The odyssey of Frances Fish : a first Canadian woman lawyer / Barry Cahill. Halifax : Chadwick Press, 2023. 117 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - K19 F531 C13 2023
The subject of this book is the New Brunswicker who was the first woman called to the bar of Nova Scotia. Frances Lilian Fish (1888-1975) was part of an evolution occuring in Canada between 1890 and 1940, a gradual transition from an all-male to a mixed legal profession to which New Brunwsick contributed significantly... Includes bibliographic references.
Fish, Frances Lilian
Lawyers — Nova Scotia
Women — Nova Scotia — History
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Tea Bits : New Year's Day Readings / compiled by Cliff White. Crackpot Publishing. 155 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8283 T43 W45
Book of prose, poetry, and stories about bonding over tea. Author Cliff White has always been an avid tea drinker and started hosting afternoon tea parties on New Year's Day - such a hit amongst his friends, he continued to host those parties and decided to compile his friends favourite stories and creative works about their parties for everyone to read.
Tea — Nova Scotia
Canadian poetry — Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia Department of Public Welfare
Province of Nova Scotia Department of Public Welfare : Annual Reports 1970-1975 / compiled by the Nova Scotia Department of Public Welfare. Halifax : Queen's Printer, 1970-1975. 457 pages : tables, charts, figures ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - J104 W454 N683
Annual Reports for various Divisions within the Department of Public Welfare 1970-1975.
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The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
In commemoration of St. George's Anglican Church : Sunday, April 22, 1990 = Pour souligner l'importance historique de L'église Anglicane St. George : Dimanche le 22 avril 1990 The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, 1990. 6 pages (unnumbered) ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #19 - Vertical File
Pamphlet from commemoration held on April 22nd, 1990.
Environment Canada Parks Services
Anglican Church Buildings — Nova Scotia
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The arms of Nova Scotia : New Scotland 1621 — 1921 / By John A. Stewart, F.S.A Scot. . Glasgow : The St. Andrew Society (Glasgow), 1921. 7-46 pages : illustrations, frontispiece ; 17 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CR N85 St3
See also: V/F V.27 #3 (short version) and CR N85 St3 1955 (full publication 1955).
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The arms of Nova Scotia : New Scotland 1621 — 1921 / By John A. Stewart, F.S.A Scot. . Glasgow : The St. Andrew Society (Glasgow), 1955. 7-46 pages : illustrations, frontispiece ; 17 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CR N85 St3 1955
Reprinted by the Queen's Printer, Nova Scotia, 1955. See also: V/F V.27 #3 (short version) and CR N85 St3 (full publication 1921).
The St. Andrew Society (Glasgow)
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Regan, John William, 1873-1945
First things in Acadia, "the Birthplace of a Continent" (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, parts of Maine, Quebec, Newfoundland) / by John Quinpool. Halifax : First Things Publishers, 1939. 304 pages color frontispiece : illustrations, plates (1 color) portraits ; 24 cm.
view this publicationNova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 R26 1939
A history of the firsts in Acadia - documents stories from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Quebec, and parts of Maine. John Quinpool is a pseudonym for John W. Regan. Bookplate greeting - signed by W.H. Dennis. F91 R26 and F91 R26 C.2 are the original editions of this item.
Acadia — History
Nova Scotia — History
New Brunswick — History
Newfoundland — History
Prince Edward Island — History
Quebec — History
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Regan, John William, 1873-1945
First things in Acadia, "the Birthplace of a Continent" (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, parts of Maine, Quebec, Newfoundland) / by John Quinpool. Halifax : First Things Publishers, 1936. 304 pages color frontispiece : illustrations, plates (1 color) portraits ; 24 cm.
view this publicationNova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 R26
A history of the firsts in Acadia - documents stories from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Quebec, and parts of Maine. John Quinpool is a pseudonym for John W. Regan. F91 R26 1939 is an updated edition of these items. Copy 1: F91 R26 Copy 2: F91 R26 C.2
Acadia — History
Nova Scotia — History
New Brunswick — History
Newfoundland — History
Prince Edward Island — History
Quebec — History
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Nova Scotia Chief Electoral Officer
Recommendations for Legislative Change : Report of the Chief Electoral Officer / report by the Nova Scotia Chief Electoral Officer. Halifax : Elections Nova Scotia, 2006. 11 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #14 - Vertical File
Recommendations after the 37th provincial general election, June 13, 2006, printed in October 2006.
