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.
Fonds consists of "An Clachan a b'Aithne Dhomh" : description of life on the Isle of Barra in the 1800s.
Johnston, AnnieItem is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.
Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid.
Item is an audio recording made in scotland of bagpiping and Gaelic song. Includes stories form Christmas Island, N.S.
Tape from Scotland - Gaelic song
MacDonald, Allan - Bagpipe selections
MacKenzie, Dan - Biographical sketch
MacKenzie, Dan - Stories
MacDonald, Joseph LawrenceMacLean, 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, AngusMacTavish, 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 StudiesItem 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.
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.
Item is a World War 1 map of France, featuring several handmade corrections.
Item is a map of France, created through an ordnance survey.
Item is a map of France, created through an ordnance survey.
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.
Item is a history of the Isle of Lismore in Scotland. A small map card is tucked against the first page.
Sub-series consists of photographs of the Cape Breton Highlanders during World War 2 (WW2).
Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders working in a large warehouse [in Holland]. There is no message written on the postcard.
Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of a small group of Cape Breton Highlanders standing at attention in front of The Adam, a windmill, in Delfzijl, Holland during World War 2 (WW2).
Item is one postcard featuring a head and shoulders photograph of an unidentified Cape Breton Highlander in front of The Adam, a windmill, in Delfzijl, Holland during World War 2 (WW2).
Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders marching through Delfzijl, Holland.
Item is one photograph of Major Sylvester MacKinnon (left) standing with two unidentified Cape Breton Highlanders on a sidewalk in Holland during World War 2 (WW2).
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.
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.
Sub-file consists of a photo album of photographs taken by or for Joseph Oldford in Montecchio, Italy, Coriano Ridge, Italy, and Ravenna, Italy during the Canadian delegation to Italy to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of Italy during the Second World War.
Item is one photograph of Joe Oldford, a Canadian delegate and veteran of the Cape Breton Highlanders, standing with an unidentified veteran of the Perth Regiment and an unidentified veteran of the Irish Regiment at the Monte Cassino Polish War Cemetery in Cassino, Italy.
Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.
Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.
Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.
Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.
Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.
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 StudiesItem 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..."
Calum & Annie Johnston; Gaelic Songs, stories and piping from Barra, Scotland
Tangent RecordsItem 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.".
Item consists of a map of France, created by an ordnance survey.
Series consists of records created by The Cape Breton Highlanders during World War 2 (World War II, WW2).
Item is a photocopy of a photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders, John MacQueen, [?] MacLean, and [unidentified] standing together on a dirt road [in Holland].
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.
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.
Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of five Cape Breton Highlanders repairing military boots while stationed [in Holland]. There is no message written on the postcard.
Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of the Cape Breton Highlanders Pipe and Drum Band marching along a stone street [in Holland]. An ambulance is in the foreground and a group of people can be seen lining the opposite side of the street. There is no message written on the postcard.
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.
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).
Item is one photograph of six Cape Breton Highlanders standing in the doorway of an unidentified brick building, [possibly the Delfzijil Railway station in Delfzijil, Holland].
Item is one photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders, Peter MacGregor, Bob Kipping, [unidentified], Earl Wilson, [unidentified], and [?] Young, posing together in a garden in Holland during World War 2 (WW2).
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.
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, SylviaSub-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)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.
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.
Item is a photograph of a view of the Dieppe Raid with a caption in German.