Site Web : www.cbu.ca/beaton

Heures
À l'année
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9:00am-4:00pm
Wednesday 9:00am-7:00pm
Saturday openings once per month 9:00-12:00
(September to April only)
No evening hours on Wednesday's in August

Membres
No membership fee required.
The Beaton Institute is open to the public and there is no entrance fee.

Places de stationnement (voitures)
100

Coordonnées
Anne MacNeil
Archival Researcher
cbu.ca
Téléphone : (902) 563-1329
Télécopieur : (902) 562-8899

Catherine Arseneau
Manager
cbu.ca
Téléphone : (902) 563-1326
Télécopieur : (902) 562-8899

Détails du prix d'entrée
Free; fees for some services

Type d'organisme ou service
Archives
Genealogical Holdings
Photographic Holdings
Society, Cultural Heritage

Thèmes
Culture
Industry
Military
Music
Photography

Installations
Accès pour fauteuils roulants
Toilettes publiques
Excursions d'autobus premises
Stationnement
Other

Parking is available on the Cape Breton University campus for $1.00 per day.

Visites guidées particulières
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Description de la visite
School Groups: Introduction to the Archives

Ressources généalogiques:

Diversité des ressources
The Beaton Institute is a regional archives and research centre that contains over 3,000 manuscript collections, 70,000 photographs, 5,000 audio and video tapes, CD's and CD-ROM's, 2,000 maps and plans, several dozen newspapers as well as a growing newspaper " clippings" file and 1500 reference books, many of which are rare. Research papers of historical nature are kept as reports and housed in the archives.

Étendue des ressources
The Beaton Institute archives contains 1.8 km of archival records including: over 3,000 manuscript collections, 70,000 photographs, 5,000 audio and video tapes, CD's and CD-ROM's, 2,000 maps and plans, several dozen newspapers as well as a growing newspaper " clippings" file and 1500 reference books, many of which are rare. Research papers of historical nature are kept as reports and housed in the archives.

Chercher des noms de famille
Bourinot, Campbell, Crawley, Dunlop, Gillis, Hart, Johnston, , LeBlanc, Lorway, MacDonald, , MacInnis, MacKay, MacNeil, MacSween, Morley, Morrison, Nicholson, O’Neil, Payne, Peters, Plant, Rankin, Sampson, Smith, Townsend, along with hundreds of other surnames.

Frais de recherche
Self directed research: Free;
$30.00 per hour by Beaton Institute staff, with a free initial half hour.
Should you wish to hire a researcher for an ongoing project, we are able to put you in contact with local researchers. The client and the researcher are asked to negotiate their own rates.
The rates for the reproduction of multi-media items are varied and some forms of reproduction cannot be completed on site. Please contact the Beaton Institute for a quote.

Frais de photocopie
Photocopy and Microfilm Fees:Public/Staff - $0.25 Students - $0.15 11x17 Paper - $0.50 The rates for the reproduction of multi-media items are varied and some forms of reproduction cannot be completed on site. Please contact the Beaton Institute for a quote.

Ressources photographiques:

Diversité des ressources
The Beaton Institute makes available over 70,000 images catalugues by suject. The collection is stong in industrial subject matter, villages & towns and local content.

Étendue des ressources
Over 70,000 images.

Frais de recherche
Self directed research: Free;
$30.00 per hour by Beaton Institute staff, with a free initial half hour. Should you wish to hire a researcher for an ongoing project, we are able to put you in contact with local researchers. The client and the researcher are asked to negotiate their own rates. The rates for the reproduction of multi-media items are varied and some forms of reproduction cannot be completed on site. Please contact the Beaton Institute for a quote.

Frais de photocopie
The Beaton Institute provides scans at the price of $5.00 per scan for personal research and $10.00 per scan for publication.

Ressources de la ville
The Beaton Institute is a regional archives and research centre that mandated to collect, preserve and make available the social, economic, political and cultural heritage of Cape Breton Island. For a fuller
description of the holdings please visit http://www.cbu.ca/beaton/

Ressources du cimetière
A complete listing of our cemetery holdings can be found in A Guide to the Genealogical Holdings at the Beaton Institute,
http://www.cbu.ca/beaton/aids/genealogy_guide.pdf