Black Canadian Memorial Book / complied by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2023. 7 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 B53 2023 - Open Shelf
Collection of 7 books of headstones, obituary's and pictures from the communities of Africville, Beechville, Hammonds Plains, Preston, Dartmouth, and Halifax. Book 1 : A-B, Book 2 : C, Book 3 : D-E-F, Book 4 : G-H-I-J-K-L, Book 5 : M-N-O-P-R, Book 6 : S, Book 7 : T-U-W-Y.
Black Canadians — Genealogy
African Nova Scotian — Genealogy
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia
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Young Voices Part 3 : Songs for Schools in the Tonic Sol-Fa Notation / edited by J. Spencer Curwen. Halifax : T.C. Allen & Company. 47 pages ; 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.553 #3 - Vertical File
Intended to teach people how to sing using the Tonic Sol-Fa technique popularized by J. Spencer Curwen. Includes song lyrics and the notes required to sing the song, index of song titles, and listings for other books in the Tonic Sol-fa technique that can be purchased.
Music — Instruction and study
Music — Nova Scotia
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Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority
The Kendall Report : A Study to Recommend Future Directions in Regional Service Delivery / by the Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority. Halifax : Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority, 1987. 139 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LC4034 K46 1987
The Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority's Kendall Report addresses the issues surrounding equal opportunity in education for those with disabilities. Includes a 5 page note in the front outlining student concerns from the Atlantic Technological Vocational Centre School, and outlines some of the ways the students would be better supported by the staff there
Children with disabilities — Education
Children with disabilities — Nova Scotia
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Topographical Township Map of Colchester County, Nova Scotia : from actual surveys made, drawn and engraved by and under the direction of A.F. Church / Jane Wile. Truro, NS : Jane (Currie) Wile, 2009. 82 pages : maps ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G3423 C65 W55
This collection has been digitally created from historic maps of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, circa 1874, that were the work of Ambrose Finson Church. The digital scans used to create this collection were created from original maps. While some sections of the maps still retain perfect detail, other map areas had become faded, cracked or damaged with time, even so, the detail remained good. Without loosing that accuracy & visual effect of the maps, some digital repair work was necessary to preserve certain details on some maps. Includes place name index.
Colchester (N.S. : County) — Maps
Nova Scotia — Historical geography — Maps
Nova Scotia — History — 19th century
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Genealogical notes on Beaver Harbour & Bay of Islands : including the localities of Beaver Harbour, Port Dufferin, Dufferin Mines, Newdy Quoddy, East Quoddy, Harrigan Cove, Moose Head, Moser River, Nauglers Settlement, Necum Teuch, Smith's Cove, Ecum Secum West, Ecum Secum Bridge, Mitchell Bay / By Robert Kim Stevens. Second Edition, Revised Lake Charlotte : Maritime Imprints, 2005. 319 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CS88 E13 B386 2005
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Beaver Harbour (N.S.) — Genealogy
Bay of Islands (N.S.) — Genealogy
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Churches of Nova Scotia / by Robert Tuck. Toronto, ON : Dundurn Group, 2004. 158 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - NA5246 N6 T825 2004
Text and photographs tell the story of more than 30 Nova Scotia churches, [and] the relationship between the interior life and history of the churches [as well as the exterior] architecture of the church buildings is explored. The book is well balanced [and] contains a selection of churches from all parts of the province, [representing] a variety of denominational and ethnic identities, time periods, and architectural styles.
with photographs by Graham Tuck
Church buildings — Nova Scotia — History
Church architecture — Nova Scotia
Church architecture — Nova Scotia — History
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Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Dairymen's Association of Nova Scotia / distributed by the Dairymen's Association. Windsor : Hants Journal Newspaper and Job Printing Establishment, 1890. 130 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.553 #2 - Vertical File
Annual Convention proceedings of the Dairymen's Association Nova Scotia for 1889-90.
