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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)
Personal Papers
MG 21.37-A · Series · 1911-1993, predominant 1971-1977
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Series consists of personal correspondence, letters of congratulations, speeches that Dr. MacMillan has given on the grand opening of a hospital, at banquets, about the annual festival held in Baddeck, welcome speeches, introductory speeches, on the opening of new schools, giving thanks for an invitation, speech to open a meeting and a speech at the launch of a new memorial park in Baddeck. Series also consists of a column called MacMillan’s Memories, a history of Baddeck Group Alcoholics Anonymous which he is mentioned in, a story about the history of Isaac’s Harbor, a loan statement and 29 photographs including weddings photos, family photos, photos of Dr. MacMillan by himself and with others, photos of a house, the C. Monty MacMillan ferry, and Dr. MacMillan in a horse drawn sleigh.

Correspondence
MG 21.37-A-1 · File · 1911-1976, predominant 1971-1977
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

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.

Speeches and Other Writings
MG 21.37-A-2 · File · c.1949-1993
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

File consists of speeches that Dr. MacMillan has given on; the grand opening of the North Victoria Hospital, a banquet in Victoria County, openings to the Gaelic Mod Festival, welcome speech at the annual memorial for firefighters across Cape Breton, introduction to Dr. Will. R. Bird, giving thanks to legion members for an invitation to their banquet, opening of a new school in Ingonish, opening speech for the third annual meeting of organized festival of song and speech, opening speech for the launch of the Baddeck Lions Club’s new Alexander Graham Bell Park and the opening of a new rural high school in Victoria County. File also consists of a column called “MacMillan’s Memories” in a Newsletter for Victoria County called “Lantern Light” detailing memories that Dr. MacMillan had written down over the years and a piece called “Baddeck Group of Alcoholics Anonymous It’s History”, which states that Dr. MacMillan was vital in facilitating AA meetings.

MG 21.37-A-2-1 · Item · 1949
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of a speech given by Dr. MacMillan at the opening of the new hospital in Victoria County. Dr. MacMillan replaced the Minister of Health, Mr. Harold Connolly at the grand opening of the North Victoria Hospital. Mr. Connolly was not able to make it and asked Dr. MacMillan to give the opening address instead.

MG 21.37-A-2-10 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consist of a partial speech Dr. MacMillan gave in assisting the Baddeck Lions Club in launching the layout for their new memorial park, The Alexander Graham Bell Park. The second page of the speech is missing.

MG 21.37-A-2-11 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of a speech given by Dr. MacMillan at the opening of a new rural high school in Victoria County. Dr. MacMillan emphasizes the importance in receiving a higher education. The school was built to serve the Western and Central parts of Victoria County. The creation of this school made it easier for students to obtain a grade 12 certificate and there were also school buses available to pick up and drop off students.

MG 21.37-A-2-12 · Item · 1992
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of Lantern Light No. 6 which was the newsletter for Victoria County Memorial Hospital Charitable Foundation and in the newsletter is a column called "MacMillan's Memoirs", in this edition Dr. MacMillan recounts the time when one of his patients mistakenly took iodine instead of the cough mixture that he had left.

MG 21.37-A-2-13 · Item · 1993
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of Lantern Light No. 8, which was the Newsletter of Victoria County Memorial Hospital Charitable Foundation and in this newsletter is a column titled, "MacMillan's Memoirs", in this segment Dr. MacMillan recounts the time that he was in such a rush to get back to Baddeck from Sydney, because he knew that there was no doctor there, that he forgot his wife in Sydney and only remembered when he was nearly halfway back to Baddeck.

MG 21.37-A-2-14 · Item · 1993
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of Lantern Light No. 10, which is the Newsletter of Victoria County Memorial Charitable Foundation and in this newsletter is a column called, "MacMillan's Memoirs", in this segment Dr. MacMillan recounts a time when his daughter Connie was visiting his sister and she had threw her a party in order to meet some children her age and the other little girls were talking about their father's but Connie didn't know what to say until she remembered that her father "has the biggest overdraft in the Royal Bank of Canada" than any other man in Baddeck.

Opening Speech at Banquet
MG 21.37-A-2-2 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of Dr. MacMillan giving the opening speech at a banquet in Victoria County. He welcomed the Minister of Agriculture as well as visitors from other parts if the province. In his speech, he mentions the importance of agriculture and farmers.

MG 21.37-A-2-3 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of a speech given by Dr. MacMillan welcoming a man from Scotland to Cape Breton. He has come to Cape Breton for the annual Gaelic Mod Festival in Baddeck. Dr. MacMillan talks about the similarities between Scotland and Cape Breton as well as the predominant highland and Gaelic culture in parts of Cape Breton.

Annual Gaelic Mod Festival
MG 21.37-A-2-4 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of a speech about the annual Gaelic Mod festival which has just begun in Victoria County. Dr. MacMillan acknowledges the return visit from Chief Flora MacLeod as well as acknowledging the late Johnnie Sam Campbell who was instrumental in the success of past festivals.

MG 21.37-A-2-5 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of a welcome speech given at an annual memorial for firefighters honoring their fallen comrades. This was the first time that the memorial took place in Baddeck because, Baddeck had just received a fire department of their own. There were members in attendance from all over Cape Breton and Dr. MacMillan acknowledges them in his speech.

MG 21.37-A-2-6 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of an introduction to Dr. Will R. Bird who was an award-winning author. Dr. Bird was speaking at this event about the arrival of John Cabot and the planting of the flag of King Henry VII in that very spot where the event was held. Dr. Bird had a vast knowledge of pioneers and early settlers which Dr. MacMillan acknowledges.

