Cape Breton (N.S. : County)

MS-14-9
Collection
1851-2004

Collection consists of material related to farm and rural life. Including historical accounts of farm life and agricultural management in Nova Scotia. Series include graphic materials, maps, surveys, and sketches of farms in Nova Scotia, and reports and diaries related to farm and rural life. Series are arranged alphabetically and range between 1851-2004.

James Young's research files for his Dalhousie honours thesis on the Communist Party of Canada in Cape Breton before 1926

MS-10-5
Fonds
1975 - 1976

File includes several letters, research notes, and a manuscript version of Young's BA honours thesis.

Young, James

James Young's research notes for his BA honours thesis

Part of James Young's research files for his Dalhousie honours thesis on the Communist Party of Canada in Cape Breton before 1926

The origin and development of the Communist Party of Canada up to 1926 : Cape Breton as a case study in analysis / James Young : [manuscript]

Part of James Young's research files for his Dalhousie honours thesis on the Communist Party of Canada in Cape Breton before 1926

James Young's research notes for his BA honours thesis

Part of James Young's research files for his Dalhousie honours thesis on the Communist Party of Canada in Cape Breton before 1926

Poster for "LBGTQ Rights in Canada" presentation at CBUSU Women's Centre

MS-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 13, Item 13
Item
November 2013

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

Item is a poster for "LBGTQ Rights in Canada" presentation at CBUSU Women's Centre on November 25, 2013. Panel guests include Gerard Veldhoven, Stevi Gerrior and Jesiah MacDonald.

Articles for the Mail-Star about Eskasoni

MS-2-130, Box 8, Folder 23
File
1974

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains three newspaper clippings of articles written by Barbara Hinds for the Mail-Star about people from Eskasoni First Nation. The articles were published between June 22, 1974 and July 10, 1974.

The early Scotch settlers of Cape Breton : [manuscript]

MS-2-165, SF Box 25, Folder 37
Item
1931

Item is a manuscript of Daniel Morrison's unpublished article The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton, which he presented to the literary branch of the Guild in Dominion, Nova Scotia. Attached is his letter to Mr. McIntosh, requesting the manuscript's return and the reader's spelling corrections of Gaelic words.

Morrison, Murdoch Daniel

Correspondence with Claude C. Chappell

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 11
File
2 July 1963 to 12 July 1963

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Letters from Arthur Doughty to John Stewart McLennan

MS-2-192, SF Box 27, Folder 35
File
1902

File contains three letters from Arthur Doughty, written when he was joint librarian of the Legislative Library. The letters primarily discuss the shipping of books to John Stewart McLennan, but also make reference to an exhibit curated by Doughty and some historical letters regarding Louisbourg.

McLennan, John Stewart, Hon., 1853-1939

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall in uniform as a wireless officer on the cable-ship Mackay-Bennett, taken at Sydney, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 2
Item
June 1920

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927, and to MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 3 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall in uniform as a wireless officer

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 3
Item
1920

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a reproduction of a photograph of Thomas Head Raddall in uniform as a wireless officer, and a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 2 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Scrapbook page with photographs of wireless operator Thomas Head Raddall posing in various locations around Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 18, Item 12
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photographs are either duplicates of or related to materials found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The top left and right photographs are duplicates, and were taken in North Sydney in January 1920. The top middle photograph is a duplicate, and was taken aboard the MMB in March 1920. The bottom right photograph is a duplicate, and was taken in Pictou in March 1920. The bottom centre and left photographs are not identified, though both likely feature Raddall.

Scrapbook page with a portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. with his rifle division, the R.C.R.I. Rifle Team at the Coate's Match, Rockcliffe Range in Ottawa, Ontario, and photographs of Thomas Head Raddall around Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 5
Item
[between 1913 and 1921]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photographs are either duplicates of or related to material in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. T.H. Raddall, Sr. can be found holding the telescope in the middle of the front row in the portrait of the rifle division. On the reverse side of the scrapbook page, the photographs on the left and right of Thomas Head Raddall are duplicates from the aforementioned album. The photograph on the left was taken in North Sydney in 1920, and the photograph on the right was taken in Point Pleasant Park in 1921. The photograph in the bottom middle may have been taken at Sable Island.

Photograph of the King's Bastion at the Fortress of Louisbourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph that shows the foundation of the fort's barracks in the right foreground, and the ruins of casements in the centre left.

Photograph looking west from Kennington Cove's nid-de-pie position

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 10
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the beach where James Wolfe's attempt to land was beaten off by the French troops entrenched along the cliff-edge.

Photograph of the inner moat between the town and King's bastion at the Fortress of Lousibourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph showing the foundation of the fort's barracks. The ruined casements visible in the background show the original height of the ramparts.

