of Nova Scotia.
File consists of photographs taken at the Tarbot Music Festival in Tarbot, Nova Scotia by an unknown photographer or photographers.
Item is one photograph of the Men of the Deeps performing on a wooden stage at the Tarbot Music Festival in Tarbot, Nova Scotia.
Item is a clothing patch stitched with “Tarbot – Cape Breton’s Music Festival”.
Item is one photograph of five veterans of the Cape Breton Highlanders, including Joe Oldford (far left), posing together in Cesena War Cemetery in Cesena, Italy.
Item is a typewritten history of the 2nd Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (i.e. Cape Breton Highlanders), including a note on their original organization, short histories of the Battalion during the First World War and Second World War, a brief timeline, and a description of the crest.
Item is a typewritten program for the 1990 recruit swearing-in ceremony at Victoria Park in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Item is one photograph of Ralph Davies (right), a “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegate and veteran of the Cape Breton Highlanders, shopping in Ravenna, Italy with an unidentified administrator from Camp Hill Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Item is one photograph of Cape Breton Highlander Corporal Patrick Corkery (F55650).
Item includes a handwritten and typewritten copy of “Third Centenary of the First Baptisms among the Micmac Indians which took place at Port Royal, now Annapolis, N.S., June 24, 1610 – Celebration held at St. Anne de Restigouche” written by Rev. Donald MacPherson.
File consists of a letter from the Cook County Graduate School of Medicine, personal correspondence, letters congratulating him on the publishing of his book “Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor”, letters from people telling Dr. MacMillan how much they enjoyed his book and their hopes for a sequel.
Item is one handwritten letter from Curdis Karrel to Sylvia Glickman, sent while Curdis was stationed in Jarvis, Ontario for training with the RCAF during World War II.
Item is a photograph of Allan J. MacEachen on a state visit as Minister of .......
Item is a handwritten genealogy of the Benjamin Newton Davis family.
Item is a newspaper clipping from The Chronicle Herald titled, "Viola Desmond honored on site that once did her wrong," with a story about a group of people meeting at the former Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia to honour Viola Desmond.