A Brief History of Militia Units Established at Various Periods at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 1812-1947 / compiled by Lieutenant Colonel W.D. King. Yarmouth, NS : 14th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, 1947. 32 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #17 - Vertical File
Brief history on the Militia Units in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from 1812-1947.
History — Yarmouth (N.S.)
Military history
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Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch
Spark O' Water : Dances of Nova Scotia Halifax, NS : Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. Nova Scotia Branch, 2017. 33 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #16 - Vertical File
35th anniversary of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch, this book outlines different traditional dances and includes diagrams on dancer's foot placement. Includes an audio disc with traditional music. CD Composer (fiddle) Keith Smith.
CD Composer (piano) Muriel Johnstone
Folk dancing, Scottish — Nova Scotia
Country-dances (Music) — Scotland
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An Outline of Phyllis' Story : Presented April 17, 2010 on the occasion of the Ninetieth Birthday Celebrations of Phyllis Frances Fevens / by Douglas Fevens. Halifax : Douglas Fevens, 2010. 22 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #15 - Vertical File
The story of Phyllis Fevens as told on her 90th birthday. Book includes an obituary for Phyllis glued into the signature section of the booklet.
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Why the Plymouth Story is the Right Story on Rope Economy / distributed by Plymouth Cordage Company. Plymouth Cordage Company, 1951. 16 pages : illustrations ; 13 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #12 - Vertical File
Booklet distributed by the Plymouth Cordage Company, Welland, Ontario, about "Why the Plymouth Story is the right story on rope economy".
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The history of the family of James Reardon and son Francis Reardon / compiled and edited by Robert Joseph Peter Reardon. 3rd edition Halifax : 2018. 51 pages : illustrations, port. ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #11 - Vertical File
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Useful Knots and How to Tie Them / distributed by the Plymouth Cordage Company. Plymouth Cordage Company, 1949. 20 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #10 - Vertical File
How to booklet distributed by the Plymouth Cordage Company, Welland Ontario for tying knots.
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Souvenir Programme : Bridgewater Memorial Arena Bridgewater, NS, Bridgewater Memorial Arena, 1950. 4 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #9 - Vertical File
Souvenir Programme for the Bridgewater Memorial Arena's official opening on Friday, December 1, 1950.
History — Bridgewater (N.S.)
Skating rinks — Bridgewater (N.S.)
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Atlantic Canada Related Theses Available at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia / compiled by Robert J. Cloney. Halifax (N.S.) : Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies, 1993. 35 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.279 #30a - Vertical File
Printed June 17, 1993 and is an updated list of theses related to Atlantic Canada in the Nova Scotia Archives holdings. PANS Special Document No.3-0384. Originally compiled by Alan Dunlop, October 30, 1984
Cloney, Robert John, 1963-
Dissertations, Academic — Atlantic Provinces
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Steady as She Goes : The Exploits of a Captain and his Seagoing Family / by Dolly G. Newcomb. Ontario : Paul Heron Publishing Limited, 1996. 175 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK140 P82 N48 1996
The story of Captain James Leander Publicover, owner and ship captain at J.L. Publicover Shipping Company, and chronicles how he and his family would work and travel the seas together.
J.L. Publicover Shipping Co. — History
Ship captains — Nova Scotia — Biography
Sailing ships — Nova Scotia — History
Seafaring life — Nova Scotia — History
Publicover, James Leander, 1877-1960
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ABC Acadie : An Acadian Alphabet / by Mary Alice Downie. Kingston, ON : Quarry Heritage Books, 2014. 48 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PZ7 D68 2014
An illustrated history of Acadie for children. Illustrated by Anne LeBlanc.
English language — Alphabet — Juvenile literature
Alphabet books — Juvenile literature
Frontier and pioneer life — Canada — Juvenile literature
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Sound Waves : Newsletter of the Atlantic Flute Society / Atlantic Flute Society. Nova Scotia : Atlantic Flute Society, 1992-1999. 20 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm + 2 pamphlets.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML5 S68 F58
A tri-annual newsletter from the Atlantic Flute Society. Missing - Op. 1 No. 1 (Oct. 1992), Op. 6 No. 3 (August 1997), Op. 7 No. 2 (February 1997), Op. 7 No. 3 (August 1997). Includes 2 pamphlets a concert held by the society at the Canadian Martyr's Church on April 28, 1996.
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I Never Knew : Part 1 / by Juanita Pleasant. Nova Scotia : Reflections Publishing, 2000. 111 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F106 B6 P44 2000
This book highlights important black people in Canadian history.
Black people — Nova Scotia — Biography
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The Tried and True Recipes of Ruth Louise (Nowe) Wagner / by Earle S. Wagner. Halifax, NS : Earle S. Wagner, 2013.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TX715 W34
Sixty years after receiving a green recipe binder, Ruth's recipes are transcribed for posterity by husband Captain Earle S. Wagner. Typed and Reviewed by Darlene Wagner.
Wagner, Ruth Louise (Nowe)
Wagner, Darlene
Cookery
Cookbooks — Nova Scotia
Cooking — Nova Scotia
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Sea Kindly : Windjammer Wisdom for Everyone / released by Dolphin's Eye (Firm). Portsmouth (N.H.) : Dolphin's Eye, 2009. Video Disc (70 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK D65
Documentary about the men and women who operate Windjammers along the Maine Coast from Acadia National Park to Martha's Vineyard.
