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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Exploring Paradise : Titus Smith in Nova Scotia, 1801-02 / Edited by Warren Reed. Halifax, NS : Warren Reed, 2017. 196 pages : figures, tables ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - QK31 S65
Biography of surveyor and botanist Titus Smith who inventoried the natural resources of the province on behalf of the Crown.
Smith, Titus, 1768-1850 — Diaries
Nova Scotia — History — 1784-1867 — Sources
Nova Scotia — Botany
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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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Beatrice & Grace : Beatrice Bent Cann, Grace Stanwood Goudey Family / distributed by Yarmouth Pride. Halifax, Nova Scotia : Yarmouth Pride, 2018. Video Disc
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HQ728 C36 G68
Video about the life of Beatrice & Grace. Listed together for the 1901, 1911, and 1921 census' and laid to rest in the same plot.
Cann, Beatrice, 1872-1952
Goudey, Grace, 1867-1930
LGBTQIA+ communities — Nova Scotia — Yarmouth
Yarmouth (N.S.) — History
Yarmouth (N.S.) — Genealogy.
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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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Strange Stories / compiled by Hattie Dyck. Truro, NS : Hattie Dyck, 2003. 76 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GR113 S77
Compilation of various strange stories from the paranormal to other worldly.
Ghosts — Nova Scotia
Haunted places — Nova Scotia
Apparitions — Nova Scotia
Unidentified flying objects — Sightings and encounters — Nova Scotia
Superstition — Nova Scotia
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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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C.I.C. Pollution Conference : Proceedings of the Conference on Pollution / by Saint Mary's University. Halifax, NS : Saint Mary's University, 1969. 160 pages : illustrations, charts ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LED15 C53 1969
C.I.C. conference notes, data, figures, and organizers.
Pollution — Congresses
Pollution — Halifax (N.S.)
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I Made a Vow / written and directed by Juanita Peters ; producer, Kent Martin. Canada : National Film Board of Canada, 2003. 1 videodisk : 52 mins ; 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2321 N67 P74 DVD - Open Shelf
After a rough few years of on-again, off-again dating, Robbie and Sharon have finally decided to tie the knot. The couple are from North Preston, which is Nova Scotia's oldest Black community. Here weddings are larger than life, with bridesmaids by the dozen. Sharon wants it all. And Robbie... well, he just wants to get married. They have their hands full organizing a wedding party of more than 30, catering, invitations, bachelor parties, and the hall - often arguing about whether something really needs to be done right now. Toss in stress, sleepless nights, and money, money, money, and you've got a story that's by turns humorous and agonizingly frustrating. << I Made a Vow >> is an entertaining documentary with a stirring gospel soundtrack that reveals the ups and downs of nuptial planning in a unique and vibrant community where weddings are a huge affair.
Cain Thompson, Sandra
Cain, Robert
Weddings — Planning
Black Canadians — Nova Scotia — North Preston — Biography
Black Canadians — Nova Scotia — Social life and customs
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The Trafalgar Chronicle : Year Book of the 1805 Club / distributed by the 1805 Club. Cranbrook, Kent, UK : 1805 Club, 2009. 317 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - DA88 T73 2009
19th edition of the Trafalgar Chronicle detailing the life of Lord Nelson and the HMS Victory. Printed in 2009 just after what would have been Nelson's 250th birthday.
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 — Chronology
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805
Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 — Campaigns — Atlantic Ocean
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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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1604-2014 : Acadia of the Lands and Forests: 'Disputed Boundaries & Rediscovered Families' / edited by Jacques G. Albert. New Brunswick : Madawaska Historical Society, 2014. 56 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5200.5 A23 M33 - Open Shelf
“Acadia of the Lands and Forests: ‘Disputed Boundaries & Rediscovered Families,’” Revue de la Société historique du Madawaska, vol. 42, no. 1-2 (January-June 2014), 6. Running timeline of New Brunswick Acadians over time. Bottom of the pages include a timeline of events as the book is read, and illustrations of documents and artifacts have accompanying explanations. Complete title on cover page includes French translation of title that in full reads: L'Acadie des terres et forêts : "frontières contestées familles retrouvées" 1604-2014.
Acadia — History
Acadians — New Brunswick — Madawaska (County) — History
Madawaska (N.B. : County) — Boundaries — History
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From Cabin Boy to Master Mariner : Times and Travels of Nova Scotia's Baird, Stoddard, and Bigney Families since 1752 / by Jane Baird Barry. Nova Scotia: Jane Baird Barry, 2014. 76 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 B35 S76 B54 - Open Shelf
The stories of the Baird, Stoddard, and Bigney families as mariners in Nova Scotia and beyond. Includes family tree.
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — History
Sailors — Nova Scotia
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Following a dream : Biswanger, Carswell history book Laurie Chilibeck. 485 Pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 29 cm.
view this publicationNova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 B57 C37 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliography and index. Includes USB with master copies of 2011, 2013 and 2015 updates. Click 'view this publication' link above for a master copy of all updates to the book.
Biswanger — Genealogy
Carswell — Genealogy
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Undefeated Since 1976 : The Year of the Tiger / by Rick Rivers. Halifax, NS : Rick Rivers, 2013. 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GV585 D35 R58 2013
The history of the Dalhousie Tigers Football team from it's inception to it's cancellation by university staff in 1976 and then to it's eventual revival in 2009-2010.
Football — Nova Scotia
History — Dalhousie University (N.S.)
Sports — Nova Scotia
Sports — Dalhousie University (N.S.)
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War Letters 1941-1944 : A Chronicle of Life during World War II - from Home and Overseas / by Jennie Harrison Sheito. Nova Scotia : Jennie Harrison Sheito 515 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D640 H37 W55
Compiled letters to and from Kenneth Harrison to and from his wife Peg during World War II. Assumed publication date in the 2000s.
Harrison, Kenneth — Correspondence
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Correspondence
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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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