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World War I Scrapbook
CA BI MG 09.021-C-1 · Item · 1915-10-04 - 1918-11-12
Part of Dodd Family fonds

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.

Annie Johnston
CA BI MG 6.46 · Fonds

Fonds consists of "An Clachan a b'Aithne Dhomh" : description of life on the Isle of Barra in the 1800s.

Johnston, Annie
Dieppe Raid
CA BI 79-1064-4044 · Item · 1942

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.

Dieppe Raid
CA BI 79-1070-4050 · Item · 19-Aug-1942

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid.

Gaelic Songs from Scotland
CA BI T-649 · Item · 1973
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

MacLean, Allan - Gaelic story - My Hen's Bad Habits

Pipers from Scotland - Bagpipe selection

Calum Ruaraidh, the Crofter - Song - The Lament for Arnheim

Shaw, Christine - Gaelic song

MacDonald, Allan - Song - Oran an t-Saighdear

Johnston, Annie & Mary; MacLeod, Rachel - Ceilidh in Barra - songs, music

Gillies, Alasdair - Story - Alasdair Wooing the Widow

Gillies, Alasdair - Song - Kirsteen

Gillies, Alasdair - Song - An t-Alltan Dubh

Macdonald, Angus
CA BI T-1119 · Item · 1975
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

MacTavish, Morag (Scotland) "Aite mo ghaoil, tha mise dol ann..."

Na H-Oganaich (Scotland) "Tha m'eudail 's m'aighear mo ghraidh"

Na H-Oganaich (Scotland) "Morag na bilean gheala..."

MacTavish, Morag (Scotland) "Soraidh leis a bhreacan ur..."

Na H-Oganaich (Scotland) "Fal o ro bho'n dh'fhag sinn..."

MacTavish, Morag (Scotland) "...mar theid mi leam fhin..."

Scottish Dance Band (Scotland) Scottish dance music

Scottish Dance Band (Scotland) Scottish dance music

Scottish Dance Band (Scotland) Scottish dance music

Scottish Dance Band (Scotland) Scottish dance music

Scottish Dance Band (Scotland) Scottish dance music

Scottish Dance Band (Scotland) Scottish dance music

Sandemann, Mary (Scotland) Gaelic song

School of Scottish Studies
Pilots
CA BI 84-110-14210 · Item · 1918

Item is a photograph of five pilots and one soldier taken during World War 1. A handwritten note on the item indicates the photo was taken in 1918 in "Hunts" or Huntingdonshire, England.

The Canadians in France
CA BI MAP 185 · Item · 1918

Item is a map published during World War 1 by the Montreal Star Publishing Company Ltd, titled "The Canadians in France." The map indicates locations where Canadian troops distinguished themselves.

Map 205
CA BI Map 205 · Item · 8-Aug-1918

Item is a World War 1 map of France, featuring several handmade corrections.

France, Lens
CA BI MAP 206 · Item · 27 October, 1916

Item is a map of France, created through an ordnance survey.

France
CA BI MAP 207 · Item

Item is a map of France, created through an ordnance survey.

A poster of the RMS Olympic
CA BI 2019-001-18-326-30971 · Item · 1927
Part of New Waterford Glass Negatives

A poster which shows a painting, signed in the right corner by C. Habicht, of the RMS Olympic. The RMS Olympic was a near replica ship of the Titanic, which transported thousands of troops from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Britain during the first world war. It was later used for tourism purposes.

Isle of Lismore
PAM 4139 · Item · 1977

Item is a history of the Isle of Lismore in Scotland. A small map card is tucked against the first page.

MG 20.5-E-1 · Subseries · 1939 - 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

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.

Braune Messe, Quedlinburg
CA BI Photograph Collection #19 · Collection · 1933-09-30 - 1933-10-03

Album consists of a series of photographs taken at a the Braune Messe (Jewish Goods / Merchant Boycott Fair) intended to encourage boycott of Jewish made goods and Jewish merchants. The event took place in Quedlinburg, Germany between September 30 - October 3, 1933. The images feature members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) the year the party came into power. Also included in the album are a series of newspaper clippings and unidentified family photographs.

Dieppe Raid
CA BI 79-1065-4045 · Item · 19-Aug-1942

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.

Dieppe Raid
CA BI 79-1066-4046 · Item · 19-Aug-1942

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.

Dieppe Raid
CA BI 79-1069-4049 · Item · 1942

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.

Dieppe Raid
CA BI 79-1076-4056 · Item · 19-Aug-1942

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.

Dieppe Raid
CA BI 79-1078-4058 · Item · 1942

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.

Calum Johnston: Gaelic Songs
CA BI T-137 · Item · 1969
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item consists of an audio recording of Calum Johnston singing a selection of Gaelic songs. Calum Johnston, brother of folklore and song collector Annie Johnston, is a renowned Gaelic tradition bearer, bagpiper and singer from Castle Bay on the Isle of Barra, Scotland.

"O gur mise th'airno chradh"

"O'n dh' fhag thu mi..."

"Smuatintinn truagh a th'air mi aigne"

"O Gain Ghlinn Cuaich"

"Dh 'eirich mi 's cha robh mi sunnd..."

