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Fonds consists of a wide variety of materials collected or created by Dr. Greg MacLeod, mostly written documents, but also videos and cassette tapes, many of which have been digitized. The written documents cover a wide range of genres such as correspondence, memos, financial reports, updates, feasibility studies, newspaper clippings, and minutes of meetings. These records have a date range beginning in the 1950's when Dr. MacLeod was in school in Sydney Mines (though there is one family document from 1899) and ending around 2004. The range of materials found here derives from his association with a number of organizations starting in the early 1970's, many of which he played a founding influence, such as Metropolitan Alliance For Development, Cape Breton School of Crafts, Island Housing Association, and the Cape Breton Association for Co Op Development, which itself would morph into New Dawn Enterprises. His social-economic interests continued with his involvement in the Tompkins Institute from its founding in 1974 and his close association with the university's Centre for Community Economic Development from its founding in 1986. Another large set of documents involves the founding of BCA Group in 1989 and its progress, and the various projects that were supported by it. Based on these associations, the fonds is arranged with the following series: Tompkins Institute; BCA Group; Centre for Community Economic Development, Audio Files, Video Files, New Dawn Enterprises, Economic Reports and Studies, and Autobiographical Materials. Each of these series (and some contain sub-series) will be composed of multiple files (some files with multiple folios) with each file containing many individual items.

Interview with Lee Cremo - 2nd part (continuation from tape LEB/SAY-Ac-39) - talk about wedding dance, speaks about developing music in children, chanting or singing during wedding dance, special wedding song, birthdays, praying, singing for dancing, he sings the song for the dance, celebration dance, Nescaouette dance, learning to dance, dances in home, respect for elders, his wife explains about dancing and dance at Chapel Island, dance died out on Chapel Island, Mi'kmaq life, learning dancing, understanding Mi'kmaw dance movement, step for dances, respect in dancing.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Greg Smith - continuation from LEB/SAY-Ac-15 - dancer to visit, step-dancing, Irish influence on step-dancing in Cape Breton, aspects of the three predominant cultures (Irish, Scottish, Acadian) in music and dance, Irish Dance Tradition, Square Dances of the Island, freedom in dancing, comparison between Old World and Cape Breton, Calls from Saint Peters, Richmond County, given by Mr. Joe Mac Dougal.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Ronnie Haché about his life, started to step-dance, occasion to dance in Grand-Etang, step-dancing teaching experience, qualities of a good dancer, fiddlers he liked the best, why he likes dancing, occasion to dance, square-dancing, step-dance repertoire, clothes, shoes, lessons in Waltham and the Beg Step, number of figures in Cheticamp, lessons in Cape Breton area, teaches in Pleasant Bay. Interview with Denise Olson at Margaree Harbour about pipe playing and Highland dancing, learning Highland Dancing, learned the pipes, opportunities for dancing, house party, jig tunes, halls, box socials, the sets, fiddling for dancing, people who dance, younger people dancing, how to keep this type of dancing alive among the younger people, dance prohibition.

Interview with Minnie and Natalie MacMaster about their life, step-dancing, number of steps, frequency of dances, number of figures, concerts, picnics, stages at weddings, Scotch Four, Nathalie and the fiddle, playing for dances, winter playing, names of tunes, sheets of dance repertoire which Mary Janet MacDonald compiled, young people's interest in this music and dance, Glencoe Mills. July 15, 1986. Interview with Arsène LeBlanc calls figure he remembers, August 10, 1986, the music is a tape of Buddy MacMaster and Dougie MacPhee from Glencoe Mills, three figures (reels), where he learned them.

Interview with Blaise and Fern MacInnis about their life, Glencoe Mills square set, number of couples in a set at Glencoe, eight handed reel, dances in schoolhouses, dance prohibition, house parties. July 12, 1986. Interview with Mary Jane MacIsaac and Margaret Mac Dougall about their life, old-time sets, wedding reel, wedding dances, kitchen rackets, box party, house parties on Sundays, song-dances, dance occasions, box party. August 8, 1986.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Malcolm MacDonald about his life, dances when he was growing up, dances at homes and schools, frolics, waltz, music for the Scotch Four, seasons for dancing, collecting of the fiddles, making a living, fishing, weddings in Mabou, church picnics, dancing stages, electricity, stories about dances, changes in dancing, qualities of a good dancer, wedding reel, Gaelic song-dances, dancing on bridges, origin of the dance, mines in Cobalt (Ontario), floor surface for dancing, dress at a house party, food at house parties, transportation, distances traveled to attend a dance, differences in the sets, occasions for dances, Boston.

