Testimonies and Secrets : the Story of a Nova Scotia family, 1844-1977 / Robert M. Mennel. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2013. xiii, 219 pages : illustrations , maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 C76 Z48 2013 - Open Shelf
This compelling history is drawn from the papers of the Crouse-Eikle family, discovered in their ancestral home in Crousetown in Lunenburg County on Nova Scotia's South Shore. Millwright John Will Crouse (1844-1914) kept a meticulous diary spanning five decades. Reflective by nature, he recorded the challenges of work, pondered the intricacies of communal life, and wrote movingly of his personal and spiritual struggles. His daughter Elvira Crouse Eikle reported on village events for local newspapers, and her son, Harold Eikle (1912-1977), a gifted teacher and musician, wrote letters and family history. Harold's correspondence celebrated the social liberations of the 1930s and beyond, but also showed their limits in the suffering he experienced as a gay man in a heterosexual world. Using the family papers, other unpublished documents and oral history, Robert M. Mennel connects the experiences of the Crouse-Eikle family and their community to larger themes of social and cultural change in North America. A story of vivid personalities and episodes, by turns sad, conflicted, joyful, bitter, funny and reflective, Testimonies and Secrets will be read with pleasure by scholars and general readers alike. Includes bibliographical references pages 269-300 and index.
Crouse family — Diaries
Eikle family — Diaries
Gay men — Biography
Crousetown (N.S.) — History
Nova Scotia — History — Diaries.
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A vanished village : the story of an abandoned community Halifax County, Nova Scotia 1794-1945 : Crystal Crescent formerly Coote Cove / researched and compiled by H. Millard Wright. Nova Scotia : The Author, 1999. 1 v. (unpaged) : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 C66 M55 1999 - Open Shelf
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Une géographie de Clare, Nouvelle-Écosse / Félix E. Thibodeau. Pointe-de-l'Église : F.E. Thibodeau, 1991. x, 208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 C48 T44 1991 - Open Shelf
Church Point (Digby, N.S.) — History
Church Point (Digby, N.S.) — Geography
Church Point (Digby, N.S.) — Social life and customs.
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Cheticamp : history and Acadian traditions / Anselme Chiasson ; translated by Jean Doris Le Blanc. Wreck Cove : Breton Books, 1998. xi, 275 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 C43 C4413 1998 - Open Shelf
Acadians — Nova Scotia — Chéticamp — Social life and customs
Chéticamp (N.S.) — History.
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South Shore sketches / by Lois MacLeod. Chester : L. MacLeod, 2003. 252 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 C42 Z48 2003 - Open Shelf
Chester (N.S.) — Biography
Chester (N.S.) — History.
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The pioneers of Canaan, Kings County, Nova Scotia / compiled by Marie Bishop. Kentville : Kings Historical Society, 1994. 215 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 C24 B57 1994 - Open Shelf
Map insertedition Includes index.
Kings Historical Society (Kentville, N.S.)
Canaan (Kings, N.S.) — History
Canaan (Kings, N.S.) — Genealogy.
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The other Halifax explosion : Bedford magazine July 18-20, 1945 / researched and compiled by H. Millard Wright in cooperation with CFAD Bedford. Halifax : H. Millard Wright, 2001. 1 v. (various pagings) : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B434 W75 2001 - Open Shelf
Powder magazines — Nova Scotia — Bedford
Halifax (N.S.) — History — 1945-
Halifax (N.S.) — Explosion, 1945.
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Historic Baddeck / Jocelyn Bethune. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2009. vi, 202 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B132 B563 2009 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references.
Baddeck (N.S.) — History
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One hundred years : a pictorial history of Bridgewater / Friends of the DesBrisay Museum and the Bridgewater Heritage & Historical Society. Bridgewater : Friends of the DesBrisay Museum, 1999. 120 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B75 1999 - Open Shelf
1899-1999--Cover.
Bridgewater Heritage and Historical Society
Friends of the DesBrisay Museum.
Bridgewater (N.S.) — History
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Birchtown archaeological survey (1993) / compiled by Laird Niven ; sponsored by Shelburne County Cultural Awareness Society. Lockeport : Roseway Publishing Co., 1994. vi, 78 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B56 A38 1994 - Open Shelf
Bibliography pages 53-57.