"Ged is grianach a' latha"

"Blar na h' Eaglaise..."

"Faigh a nuas dhuinn am botul"

"Chuir 'as Caisteal a'ghlinn mi"

"Horo Bhodachain"

"Bheir miho hu bha ho"

"Cantaireachd"

"Si Morag a rinn a' bhanais"

"N robh thu 's a bheinn?"

"Fhir a' chinn duibh"

"Eo ho Raghnaill ad thall"
Chanter

"Na faighinn gille t'a cheannach"

"Chaidh maille air mo leiasinn"

University of Edinburgh School of Scottish Studies
CA BI T-1248 · Item · 1976
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording of Gaelic songs, fiddle and bagpipe selections.

Association Pipers - Bagpipe selections

MacLennan, Finlay - Presidential welcome

Morrison, Murdo, D.S.M. - Chairman's remarks

MacLeod, Margaret - "Tha m'eudail 's m'aighearr mo ghraidh"

MacAuley, Willie John - "Chi mi'n tir 's an robh mi nam bhalach"

Campbell, Janet - "O 's ann tha mo ghaol-sa thall"

Morrison, Murdo - Presentation of Church Chomunn Leodhas agus na Hearadh

Caledonian Reel and Strathspey Society - Violin selections

Ross, Calum - "Gun till mi m'as maireann mi..."

MacNeill, Finaly - "A' nionaig a' ghraidh..."

Association Pipers - Bagpipe selections

Campbell, Janet - "Nan tigeadh thu idir..."

Campbell, Janet - "A' fhleasgaich an fhuilt chraobhaich chais..."

Campbell, Janet - "A' fhleasgaich an fhuilt chraobhaich chais..."

MacAuley, Willie John - "Tiugainn a' leannan o duthaich nan Galla..."

Caledonian Strathspey and Reel Society - Violin selections

Ross, Calum - "A' Chalum bhig, a' Chalum bhig"

MacNeill, Finlay - "Eilean beag donn a' chuain"

MacLeod, Margaret - "He mo leannan, ho mo leannan..."

CA BI 84-114-14214 · Item · 12 June, 1918

Item is a photograph of Percy Willmot with his mother and sister in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. A note on the reverse of the item bears the caption "Style on the Stile" and specifies the photo was taken "on the packway between Shottery - Anne Hathaways [sic] Cottage and Stratford. P.".

France
CA BI MAP 204 · Item · 1917

Item consists of a map of France, created by an ordnance survey.

Highlanders in Holland
MG 20.5-D-1-5-4 · Item · 1945
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders posing for a group photo in front of the Delfzijl Railway Station in Delfzijl, Holland. There is no message written on the postcard.

Highlanders in Holland
MG 20.5-D-1-5-9 · Item · 1945
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders posing in front of a number of military vehicles near the Delfzijl Railway Station in Delfzijl, Holland. There is no message written on the postcard.

MG 20.5-D-1-5-17 · Item · [Between May 1945 and June 1945]
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of a small group of Cape Breton Highlanders standing at parade rest in front of The Adam, a windmill, in Delfzijl, Holland during World War 2 (WW2). The top of the windmill cannot be seen in this photograph.

MG 20.5-D-1-5-26 · Item · 1945
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of three Cape Breton Highlanders, from left to right, Ike Wiseman, Harvey Myers, and R. Patterson, holding a bottle between them while they stand in front of a military vehicle with their arms around each other’s shoulders in Holland during World War 2 (WW2).

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.

Sylvia Karrel collection
MG 21.49 · Fonds · 1943 - 2001

Fonds consists of correspondence written to Sylvia Karrel (née Sylvia Glickman) by Pilot Officer Curdis Karrel, Pilot Officer Karrel's war medals, photographs of Pilot Officer Karrel’s headstone in Kiel War Cemetery in Kiel, Germany, and newspaper clippings.

Karrel, Sylvia
CA BI MG 09.021-C · Subfonds · October 4, 1915 - August 12, 1937
Part of Dodd Family fonds

Sub-fonds consists of a World War I scrapbook kept by Frances Dodd during her time in England serving as a nurse, correspondence, and objects, including a silver service, pewter goblets, a silver urn, and a tea set.

Ridgway, Frances (Dodd)
"Guth Barrach"
CA BI MG 6.47 · Fonds · n.d.

Fonds consists of an address to the Gaels in Canada by the author Donald Sinclair of Barra and later Glasgow. He names is signed using his patronymic "Dòmhnull Dhòmhnuill Dhunnchaidh Chìobair" and initials from the Gaelic for Sinclair "D.M.N.C.". His signature also states that his is from Barra.

Log Raft
CA BI 77-374-508 · Item · 1918

Item is a photograph of a log raft that was once stored in North Sydney Harbour. Built in Newfoundland during World War I by Ivan Arkley Bailey from North Sydney and others, it was created in order to ship lumber to England.

Left to right: Mrs. Bailey, Mr. Ivan Arkley Bailey and Mrs. Bailey's sister.

Dieppe Raid
CA BI 79-1067-4047 · Item · 1942

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.