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Rita Joe
CA BI 00-03-29989 · Item · 199-?

Item is a photograph of Rita Joe reading to a small group of people.

Stephen D.R. MacNeil
CA BI 77-474-608 · Item · ca. 1890

Item is a photograph of Stephen D.R. MacNeil, a bard from Benacadie.

Archibald Beaton fonds
CA BI MG 12.31 · Fonds · 1897-1898

Fonds consists of correspondence of Archibald Beaton, Donald MacDonald and Rev. Ronald Beaton in Rome. Letters deal with the opening of the coal mines at Broad Cove in the late 1890s, a description of Rome, and the ordering of a set of bagpipes as a gift. Interspersed there is also bagpipe music, written by Archibald Beaton.

Beaton, Archibald
CA BI 77-650-784 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of the cast of a Gaelic Play that was held in Glace Bay.

MacKinnon's of Lake Ainslie
CA BI 97-620-28468 · Item · ca. 1900

Item is a photograph of piper (Big) Farquhar MacKinnon and his wife taken in East Lake Ainslie. Mr. MacKinnon holds a set of bagpipes and Mrs. MacKinnon is seated at a spinning wheel.

CA BI 78-44-1794 · Item · 1904

Item is a photograph of fiddlers Dougald MacIntyre and Joe Smith posed with their fiddles and bows. Photograph taken at the Inverness Picnic.

Camp Baddeck
CA BI 94-863-25378 · Item · 1909

Item is a photograph of a piper playing the bagpipes at Camp Baddeck.

Jonathan G. MacKinnon fonds
CA BI MG 15.19 · Fonds · 1918

A. Two typed copies of “Old Sydney: Sketches of the Town and its People in Days Gone By. Gift of Carl Neville and John Campbell.

B. 1. Letter to Kathryn Poole, 1932.

  1. Notebook and diary, 1916-1932, containing genealogical information on the MacKinnon and Chisholm families; Gaelic poetry; extracts from a diary kept by Sheriff John Ferguson, 1831; history of Sydney Forks; events at St. Andrew’s Church, 1850-1878; Cornish language vocabulary and Lord’s Prayer in Cornish; Acts of Incorporation for Trustees of the following churches: MacLean’s Free Church, Indian Rear, 1856, Whycocomagh Village Presbyterian Church, 1892, Whycocomagh Parish Presbyterian Church 1893, Stewartdale Cemetery, Whycocomagh 1895; Historical notes on Whycocomagh; August Gale of 1873; Minutes of meeting of Comunn nan Gaidheal 1929; account of the “Nith” leaving Skye with immigrants for Cape Breton. Photostat, 107 pages.
  2. [Highland Scots in Cape Breton] pp. 81-125, being an account of their arrival, schooling, culture, religion and superstitions. Typescript, 44 pages.
  3. Miscellaneous material: Excerpts from The Highland Scots, 16 pages. “The Gaelic Language” [by Jonathan MacKinnon], 6 pages. Gaelic hymn and prayer, 2 pages; Gaelic broadcasts, 1 page; poetry about Cape Breton, 1 page. “The nineteen”, St. Andrew’s Church, Sydney, 1912, 1 page. Printed and typescript.
  4. Scrapbook of letters of sympathy and clippings on the death of J. G. MacKinnon, 1944. .5cm. Obituary in Gaelic by John Lorne Campbell in An Gaidheal, January 1950.
  5. Papers concerning Mac-Talla, a weekly paper published in Gaelic by J. G. MacKinnon. Typescript and printed,8 pages. Presented by his niece, Mrs. E. W. Poole, Whycocomagh.

C. “Sydney’s First Big Fire” by J. G. MacKinnon [in: Cape Breton Post, 25 July 1959]. Presented by Dr. M. A. MacLellan, Antigonish

MacKinnon, Jonathan Gillis
CA BI 82-1409-8109 · Item · ca. 1920

Item is a photograph of the MacNeil and MacKinnon familes of Christmas Island, Pipers Cove, and Grand Narrows. Fiddler Neil MacKinnon is identified as being present in the photograph.

CA BI 83-6418-13718 · Item · ca. 1920

Item is a photograph of a memorial cairn erected to honour the memory of Gaelic bard and teacher, Malcolm Hugh Gillis. The cairn is located in Upper Margaree.