Election law — Nova Scotia
Elections — Nova Scotia
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Government of Nova Scotia Response to the Recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution : February 7, 1990 / distributed by the Government of Nova Scotia. Halifax : The Commission, 1990. 58 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - KEN7970 N935 R888 1990
Response from the Nova Scotian Government to the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. prosecution regarding their recommendations for compensation and righting the wrong in this case given Donald Marshall, Jr. was wrongfully convicted of murdering Sandy Seale when they were 17. Though overturned, this publication called attention to the relationships that happen between the police and minority citizens (Marshall being Mi'Kmaq) and what needs to be done in order to protect citizens from unlawful treatment and wrongful incarceration.
Criminal justice, Administration of — Nova Scotia
Discrimination in criminal justice administration — Nova Scotia
Compensation for judicial error — Nova Scotia
Police — Nova Scotia
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Multicultural Association of Nova Scotia
People of Nova Scotia Book II : Introduction to 45 World Cultures in Nova Scotia with Personal Stories, Poems and Viewpoints. / distributed by the Multicultural Association of Nova Scotia. Halifax : Multicultural Association of Nova Scotia, 1992. 183 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 M961 P419 V.2 - Open Shelf
A break-down of different world cultures practiced by Nova Scotian residents who have come from around the world to live here and documents their experience as residents of the province. Second volume of People of Nova Scotia.
Ethnology — Nova Scotia
Multiculturalism — Nova Scotia
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Township of Falmouth, Nova Scotia / by John V. Duncanson. Belleville, ON : Mika, 1983. vi, 474, 102 pages : illustrations, port., maps (1 fold) ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5248 F19 D91 1983 - Open Shelf
Original title: Falmouth : a New England township in Nova Scotia
Includes indexes. Reprint. Signed by the author.
See also: F5248 F19 D91 (original from 1965) F5248 F19 D91 1990 (Open shelf reprint)
Falmouth (N.S.) — Genealogy
Falmouth (N.S.) — Biography
Falmouth (N.S.) — History
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Nova Scotia Place Names / by Thomas J. Brown. Halifax : Royal Print & Lithograph, 1922 158 pages ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 B81
Title page: Place Names of the Province of Nova Scotia A list of geographic places in Nova Scotia, including Mi'Kmaq terms for places. Copy 1: F91 B81 - item includes news clippings, extra material at the back of the book. Copy 2: F91 B81 C.2 - item includes written list at the back of places in Nova Scotia.
Names, Geographical — Nova Scotia
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Yesterday's Island / by Margaret E. Messenger for the Archelaus Smith Historical Society.. Clark's Harbour : The Society, 1989. vi, 82 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #13 - Vertical File
Archelaus Smith Historical Society
Cape Sable Island (N.S.) — Biography
Cape Sable Island (N.S.) — History
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Land use programs in Canada : Nova Scotia = Programmes de planification de l'utilisation des sols du Canada : Nouvelle-Écosse / V. Cranmer. Nova Scotia : Environment Canada, 1974. 2 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #11 - Vertical File
V/F V.552 #11a - English copy. V/F V.552 #11b - French copy. Includes bibliography.
Environment Canada. Land Use Planning Branch
Regional planning — Nova Scotia
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Richardson, Evelyn May Fox, 1902-1976.
A Voyage to Australia : Being an Account of a Journey From Barrington, Nova Scotia to Ballarat, Australia, in 1852 Barrington : Cape Sable Historical Society, 1972 15 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #10 - Vertical File
Reprinted from the Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly 2: 229-41 September 1972.
Crowell, Jacob Norton
Voyages and travels
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Garretts and the Bluenose Rugs of Nova Scotia / by Nanette Ryan and Doreen Wright.. Reprint 1995 Mahone Bay : Spruce Top Rug Hooking Studio, 1995. 118 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TT850 R93 1995
Reprinted by Spruce Top Rug Hooking Studio with the kind permission of Nanette Ryan and Doreen Wright. Pages 1-22: brief introduction with basic information on rug hooking and key figured in rug hooking in Nova Scotia and the Garrett Catalogue of patterns for rug hooking. Pages 23-118: patterns from the Garrett's catalogue from "early times to 1974". See also: TT850 R93 1990 (original)
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The Soup Stone : The Magic of Familiar Things / by Maria Leach. New York : Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1954. 160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GR73 L4
Collection of stories that highlight the magic in the familiar - stories that are universal and relate to everyday things we encounter like napkins, mirrors, and jars. Author summered in Nova Scotia.