Interview with Beverly Jeddore about her life, teaching dance, welcoming dance, celebration dance and clothing, beadwork, the game dance, the feather dance, the snake dance, the blanket dance, the wedding dance, the welcoming dance song, the celebration dance song, learning dances, the waltes game, with the community, learning the songs and dances, dances on the footwear, prayer and song, kind of footwear for dancing, older woman in Eskasoni who knows a lot.

Interview with Mary Janet and Tammy MacDonald and Music from filming. They talk about their life, influences, teaching in Scotland, different styles, ethnic styles, body posture, and qualities of a good Cape Breton dancer, solo dancing at Glencoe, step-dance experience, dance occasions and school. Interview with Alexander MacDonald (fiddle) and Gerry MacNeil (guitar) play for the filming of Tammy step-dancing. They talk about Gordie MacDonald step-dancing, Mary Janet MacDonald step-dancing, Mary Janet's teaching of the steps without music.

Mederic Teaching Square Set - Place de naissance, introduction au film, les figures un à quatre, noms des danseurs, number of figures in a set and the swing.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Margaret Ann Beaton about her life, employment, step-dancing in family, weddings, fiddlers, song-dances, etc., and interview with Joe Rankin about his life, step-dancing, number of steps in repertoire, qualities of a step-dancer, Glencoe Mills, structure of set at Glencoe, number of figures, fiddler following the set, parties, weddings, seasons for dance, etc., July 1, 1986.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Owen Dan Gillis about his life, qualities of a good step-dancer, publicity for dances, travel to dances, the calls, dance prohibition, etc. Interview with Donald Hughie MacDougall about his life, dancing with pipes, house parties, weddings, Canadian Legion dances, Jigging tunes, Gaelic song-dances or games.

Item is a videocassette recording of various events and scenes filmed for the Inverness County Dance Project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UyvskLqpNI

Interview with Maureen MacKenzie about her life, type of dancing, learning process, figures, numbering of couples, teaching figures, change in set, dancing running in families, church picnics, weddings and the stages for dancing, the wedding reel, jigging tunes, song or game dances, learning of dance in school, qualities of traditional dancing, dance context. Interview with Rodney MacDonald about his life, dancing in public, learning a square set, step-dancing, learning fiddling, occasions for dancing, qualities of a good step-dancer, floor surface for dancing, shoes, clothing for a concert and hall, past dancers.

Interview with Donald MacLellan about his life, where he dances when he was young, dances in schoolhouses, going away to work in the States, dance content, Scotch Four, jigging tunes, house parties, lunch, piano, special houses for house parties, church picnics, selling lambs, stages at picnics, Flora Jessie MacDonald MacLellan, song-dances, wedding reel, funny story, dance prohibition, funny story. July 22, 1986. Interview with Mrs. MacInnis about her life, Dick's Call book, Dance Hall in the States, Dances in Cape Breton, picnics, figures in the set, prompters in the set, Scotch Four, schoolhouses, house parties. July 23, 1986.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Mary and Donald Roddy Rankin about their life, dance evenings, situations for dances, lumber camps, fishing industry, cooperatives, coop stores and banks, the role of the Church, song-dances, priest, Church picnic, etc., Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, July 2, 1986.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Angus Central Beaton about their life, dance evening when he was growing up, jigging tunes, Scotch Four, Church discouraged socializing, qualities of a good step-dancer, fiddlers better for dancing, dress for a dance, changes in dance, song-dances, wedding reel, wedding celebrations, picnic platforms, emigration, influence on t.v. and radio, music dance in school as a child, dancing masters, origin of people in this area, learning process, practising, where do they dance, role of the school, how many steps and figures in repertoire, clothing for dance, dance floor surface, sounds of the feet.

Interview with Lee Cremo - 1st part - about his life, father and the fiddle, learning, Easter Open (speaks about that contest), his first record, Tennessee Championship, his bowing and style of playing, playing for dances, differences in styles of dancing, step-dancing and tap-dancing, his music band, Mi'kmaw music on fiddle and God and music, verbal music, First Nation Meeting in Saskatchewan, dance at Christmas Island, fiddle music considered evil, fiddlers in Mi'kmaw community, occasions for dancing, performance dances, wedding dance, chief of dancing, wedding dance.