Windjammers (Sailing ships)
Ship captains — Anecdotes
Sailing — Maine
Seafaring life
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Inner Mountains, Inner Valleys : The Life and Writing of Ernest Buckler / by EnVision Productions LTD.. [S.l.] : EnVision Productions, c1993. Video Cassette (26 minutes): stereo sound ; 1/2 inch
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8503 B83
Blending narrative and documentary styles, the video recreates the life and work of the enigmatic and reclusive Nova Scotian author, Ernest Buckler, an internationally renowned novelist, short story and essay writer.
Buckler, Ernest, 1908-
Canadian literature
Authors, Canadian — Biography
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A New Start : Housing the Rural Poor / a National Film Board of Canada Release. Montreal, Q.C. : National Film Board of Canada, 1988. video cassette (82 minutes, 34 seconds) : colour film ; 1/2 inch
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD7289 N49
A compilation of two documentaries providing a frank but sensitive look at two poor rural families in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia, their unique culture and a community's innovative approach to dealing with a rural housing crisis.
National Film Board of Canada
Annapolis Valley (Annapolis County and Kings County, N.S.) — History
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Vimy Ridge : Artists Document the First World War / essays by Colonel John Boileau (CD retired) and Mora Dianne O'Neill. Halifax, NS : Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2017. 72 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ND249 V56
Artists depictions of the First World War - special focus on arts that soldiers created in the aftermath of Vimy Ridge in the Battle of France, 1917.
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada — Exhibitions
Vimy Ridge, Battle of, France, 1917 — Exhibitions
War in art
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Tremont Community Cemetery Society
Tremont Community Cemetery Society : Burial Lists for the Tremont Cemeteries, Tremont, Kings County, Nova Scotia / compiled and distributed by the Tremont Community Cemetery Society. Nova Scotia: Tremont Community Cemetery Society, 2018. 24 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 T74 - Open Shelf
Ledgers of names from both the New and Old Tremont Community Cemeteries; organized by last name and respective cemetery. Assumed to be printed in at least 2018 given the records inside the book.
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia
Cemeteries — Kings County (N.S.)
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Explosion in Halifax Harbour, December 6,1917 : Colchester to the rescue / researched by Janet Maybee. Truro, NS : Colchester Historical Society, 2017. 17 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 C65 - Open Shelf
This publication presents only a small part of the material held at the Archives in the Colchester Historeum. It is intended to honour and celebrate the generosity of our residents a hundred years age.
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
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1st Halifax Explosion Survivors Halifax Harbour Boat Tour aboard the Harbour Queen / recorded by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Halifax, NS : the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1995. 1 videocassette(59 min.) : colour, sound ; 13 mm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.26 S87 1995 - Open Shelf
CBC Halifax Harbour tour for Halifax Explosion survivors.
History — Nova Scotia
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
History — Halifax Harbour (N.S.)
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Portia White : Think on Me / produced and directed by Sylvia Hamilton. Grand Pre, NS : Maroon Films, 2000. 1 videocassette(50 min.) : sound, color ; 13 mm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML3930 W45 2000
Biography of Nova Scotia born contralto Portia White, who in the 1940' and 50's was often compared to the American Marian Anderson, covering her singing and teaching careers. Uses archival film and TV footage, excerpts from recordings, and interviews with family, friends, pupils and her accompanist. Small, accompanying poster for film can be found in V/F V.550 #29
White, Portia, 1911-1968
Women singers — Canada — Biography
Contraltos — Canada — Biography
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Joseph Howe / recorded by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Halifax, NS : the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2004. 1 videocassette : colour, sound ; 13 mm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 H69 - Open Shelf
The life of Joseph Howe as told through video.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada's War in Colour / executive producers, Pauline Duffy, Elliott Halpern ; series producer/director, Karen Shopsowitz ; writer/story editor, Michael Allcock ; a YAP Films production in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.. Toronto : International Multimedia Corporation, 2004. 3 videocassette (approximately 45 min. , 39 s each) : sound, colour ; 13 mm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 W55 C33 VHS - Open Shelf
A three-part series telling the compelling story of Canada during the Second World War through the exclusive use of newly discovered colour footage at war and at home. Episode 1: "Rumors of War" Episode 2: "Call to Duty" Episode 3: "Victory and Beyond"
Duffy, Pauline
Halpern, Elliott
Shopsowitz, Karen
Allcock, Michael
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Between Tides / by Ronald C. Webber. Halifax : Ronald C. Webber, 2019. 44 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 S36 T53 2019 - Open Shelf
Photographs of the wharf at Scots Bay in the Bay of Fundy.
Marine photography — Scots Bay (N.S.)
Scots Bay (N.S.)—Pictorial works
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Remember Africville Atlantic Region : National Film Board of Canada ; 1991. 1 VHS videocassette : 35 minutes.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.9 R46 A37 1991 - Open Shelf
Africville, a small black settlement, lay within the city limits of Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the 1960s, the families who lived there were uprooted and their homes demolished in the name of urban renewal and integration. Now, more than twenty years later, the site of the community of Africville is a stark, under-utilized park. Former residents, their descendants and some of the decision-makers, speak out and, with the help of archival photographs and films, tell the story of that painful relocation.
Relocation (Housing) — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Social conditions
Africville (Halifax, N.S.)
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