Shelburne County Cultural Awareness Society
Excavations (Archaeology) — Nova Scotia — Birchtown
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — Antiquities
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Berwick : a collection of pictures, clippings & information on the history & families of Berwick, Nova Scotia / compiled by Ronald E. Illsley. Kentville : Ronald E. Illsley, 2008. 298 p. : ill ; 221 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B47 I55 2008 - Open Shelf
Berwick (N.S.) — History
Kings (N.S. : County) — History
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Bear River untapped roots : moving upward / Florence L. Bavid. Nova Scotia : The Author, 1995. 169 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B43 B38 1995 - Open Shelf
Library's copy signed by author.
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Bear River
Bear River — History.
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A history of Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, 1605-1800 / Brenda Dunn. Halifax : Nimbus, 2004. x, 286 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 A613 D923 2004 - Open Shelf
Co-published by the Historical Association of Annapolis Royal. Maps on lining papers.
Historical Association of Annapolis Royal.
Annapolis Royal (N.S.) — History.
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Horton Point : a history of Avonport / Gordon M. Haliburton. Wolfville : Gaspereau Press, 1998. 330 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 A96 H34 1998 - Open Shelf
Avonport (N.S.) — History
Avonport (N.S.) — Biography.
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Halifax Street Names : an Illustrated Guide / edited by Shelagh MacKenzie with Scott Robson. Halifax : Formac Publishing, 2002. 192 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346 67 H34 2002 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
Streets — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History
Halifax (N.S.) — History
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Historic Eastern Passage : including Imperoyal, Shearwater, South East Passage, Cow Bay, McNab's Island, Lawlor's Island, and Devil's Island / John Boileau. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2007. vi, 186 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.67 B679 2007 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Eastern Passage Region (Halifax, N.S.) — History
Eastern Passage Region (Halifax, N.S.) — Biography.
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Georges Island : the Keep of Halifax Harbour / by Dianne Marshall. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2003. 191 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.55 M367 2003 - Open Shelf
Originally published: Halifax, N.S. : Hollis Street Press, 2001. Copy 1: FC2346.55 M367 2003 Copy 2: FC2346.55 M367 C.2 2003
Georges Island (Halifax, N.S.) — History
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Georges Island National Historic Site (N.S.)
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Mainland South heritage calendar / produced by Mainland South Heritage Society. Halifax : The Society, 1992--. 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.52 M35 - Open Shelf
Mainland South Heritage Society
Spryfield (N.S.) — History — Views
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Melville Prison and Deadman's Island : American and French prisoners of war in Halifax 1784-1816 / Brian Cuthbertson. Halfax : Formac Publ. Co., 2009. 96 pages : colour illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.52 C988 2009 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prisoners of war — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History
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Nova Scotia — History — 1784-1867
Melville Island (Halifax, N.S.) — History
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Underground Halifax / edited by Paul Erickson. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2005. xii, 156 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour),
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.39 U55 2005 - Open Shelf
Excavations (Archaeology) — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Urban archaeology — Nova Scotia
Halifax (N.S.) — Antiquities.
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Digging up Halifax : the problems and promise of archaeology in metropolitan Nova Scotia / by Liam Donat Murphy. Halifax : Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary's University, 1994. ix, 178 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.39 M87 1994 - Open Shelf
Occasional papers in anthropology (Saint Mary's University, Halifax, N.S., Department of Anthropology) ; number 17.
Urban archaeology — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — Antiquities
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Halifax, Nova Scotia / introduction, Elizabeth Pacey ; photographs, Sherman Hines. Halifax : Nimbus, 1994. 95 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.37 H56 1994 - Open Shelf
Halifax (N.S.) — Pictorial works.
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A Victorian lady's album : Kate Shannon's Halifax and Boston diary of 1892 / edited by Della Stanley. Halifax : Formac, 1994. xi, 118 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.26 S42 A3 1993 - Open Shelf
A Carolyn MacGregor Book. Library's copy signed by editor.
Stanley, Della Margaret Maude.
Young women — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Diaries
Halifax (N.S.) — Biography
Boston (Mass.) — Description and travel.
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Aikens, Gwladys M. Rees (Gwladys May Rees)
Before and after the battles : from Wales to Canada via two world wars / Gwladys M. Rees Aikens. Halifax : Cymru Press, 2001. 168 pages : illustrations, geneal. table, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.26 A291 A3 2001 - Open Shelf
Prequel and sequel to the author's Nurses in battledress.
Aikens, Gwladys M. Rees (Gwladys May Rees), 1916- Nurses in battledress.
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Vanishing Halifax / drawings by L. B. Jenson. Halifax : Petheric Press, 1968. [89] pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 x 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.7 J46 1968 - Open Shelf
Historic buildings — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History.
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