Violence, order, and unrest : a history of British North America, 1749-1876 / edited by Elizabeth Mancke, Jerry Bannister, Denis McKim, and Scott W. See. Toronto, ON : University of Toronto Press, 2019. xiv, 519 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HN103 V56 2019
This edited collection offers a broad reinterpretation of the origins of Canada. Drawing on cutting-edge research in a number of fields, Violence, Order, and Unrest explores the development of British North America from the mid-eighteenth century through the aftermath of Confederation. The chapters cover an ambitious range of topics, from Indigenous culture to municipal politics, public executions to runaway slave advertisements. Cumulatively, this book examines the diversity of Indigenous and colonial experiences across northern North America and provides fresh perspectives on the crucial roles of violence and unrest in attempts to establish British authority in Indigenous territories. Drawing on specific case studies of law and state formation in English and French Canada, Violence, Order, and Unrest considers patterns of settler colonialism across the century before Confederation. The result is a collection that brings together innovative research in different fields to reconsider the ideology, governance, and political culture that underpinned British North America. In the aftermath of Canada 150, Violence, Order, and Unrest offers a timely contribution to current debates over the nature of Canadian culture and history. It demonstrates that we cannot understand Canada today without considering its origins as a colonial project.
Bannister, Jerry, 1968-
McKim, Denis
See, Scott W., 1950-
Violence — Canada — History — 18th century — Case studies
Violence — Canada — History — 19th century — Case studies
Canada — Colonization — History — 18th century — Case studies
Canada — Colonization — History — 19th century — Case studies
Canada — Social conditions — 18th century — Case studies
Canada — Social conditions —19th century — Case studies
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Rising to the Challenge : The Craftsmanship of Perry Henniger / compiled by James Henniger ; photographs by John Jennings. Peterborough, ON : James Henniger, 2018. 147 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD8039 W62 C3 2018
Henniger, Perry — 1906-1990
Woodworkers — Ontario — Biography
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Manual for Co-Operative Directors / by V.S. Alanne. Superior, WI : Co-operative Publishing Association, 1938. 208 pages ; 17 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD2965 A4
Inner note "The Property of the Halifax Co-Operative Society Limited, Dec 20th, 1940". Copy was formerly held by the Halifax Co-Operative Society Limited. Guidebook on how to run a co-operative business.
Administrative Acts — History — Nova Scotia
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Hurrah! Acadia / Burton Russell. Kentville, NS : B.L. Russell, 1986. vii, 264 pages : illustrations : portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GV693 A24 R87 1986
The chronological story of athletics at Acadia University from 1838-1985 as told by alumni Burton Russell. Compiled from past publications, coach observations, and the author's assessment, these elements combine and create a vivid account of moments of joy and sorrow throughout
Acadia University — Sports — History
Athletics — Nova Scotia — History
College sports — Nova Scotia — History
Acadia University — Athletics — History
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Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch
A collection of Scottish country dances / by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch ; diagrams by Keith Rose. Halifax, NS : Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Nova Scotia Branch, 2017. 68 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GV1646 S35 C665 2017
Written by or in honour of Nova Scotian dancers. Collected on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the RSCDS Nova Scotia branch in 2017. Includes index.
Folk dancing, Scottish — Nova Scotia
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Goodyear, Hedley Charles Cornick
Dear Flo : letters from a pilot, correspondence home 1941-1944 / by Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cornick Goodyear ; compiled and edited by John Grant. Nova Scotia : Boularderie Island Press, 2021. 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2474.1 G66 2021 - Open Shelf
Hedley (Ted) Charles Cornick Goodyear chose to leave his university studies at Mount Allison University to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.), following the lead of his older brother Ray. 'Dear Flo, Letters From a Pilot' includes all of the letters that were received by his mother Florence (Flo) between 1941-1944. These letters offer a rare glimpse into the day-to-day life of the pilots who trained on and flew fighter/bombers during the Second World War. They also offer insight into the risks, triumphs and resilience of all those Ted Goodyear met, both before departing for England and while stationed overseas.
World War, 1939-1945 — Correspondence
Flight navigators, Military — New Brunswick — Correspondence
Goodyear, Hedley Charles Cornick — Correspondence
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force — Biography
Fighter pilots — Canada — Correspondence
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Images 1900-1960 : Photos d'écoliers de Wedgeport & de la Butte-des-Comeau = Student photos of Wedgeport & Comeau's Hill / sous la direction de / directed by Donnie Jacquard. Yarmouth, NS : Sentinel Printing, 2000. 146 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 W43 S478 2000 - Open Shelf
Students — Nova Scotia — Wedgeport Region — Biography — Portraits
Wedgeport Region (N.S.) — Biography — Portraits
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Mary Kaulbach's Normal School Diary : 1892-1893 / edited by Melanie Ballard and John N. Grant. Truro : Little White Schoolhouse Press, 2021. 133 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 T78 M37 2021 - Open Shelf
In 1892, Mary Kaulbach came to Truro to attend the Provincial Normal School. Her diary provides a glimpse into the life of a young woman in Victorian Truro and at Normal.
