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Collection consists of a compilation of reproductions of correspondence, legal documents, provincial grants and plans concerning the relocation of this Reserve.

Fonds consists of Gaelic poetry, songs, hymns and a letter. Creator is unknown.

A. Notebook of handwritten Gaelic songs believed to be the songs of Ewen MacKinnon, otherwise known in Iona as "Bodach a'Bhidse".
B. Gaelic translation of the hymn “The Old Old Story.” Hexatonic scale adapted to regular musical store by unknown person. Original, 2 pages.
C1. Song "Chuir Mi Cul ri Iollaraidh" (with English translation) [n.d.] Original, 2 pages. Presented by Mr. & Mrs. John MacKenzie, Mira Gut.
C2. Song: “Bheir a Nall am Botal Dhu” [sic] (local composition) Original, 2 pages. Presented by John Allan MacNeil, Grand Narrows.
C3a. "Mi'm Shuidhe M'Onar" by Scottish bard Sorley Cameron. The name “Neil MacDonald” is penciled on the manuscript but not definite that he is the author. Original, 8 pages.
C3b Humourous song [untitled] also written in Cape Breton. Signed by Neil Macdonald but he was not the author. Also 2 fiddle tunes with musical notation, one stating that it is from Bill Lamey. Original, 5 pages.
C4. Song (untitled) likely of Cape Breton origin. Typescript, 1 page.
D. Letter written in Gaelic from Crows Nest to a friend in Inverness County, 1915. Original, 1 page. Presented by John Neil Beaton, Port Hood, 1984.

Fonds consists of a report describing the condition of troops stationed at Louisbourg during World War 1.

Items are three postcards of warships and ships in Sydney Harbour in 1909.

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 North Sydney town band with instruments on St Patrick's Day, 1897. There are approximately forty individuals, all male, outside of the North Sydney Post Office.

Item is a photograph of an unpaved Commercial Street, North Sydney. Buildings line both sides of the street including the Belmont Hotel and F. H. Rudderham Drugs. Thomas and John Voogt are in front of the Belmont near the steps.

Item is a photograph of Mary Logue as she is presented with a retirement gift on behalf of the staff of the North Sydney Post Office. Making the presentation is Postmaster Gerald Penney.

Fonds consists of papers including poetry, book excerpts, and a scrapbook. Papers include:

1. A collection of his poetry compiled by his daughter, Christena E. MacDonald, 1968. Also included is a poem by French Road bard, Duncan MacDonald. Typescript and printed, 32 pages.
2. Excerpts from Songs of the Gael [n.d.]. Printed, 6 pages.
3. Obituary of Angus R. MacDonald, 1973. Clippings including a poem by John Og Walker of Lake Ainslie.
4. “Biography of Christena Evelyn MacDonald” 1931. Original, 9 pages.
5. Scrapbook of clippings pertaining to Florence E. MacDonald’s track and field career, and including clippings on Johnny Miles, 1929.
6. Failte Cheap Breatuinn: A collection of Gaelic poetry by Vincent A. MacLellan (1891). The MacNeil Edition edited by James Hugh MacNeil, 1933. Typescript 233 pages. Supplement, 1933, containing biography of V. A. McLellan. Typescript, 22 pages. Presented by Angus R. MacDonald.

Item is a photograph of the construction of a large building for the Dominion Iron and Steel Company - possibly the open hearth building.

Item is a photograph of Charlotte Street with the railroad running under a bridge.

Item is a photograph of the funeral of Msgr. R.C. MacGillvray, Sacred Heart Church, Sydney.

Item is a photograph of the funeral of Msgr. R.C. MacGillvray, Sacred Heart Church, Sydney.

Items are two coloured postcards depicting the Blast Furnace of the Sydney Steel Plant.

Item is a photograph of the funeral of Msgr. R.C. MacGillvray, Sacred Heart Church, Sydney.

Item is a photograph of the Cape Breton Highlanders and band at Broughton, WWI.

Item is a photograph of ferry boats on the Mira River.

Item is a photograph of the interior of the Vooght Bros. Department Store in North Sydney, featuring the shoe department.

Item is a photograph of the interior of Voogt store in North Sydney, featuring the second floor balcony. This is where receipts were sent. A female employee sits at a desk ready to sort the incoming paperwork.

Item is a photograph of the interior of Voogt store in North Sydney, featuring the carpet department.

Item is a photograph of the exterior of the Voogt store in North Sydney featuring employees.

Item is a photograph of the interior of Voogt store in North Sydney, featuring two employees at a desk.

Item is a photograph of the first Boy Scout group in North America, founded by Scoutmaster W. P. Glover in Port Morien.

Item is a photograph of two horses pulling a tank of coal oil as it is delivered to customers in North Sydney.

Item is a photograph of Beech Hill, the residence of R.H. Brown, G.M.A. manager, that was built in 1828.

Item is a photograph of a driving party with horses and buggies from Cogan's Livery Stables, taken on Queen Street, North Sydney. Cogan's Livery Stables was located at 23 Blowers Street, North Sydney.

Item is a photograph of the general office and main warehouses of Rhodes, Curry and Company Limited.

Item is a photograph of Jost's Store on Charlotte Street, Sydney.

Item is a photograph of the Brotchie Hotel, North Sydney.

Item is a photograph of employees and the interior of Morley's Store on Charlotte Street, Sydney.

Item is a photograph of unidentified workers at the stone quarry in Mira Gut.

Item is an aerial photograph of the town of Glace Bay and its shoreline.

Item is a photograph of Glace Bay Harbour and vessels.

Item is a photograph of McMillan Grocery on George Street, Sydney.

Item is a photograph of Rev. Howard Gardener of Sydney Mines.

Item is a photograph of Rev. H. MacDonald (pastor), Rev. Landry (later Bishop) and Rev. A.J. MacIsaac.

Item is a photograph of a sketch of St. Barra's Church, Christmas Island, which burned down in 1973.

Item is a photograph of Isaac Greenwell's Store on the Esplanade, Sydney. It was a general store.

Item is a photograph of St. Patrick's Church.

Item is a photograph of Dr. Marcus Dodd, doctor at Bridgeport Mines, and Mrs. Marcus Dodd, born Sarah Rigby.

Item is a photograph of the crew of the Sydney coal washing plant. There are approximately one hundred men ranging in age from about thirteen to fifty; some of the men are sitting and standing on a Sydney and Louisbourg (S&L) railcar. The steel plant can be seen in the background.

Item is a photograph of the Cape Breton Highlanders (G.O.C. and Staff M.D. 6 and Officers of the 1st Bn., 85th Bn. C.E.F.) taken in August 1925.

Item is a photograph of the Caledonia #4 Colliery being demolished.

Item is a photograph of the coal office on George Street in Sydney.

Item is a photograph of an unidentified group of L.O.C. members in Glace Bay.

Item is a photograph of a winter scene from Falmouth Street, north on Charlotte Street, showing the Sons of Temperance Parade in Sydney.

Item is a photograph of Rev. John Pringle, a pastor at St. Andrew's Church, Sydney from 1909-1926.

Item is a photograph of the weighing office for haulers, where sleighs would be weighed before and after being loaded with coal.

Item is a photograph of Dr. Campbell, the president of the College of Cape Breton with Mr. LeRoy, Brian Tennyson, and Dr. John Saywell attending a symposium at the Isle Royale.

Item is a photograph of the art contest that took place during the Sydney Centennial Celebrations.

Item is a photograph of the opening of the centennial time capsule in Sydney.