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Smith, Craig M., 1961-

The journey continues : an Atlantic Canadian Black experience / Craig Marshall Smith.  Dartmouth : Black Green and Red Educational Products, 2011. 256 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2050 B6 S65 2011 - Open Shelf

The book begins with Mathieu Da Costa in Port Royal in 1605. He was the first known nameable person of Africa descent to come to Canada. Through its pages the book will acknowledge the accomplishments of more than 150 individuals. It will conclude with the signing of the free pardon that was issued by the province to the late Viola Desmond on April 15, 2011. In 1946 Desmond, of Halifax, was jailed and fined for sitting in the whites-only section of a New Glasgow movie theatre. Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-237) and index.

Black people — Maritime Provinces — History
Black people — Maritime Provinces — Biography
Maritime Provinces — History
Atlantic Provinces — History

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Soucoup, Dan

Atlantic Canada's Greatest Storms / by Dan Soucoup; edited by Angela Mombourquette.  Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing Limited, 2019. 217 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - QC959 A85 S68 2019

Author Dan Soucoup takes readers from the eighteenth century to present day, detailing the blizzards, floods, tornadoes, and tsunamis that have brought havoc to the East Coast.

Mombourquette, Angela

Storms — Atlantic Provinces — History
Storms — Nova Scotia — History

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Bartlett, Richard H.

Indian reserves in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada / Richard H. Bartlett.  Saskatoon : University of Saskatchewan Native Law Centre, 1986. 92 pages : 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.318 #14 - Vertical File

Moreira, James

A burning mercy: rum in the Atlantic Provinces / compiled by James Moreira.  Halifax: Federation of Nova Scotian Heritage, 1986. 16 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.315 #10 - Vertical File

Rum — History — Atlantic Provinces

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Wesleyan Methodist Church of Eastern British America

Minutes of several conversation between the Ministers of the Wesleyan Methodist connexion or church of Eastern British America: at their ninth conference Halifax : T. Chamberlain, 1863. 47 pages 19 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.244 #27 - Vertical File

Church history — 19th century
Atlantic Provinces — Church history

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Jenson, L. B.

Bluenose II : saga of the great fishing schooners : measured drawings / by L.B. Jenson.  Halifax : Nimbus, 1994. 125 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 28 x 36 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VM395 B5 J46 1994

Schooners — Drawings
Fisheries — Atlantic Provinces — History.

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De Villiers, Marq

Witch in the wind : the true story of the legendary Bluenose / Marq de Villiers.  Toronto : Thomas Allen Publishers, 2007. 312 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, map, plan, ports. ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VM395 B5 D48 2007

Cunningham, Robert

Tidewrack : neglected facts and intriguing stories from the age of the wooden ships / by R.J. Cunningham.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1994. 210 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK26 C85 1994

Pross, A. Paul

Economic resurgence and the constitutional agenda : the case of the East Coast fisheries / A. Paul Pross, Susan McCorquodale.  Kingston, ON. : Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University, 1987. ix, 156 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - SH224 A84 P76 1987

How deep is the ocean? : historical essays on Canada's Atlantic fishery / edited by James E. Candow and Carol Corbin.  Sydney : University College of Cape Breton Press, 1997. xvii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - SH223 H847

Candow, James E
Corbin, Carol, 1951-

Fisheries — Atlantic Provinces — History.

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Russell, Franklin

The Atlantic coast / Franklin Russell.  Toronto : N. Natural Science of Canada, ltd., 1970. 160 pages : illus. (part col.), col. maps. ; 25 x 27

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - QH106 R963

MacKenzie, Michael

Remember the time : true stories old and new / by Michael MacKenzie.  Christmas Island : Mackenzie Books, 1981. 135 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8575 A157 R386

Atlantic Provinces — History.

