Item is a photograph of a woman belonging to the Bown family standing on a dirt road in North Sydney.
Collection consists of photographs, genealogical records, correspondence and financial records belonging to various members of the Basker Family.
Basker Family of Mull River, Nova ScotiaItem is a postcard depicting the General Hospital in Glace Bay, N.S. as it stood in the early 20th century.
Item is a postcard depicting the Victoria Road subway in Whitney Pier, N.S.
Item is a street view of the northern end of Victoria Road in Whitney Pier, N.S.
Item is a photograph of a wedding party at the Ukrainian Church on West Street. Pictured left to right: Clarence Landry, unknown, Bill Ojolick, Agnes Orychock, Anne Ojolick, and Charlotte Orychock.
Item is a map showing details of Louisbourg Harbour and Gabarus Bay with a full inset map of Cape Breton Island, labelled Isle Royal. Documents the landing place and camp of the New England forces as well as the fortified town of Louisbourg, various battery locations, French settlements and the lighthouse.
Kitchin, ThomasItem is a mid-18th century coloured map showing Louisbourg Harbour and Gabarus Bay. Creator unknown.
Map of the Gulf of St. Lawrence showing Newfoundland and a portion of Acadie.
Bellin, Jacques NicolasItem is a map of the Louisbourg area during the 1745 seige. The map shows the location of the New England troop encampment at French Water Brook.
D. Henry and R. CaveThis map was originally part of Bellin's "Le Petit Atlas Maritime" showing French fortifications destroyed during the 1758 siege.
Bellin, Jacques NicolasItem is a photograph of a painting of the founding of Sydney.
Item is a photograph of Captain Charles Barrington, a resident of Barrington Park, Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of Mrs. John Barrington o f Sydney Mines.
Fonds consists of Brown’s collection of mining documents, the manuscript for his book, Place Names of Nova Scotia as well as an undated mining manuscript. Also included is a copy of the poem The Mayflower, the book Gaelic Lessons for Beginners, a scroll addressed to E.G. McKay, a leather nameplate, newspaper clippings and correspondence.
Brown, Thomas JamesCollection consists of the following:
Series A
- Correspondence regarding St. Anthony’s Church Bell, 1911
- League of the Cross (L.O.C.) Dominion, 1930 2 documents
Series B: Memoranda including background information for Mr. Stephenson’s two books.
- Proofs of Mr. Stephenson’s two books. 20 pages
- Material General Mining Association supplied to miners, 1831-1832. 40 pages.
- Company Store Records, 1878-1884, 35 pages.
- Miners’ time book and waste book; Materials General Mining Association supplied to miners 1882-1891 66 pages.
- Company Store records; time book; waste book 1883-1890 48 pages
- Papers including Dominion Town Council election results; Minutes of the first town Council and school board meetings 1906; inventory of Dominion Electric Light Department, 1959. 263 Pages.
Series C: Deeds: Photocopy, 1826-1946 relating to the Bridgeport area, 31 pages, 1 folder.
- John Claghan to John Young; L’Indian bay 1826
- William the Fourth to William Cadegan, Catherine Stanton, Reardon O’BRIEN, John Handley, John Murphy and John Casey; S.S. Lingan Bay, 1832
- John and Bridget Murphy to Roman Catholics - South Side Lingan Bay, 1840.
- Walter and Catherine Young to Roman Catholic Episcopate Corporation of Arichat; South Side Lingan Bay, 1869.
- Walter and Catherine Young to Roman Catholic Episcopate Corporation of Arichat ; Lingan, 1884.
- GMA to Henry Mitchell; Bridgeport, 1890.
- Rev. John Cameron to John Phalen, Old Bridgeport, 1900
- The Crown to James Cooney, Anastasia Cooney & Ann O’Neal; Between Lingan Basin and Little Glace Bay [Bridgeport], 1878.