Students — Nova Scotia — Diaries
Teachers colleges — Nova Scotia
Truro (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
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Mahone Bay 1919-2019 : One Hundred Years and Counting / written by Bob Sayer. Mahone Bay, NS : Town of Mahone Bay, 2019. 87 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 M317 S29 2019 - Open Shelf
Documenting the history of Mahone Bay from 1919-2019.
Mahone Bay (N.S.) — History — 20th century
Mahone Bay (N.S.) — History — 21st century
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"We Harbor no Evil Design" : Rehabilitation Efforts after the Halifax Explosion of 1917 / edited by David A. Sutherland. North York, Ontario, Canada : University of Toronto Press ; Toronto : The Champlain Society, 2017. 533 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 W4 2017 - Open Shelf
Introduction and annotations by David A. Sutherland. This volume features key documents from the Papers of the Halifax Relief Commission (HRC), which was established in the wake of the 1917 Halifax Explosion. The HRC was a quasi-governmental authority endowed with sweeping authority to implement a long-term program of reconstruction and rehabilitation to improve the qualify of life for the people of Halifax and neighbouring Dartmouth.
Halifax Relief Commission
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Disaster victims—Rehabilitation—Nova Scotia—Halifax—History—20th century
Halifax (N.S.)—History—20th century
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Peer into the Past : History and Oral Traditions of Richmond County / by Stephanie Campbell; research assistant Ann Marie Yorke. Descousse, NS : Richmond County Literacy Network, 2004. 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 R52 C35 2004 - Open Shelf
Compiled oral and other histories from Richmond County Nova Scotia.
Readers for new literates
Richmond (N.S. : County) — History
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Remembering Queens County, Nova Scotia : People, Places, Events / by Tim McDonald. Halifax : Tim McDonald, 2017. vi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 Q4 M35 2017 - Open Shelf
Tim McDonald's name is a familiar one in the area because of his many articles in the Liverpool newspaper, The Queens County Advance, that deal with the local history. As well, his recent books have been very popular. He was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, in 1965. Through much influence and guidance from his grandmother, Doris (Berriman) Taillon, he became very interested in his own family history when he was only 19 years old. Over the years since then, he has delved into not only other families' genealogies but also involved himself in researching people, places and events of Queens County. This book is a collection of his articles that have appeared in The Advance since 2015. As an added bonus, there are some new topics that have been included in this publication. 'Remembering Queens County, Nova Scotia' shares some of the rich history of South Queens and will help preserve some of the stories that needed to be told. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nova Scotia — History
Queens (N.S. : County) — Pictorial works
Queens (N.S. : County) — History
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Queens County, Nova Scotia : photos from the past & present / by Tim McDonald. Halifax : Tim McDonald, 2015. vi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 Q4 M35 2015 - Open Shelf
Volume 2.
Queens (N.S. : County) — History — Pictorial works
Queens (N.S. : County) — Pictorial works
Nova Scotia — History — Pictorial works
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Queens County, Nova Scotia : photos from the past & present / by Tim McDonald. Halifax : Tim McDonald, 2014. vi, 202 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 Q4 M35 2014 - Open Shelf
Cover art, photo inserts and book design by Chris Fudge and Plateau Entertainment. Includes bibliographical references: page 202.
Queens (N.S. : County) — Pictorial works
Queens (N.S. : County) — History — Pictorial works
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Notable Pictonians / by Clyde F. MacDonald. Pictou, N.S. : Advocate Printing & Publishing, 2003. 200 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 P5 M244 2003 - Open Shelf
The history of 8 notable Piconian residents from around 1830 to the 1990s. Each chapter is named for the person who's biography is featured, with appropriate date ranges for the individual.
Nova Scotia — History
Pictou (N.S. : County) — History
Pictou (N.S. : County) — Biography
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Kings County Schools : A Brief History of the Schools and School Sections of Kings County, Nova Scotia / compiled by Nelson Labor and Linda Hart. Kingston, NS : Published by T & S Office Essentials & Printing, 2011. 124 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 K56 K56 2011 - Open Shelf
History of the schools of Kings County, Nova Scotia. Includes bibliographic reference and table of contents for easy searching.
Schools — Kings County (N.S.)
Kings County (N.S.) — History
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Cumberland County Genealogical Society
Five score and more : reflections of a centenarian Amherst, NS : Cumberland County Genealogical Society, 2017. 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 C84 Z48 2017 - Open Shelf
Biographical sketches of over 250 centenarians who have lived in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Includes bibliographical references.
