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Hankard St.
CA BI MG 12.198-MG 12.198 F-91-644-22605 · Item · [between 1912 and 1920]
Part of Elizabeth Beaton-Planetta fonds

Item is a photograph of a house on Hankard St. in Whitney Pier, N.S.

Slums
CA BI MG 12.198-MG 12.198 F-91-645-22606 · Item · [between 1912 and 1920]
Part of Elizabeth Beaton-Planetta fonds

Item is a photograph of houses in Whitney Pier, N.S.

Holy Redeemer Convent
CA BI 77-1513-1647 · Item · ca. 1912

Item is a postcard of the Holy Redeemer Convent, including the church and the glebe house in Whitney Pier.

Polish Wedding
CA BI 79-1096-4076 · Item · ca. 1910

Item is a photograph of a large wedding party, including the bride and groom.

Blacks at Whitney Pier
CA BI T-2104 · File · 1984

File consists of two audio reels that feature sound recordings of Neville Gibson, Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford being interviewed by Elizabeth Beaton about the Black population of Whitney Pier.

Track listing is as follows:
Side A:

  • Biographical information (Neville Gibson)
  • Rev. Phillips founder; White people creating problems for them (Neville Gibson)
  • Problem - St. Cyprians on Henry Street (Neville Gibson)
  • Re-iteration of involvement; Split in Black community (Neville Gibson)
  • The "Brethern" Bible study meetings (Neville Gibson)
  • Land bought by church; Bishop Trotman; History of African Orthodox Church (Neville Gibson)
  • Marcus Garvey; Black Star Line; U.N.I.A. (Neville Gibson)
  • Father lost house; Went to night school (informant); Picnics at Mira; Tennis courts; Menelik Hall (Neville Gibson)
  • Dr. Calder (Neville Gibson)
  • Connection between U.N.I.A. and A.O.C. (Neville Gibson)
  • Cricket Club (Neville Gibson)
  • Marcus Garvey; United Mission; Home and School (Neville Gibson)
  • Discrimination; Black scholarship program; Influence on Stanfield (Neville Gibson)
  • Black Methodist Church (Neville Gibson)
  • Reid Family (Neville Gibson)

Side B:

  • Biographical information; Born 1912; Arthur Stanley Trotman was father (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
  • Robertson from States; One named Jones (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
  • A.O.C. history; Robertson worked out of church on Henry Street (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
  • Robertson gone by 1924; Trotman had church on Victoria Road; Never a Methodist Church (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
  • Chronology of Priest (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
  • St. Alban's problems (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
  • Trotman, third bishop of A.O.C. (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
  • Marcus Garvey (Ralph Trotman, Vernal Till and Mae Crawford)
Blacks and West Indians
CA BI T-2199 · Item

Item is an audio reel that features a sound recording of Kay (Morrison) Borden being interviewed by Pam Newton about the Blacks and West Indians of Whitney Pier.

Paul MacEwan fonds
CA BI MG 9.30 · Fonds · 1936-1998

Fonds consists of the personal materials of Paul MacEwan, founder and leader of the Cape Breton Labour Party from 1982-1987 and former member of the Nova Scotia Legislature for Cape Breton Nova from 1970-2003. Included is correspondence, subjects files concerning healthcare and agriculture, press releases, and papers related to the New Democratic Party and Cape Breton Labour Party.

MacEwan, Paul
MacIsaac Girls, Sydney
CA BI 79-1195-4175 · Item · ca. 1912

Item is a photograph of Cassie (Catherine), Annie and Sadie MacIsaac. The three women were co-owners of the Bonnie View Hotel in Whitney Pier. Their sister Margaret (MacIsaac) Gillis and her husband Rod Gillis established the boarding house in 1910. Margaret died shortly after the birth of her fifth child in 1913, and following her death, her husband and children left for Western Canada, while her sisters assumed ownership of the hotel.

Pier A.C.
CA BI N Series-700.1 · Item · 1947
Part of Abbass Studios Ltd. fonds

Item is a photographic portrait of a hockey team from the Pier at the Sydney Forum.

Victoria Road
CA BI 83-6385-13685 · Item · [192-]

Item is a postcard depicting the Victoria Road subway in Whitney Pier, N.S.

Whitney Pier, C.B.
CA BI 84-1048-15148 · Item · 1918

Item is a postcard that reads "When You are Not in Whitney Pier I am Thinking of You."

Whitney Pier, Sydney, N.S.
CA BI 91-691-22652 · Item · 1972

Item is a photograph of houses in Whitney Pier, N.S. viewed from the back.

Raytel Photography
Whitney Pier War Monument
CA BI 96-225-26913 · Item · 1995

Item is a photograph of the Whitney Pier War Monument.

Holy Ghost Ukrainian Church
CA BI 84-1442-15542 · Item · 1970

Item is a photograph of the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Church in Whitney Pier, N.S.

CA BI 89-517-18712 · Item · 1923

Item is a photograph showing workers at the Steel Plant in the summer of 1923.

The Blast Furnaces
CA BI 81-421-5501 · Item · ca. 1905

Item is a photograph of the blast furnaces of the Sydney Steel Plant, as seen from the rear.

The International Pier
CA BI 81-423-5503 · Item · ca. 1905

Item is a photograph showing a boat as it sits docked at the international pier in Sydney.

1923 Steel Srike
CA BI 89-504-18699 · Item · 1923

Item is a photograph of the members of the Royal 22 Regiment patrolling the plant grounds during the Steel Strike of 1923.

St. Albans, Whitney Pier
94-752-25267 · Item · c.1955

Item is a photograph of Rev. John Young with unidentified parishioners registering for a church function at St. Albans Anglican church.

Abbass Studios Ltd.
Family Photo
CA BI MG 21.26-18-111-30756 · Item · [ca. 1952]
Part of Paruch Family fonds

Item is a photograph of members of the Mroz and Paruch family in front of a home on Webster Street. Pictured from left to right: Joseph Mroz, Caroline Mroz, Catherine Mroz (nee Juscur), and Richard Paruch.

Family Photo
CA BI MG 21.26-18-68-30713 · Item · [ca. 1960]
Part of Paruch Family fonds

Item is a photograph of Alan Paruch in front of home on Webster Street.

Family Photo
CA BI MG 21.26-18-41-30686 · Item · [ca. 1988]
Part of Paruch Family fonds

Item is a photograph of Stella Paruch outside her home on Bay Street.

Family Photo
CA BI MG 21.26-18-35-30680 · Item · [ca. 1991]
Part of Paruch Family fonds

Item is a photograph of Stella Paruch holding her granddaughter Maria Paruch in Stella's home on Bay Street.

Stella's Kitchen
CA BI MG 21.26-18-05-30650 · Item · 2002
Part of Paruch Family fonds

Item is a photograph of Paruch family in Stella's kitchen on Bay Street. Pictured left to right: Eddie Paruch, Mary Paruch Enderly, Stella Paruch (nee Breski), and Stella Paruch

Visit
CA BI MG 21.26-18-37-30682 · Item · 1987
Part of Paruch Family fonds

Item is a photograph of Maria Paruch Young and Stella Mroz Paruch outside Stella's home on Bay Street.

Whitney Pier
CA BI MG 12.198-MG 12.198 F-84-1352-15452 · Item · 1984
Part of Elizabeth Beaton-Planetta fonds

Item is a photograph of houses in Whitney Pier, N.S. The DOSCO steel plant is visible in the background.