- Cooney & O’Neil to Joseph Campbell; Bridgeport, 1881
- Cooney & O’Neil to Roderick Johnston; Bridgeport 1892
- James & Anastasia Cooney to Lawrence O’Neil; Bridgeport 1892
- James & Mary Ann Cooney to Ann O’Neil; Bridgeport, 1892
- Cooney to Alexander Mc Donald; Bridgeport, 1893
- O’ Neil & Cooney to James Mac Neil; Bridgeport, 1893
- O’Neil to Cooney; Bridgeport, 1894
- Cooney to Annie Crosby; Bridgeport, 1904
- Cooney to Alexander Mc Donald; Bridgeport, 1905
- Cooney to O’Neil to Dominion Coal Company , Bridgeport, 1917
- Cooney to Walter Graham; Main Road leading from Bridgeport to Dominion [Bridgeport] 1932
- Daniel Joseph Cooney to Walter Graham; Main Road leading from Bridgeport to
Dominion [Bridgeport] 1928 - Cooney to Alexander N. Mac Neil; Main Road leading from Bridgeport [Bridgeport] 1932
- Cooney to Mrs. S.J. Cooney; Main Road Glace Bay to Bridgeport [Bridgeport] 1932
- Cooney to Ignatius Mc Intyre; East Side of Phalen’s Rd. [Bridgeport] 1944
- Cooney to Alexander M. Mc Neil; Main Rd. Leading from Bridgeport to Dominion [Bridgeport] 1944
- Daniel Joseph Cooney to Francis Joseph Mc Mullin; Bridgeport, 1946
Series D: Clippings
- Biographical material relating to Dominion; including matters concerned with the
Second World War; Social news, Churches and Law and Order. - Clippings referring to August Gale, 1873; 1909 Strike; Tramline route, 1914; Bands
And Orchestras - Michalik, 1927; Polish orchestra, 1927; Roosevelt’s death, 1945;
VE day riots - Halifax; end of WW II.
Series E: Photographs (See Photograph Collection #25)
Four volumes pertaining to the Town of Dominion and the organization of Mr. Stephenson’s two books: Dominion, Nova Scotia 1906-1981 and souvenir booklet on the History of the Dominion Volunteer Fire Department.
Series F. Scrapbooks:
- 1901-1961 Cuttings relation to Dominion, 8cm.
- Material relating to Bridgeport and Bridgeport Mine, 3 cm.
- Cuttings pertaining to Dominion and Mr. Stephenson 1960's and 1970's
- School records, 1888, Mitchell’s School, Photocopies, 7 pages
- Cuttings relating to religion (RC) and education in Dominion in mid twentieth century,
2 cm. - Cuttings from Dominion-New Waterford areas, May-August, 1947, compiled by John
Mac Kinnon, Dominion, 2cm.
Gertrude E.N. Tratt: "A veritable chain of publications following each other in close succession from 1840, finally ended with the Cape Breton Times. The earliest in the series was the Cape Breton Advocate published by Richard Huntington and edited by Otto S. Weeks. Its prospectus was dated 24 July 1840 and read: "It is proposed to publish the Sydney, Cape Breton, as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers can be obtained, a Weekly Newspaper to be called "THE CAPE BRETON ADVOCATE". It will be printed on a quarter sheet of fine paper, the size of the Halifax Pearl at the rate of Fifteen Shillings per annum payable half yearly ... a correct and copious Marine Journal will be published in every number, and the fluctuations of the American, West India, and Provincial Markets will be duly noticed ... a general summary of foreign and domestic intelligence will be given ... with a correct record of local events. During the sessions of the Legislature the proceedings will always be briefly noted. Communications, when not of a personal nature will ... be ... inserted. The day of publication will be Wednesday"."
Daniel Cobb Harvey: "The only other newspaper which originated in 1840 was the Cape Breton Advocate, published at Sydney by Richard Huntington and edited by the Reverend Otto S. Weeks, principal of the Grammar School. It ran until the end of 1841 when the press was taken over by J.D. Kuhn, who published the Spirit of the Times, an agricultural, commercial, literary, and general newspaper. It lasted until 1846, when the plant was again sold to William C. McKinnon, who changed the name first to the Cape Breton Spectator but afterwards to the Times and Cape Breton Spectator. The latter ceased publication in 1850 and was succeeded by the Commercial Herald, which lasted but a few months. McKinnon in turn sold to James P. Ward, who published the Cape Breton News and conducted it successfully until 1871 or 1872."