The Hunter Family of early Shelburne and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : George Hunter of the 76th Regiment and his son Sheriff George Hunter / by Allison Hare. Gloucester, Ontario : Alison Hare, 2020. 46 pages ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #17 - Vertical File
Two-generation lineage of a father and son, documenting their lives and their descendants.
Hunter family
Shelburne (N.S.) — Genealogy
Yarmouth (N.S.) — Genealogy
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Eastern Steamship Lines : Boston - Yarmouth Line / distributed by the Eastern Steamship Lines. USA : Eastern Steamship Lines, 1938. 19 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #12 - Vertical File
Brochure that details trips from Boston and New York to Yarmouth, Saint John, and other maritime destinations.
Travel — Nova Scotia
Tourism — Nova Scotia
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Women's Institutes of Nova Scotia. Louisbourg Branch
Louisbourg : 1758-1958 / published under the auspices of the Louisbourg Branch of the Women's Institute of Nova Scotia. Reprinted 1988. Louisbourg : Louisbourg Branch of the Women's Institute of Nova Scotia, 1988. 89 pages : illustrations : 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #9 - Vertical File
This history was prepared under the auspices of the Louisbourg Branch of the Women's Institute of Nova Scotia to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the capture of Louisbourg by the British in 1758. Includes newspaper article for "Louisbourg voters say no to merger".
Women's Institute of Nova Scotia
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Beaubassin : and the Beginning of the Acadian Tragedy / by John G. McKay. Amherst, NS : John G. McKay, 2003. 51 pages : 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #4 - Vertical File
Acadians
Acadians — Nova Scotia — History — Expulsion, 1755
Beaubassin (Acadia) — Genealogy
Beaubassin (Acadia) — History
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Pineo, Henry Gesner Jr., 1830-1874
Report of Immigration Agent / by H.G. Pineo. 1865-1866. 4 pages ; 32 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #3 - Vertical File
Immigration report by the Hon. Henry Gesner Pineo Jr, who the Chief Emigrant Agent in Nova Scotia from 1863-1867; and sent to the Hon. Sir Charles Tupper, the Provincial Secretary [Premier] of Nova Scotia from 1864-1867. First-half of page 1 is torn off.
Pineo, Henry Gesner Jr., 1830-1874
Government report writing — Nova Scotia
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Portia White : Think on Me / film produced and directed by Sylvia Hamilton. Grand Pre, NS : Maroon Films, 2000. 1 page ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #29 - Vertical File
Promotional poster for film Portia White : Think on Me
White, Portia, 1911-1968
Women singers — Canada — Biography
Contraltos — Canada — Biography
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The Canadian Society of Presbyterian History : Papers 2002 / edited by David R. Elliott. Parkhill, ON : Canadian Society of Presbyterian History, 2002. 14 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #26 - Vertical File
Paper name: The Jardine Auxiliary of Wychwood/St. Columba Presbyterian Church: A Skeletal Reconstruction by Lydia Ross Alexander
Canadian Society of Presbyterian History
Presbyterian Church — History
Presbyterianism — History
St. Columba Presbyterian Church (Kirkhill, Ont.)
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Halifax Fire Department : Home Safety Program Instructions Halifax : Halifax Fire Department, 1975. 16 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #25 - Vertical File
Home Inspection/Fire Hazard Correction pamphlet with cover illustration by Bob (Robert) Chambers
Fire prevention — Halifax (N.S.)
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The Freiburg Passion Play (In English) / distributed by the Garrick Theatre. Halifax, NS : Garrick Theatre. 19 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #22 - Vertical File
Playbook for the Freiburg Passion Play at the Garrick Theatre (August 17-22) - includes ads for local businesses, cast, and play acts. No date provided, assumed year to be 1928-1929 as that year range is handwritten on the inside of the playbook.
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Serving Nova Scotians & Us : an evening of celebration of community and congregational service Halifax, NS : Beth Israel Synagogue, 2010. 49 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #21 - Vertical File
Book related to a formal dinner held by the Halifax Jewish Community on May 12, 2010.
Synagogues — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Jews — Nova Scotia — Halifax
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A Victorian Holiday in the Land of Evangeline / by Sharon Ingalls. Halifax, NS : Sharon Ingalls. 16 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #19 - Vertical File
Unbound booklet about the Victorian Holiday in Nova Scotia and the influence of the poem Evangeline by Longfellow on the perception of Nova Scotia/Evangeline. No date given to item, though abstract note mentions reading the abstract aloud to the Canadian Association of Folklore, University of Moncton in May 1990.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 — Evangeline
Nova Scotia — History — Nineteenth Century
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The Beaver : Exploring Canada's History Winnipeg : Hudson's Bay Co., 1989. 63 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #18 - Vertical File
Copy of "The Beaver" from June/July 1989. Starting in 2010 the magazine became "Canada's History".