Centenarians — Nova Scotia — Cumberland (County)
Obituaries — Nova Scotia — Cumberland (County)
Cumberland (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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Nova Scotia from the air : then and now / by Len Wagg. Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing, 2019. 118 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2312 W328 2019 - Open Shelf
In this brilliant follow-up to the bestselling Then & Now, award-winning photographer Len Wagg again takes readers back through time. Aerial landscapes shot in dazzling colour from Louisbourg to Church Point are contrasted with black-and-white photos from the Nova Scotia Archives collection. Readers will see high rises where there were once open fields; stark vistas filled in with residences and windmills. In some side-by-side pairings, the change is startling; in others, subtle. Nova Scotia from the Air is both a photo book and an historical study. Wagg flew over towns and landmarks from one end of the province to the other, recreating scenes from archival photos dating back to the 1930s. This remarkable collection of then-and-now images shows both the growth and the decline of this province by the sea. The 100 photographs evoke nostalgia and surprise.
Cities and towns — Nova Scotia — History — Pictorial works
Historic sites — Nova Scotia — Pictorial works
Historic sites — Nova Scotia — History
Cities and towns — Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — Aerial photographs
Nova Scotia — History — Pictorial works
Nova Scotia — Pictorial works
Nova Scotia — History
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Uniacke, Richard John, 1807-1887
Uniacke's Sketches of Cape Breton : and other papers relating to Cape Breton Island / edited with an introduction and notes by C. Bruce Fergusson, M.A, D. Phil. (Oxon.), Archivist of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1958. ix, 198 pages : portrait, maps (3 folded) : 24 cm.
view this publicationNova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 Ar2n
Nova Scotia Series I. This volume was prepared not only to make available in the first instance Rev. Richard John Uniacke's "Sketches of Cape Breton", which were written at Sydney, N.S., between 1862 and 1865, but also to present a number of additional descriptions of the Island from the pens of other writers at interviews between the founding of Sydney in 1785 and the year 1862.
Fergusson, Charles Bruce, 1911-1978
Public Archives of Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — History
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Description and travel
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The Union of the British Provinces / by Edward Whelan, M.P.P.. Gardenvale, Quebec : Garden City Press, 1927. 248 pages : portraits ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F75 W56
Written immediately after the conferences held in Charlottetown and Québec in 1864, on confederation, and the accompanying banquets held in Halifax, St-John, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. F75 W56 c.1 - Copy 1 F75 W56 c.2 - Copy 2 (handwritten note inside to D.C. Harvey from Eileen Odevoive)
Charlottetown Conference (1864)
Québec Conference (1864 : Québec, Québec)
Canada — History — 1841-1867
Canada — History — Confederation, 1867
Canada — Politics and government — 1841-1867
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Woman Warrior at Wounded Knee : "Micmac"/Mi'kmaq Legend Anna Mae Pictou Aquash / by Don (Byrd) Awalt. Parrsboro : Mi'kma'ki Media Arts, 2021. 109 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E99 M6 A692
Biography of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) as told by the people who knew her.
Micmac Women — History
Micmac — History
History — Truro (N.S.)
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Stanley, Sir Henry Morton, 1841-
Through the dark continent : or, The sources of the Nile, around the great lakes of equatorial Africa, and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean / by Henry M. Stanley. Toronto, ON : J.B. Magurn, 1878. 2 volumes in 1. : portraits, illustrations, plates, maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - DT351 S83 1878
Perhaps best known as the intrepid adventurer who located the missing explorer David Livingstone in equatorial Africa in 1871, Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) played a major role in assembling the fragmented discoveries and uncertain geographical knowledge of central Africa into a coherent picture. He was the first European to explore the Congo River; assisted at the founding of the Congo Free State, and helped pave the way for the opening up of modern Africa. In this classic account of one of his most important expeditions, the venerable Victorian recounts the incredibly difficult and perilous journey during which he explored the great lakes of Central Africa, confirming their size and position, searched for the sources of the Nile, and traced the unknown Congo River from the depths of the continent to the sea.
Stanley, Henry M. — (Henry Morton), — 1841-1904
Africa, Central — Description and travel
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A Life of Faith : An autobiography / written by Muriel Faustina Gallant, M.M. ; compiled and edited by Elise Mary Ellison Macdonald. 111 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CT25 G35
Muriel Faustina Gallant — Biography
Nuns — Biography
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Haulin' in the Family Net : Webber's / researched by Linda Gray-LeBlanc . Halifax: Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2019. 160 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 W43 G778 2019 - Open Shelf
Webber family — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
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The Totten Family : United Empire Loyalists / researched and compiled by James Everett Totten's cousin Jane (Currie) Wile. Belmont, NS : Wile, 1999. 92 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 T688 W676 1999 - Open Shelf
Totten Family tree to the year 1999. Includes index for easy searching and finding names. Dedicated to James Everett Totten, Wile's cousin.
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