Thanking Legion Members
MG 21.37-A-2-7 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consist of a speech given by Dr. MacMillan thanking the legion members for honoring his and his wife with an invitation to their banquet. He also congratulates the legion members on a job well done in regard to their new renovations and plans for future ones.

Ingonish School Opening
MG 21.37-A-2-8 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of a speech given by Dr. MacMillan at the opening of a new school in Ingonish. Dr. MacMillan describes the beauty of Ingonish as well as the abundance of community spirit which he attributes to the success of the creation of the school. He also addresses the children in attendance and acknowledges how fortunate they are to have a school at their disposal.

MG 21.37-A-2-9 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of a speech given by Dr. MacMillan at the third annual meeting of organized festival of song and speech. It is a three-day long festival in Baddeck where 16 school sections of the county compete. Dr. MacMillan mentions how the festival is sponsored by Home & School and how the very first Home & School Association in all of Canada was organized in Baddeck. He gives special credit to Mrs. Freda Jones, the circuit music teacher who organized the festival as well as Mr. Jame MacKinnon, a school inspector who has helped to develop said festival and Mr. Donald Wetmore and Mrs. J.W. Walshman, both from the department of education who were to act as judges.

Photographs
MG 21.37-A-3 · File · [18-?]-1993
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

File consists of black and white and color photographs of Dr. MacMillan, his family, wedding photographs and photographs of paintings featuring Dr. MacMillan.

School photo
MG 21.37-A-3-14 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item is a photograph of what appears to be a class photo. There are 14 children, with an unknown woman and Dr. MacMillan standing behind them and off to the side there is a man holding a child but his face is not in the frame.

Family photo
MG 21.37-A-3-15 · Item · [191-?]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item is a family photograph, presumably Dr. MacMillan's family when he was younger starting from left to right with his father William H. MacMillan, his two sisters Netta and Olive, his mother Constance E. MacMillan and young Dr. MacMillan.

House
MG 21.37-A-3-2 · Item · [19-?]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item is a slide with a photograph of a house, possibly Dr. MacMillan's house and there is a person sitting on the porch.

Man and horse on ice
MG 21.37-A-3-21 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item is a photograph of a winter’s day and there is a horse with a blanket on its back pulling something as well as a man with his hand on the horse’s bridle walking.

MG 21.37-A-4 · Item · 1911
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of The History of Isaac’s Harbor written by Mary A. Griffin. Was given to Dr. MacMillan by Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dorais. On the cover there is mention of a Mildred MacMillan with a series of 7 numbers below.

Writings and Reviews
MG 21.37-B · Series · [197-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Series consists of 4 completed and 2 partial manuscripts of “Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor”/ “Hang the Lantern on the Gate”, book reviews, a rough draft of a play scene about “Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor”, a letter to a publisher, a rejection letter from a publisher, a letter talking about the book, an audio cassette tape from a radio program “The Bush and the Salon” and a CD titled “C.L. MacMillan-Oral Histories”.

Manuscripts
MG 21.37-B-1 · File · 197?
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

File consists of 4 completed manuscript and 2 partial manuscripts of “Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor”/ “Hang the Lantern on the Gate”. “Hang the Lantern on the Gate” was the original title of Dr. MacMillan’s novel before it was changed to “Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor”.

Book Reviews
MG 21.37-B-2 · File · 1974-1975
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

File consists of reviews from; The Scotia Sun, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, North Bay Nugget, Star Phoenix, Saskatoon, The Globe & Mail, Montreal Star, Toronto Star, The Spectator, Maritime Co-Operator, Quill & Quire, and more talking about Dr. MacMillan’s book “Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor”.

Play Scene
MG 21.37-B-3 · Item · 19?
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of a rough draft of an opening scene for a play “Cape Breton Doctor” by Robert Mariner which is based on Dr. MacMillan’s novel “Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor”.

Correspondence
MG 21.37-B-4 · File · 1972-1986
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

File consists of a letter from Doubleday Canada Limited rejecting “Hang the Lantern on the Gate” for publication on August 1st, 1972. File consists of a letter sent by Dr. C. L. MacMillan Jr. to a Mr. and Mrs. Petrie asking for their opinion on a if “Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor” has the potential to become a play. File consists of a letter from Dr. MacMillan to Jean speaking about his book, “Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor”.

Audio Visual
MG 21.37-B-5 · File · [197-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

File consists of a tape recording of a radio program titled, "The Bush and the Salon" that Dr. MacMillan appeared on as well as a CD titled "C. Lamont MacMillan- Oral Histories".

Tributes and Commemorations
MG 21.37-C · Series · c.1963-1993
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Series includes clippings and information regarding the C. Monty MacMillan ferry boat, a scrapbook with details and clippings from when Doctor MacMillan was awarded the Order of Canada, and copies of Dr. MacMillan’s obituary and letters of condolence to his family.

MG 21.37-C-1 · File · 1971-1993
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

File consists of a letter written in 1992 from M.L.A. Roland J. Thornhill to Ken Streatch the Minister of transportation and Communication asking that the bell and name plaque from the C. Monty MacMillan Ferry be given to the family, clippings detailing the final crossing of the C. Monty MacMillan Ferry and the opening of the Barra Strait Bridge.

Blue Scrapbook
MG 21.37-C-2 · Item · 1973-1974
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of clippings of Dr. MacMillan receiving the Order of Canada and letters of congratulations on receiving the award.