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada, Northern — Periodicals
Canada, Northern — History — Periodicals
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Halifax Board of School Commissioners
Schools of the City of Halifax, 1904-5 Halifax : Halifax Board of School Commissioners, 1905. 24 pages : charts ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #13 - Vertical File
Report on how the schools in the City of Halifax were doing in the year 1904-5. Includes charts about school type, how many teachers returned to their previous school and how many students are now in attendance, with some individual stats included for different schools.
Education — Halifax (N.S.)
History — Halifax (N.S.)
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The Halifax Disaster December 6th 1917 / by James T. Walsh. Halifax, NS : W.G. McLaughlin, 1917. 4 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #3 - Vertical File
Poem written about the devastation of the Halifax Explosion on the city and the people who live there.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Halifax (N.S. County) — History
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J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Cumming Events : A pictorial review of Cumming Products / Published now & then by J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd. New Glasgow, N.S.. New Glasgow, N.S. : J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 1934. 7 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #31 - Vertical File
No. 5, Jan. 1934. Concerning Monarch Plows.
Manufacturing Industries — New Glasgow (N.S.)
Snowplows — Catalog
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Nova Scotia Research Foundation
Seventeenth Annual Report 1964 : Nova Scotia Research Foundation / by the Nova Scotia Research Foundation. Halifax : Queen's Printer, 1965. 20 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #29 - Vertical File
Report outlining some of the scientific or natural sciences research and developments of the year 1964. Discussion of potash included with projections for growth in that industry as well as financial statements/records and different committees.
Research — Nova Scotia
Potash deposits — Nova Scotia
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The Minterne Monuments : The Story of the Earliest Verifiable Winston S. Churchill Family Memorials - To Commemorate and Honour the Fiftieth Anniversary of his Death / by Elizabeth Churchill Snell. Cambridge, UK : Elizabeth Churchill Snell, 2015. 18 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #27 - Vertical File
Documents some of the earliest Churchill family memorials, history, and explores the Churchill family line.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Prime Ministers — Great Britain
Great Britain — History
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Nova Scotia Research Foundation
Programme : Official Opening - Nova Scotia Research Foundation / distributed by the Nova Scotia Research Foundation. Dartmouth, NS : Nova Scotia Research Foundation, 1969. 4 pages ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #26 - Vertical File
Programme pamphlet for the official opening of the Nova Scotia Research Foundation on October 7th, 1969 at 2:30pm. Includes list of officials who will be running the ceremony.
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Season 1897 : Orpheus Club Concert - Orpheus Club with Ladies Auxiliary and Orchestra Halifax, NS : Book and Job Printer, 1897. 8 pages: illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #25 - Vertical File
Programme pamphlet advertising the collaboration of the Orpheus Club and the Ladies Auxiliary and Orchestra to sing opera for an audience.
Opera — Nova Scotia
Performing arts — Nova Scotia
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Academy of Music : Halifax Nova Scotia / distributed by the Academy of Music. Halifax, N.S.: Academy of Music, 1910. 8 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #24 - Vertical File
Pamphlet program for the Academy of Music in 1910 play 'The Old Homestead' October 6th, 1910.
Performing Arts — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — History
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The Forty-Fifth Report of the Nova Scotia Bible Society / distributed by the Nova Scotia Bible Society. Halifax, N.S.: Nova Scotia Printing Company, 1874. 95 pages ; 18 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #23 - Vertical File
The 45th annual report made by the Nova Scotia Bible Society (founded 1813) in November 1873. Includes fiscal information, including how much was received through other branches, or their own agents.
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Halifax Protestant Orphans' Home Ladies' Committee
Annual Report of the Ladies' Committee of the Halifax Protestant Orphans' Home for the Year 1928 / distributed by the Halifax Protestant Orphans' Home Ladies' Committee. Halifax, N.S.: WM. MacNab & Son, 1929. 16 pages ; 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #22 - Vertical File
Small report showcasing the actions and structure of the organization.
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Halifax Protestant Orphans' Home Ladies' Committee
Annual Report of the Ladies' Committee of the Halifax Protestant Orphans' Home for the Year 1926 / distributed by the Halifax Protestant Orphans' Home Ladies' Committee. Halifax, NS : WM. MacNab & Son, 1927. 15 pages ; 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #21 - Vertical File
Small report showcasing the actions and structure of the organization.
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Halifax Protestant Orphans' Home
Annual Report of the Protestant Orphans' Home for the Year 1923 / distributed by the Halifax Protestant Orphans' Home. Halifax, NS : WM. MacNab & Son, 1924. 15 pages ; 16 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #20 - Vertical File
Small report detailing the actions of the organization and the structure of the organization from the ladies committees to the owners, medical advisors, and the matron of the institution.
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City Club Halifax, Nova Scotia : Rules and Regulations 1892 / distributed by the City Club. Halifax (N.S.) : T.C. Allen Company Printers, 1892. 47 pages ; 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #19 - Vertical File
Guidebook for members of the City Club from Halifax - includes a list of members, guidelines and rules for members to follow, and a list of all City Club Committee (structural) members.
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