Fonds consists of original documents describing Inverness Board of Trade proceedings from between 1927 to 1938.
Fonds consist of cash books, ledgers, account books, and day books of MacLennan's general store operation.
MacLennan, Hugh
Item is a photograph of the interior of Vooght Brothers' Department Store in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of the General Mining Association building.
Item is a photograph showing the intersection of Charlotte Street and Wentworth Street, taken from the former Vogue Theatre site, now the location of the Cape Breton YMCA.
The building at the end of the street was the Holy Angels Convent; the building on the corner of Charlotte and Wentworth Street was the Nova Hotel; the building beyond that was destroyed by a fire in 1901.
Umlah Studios
Item is a photograph of the float that was created by the Chappell's Building Supply Company for the Sydney Centennial Celebration.
Item is a photograph of buildings on the corner of Prince and Charlotte Streets in Sydney. The buildings are Burns' Drug Store, the Cape Breton Boat and Shoe Store which was later acquired by Buckley's druggist.
Item is a postcard of several people standing outside the Royal Bank of Canada building next to Cribb's Restaurant on Plummer Avenue in New Waterford.
Item is a photograph of the staff of Prowse Bros and Crowell's standing outside of their new building twelve days after Sydney's Great Fire.
WheelerItem is a photograph of Morley's Store on Charlotte Street in Sydney.
Item is a photograph of the Imperial Block Grocery in Sydney, located at the corner of George and Townsend Streets.
Item is a photograph of three people in front of the Sydney Fruit Store on Charlotte Street, which also housed the offices of McDonald and Cameron and C.R. Brown.
Item is a photograph of the Caledonia Company Store and its employees.
Item is a photographic portrait of a woman's hair taken at the J.L. Abbass Beauty Salon.
Item is a photographic portrait of a group of men at a jewellers banquet.
Fonds represents over seven decades of photography by the owners and staff of Abbass Studios Ltd.. The studio operated a portrait studio, as well as accepted contracts from newspapers and covered local events. The photographs in the fonds reflect the diverse economic, political and cultural heritage of Cape Breton.
The negatives are organized into seven series: A,B,C,D,N, DOSCO, and Portraiture (P). The N series includes the earliest images including the nitrate film negatives. The A,B,C, and D series continue chronologically until 2001 with the Portraiture ending in 2004. The DOSCO series includes photographs taken of the Dominion Steel and Coal Company during the 1950s.
Abbass Studios Ltd.
Item is a photograph of four women and a man packing eggs.
Item is a photograph of four men in a factory dressed in butchers clothes.
Item is a photograph of a Thompson and Sutherland Building Supplies storefront window display.
Item is a photographic portrait of people at the Eastern Bakeries Christmas Party.
Item is a photograph of three men standing next to the gas pumps at an Irving gas station.
Item is a photograph of the exterior of the Ford garage.
Fonds consists of administrative, personal, and miscellaneous papers from Morrison's General Store Ltd. in St. Peter's, Richmond County, Nova Scotia. The majority of the records are administrative and include operational purchase ledgers, payroll and inventory books. The materials also reflect store owner Alex A. Morrison's political activities such as voters' lists, election records and correspondence related to local politicians. Papers also include records related to the Department of Indian Affairs; it is possible that either Morrison's General Store or the D.Y. Stewart & Sons store served as a depot for agents who worked for Indian Affairs. A series of correspondence from A.J. Boyd as well as other Indian Agents in Cape Breton and mainland Nova Scotia are included in the records
Morrison's General StoreItem is a photograph of the insurance convention in Sydney. Jean 'Wally' MacPherson is pictured second from right, the rest unidentified.
Abbass Studios Ltd.
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.
Series consists of seven invoice books that were created by Charles Robin-Collas and Co. (later Robin, Jones and Whitman Ltd). The books contain copies of invoices that were provided to companies and individuals that completed business with the Company, and were used as a method of maintaining a record of these transactions. The records within this book are not indexed.
Item is a photograph of the interior of the Vooght Bros. Department Store in North Sydney, featuring the shoe department.
Item is a photograph of the general office and main warehouses of Rhodes, Curry and Company Limited.
Item is a photograph of Jost's Store on Charlotte Street, Sydney.