Dairying — Nova Scotia — Congresses
Dairy farming — Nova Scotia — Congresses
Dairy farming — Nova Scotia
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The Forgotten Missionary, Thomas Wood / by Avery MacGrath Jackson. Nova Scotia : Avery MacGrath Jackson, 2021. 63 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX5601 W66 J33
Title Page continuation : A Thesis submitted to Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts
Dissertations, academic — Nova Scotia
Anglicans — Nova Scotia
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A Bridge Over Time / by Hattie A. Perry. Barrington : Spindrift Publications, 2003. 258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 B37 P46 2003 - Open Shelf
Picture-history book spanning 400 years of events and scenes in the Old Barrington Township (Barrington Municipality, Clark's Harbour, N.S.).
Barrington (N.S.) — History
Barrington (N.S.) — History — Pictorial works
Barrington (N.S.) — Biography
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Rules and Regulations and List of Members / by the Halifax Club. Halifax : Nova Scotia Printing Company, 1884. 60 pages ; 17 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F107 H11s H1 1884
Rules, regulations, and list of members of the Halifax Club 1884. *Cover discrepancy*: The cover of the book says it is for the Halifax Club 1882 which is an error ; publication and committee members list say it is for the year 1884.
Halifax (N.S.) — Societies and clubs
Halifax Club
Halifax Club — Registers
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Centre for Canadian Studies and the Ralph Pickard Bell Library
The Edgar and Dorothy of Canadiana at Mount Allison University / compiled by the staffs of the Centre for Canadian Studies and the Ralph Pickard Bell Library. Sackville, NB : Centre for Canadian Studies, Mount Allison University, 1991. 418 pages : illustrations ; 34 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Z1365 R34 1991
A life long effort of Dorothy and Edgar Davidson, this bibliography was made possible by the items in which the couple donated to Mount Allison University. Indexing in the back to make searching easier.
Davidson, Edgar, — 1905-1995 — Library — Catalogs
Davidson, Dorothy, — 1911-2010 — Library — Catalogs
Mount Allison University — Library — Catalogs
Mount Allison University — Library
First editions — Catalogs
Rare books — New Brunswick — Sackville — Bibliography — Catalogs
Rare books
Canada — Bibliography — Catalogs
Canada — Imprints — Catalogs
Ralph Pickard Bell Library — Catalogs
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Disaster Citizenship : survivors, solidarity, and power in the Progressive Era / Jacob A.C. Remes. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016. xi, 283 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV555 U6 R46 2016
A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era-beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of two disasters in the United States-Canada borderlands--the Salem Fire of 1914 and the Halifax Explosion of 1917--saw working class survivors instead turn to friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family members for succor and aid. Both official and unofficial responses, meanwhile, showed how the United States and Canada were linked by experts, workers, and money. In Disaster Citizenship, Jacob A.C. Remes draws on histories of the Salem and Halifax events to explore the institutions--both formal and informal--that ordinary people relied upon in times of crisis. He explores patterns and traditions of self-help, informal order, and solidarity and details how people adapted these traditions when necessary. Yet, as he shows, these methods--though often quick and effective--remained illegible to reformers. Indeed, soldiers, social workers, and reformers wielding extraordinary emergency powers challenged these grassroots practices to impose progressive 'solutions' on what they wrongly imagined to be a fractured social landscape. Innovative and engaging, Disaster Citizenship excavates the forgotten networks of solidarity and obligation in an earlier time while simultaneously suggesting new frameworks in the emerging field of critical disaster studies. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Disaster relief — Social aspects — United States — History — 20th century
Disaster relief — Social aspects — Canada — History — 20th century
Fires — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Working class — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Working class — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Solidarity — Social aspects — History — 20th century
Power (Social sciences) — History — 20th century
Salem (Mass.) — Social conditions — 20th century
Halifax (N.S.) — Social conditions — 20th century
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A History and Genealogy of the Rowters of Nova Scotia and England, 1730-1993 / by Bev Rowter. Bridgewater, NS : Stuart Graphics and Printing, 1993. 147 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 R69 - Open Shelf
The family tree of the Rowter family from its roots in England to Nova Scotia.