Dancing, Englishtown
CA BI 86-123-16221 · Item · 1922

Fiddler (seated) plays for dancers on the shore of St. Ann's Bay in Englishtown.

CA BI 78-45-1795 · Item · 1925

Item is a photograph of Mary MacIsaac, born approximately around 1840, who was a step dancing instructor, the mother of Dougald MacIntyre and the grandmother to Margaret MacPhee.

CA BI 79-1021-4001 · Item · 1927

Item is a photograph of a "Canadian Night" event of the Scottish Gaelic Society, held on February 10, 1927 at the Intercolonial Hall in Roxbury, MA. Photograph by Glines and Slater, Boston, MA.

Michael Kuna Collection
CA BI MG 21.25 · Collection · 1927-1932

Collection consists of a selection of early Ukrainian sound recordings and 1 photograph donated by Mr. Michael Kuna in 2009.

Cotter's Saturday Night
CA BI 77-1374-1508 · Item · ca. 1935

Item is a photograph of the cast of Cotter's Saturday Night, a radio program broadcast from Sydney in the 1930s.

Pictured in the back row, from left to right: Mrs. McKimmie, Malcolm R. MacLeod, Prof. Bernie McIntosh, Bleddyn Davies, M.J. Ballah, Mrs. Bleddyn Davies, and Hazel Matheson. Pictured in the front row, from left to right: John MacNeil, Mrs. C.D. Buck, Tena Campbell, Mabel (Noland) Kelleher, Bob Wright, George MacDonald, and Sandy MacLean.

Photograph was taken at the “Cromarty” estate built by John Kenneth Levison "Jack" Ross ca. 1905. It was located on Kings Road in Sydney.

Dodge, H. O.
Ukrainian Band
CA BI MG 21.25-MG 21.25 B-15-61-30129 · Item · ca. 1937
Part of Michael Kuna Collection

This item is a photograph of a Ukrainian band taken by Ostrander Studios in Glace Bay in the late 1930s. Pictured left to right are Vasyl Markew, Fedyo Hutch, Harry Segdon, and Pavlo Drabek. The tsymbaly (цимбали) , a traditional Ukrainian instrument is part of the ensemble.

CA BI 86-119-16217 · Item · 1940

Colaisde na Gàidhlig / Gaelic College hosting Gaelic Mod. Man at the microphone is Jack MacDonald (Ottawa) and to the left of the Union Jack flag is Red A.D. MacDonald (Board Member of the Gaelic College).

Duncan MacDonald
CA BI 77-477-611 · Item · ca. 1940

Item is a photograph of Duncan MacDonald, drummer. He was a member of the Cape Breton Scottish Society, Sydney. Also pictured are two unidentified pipers.

CA BI 77-977-1111 · Item · ca. 1940

Item is a photograph of Hon. Angus L. MacDonald, Finlay MacDonald and A.W.R. MacKenzie on stage during the opening ceremonies of the Mod at the Gaelic College in St. Ann's.

Mrs. John Angus Nicholson
CA BI 79-1130-4110 · Item · 1941

Item is a photograph of Mrs. John Angus Nicholson with Boyd MacIntyre, Margaret MacPhee (pianist), Sandy MacLean (violinist), Lila MacDonald (pianist), and Hughie Malcolm MacIntyre at Port Hawkesbury.

C.B. Highlanders
CA BI 77-1152-1286 · Item · 1943

Item is a photograph of the Cape Breton Highlanders arriving in Italy, with piper John MacMillan in the foreground.

Cape Breton Highlanders
CA BI 79-979-3959 · Item · 1945

Item is a photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders at VE Day celebrations.

CA BI 94-712-25227 · Item · ca. 1950

Item is a photograph of members of the Gaelic College - Glace Bay Division Junior Pipe Band.

Abbass Studios Ltd.
Five MacDonald Fiddlers
CA BI 77-1393-1527 · Item · 1953

Item is a photograph of five outstanding Cape Breton Fiddlers photographed in Detroit, U.S.A on January 31, 1953. The concert was for Rev. Hugh MacDonald. Featured in the photograph are Allen, Bernie, Hugh, Johnnie, Archie and Dan MacDonald. The piano player was Joan MacDonald (not pictured).