Letter from William James Anderson of Pictou to G.R. Young regarding Joe Wilmot, a Mi'kmaq from Pictou who desires to send his sons to Pictou [?] Academy. Anderson recommends that the boys be removed entirely from their families and sent to board with a white woman, Miss Wilson, a teacher at the Infant School, and only allowed to visit their families occasionally.

Copy of an Act to provide for the instruction and permanent settlement of the Mi'kmaq

Letter from James Dawson of Pictou to Joseph Howe regarding the "civilization" [i.e. assimilation] of the Mi'kmaq.

Letter from Angus MacDonald to Rt. Rev. Dr. Fraser, Bishop of Halifax, reporting on success of Indian farming in Cape Breton.

John Gloade's petition to the Lieutenant-Governor for land near Annapolis.

Document by P.W. regarding the Mi'kmaq families who have settled at Bear River under the guidance of Andrew Meuse

List of subscribers

Letter, or draft of a letter, from P. Wiswall regarding James Meuse's plan "for settling and civilizing a part of his tribe"

Letter regarding the Mi'kmaq settlement at Bear River

Letter from W. Turnbull [Trumbal?] to Judge Wiswall regarding the Mi'kmaq settlement at Bear River

Letter from J.S. Harris to Judge Wiswall. He has surveyed the Mi'kmaq lands and found a good place for a road. Gives a description of the individual lots near the road.

One page account of the history of the Mi'kmaq and the struggle to preserve the culture in the future. entitled "The Micmac Indians: Their past, present and future." from the Nova Scotia Museum. Taken from a Joint Position Paper presented by the Union of Nova Scotia Indians.

The ... annual report of the Nova Scotia Micmac Missionary Society.

The ... annual report of the Committee of the Micmac Missionary Society.

The federal Indian day schools of the Maritimes /