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MacKenzie, Michael

Memories recalled : true stories, old and new, from the Atlantic Provinces / by Michael MacKenzie.  Christmas Island : MacKenzie Books, 1992. iv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8575 A157 M533

Children's voices in Atlantic literature and culture : essays on childhood / edited by Hilary Thompson.  Guelph, ON. : Canadian Children's Press, 1995. 152 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8103 C5 C55 1995

Papers presented at the 4th Thomas H. Raddall Symposium, held at Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S., Sept. 21-23, 1994.

Thompson, Hilary.

Children in literature — Congresses
Canadian literature (English) — Atlantic provinces — History and criticism — Congresses
Children — Atlantic Provinces — Congresses.

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The Atlantic anthology / edited by Fred Cogswell and Terry Whalen.  Toronto : ECW Press, 1985-. 3 v.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PR9198.2 A8 A83 1984

Morehouse, Ralph E.

A history of barbershopping in Atlantic Canada / by Ralph E. Morehouse.  Bedford : PAPPYS, 1994. xi, 83 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3516 M838 1994

Subtitle on cover: 1946-1994.

Barbershop singing — Atlantic Provinces — History.

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Teaching suggestions for local studies : primary-grade 12 Halifax : Nova Scotia Department of Education, 1977. 37 pages ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LB1530 T253

Andrieux, Jean-Pierre

Over the side : stories from a rum runner's files from Prohibition days in Atlantic Canada and Newfoundland / by J.F. Andrieux.  Lincoln, ON. : W.F. Rannie Publisher, 1984. 132 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV5091 C2 A52 1984

Carleton University. History Collaborative

Urban and community development in Atlantic Canada, 1867-1991 / by the Carleton University History Collaborative.  Hull, Que. : Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1993. 144 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HN110 C37 1993

Soucoup, Dan

Failures and Fiascos : Atlantic Canada's Biggest Boondoggles / Dan Soucoup.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2013. 172 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HG3769 C212 A881 2013

Includes bibliographical references.

Business failures — Atlantic Provinces — History
Atlantic Provinces — History

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Atlantic Canada Shipping Project. Conference

Merchant shipping and economic development in Atlantic Canada : proceedings of the fifth conference of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project, June 25-June 27, 1981 / edited by Lewis R. Fischer, Eric W. Sager.  St. John's : Maritime History Group, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1982. 242 pages : illustrations

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE770 A881 M554

Woods, Shirley E.

Cinders & saltwater : the story of Atlantic Canada's railways / Shirley E. Woods.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 1992. xii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE2809 A75 W66 1992

Includes index.

Railroads — Atlantic Provinces — History
Atlantic Provinces — History.

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Gunderson, Harald

A history of funeral service in Atlantic Canada : stories and photographs of funeral directors and funeral homes, cremationists, cemeterians, memorialists and monument makers of Atlantic Canada / compiled and edited by Harald Gunderson.  Bedford : Atlantic Provinces Funeral Directors and Services Convention, 1999. 400 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD9999 U53 C35 1999

Ships and seafarers of Atlantic Canada / The Atlantic Canada Shipping Project.  St. John's, Newfoundland : Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1998. 1 computer optical disc : illustrations ; 4 3/4 in.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD8039 S4 S55 1998

These databases were created for the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project, a large scale research project undertaken by the Maritime History Group at Memorial University of Newfoundland, to study the rise and decline of the shipping industry of Atlantic Canada. This project, which ran from 1976 to 1983, was funded the the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Memorial university.

Atlantic Canada Shipping Project
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime History Group
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime History Archive
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime Studies Research Unit.

Shipping — Canada — History
Merchant marine — Canada — History
Merchant mariners — Atlantic Provinces
Shipping — Atlantic Provinces — History
Canada — Commerce — History.

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White, Paul

East Coast NHLers : the stories of leading players from the Maritimes and Newfoundland / Paul White.  Halifax : Formac Publishing, 2011. 160 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GV848.5 A1 W49 2011

Includes bibliographical references and index.

National Hockey League — History
Hockey players — Atlantic Provinces — History

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