Item is a photograph of employees and the interior of Morley's Store on Charlotte Street, Sydney.
Item is a photograph of McMillan Grocery on George Street, Sydney.
Item is a photograph of Isaac Greenwell's Store on the Esplanade, Sydney. It was a general store.
Item is a photograph of the Cape Breton Boot and Show Store and Dr. MacGillvray's Drug Store found on the corner of Pitt and George Street in Sydney.
Item is a photograph of Glace Bay after a snow storm. The Glace Bay furniture building is in the background.
Papers include correspondence, business receipts, legal documents, and deeds:
1.
a. Two letters from C.F. Harrington, MLA, Arichat, regarding politics in the area, a legal action taken by Pringle, and a public meeting regarding building a road to Black River, 1841, 1850.
b. Correspondence regarding debt owed by Hugh McDonald, Big Cove, 1846.
c. Payment of accounts, sale of cattle, 1860.
d. Correspondence regarding James Pringle's lawsuit against Chandler, 1867.
e. Correspondence from Donald McKenzie, teacher in Victoria County, whose salary was 38 pounds per year, 1865.
f. Correspondence from John V. Flynn, MLA, Halifax re purchase of spring Fife wheat at 7/6 bushel, 1870.
g. Correspondence from Hart & Ingraham, Port Hawkesbury regarding purchase of leather, 1870.
h. Correspondence from Tina J. Pringle to her brother George relaying experiences of Cape Bretoners in Boston, 1892.
i. Bill of goods, sale between James Cochran and Ellen Murray, 1855.
j. Correspondence regarding interest on account, 1871.
k. General bill of affairs, from William MacKay to James Pringle, making mention of Captain Wolfe, 1852.
l. Correspondence, 1842.
2.
a. Business receipts of James Pringle, 1833-1874. Some material does not contain discernable dates.
b. Accounts of James Pringle with John McLean, 1845-1861.
c. Accounts of James Pringle, 1865-1866.
d. Account of McDonald Murray with James Pringle, 1843-1857.
e. Account of sales of cattle, sheep and butter to Mr. James Pringle, 1859.
f. Account of James Pringle with M.J.T. MacNeil, River Bourgeois, 1877-1880.
3.
a. Warrant sworn out for arrest of Duncan Murray for theft of violin from James Pringle, 1863.
b. Notice of public meeting of the ratepayers, Section 23, Richmond County for the purpose of electing trustees, 1864.
4.
a. Agreement between the Province of Nova Scotia and James Pringle for road repair between his farm and that of William Urquharts, 1854. Includes envelope.
b. Statement regarding the settlement of debt of Dougald Cameron “Dougaldson” to James Pringle, 1863.
c. Indenture between James Pringle and Robert Hill of Black River, Esquire Executor of the last will and testament of John Ross of Scot’s River, St. George’s Channel, 1864.
d. Draft of Indenture between James and Sarah Pringle to their son, James Jr., for land at St. George’s Channel, 1865.
Item is a photograph of a street scene showing W.J. McDonald's Store and the Methodist Church in Bridgeport.
Item is a photographic portrait of a woman's hair taken at the J.L. Abbass Beauty Salon.
Item is a photographic portrait of a woman's hair taken at the J.L. Abbass Beauty Salon.
Item is a photographic portrait of a woman's hair taken at the J.L. Abbass Beauty Salon.
Item is a photograph of the interior of Joe Smith's store, featuring two unidentified men.
Item is a photograph of four women and a man packing eggs in a factory.
Item is a photograph of a group of men and women.
Item is a photograph of the exterior of the Chappells Limited factory.
Item is a photograph of a group of men standing next to a line of trucks from Chappells Limited.
Item is a photograph of the Thompson and Sutherland Ltd. storefront window.
Item is a photograph of a Thompson and Sutherland Building Supplies storefront window display.
Item is a photographic portrait of people at the Eastern Bakeries Christmas Party.
Item is a photograph of the Eaton's Order Office storefront.
Abbass Studios Ltd.
Item is a photograph of fire damage at the Woolworth's building.
Item is a photograph of the exterior of the Ford garage.
Item is a photograph of the exterior of the Sydney Motors Ltd. storefront.