Collection contains a manuscript of Ballads and Sea Songs from Nova Scotia and related material, including page proofs, research notes, off-print, and correspondence. Material primarily documents Mackenzie's interest in ballads from Nova Scotia.
File contains four pages of five traditional songs sung to Edward Charles Feltmate during his childhood in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Includes the text to the following songs: "The Cold Winters Night", "The Steam Packet Soverign [sic]", "The Gay Spanish Maid", "The Flying Cloud", and "Sable Island: Graveyard of the Atlantic" (written by an attendant of the [Sable Island] Life Saving Station).