Rowter family
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
England — Genealogy
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A Retrospective View of NSIMRS : The Nova Scotia Integrated Mobile Radio System 1980 to 2001 / compiled by William H. White. William H. White, 2024. 139 Pages : illustrations, facsimile ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE9713 N85
The history of the Nova Scotia Integrated Mobile Radio System which was used to provide radio communications for the Nova Scotia provincial government agencies from 1980-2001 when the trunked mobile radio system replaced this technology.
Mobile communication systems — Nova Scotia
Trunked radio — Nova Scotia
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Centennial celebration of Presbyterianism in Economy and Five Islands / distributed by the Presbytery of Truro. Truro, NS : Presbytery of Truro, 1917. 22 pages ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.553 #1 - Vertical File
Documents the celebration of the centennial (1817-1917) for Presbyterianism in Economy and Five Islands at the Presbytery of Truro from September 23rd to 25th of 1917.
Presbyterian Church — Nova Scotia
Christianity — Nova Scotia
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Passage to Glace Bay : Our Jewish Community Then & Now / by Julie Zatzman. Glace Bay, NS : Congregation Sons of Israel, 2007. 104 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 G42 Z7 2007 - Open Shelf
History of the Jewish community in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. As immigrants started coming to Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century, Glace Bay had one of the largest Jewish communities in Eastern Canada
Congregation Sons of Israel (Glace Bay, N.S.) — History
Jews — Nova Scotia — Glace Bay — History
Glace Bay (N.S.) — History
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Muiwlanej Kikamaqki - Honouring Our Ancestors : Mi'Kmaq Who Left a Mark on the History of the Northeast, 1680-1980 / edited by Janet E. Chute. Toronto, ON : University of Toronto Press, 2023. 920 pages, 60 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E99 M6 M856 2023
Drawing upon oral and documentary evidence, this volume explores the lives of noteworthy Mi'kmaq individuals whose thoughts, actions, and aspirations impacted the history of the Northeast but whose activities were too often relegated to the shadows of history.
Micmac Indians — History
Canada, Eastern — History
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The Seeds of Freedom : Personal Reflections on the Dawning of Democracy / by Al Graham. Clementsport : Canadian Peacekeeping Press, 1996. 270 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - JF831 G73 1996
Al Graham's recollections on his life from his upbringing in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to his lifelong commitment to protecting peace and democracy in Canada and around the world.
Graham, Al, — 1929-
Election monitoring
International police
Canada — Foreign relations — 1945-
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Ripples from Copper Lake : stories of early settlers to Antigonish County / written and edited by Rose Sutherland Carter. New Minas : Rose Carter, 2003. 235 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 A53 C37 2003 - Open Shelf
There are many stories to tell of pioneers and the legacy they have left us. Those you will find in this book have been a labour of love to collect, enjoy, write, edit and record. There remain many more stories and histories that still need to be retold and are worthy of being recorded. I hope others will find the time to discover them, preserve them and have the pleasure of seeing them in print to share and remember - RC.
Carter, Rose Sutherland, — 1917-
Antigonish (N.S. : County) — History
Antigonish (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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The Stone Canoe : Two Lost Mi'Kmaq Texts / translated by Elizabeth Paul. Kentville : Gaspereau Press, Printers & Publishers, 2007. 183 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E99 M6 S86 2007
This work showcases two forgotten stories from Silas T. Rand, Baptist missionary who wanted to translate bibles into the Mi'Kmaq language and learned how to do so by recording the oral traditions of the Mi'Kmaq people, published in 'Legends of the Micmacs'. Peter Sanger uncovered two manuscripts in the Rand holdings of Acadia University, including the story of Little Thunder (dictated to Rand by Susan Barss in 1847) and a manuscript of stories told by someone we only know as old man Stevens. Rand's original book and these manuscripts are some of the earliest examples of indigenous Canadian literature recorded in the original language.
