The fonds consists of three photographs depicting the interior of the theatre, and the identified cast of the production "Russian Honeymoon" and "Esmeralda" which took place at the Opera House in the 1890s.

The Tignish Cooperateives video project began in 1974/1975 with a discussion between Barry Burley and Niall Burnett of the National Film Board Video Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Gary Webster. The original idea of a videotape about the cooperative movement in Prince Edward Island was scaled down to West Prince and predominantly Tignish where the cooperative spirit had flourished and had seen the first Fishermen's Union on the Island, Station #1, the development of Tignish Fisheries Joint Stock Company and its evolution into the Tignish Fisheries Cooperative Association following the Cooperative Associations Act, the formation of a Marine Plants Cooperative, and the development of the Tignish Credit Union and Tignish Cooperative. Interviews were conducted in 1975 with individuals closely involved with the fisheries cooperative movement at all stages, primarily by Gary Webster and Barry Burley with the sometime assistance of Niall Burnett, Lucie DesJardins and Ralph Holt. On completion of the interviews two videos were produced by Video Theatre: "A question of survival" about the Tignish Fishermen's Union, Tignish Fisheries and other local cooperative history, and "Room for a Co-op" which dealt with the Prince Edward Island Marine Plants Cooperative.

The fonds consists of 45 interviews with individuals involved in the fisheries cooperative movement in Tignish including fishermen and their wives, members and officials of the Fishermen's Union, Tignish Fisheries Joint Stock Company, Tignish Fisheries Cooperative and the Marine Plants Cooperative, as well as personnel from the Marine Colloids Plant in Tignish. Interviews include four charter members of the Tignish Fisheries: Ferdinand Gaudet, Harold Cormier, Arthur Chaisson and Will Shea. Second generation fishermen who began fishing in the 1930s include Freddie Richard, Josie Doucette, Terrence Gavin, Milton Keough and Max McInnis.

Discussion focuses on fishing as a way of life in Tignish before the Union and at the time of the interviews, the various stages of the cooperative movement and the changes they brought, the philosophy and structure of the cooperatives and some of their advantages and disadvantages. They explore the feelings of fishermen towards the movement, relations with private companies, government involvement in the industry, and their current concerns regarding the fishing industry as well as their perception of their community in general.

The fonds consists of letters and telegrams of Charles MacKay from 1916 and 1917. The correspondence pertains to Charles's work with the Bruce Stewart & Company and contains inquiries concerning insurance, journal entries, the purchase of wharf property, and other business matters. In a letter to Bruce Stewart dated the 16 April 1917, Charles mentions his promotion to Fire Commander and duties thereof at the Halifax fortress.

The fonds consists of ledgers from 1932-1954, which document the line expenses, financial reports, minutes of annual and director's meetings, line tax and a list of long distance calls made by telephone owners within the communities of Cascumpeque and Fortune Cove. The minutes and by-laws of the initial meeting in 1910, minutes of shareholder meetings (1911-1928), a list of receipts for expenses (1910-1931), telephone statistics submitted to the Minister of Railways and Canals (1915-1923), and correspondence from R.H. Rayner to the PEI government and the PEI Telephone Company Ltd. (1910-1923) are also included in the fonds. Four boxes of miscellaneous records including toll service statements, receipts, and invoices (1947-1955) also provide information concerning the Cascumpeque and Fortune Cove Telephone Company.

The fonds consists of a ledger of Joseph Rogers, which documents his employment as a blacksmith in North Bedeque from 1860-1864. The ledger records work completed for various men from New Annan, Freetown, St. Eleanors, Indian River, and Summerside. The type of work documented includes shoeing horses as well as fixing axes, forks, chains and wagons.

This fonds consists of the minutes of the Presbytery of Prince Edward Island, 1925-1981, as well as a list of ministers (including dates of induction, ordination, and resignation) from various communities throughout the Island between 1918 and 1981. Also included is a copy of the "Report on the State of Religion" submitted to the Presbytery in May, 1883.

The fonds consists of baptisms, marriages and burials from 1842-1895 with 4 burials from the years 1947, 1959, 1964 and 1965, Vestry minutes, including annual and parishioners meetings minutes, and several lists of confirmations, communicants (including one from St. Alban's in Mt. Stewart) and church families from 1857-1977.

The fonds consists of correspondence of William Henry Pope from 1860-1880 dealing with politics of the day. In this correspondence there are letters from: Ellis B. Schnabel (1860), Theiddeus Nelles (1862), George Dundas (1863), Spencer Hall (1865), Charles Tupper (1866, 1869, 1870), Joseph Pope (1869), Charles Paget (1869), Alex Sutherland (1870), J.F. Whiteaves (1873), David Davies (1874), Duncan McGregor (1875-1877, 1879), E.H. Davies (1877-1878), Charles Duff (1875), and J. Bulmer (1879).

The fonds consists of records relating to the Presbyterian parish of Richmond Bay. Included are registers of baptisms (1820-1847) and marriages (1821-1834) as well as Minutes of session (1821-1847, 1854-1871). The minutes record the appointment of elders, congregational and communion rolls, as well as the examination of persons applying for membership and censure of individual parishioners and congregations. There are also transcripts of the baptisms and of the minutes from 1821 to 1847, an alphabetical list of the baptisms with mother's maiden names annotated, and "A history of Lot 16 United Church" by Thomas G. Whent.

The fonds contains the marriage license of Phoebe Cambridge and George Wright, bank drafts relating to Ralph Brecken Jr. and some correspondence to Rev. Ralph Brecken about legal matters from Davies and Sutherland, Barristers.