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Silver studies : The Journal of the Silver Society No. 28 / Published by The Silver Society. London : Silver Society, 2012 186 pages : illustrations, tables : 27cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - NK7143 S55 2012
Includes the article "Capel Plate for Nova Scotia" by Lauretta Harris and Tinker McKay. Includes index.
Harris, Lauretta
McKay, Tinker
Silverwork — Great Britain — Periodicals
Art metal-work — Great Britain — Periodicals
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Jorgensen, Bickerton, & Maltby Incorporated : Chartered Accountants
The Municipality of the County of Cumberland : Non-Consolidated Financial Statements / by Jorgensen, Bickerton, & Maltby Incorporated : Chartered Accountants. 33 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - JS1765 C86
Breakdown of financial sectors, taxes, and the balances and budgets of these sectors.
Financial statements — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Cumberland (N.S. County)
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Multicultural Assumptions of Selected School Boards in Nova Scotia / by Keith Sullivan. Halifax : Dalhousie University, 1989. 52 pages : tables ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #8 - Vertical File
Discusses the importance of multiculturalism in classrooms across Canada as our identity and what it means to be Canadian is always changing. Includes bibliographical references (page 39-52). Other items by Keith C Sullivan in the following locations: V/F V.295 #9, LB5 A881 T55 no. 20 and 21
Multicultural education — Nova Scotia
Minorities — Education — Nova Scotia
School boards — Nova Scotia — Administration
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Longley, James Wilberforce, 1849-1922
Joseph Howe / by the Honorable James W. Longley. Toronto, ON : Morang & Co., 1904. 307 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F5204 .9 H6 L65 1904
Part of the Makers of Canada Series (compiled volumes can be found, see range F84 M28 v.1-v.12). Is an Edition De Luxe. Signature from William Dennis, Bookplate from Roger W. Doyle. Edition limited to 400 signed and numbered copies. Includes index. Closed stacks item.
Howe, Joseph, — 1804-1873
Nova Scotia — Politics and government — 1763-1867
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Institute of Public Affairs Dalhousie University
A Socio-Economic Study and Recommendations : Sunnyville, Lincolnville, and Upper Big Tracadie Guysborough County, Nova Scotia / by the Institute of Public Affairs Dalhousie University. Halifax : Dalhousie University Institute of Public Affairs, 1965. 173 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HC118 B53 1965
Study to assess and address 'concerns' surrounding why Black Communities might not participate in certain socio-economic advances of the time. *This file occasionally discusses dehumanizing stereotypes of members of the Black community in Guysborough County, as well as identifying place names containing racial epithets.*
Black people — history
Social history
Human rights — Canada
Human rights — Nova Scotia
Canada — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (N.S. : County)
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Nova Scotia Department of Social Services Task Group on Homes for Special Care
Report of the Working Group on Standards of Care / by the Nova Scotia Department of Social Services Task Group on Homes for Special Care. Halifax : Nova Scotia Department of Social Services, 1984. 90 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV1559 N935 R4767
Reviews standards of care that should be adhered to in special care homes in terms of protection, safety, and well being of the residents in their care.
Institutional care — Nova Scotia
Group homes — Nova Scotia
Group homes for people with mental disabilities — Nova Scotia
Nursing homes — Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia Department of Social Services Task Group on Homes for Special Care
Report of the Working Group on Services to Mentally Handicapped Adults / by the Nova Scotia Department of Social Services Task Group on Homes for Special Care. Halifax : Nova Scotia Department of Social Services, 1984. 120 pages : tabless, charts ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV1559 N935 R476
Report addressing the need to close the gap and either create more or expand the care centers for mentally handicapped adults.
Institutional care — Nova Scotia
Group homes — Nova Scotia
Group homes for people with mental disabilities — Nova Scotia
Nursing homes — Nova Scotia
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