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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.

Item is a photograph of miner Rev. Dr. James J. Tompkins standing with miner George Clark and his family in Tompkinsville.

Item is a photograph of a miner with the last pit pony at the #26 Colliery.

Item is a photograph of D.H. McDougall, president of the Mining Society from 1916 to 1917.

Item is a photograph of Marble Mountain, showing mine workings.

Item is a photograph of boy miners at Caledonia, taken after their shift had finished and they had changed into casual wear.

Standing in the second row, left to right: Jim Wadden, Peter Jobes and Tim Wadden
In the front row, left to right: (seated) Tius Tutty, Fred Wadden, Bill MacKenzie, (standing) F.K. Wadden.
Off to the left is Allie MacKenzie, and behind him Tom Wadden.

Item is a photograph of the Dominion Coal Company's #14 Colliery.

Item is a photograph of the Dominion Coal Company's #12 Colliery.

Item is a photograph of the "Princess" Colliery, Sydney Mines. The "Princess" Colliery operated from 1875-1975, and the mine produced more than 22 million tons of coal during its 100 years of operation.

Item is a photograph of the bankhead and coal stock pier at #2 mine.

Item is a photograph of workers opening Dominion #3 slope at Wabana, Newfoundland.

Item is a photograph of miners at #14, New Waterford, with new lamps.

Item is a photograph of the Caledonia Company Store and its employees.

Item is a photograph of miners with the first load of coal from No. 18 Colliery, 18 March, 1938. The men are identified on the back of the photograph.

Item is a photograph of the millionth ton of coal that was taken from #26 Colliery.

Item is a photograph of the coal shipping pier in Sydney N.S, situated north of Falmouth St.

Item is a photograph of the Victoria Gypsum Mining and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. pier with ships at anchor.

Item is a photograph of a group of miners, horses and carts, and boxcars at the St. Ann's Gypsum Quarry.

Item is a photographic postcard of a miner operating a long wall machine.

Item is a photograph of the surface plant at Inverness Mines.

Item is a photograph of the bankhead and colliery buildings at Inverness Railway and Coal. Co..

Item is a photograph of the Cape Breton Electric Company office on the Esplanade in Sydney. There are two men in the foreground.

Item is a photograph of the generating plant of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.

Item is a photograph of two men standing in front of the powder storage building at the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.

Item is a photograph of miners and coal cars at the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.

Item is a photograph of three men holding shovels at the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.

Two of the men have been identified as follows:
Myron Cohen (at left), and Jack Morrison (middle).

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin. Two men are standing on wooden scaffolding repairing steam pipes.

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.

Item is a photograph of a view of pit lumber at the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.

Item is a photograph of a view of two men in front of a brick building, which was part of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.

Item is a postcard of the coal colliery in Dominion, Cape Breton during the wintertime. There are train cars filled with coal on the tracks in the postcard as well.

Item is a hand-coloured postcard of Main Street, Glace Bay. The general warehouse of the Dominion Coal Company is marked with an "x."

Item is a photograph of the Dominion Coal Scales in Sydney, showing horses and sleighs bringing coal to be weighed.

Item is a photograph of a group of persons inspecting the #20 colliery in Glace Bay. The individuals are identified in the front row from left to right as Ernie Beaton, Tommy Hay, Unidentified, Lawrence Doucet, and Unidentified. The individuals in the back from left to right are Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, and Neil Coldwell.

Item is a photograph of Richard Henry Brown who replaced his father as manager of the G.M.A.C.

Item is a photograph of the weighing office for haulers, where sleighs would be weighed before and after being loaded with coal.

Item is a photograph of the coal office on George Street in Sydney.

Item is a photograph of the Caledonia #4 Colliery being demolished.

Item is a photograph of a stack at #4 Colliery being demolished.

Item is a photograph showing nurses going down into the shaft at IB Colliery, Glace Bay.

Item is a photograph of a horse hauling coal in a pit with driver John Bennett, who was reported to be an expert in the care of horses.

Item is a photograph of the Glace Bay #2 Colliery which is the oldest mine in North America.

Item is a photograph of railcars, tracks, and miners at the limestone quarry in Point Edward.

Item is a photograph of the employees of the #4 Colliery, Bras d'Or, Cape Breton. Robert Dickson, manager, is highlighted in the photograph.

Item is a photograph of a group of coal yard workers in Sydney.

Item is a photograph of the Gowrie Shipping Piers and Breakwater in Port Morien, Nova Scotia. There are several ships and small boats in the harbour.

Item is a photograph of the Glace Bay Mining Co. Engine, featuring E.P. Archibal and three employees.

Item is a photograph of a type of blockhouse that was built and used throughout Nova Scotia and Cape Breton in the 1700s and 1800s.

Item is a photographic postcard of the coal washing plant in Sydney, Cape Breton.

Item is a photograph showing the limestone quarries and plant of the Dominion Iron and Steel Corporation (DISCO) in Marble Mountain, Cape Breton.