Item is a handwritten reference letter for Frances Ridgway (née Frances Dodd) written by W.W. Patton of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
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.
Item is a pamphlet authored by John M. Clark about the 300th anniversary of the first Mi’kmaq Baptism. The report was originally included in the Eighth Report of the Director of the Science Division, 1911 issued by the New York State Education Department in Albany, NY.
Item is a pamphlet authored by Father R.P. Pacifique, O.M.C. of Sainte-Anne de Ristigouche to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the first Mi’kmaq Baptism in 1610.
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 one newspaper clipping of an article titled “The Children of the Forest” written by Msgr. MacPherson in 1952.
File consists of issues of the periodical Setaneoei. Issues include:
• An overview of volume 1, issues 1 to 252 (1902-1908)
Volume 1:
• No. 374, June 1918 (2 copies)
• No. 377, September 1918 (2 copies)
• No. 378, October 1918 (2 copies)
• No. 380, December 1918
• No. 382, February 1919 (2 copies)
• No. 387, July 1919
• No. 389, September 1919
• No. 390, January 1920 (2 copies)
• No. 391, February 1920
• No. 395, June 1920
• No. 398, September 1920
• No. 401, December 1920
Volume 2:
• No. 1, January 1921
• No. 2, February 1921
• No. 4, April 1921
• No. 6, June 1921
• No. 7, July 1921
• No. 22, September 1922
• No. 26, February 1923
• No. 37, January 1924
• No. 39, March 1924
• No. 41, May 1924
• No. 44, August 1924
• No. 50, February 1925
• No. 51, March 1925
• No. 52, April 1925 - May 1925
• No. 53, June-July-August
• No. 55, September 1936 (2 copies)
• No. 58, July 1939 (2 copies)
Item is handwritten notes about the Mi’kmaq language as recorded by Fr. Donald MacPherson when he was learning the language in the early 20th century.
Item is a typewritten letter from A.F. MacKenzie, Acting Assistant Deputy and Secretary of the Department of Indian Affairs, to Fr. MacPherson to tell him that the book he requested, The Handbook of Canadian Indians, was out of print and suggesting other titles.
Item is a typewritten letter from John M. Clarke at the New York State Museum to Fr. Donald MacPherson offering to buy a number of Mi’kmaq items – “the squaw cap, the wooden plate with buttons, copies of Father Kander’s prayerbook, baby boards.”
Item is a handwritten note from Fr. Lucien [?] at Ste-Anne de Ristigouche in Bonaventure, Quebec sending $2.00 for “Le Pays des Micmacs.”
Item is a handwritten note about the Mi’kmaq language written by Fr. Donald MacPherson while learning the language.
Item is a handwritten Mi’kmaq lexicon created by Msgr. MacPherson while learning the Mi’kmaq language. Newspaper clippings are fixed to some pages and Joe Gould of Whycocomagh, Cape Breton wrote his name on the inside front cover.
Item is a handwritten questionnaire in the Mi’kmaq language attached to handwritten correspondence in French between between Rev. MacPherson and Fr. Pacifique at the Mission Sainte-Anne de Ristigouche. Also attached is a 1923 letter written on Setaneoei Migmaoi Solnaltjitj (The Micmac Messenger) letterhead and 1903 monthly Mi’kmaq calendars.
Item is a circular sent to Indian Superintendents and Agents by the Department of Indian Affairs regarding vaccinations, garbage removal, construction, cleanliness and food.
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).
Item is a handwritten letter from Simon Basquer to Msgr. MacPherson, with a short note written at the bottom by Mrs. Simon Basquer.
Item is a black leather nameplate which reads, in gold, “Thomas J. Brown, Secretary, Royal Commission 1925, With Compliments, Government of Nova Scotia.”
Item is a typewritten letter from The Indian Cove Coal Company Ltd., signed by M. Dwyer, to Thomas J. Brown returning borehole records for the Jubilee Pit and Gannon Road. Also included was an April 30, 1929 balance sheet for the Indian Cove Coal Company.
Item is a copy of Gaelic Lessons for Beginners by an unknown author. The book is inscribed in the front cover to Meg MacKay.
Item is a copy of the poem “The Mayflower: The Emblem Flower of Nova Scotia” by John McPherson of Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
Item is one clipping from an unidentified newspaper titled, ‘“Thomas J. Brown’s ‘Place Names of Nova Scotia’ Should be Writer’s Handbook,” about the publication of Brown’s book.
Item is a letter from a representative of the House of Commons, [Thomas Cauley], in Ottawa, Ontario to Thomas J. Brown thanking him for his recent telegram, expressing his regrets that Brown was retiring as Deputy Minister of Mines, and giving him a report about the Scotia and Dominion Submarine Areas.
Item is a typewritten letter from M. Dwyer of Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia to Thomas J. Brown regarding R.E. Archibald’s account and contract, or lack of contract, with Sydney Mines.
Item is a typewritten follow-up letter from Thomas E. Vaughan to The Indian Cove Coal Company Ltd. in reference to R.E. Archibald’s February 9, 1923 letter to the company regarding the wholesaler’s accounts. A handwritten note is written on the back of the letter.
Item is a typewritten letter from R. E. Archibald, Wholesale and Retail Dealer of Soft Coal, Hard Coal and Petroleum Coke, to The Indian Cove Coal Company Ltd. regarding the Camp Hill Hospital coal account. A handwritten note is included on the back of the second page.
Item is a handwritten goodbye letter addressed to E.G. McKay by M. Dwyer on behalf of the staff at the Sydney Mines Colliery in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia. Mr. McKay was leaving the Sydney Mines for a steel company in the United States.
Item is a twenty-three page, typewritten paper about coal mining in Nova Scotia written by an unidentified author. The first three pages of the manuscript are missing.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 12.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 11.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 10.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 9.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 8.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 7.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 6.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 5.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diaries Volume 3.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diaries Volume 2.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diary Volume 1.
Item is the Cape Breton Highlanders War Diaries Volume 4.
Item is one typewritten list of Cape Breton Highlanders including names, regimental numbers, companies, and ranks developed during World War 2 (WW2).
Item is one typewritten Cape Breton Highlanders regimental history which includes information about the First World War, including various battalions (85th, 185th, 193rd, 219th), Battle Honours, and casualties; changes made to the regiment in the inter-war years; and, a list of Honorary Colonels from 1871 to 1939. A note was typewritten at the bottom of page 3 in 1944 to announce that the Highlanders had taken part in a battle on the Arielli River in Italy and on the same page handwritten annotations were added to the list of colonels sometime after 1959.