essays, notes, and supporting material by Peter Sanger
illustrations by Alan Syliboy
Rand, Silas Tertius, — 1810-1889
Barss, Susan
Micmac — Folklore
Micmac language — Texts
Micmac mythology — Manuscripts
Oral tradition — Nova Scotia
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The Life and Letters of Annie Leake Tuttle : Working for the Best / by Marilyn Fardig Whiteley. Waterloo, ON : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1999. 147 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HQ1455 T87 A3 1999
A biography of Annie Tuttle (1839-1934), Nova Scotian educator who traveled the country and fulfilled various positions from Newfoundland to British Columbia. A devout Methodist, this biography highlights Tuttle's secular and spiritual life through letters that capture the ordinary and extraordinary aspects of life for women in Canada during the late 19th century into the early 20th century.
Tuttle, Annie Leake, — 1839-1934 — Diaries
Tuttle, Annie Leake, — 1839-1934 — Correspondence
Women — Nova Scotia — Biography
Teachers — Nova Scotia — Biography
Women missionaries — British Columbia — Biography
Methodists — Nova Scotia — Biography
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Planter Nova Scotia 1760-1815 / by Julian Gwyn. Wolfville : Kings-Hants Heritage Connection, Wolfville Historical Society, 2010. 4 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 K55 G89 2010 - Open Shelf
Four volumes in the Planter Nova Scotia 1760-1815 Series detail the life of Planters in Nova Scotia: V.1: Cornwallis township V.2: Falmouth Township V.3: Horton Township V.4: Newport Township
New Englanders — Nova Scotia — History — 19th century
Cornwallis (N.S.) — History — 18th century
Cornwallis (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Horton (N.S. : Township) — History — 18th century
Horton (N.S. : Township) — History — 19th century
Newport (N.S.) — History — 18th century
Newport (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Falmouth (N.S.) — History — 18th century
Falmouth (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Hants (N.S.) — History
Hants (N.S.) — Biography
Hants (N.S.) — Genealogy
Kings (N.S. : County) — History
Kings (N.S. : County) — Biography
Kings (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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Letters from Sid - Sarah Sidney Holbrook, 1822-1860 : Her Family Story / by Aiden Holden. Monee, IL : Tabularasa Books , 2025. 310 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 H653 H65 - Open Shelf
Sid and her young brother came to spend much of their youth an ocean away from their mother (Nova Scotian-born Ruth Sidney Pearl). Her thoughts and feelings have been captured in her private letters and preserved for two hundred years in a sea trunk ; those and more by other family members are dated between 1805 and 1850. Includes family history/genealogical details for the Pearl - Holbrook lines of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
History — Nova Scotia
History — Newfoundland
Genealogy — Nova Scotia
Genealogy — Newfoundland
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Wright, J F C (James Frederick Church), 1904-1970
All clear, Canada! / By Jim Wright . Toronto, Canada : Copp Clark Co., 1944. 160 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8545 R54 A75
Note written on front page, dated December 4, 1944.
World War, 1939-1945 — Fiction
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The Nova Scotia Planters in the Atlantic World, 1759-1830 / edited by T. Stephen Henderson & Wendy G. Robicheau. Fredericton, NB : Acadiensis Press, 2012. 329 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2321 P53 2012 - Open Shelf
Social, economic, and cultural history of the region, reflecting the "Atlantic World" scholarship influence and explores the community structures, economies, loyalties, and religions of Planter Nova Scotia. Part of the Planter Studies series (number 5).
New Englanders — Nova Scotia — History — 18th century — Congresses
New Englanders — Nova Scotia — History — 19th century — Congresses
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs — 18th century — Congresses
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs — 19th century — Congresses
Nova Scotia — History — To 1763 — Congresses
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