Item is a photograph of a woman belonging to the Bown family standing on a dirt road in North Sydney.
Daniel Cobb Harvey: "It (The Spirit of the Times) 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."
Item is a photograph of the S.S. Adriatic. In the month of March, 1862, when this photograph was taken, the Adriatic became stuck in the ice in North Sydney harbour. The ice was sturdy enough to support the crew as they walked to shore from the ship.
Item is a photograph of Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Brown, Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of Anne Ethel (Brown) Johnstone, daughter of R.H. Brown, at the age of 2 years and 4 months.
Gertrude E. N. Tratt: "The Herald, the oldest weekly in Cape Breton, began as a weekly with four 24" x 36" pages and a circulation of slightly more than 800. James W. Gould was editor and publisher, but within five years was succeeded by A.C. Bertram. Under Bertram's ownership the paper was more than tripled its circulation to 2,750 and its format altered, first to four 19 1/4" x 28 1/2" pages, and then to eight 15" x 23" pages. During these years it was Conservative in politics.
Sometime before 1910 the North Sydney Herald Publishing Company had begun to issue the paper. Its politics changed from Liberal-Conservative to Liberal, then to Independent. The circulation rose to a peak of 4,700 in 1918, and then began a steady decline. While it retained its eight pages, these reverted to Bertram's 19 1/4" x 22 1/2" size.
For some years after 1920, a daily as well as a weekly edition was published. At that time J. S. MacDonald was manager of the Herald Publishing Company. The daily, like the weekly, was an eight page newspaper. It cost $6 per annum, was Liberal in politics, and it had a circulation of 1,700.
The daily apparently ended about 1928 but the weekly continued for another 20 years. In the mid-thirties it became once more politically Independent."
Item is a photograph of ships on a beach after the August Gale on August 26, 1873.
Fonds consists of records documenting the history and operations of the North Sydney Western Union Telegraph Company. Records include an early inventory of the property from 1876, employee listings and collections, telegrams and a cash book, general history and various technical publications and sketches. The fonds also includes a significant portion of the Western Union Housing Committee minute books and property agreements.
Western Union Telegraph and Cable Company North SydneyItem is a photograph of Fr. Daniel J. MacIntosh, parish priest in North Sydney.
The North Sydney News Boy was published every Tuesday evening by MacKeen, Moore & Co. and costed 25 cents per annum until about 1885. It was then published the third Saturday of every month and costed 10 cents per annum. R. J. Coleman was listed as manager.
The North Sydney News Boy (4 Sept. 1883): "Our object is, in the first place, to give the current news of the day in the most condensed and explicit form; next, to inform the public on subjects of general importance without boring them with details of minor interest.
Public men and public events will be referred to without animus or personality.
Politics, - except as the action of politicians affect our immediate interests, - shall be carefully eschewed.
Religious matters or correspondence, except when of general interest, will not be admitted to our columns.
Local information will be carefully attended to, and no references made unless of interest to the community."
Item is a reproduction of a postcard displaying a view of North Sydney.
Items are a postcard and two reproductions of that postcard, of the North Sydney waterfront, 1885. Displayed in the foreground are the coal office and coal piers built by the General Mining Association.
Item is a reproduction of a postcard of the North Sydney waterfront in 1885. Displayed in the foreground are the coal office and coal piers built by the General Mining Association. On the reverse is an advertisement for the Strand Movie Theatre.
Item is a photograph of members of the Bown family in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of two members of the Bown family, crawling and playing on the ground in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a man belonging to the Bown family with a cat on his shoulder. He is standing outside in front of a tree.
Item is a photograph of a woman, a member of the Bown family, sitting in a rocking chair reading. There is a fireplace in front of her.
Item is a photograph of a woman, a member of the Bown family, leaning back in a chair with a book in her hand.
Collection consists of records related to Viola Desmond’s 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and her posthumous 2010 free pardon granted by the Government of Nova Scotia. Also included are materials related to Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson’s civil rights work in Nova Scotia, including newspaper clippings and articles, diplomas, certificates, scholarship and bursary documents, a scrapbook and materials related to Robson’s education and published book, Sister to Courage. Included are photographs of the extended Davis family and published books about the Black Nova Scotian experience.
Robson, Wanda EloiseItem is a photograph of a woman, a member of the Bown family, standing on a dirt road in North Sydney.
J. W. D. Stearns: "The Morning Sun is the only daily newspaper east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is printed every morning (Sunday excepted) at Sydney, Cape Breton, office No. 106 South Charlotte St. It gives the cable and telegraphic news by special services direct from New York and other centres of information, and lacks none of the facilities of a thorough newspaper. Subscription price is $6 per year. Advertising rates $1 per inch first insertion, 25 cents each continuation. Special rates on advertising contracts according to space and time."
Donation consists of artifacts, writings, interviews, and personal documents from Flora MacDonald's life and career.
MacDonald, FloraItem is a photograph of the paddle wheel steamer Neptune, which is docked at a pier in North Sydney N.S.
Item is a photograph of the North Sydney harbour.
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 the members of the League of the Cross Band, North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a group of approximately twenty men in North Sydney; several men are in uniform and there is a dog in the foreground.
Item is a scrapbook photograph of a Presbyterian church in North Sydney, Cape Breton.
Item is a scrapbook photograph of an R.C. Chapel in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a man and a woman from the Bown family in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of the Bown family home on Queen Street in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a woman who belonged to the Bown family in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a church in North Sydney during the wintertime.
Item is a photograph of a man, belonging to a Bown family, on a horse and carriage in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of Commercial in North Sydney from the souvenir album "Nova Scotia." The "new" Vooght block is on the right.
Item is a scrapbook photograph of a public building in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a home in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a woman belonging to the Bown family in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of Leitches Creek, Cape Breton.
Item is a photograph of women belonging to the Bown family, sitting around a table in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of four women belonging to the Bown family in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of the Bown family in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a woman who belonged to the Bown family, holding an animal in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a woman belonging to the Bown family posing with two cannons in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a man belonging to the Bown family walking a dirt road in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a brick entrance in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a woman, belonging to the Bown family, with a cat and a dog in North Sydney during the wintertime.
Item is a photograph of two women, one playing the piano and one reading, who both belong to the Bown family in a home in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a man, belonging to the Bown family, sitting inside of a house in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a woman walking on a road in North Sydney.