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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Black Women Who Made a Difference in Nova Scotia / edited by Dolly Williams. Nova Scotia : Congress of Black Women of Canada, 2007. 108 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350 B6 B42 2007 - Open Shelf
This book reflects a few of the Unsung Black Women in Nova Scotia past and present. These women tell us about their untiring works and their dedication, commitment, love of families and communities.
Women, Black — Nova Scotia — Biography
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Biography
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The Times of African Nova Scotians : a Celebration of Our History, Culture and Traditions ; An Interactive Study Book / publisher and editor Tony Colaiacovo. Halifax : Effective Publishing, 2008. 34 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 31 cm + 2 posters.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350 B6 T558 2008 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-34) and 2 posters.
Clarke, George Elliott, 1960-
Conlin, Dan
Dovovan, Ken
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Council on African Canadian Education
Nova Scotia. Dept. of Education. African Canadian Services Division
Black people — Nova Scotia — History
Black people — Nova Scotia — Biography
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Biography
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Calkin's New Introductory Geography with Outlines of Physiography / by J.B. Calkin. Halifax : A. & W. MacKinlay Limited, 1917. 108 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LTG29 C134 1917
Part of the Nova Scotia School Series, this is a typical classroom textbook for the time of it's release. Contains index of place and natural formation names in the back and a table of contents in the front.
Geography — Textbooks
Geography — Study and teaching (Elementary)
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Isle Madame Acadians : Ancestral Identity and Pride / by Odilon Boudreau. Sydney, NS : Odilon Boudreau, 2018. 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350.5 I85 B68 - Open Shelf
Acadians — Nova Scotia — Isle Madame — History
Isle Madame (N.S.) — History
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Around the corner : homes and stories of the Barss Corner area, 1838-2021 / complied by Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer. Revised, Fourth edition Barss Corner, NS : Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer, July 2021. 262 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B37 R46 2021 - Open Shelf
Around the Corner: Homes and Stories of the Barss Corner Area 1838-2021 reflects extensive research into families in the communities of Barss Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. House information is included for the surrounding communities of Cornwall and Scarsdale, as well as selected homes in Farmington, NS. The information in this book was supported by Marlean’s daughter, Pat Rhodenizer, who researched land deeds going back to the original Crown Land Grants of the mid 1800s. Photos, home ownership from the 1800s to the present, and family stories have been compiled to create this 262-page history of the area.
Rhodenizer, Robert
Rhodenizer, Pat
Rhodenizer, Donna
Zwicker (Rhodenizer), Debbie
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Two Wallace Videos / Presented by Ralph Waugh ; in association with the Wallace and Area Museum. The Wallace and Area Museum, 2016. 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 W35 W38 - Open Shelf
Incudes: Wallace 1784-1984 : celebrating the 200th anniversary of the founding of Wallace, Nova Scotia, Digitally re-mastered in 2016 and Some Wallace & Area voices : some of our Wallace & Area friends and neighbours as recorded by videographer Ralph Waugh between the years 1982 - 2016.
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Betty Murray : Reunion Weekend / Recorded by Ralph Waugh. Ralph Waugh, 2013. 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 M87 W38 - Open Shelf
Filmed on July 19-21, 2013.
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Somewhere in Flanders : The Wartime Letters of Private Douglas George Buckley 55154 / edited by Mark Stiles. La Vergne, TN : IngramSpark, 2022. 264 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D630 B83 S75
Title continuation: A Company 19th Battalion 4th Infantry Brigade 2nd Canadian Contingent, 1914-1917. Correspondence from Douglas Buckley to his family during the First World War.
World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia
War — Correspondence
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Tatamagouche : a snapshot ; the people, the music, the beauty / Produced by Ralph Waugh. Dartmouth : Ralph Waugh, 2012. 1 videodisc (50 mins) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 T38 W38 - Open Shelf
Includes new bonus scenes. Recorded in 1995.
Tatamagouche (N.S.) — History
Tatamagouche (N.S.) — Biography
Tatamagouche (N.S.) — Description and travel
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Halifax Public Gardens : the creation, destruction and restoration of North America’s finest Victorian public gardens / Robert Pace, Robert Salah, Peter L. Twohig. Halifax : Formac Publishing Company Limited 2022. 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 x 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - SB466 C33 H34 2022
This book recounts the rich history of Halifax's Public Gardens from their founding by the Nova Scotia Horticultural Society in 1833 to their extensive restoration after being devastated by Hurricane Juan in 2003. Peter Twohig details the gradual addition of elements such as their memorial fountains, distinctive stone bridges, ponds and bandstand. Full-colour visuals drawn from many archival sources reveal the wide range of the Gardens' natural and architectural splendour. Robert Pace and Robert Salah describe the restoration work undertaken after storm damage, which has made the Public Gardens an even more appealing destination for Haligonians and visitors to the city. Includes bibliographical references.
Gardens, Victorian — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Gardens, Victorian — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Pictorial works
Gardens — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Gardens — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Pictorial works
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