Since 1957, the Beaton Institute and its predecessor Cape Bretoniana has served as the regional archives for Cape Breton Island. The Beaton Institute collects and preserves the social, economic, political and cultural history of the Island and through this mandate supports and fosters research related to Cape Breton – its people, its industry, its history, and its rich cultural heritage. It is through our collections that the Beaton Institute serves those who quest for knowledge – the student, the teacher, the filmmaker, the author, the genealogist, the community. The collection offers researchers a window through which to understand, compare, analyze and educate today by understanding and knowing our past. The goal of the archives is to collect and make available historically significant records in a manner that conveys the processes and contexts through which the record was created. The Beaton Institute for 50 years has endeavoured to preserve and make available those materials that have enduring value to our society.
Catherine Arseneau, Manager, Beaton Institute
Music: Cape Breton’s Diversity in Unity was built out of a partnership between the Beaton Institute and the local educational community and cultural sector. Our mandate was to make this music available online as a vehicle for study and understanding of Canadian culture, history, language and folklore. We would like to take this opportunity to extend our gratitude to our collaborators and partners, without which this project would not have been possible. This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through Canadian Culture Online.
Project Team
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Catherine Arseneau
Manager -
Jane Arnold
Archivist -
Allister MacGillivray
Project coordinator -
Christie Macneil
Research assistant -
Mike Targett
Web developer -
Chris Jones
Audio digitization -
Gerardette Brown
Secretary -
Anne Connell
Archive Assistant -
Anne MacNeil
Archival research assistant -
Stephen MacDonald
Project assistant -
Jo Anne Noblett
Project assistant -
Greg MacLeod
Project Consultant -
John Alick MacPherson
Music & Gaelic consultant -
John C. O'Donnell
Music consultant -
Janice Esther Tulk
Music consultant -
Dan Doucet
Music consultant -
Eric Favaro
Educational consultant -
Rosalie Francis
Mi'kmaq consultant -
Mary Ellen Googoo
Mi'kmaq translation -
La Société Saint-Pierre
French consultants -
Lachlan MacKinnon
Student assistant -
Bhreagh MacLean
Student assistant