Photograph of Lighthouse Point from across the Louisbourg harbour

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 3
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is taken from the roof of a casement in King's Bastion. The foundation of the fort's barracks are visible in the foreground, the ruins of more casements are visible in the right foreground, and beyond the casements are the roofs of the museum and caretaker's house.

Photograph looking east from Flat Point Cove, Louisbourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, includes White Point, which is the long, low spit in the background. The small point in the middle distance is shown on old maps as Gull Point.

Photograph of Flat Point, Louisbourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the site of the New Englander's landing in 1745, and later, in 1758, the landing of Amherst with his artillery stores. The birds visible in The Barachois on the left are cormorants.

Photograph of Flat Point, Louisbourg taken from the shore facing Kennington Cove

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 6
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Kennington Cove, Louisbourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 7
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, shows the small niche among the rocks in the foreground where James Wolfe's men landed.

Photograph of the beach at Kennington Cove, Louisbourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 8
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph looking west from Kennington Cove, Louisbourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 9
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph taken from the nid-de-pie position at Kennington Cove.

Colliery and mining maps

MS-2-235, OS Folder 1
File
[ca. 1870s]

Part of John and Robert Rutherford fonds

File contains hand-drawn and printed maps of coal fields and designated areas, including Pictou coal fields; the Mining Association area; Cape Breton Company's areas; Albion Mines; Stellar Mine; Fraser Oil-Coal Mines; Intercolonial Coal Mining Company property; East River Mining Company area; Acadian Coal Company areas; and the Halifax Company Ltd.

Programs from the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra

MS-2-26, Box 5, Folder 25
File
1971-1972

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

File contains programs from concerts by the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, containing program notes written by Anthony Pugh.

Photograph of the 185th Overseas Battalion, Nova Scotia Highland Brigade.

MS-2-288, Oversize Folder 1
Item
1916

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

File contains 2 copies of the photograph of the 185 Overseas Battalion, Nova Scotia Highland Brigade. The photograph shows the battalion standing in a field with white tents in the background. The Officer in charge was Lieutenant Colonel Frank Parker Day. Photographed by H.O. Dodge in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1916.

Dodge, H. O.

Postcard of British and French warships in the harbour at Sydney, Nova Scotia

MS-2-315, PB Box 2, Folder 84
Item
1906

Part of Gass Family Postcard Collection

Item is a postcard sent from W. Ervin in Sydney, Nova Scotia to Cyril Gass in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. The image on the front of the postcard is of British and French warships in the harbour at Sydney, Nova Scotia.

News release from the Nova Scotia Liberal Association concerning a caucus meeting in Sydney, Nova Scotia

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 31
Item
June 8, 1959

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a news release announcing the first full-scale Liberal Party caucus ever held on Cape Breton Island.

Campaign speech about coal mining in Cape Breton

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 47
Item
June 1, 1960

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a speech prepared by Leslie Roberts for Henry Hicks to deliver in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Records from the ceremony marking the 25th Anniversary of the Canso Causeway

MS-2-511, Box 19, Folder 7
File
1980

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File comprises correspondence, invitations, a souvenir program, newspaper clippings and a brief address.

Treasures of Fortress Louisbourg, research materials, and related correspondence

MS-2-646, Box 8, Folder 37
File
[1973?]

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

File contains an article written by Joyce Barkhouse and published in the Canadian Treasure.

Birthday cards from students at Cusack Elementary School

MS-2-646, Box 9, Folder 57
File
[199-?]

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

Correspondence and notes regarding Cape Breton festival

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 30, Folder 7
File
January 5, 1994 - April 2, 1994

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Letters from students

MS-2-650.2005-043, Box 43, Folder 2
File
2004-2005

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File includes letters from students at various schools, including Mount Pearl Intermediate, St. Margaret's Bay Elementary, and Riverview High School.

Notes to talk given at University College of Cape Breton

MS-2-650.2010-030, Box 55, Folder 25
File
March 1994

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains a handwritten draft for Budge Wilson's speech entitled "What? Why? How?".

Sydney Police Department coded officer information sheets

MS-2-681, Box 10, Folder 7
File
1988

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

A proposal for restructuring the Sydney Police Department / Nova Scotia Police Commission

MS-2-681, Box 10, Folder 8
Item
1979

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Item is a report published April 1979.

Promotional process for the police forces of the Province of Nova Scotia

MS-2-681, Box 10, Folder 9
File
1986-1988

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File also includes memos to Sydney police officers; an agreement between the Board of Police Commissioners and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 758 (Police Department); newspaper clippings; a memorandum summarizing Richard Apostle's report on the Sydney Police Force, 1971; and research notes.

Dominion Police Department officer information sheets