Nova Scotia Archives Library Search: Biography — 20th century.
A name for himself : a biography of Thomas Head Raddall / by Joyce Barkhouse. Toronto : Irwin, 1986. 87 pages : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8535 R23 Z57
Novelists, Canadian (English) — 20th century — Biography — Juvenile literature
Novelists, Canadian — 20th century — Biography — Juvenile literature.
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A walk through yesterday : memoirs of Jessie L. Beattie Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1976. 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8089 W177 W369
Authors, Canadian — 20th century — Biography.
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Advocate of compassion : Stanley Knowles in the political process / by Gerry Harrop ; with a foreword by T.C. (Tommy) Douglas. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1984. 168 pages ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5009.9 K73 H323 - Open Shelf
Legislators — Canada — Biography
Canada — Politics and government — 20th century.
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All the days of his life : a biography of Archdeacon H.A. Cody / by Ted Jones. Saint John : New Brunswick Museum, 1981. 428 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8505 O2 Z73
Authors, Canadian (English) — 20th century — Biography
Clergy — Canada — Biography
\6 — Canada — Biographies
Yukon Territory — History.
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Canada's prime ministers, Macdonald to Trudeau : portraits from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography / under the direction of Ramsay Cook and Real Belanger ; translation from French to English by Edward Baxter. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2007. xiii, 476 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC26 P7 C365 2007 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prime ministers — Canada — Biography
Canada — Politics and government — 19th century
Canada — Politics and government — 20th century.
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Charles Bruce, a literary biography : world enough and time / Andrew Wainwright. Halifax : Formac Pub. Co., 1988. xvi, 270 pages, [6] pages of plates : illustrations, ports. ; 23
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8503 R82 Z938
Authors, Canadian (English) — 20th century — Biography.
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Climbing the halyards : the 1948 voyage of the schooner Bowdoin / Jeffrey C. Ives. Ithaca NY : Ives : 2004. xx, 210 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VM395 B785 I95 2004
Inuit Pictorial works
Sailors — United States — 20th century — Biography
Sailors — United States Pictorial works
Arctic regions Pictorial works
Canada, Northern Pictorial works.
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Dispensing Aid : Druggists and the Halifax Explosion / Mary E. MacCara. Tantallon : Glen Margaret Publishing, 2017. x, 116 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RS676 C32 H17 2017
Pharmacists gave first aid to the injured who came to drugs stores seeking care almost immediately following one of the worst disasters in Canadian history, the Halifax Explosion. ispensing Aid tells the stories of these druggists, the care they provided, the narrow escapes and the unexpected roles they played. The common medications of a hundred years ago are identified and their usage described, using actual cases from doctors' records. A unique perspective of an unforgettable time in Halifax's history. Mary MacCara is a pharmacist who recently retired from a 34-year career as a faculty member of the Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions > Nova Scotia > Halifax
Pharmacists > Nova Scotia > Halifax > Biography
Pharmacy > Nova Scotia > History > 20th century
Disaster medicine > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 20th century
Disaster relief > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 20th century
Disasters > Nova Scotia > Halifax > Medical aspects > History > 20th century
Drugs > Nova Scotia > History > 20th century
Medical supplies > Nova Scotia > History > 20th century
Medical care > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 20th century
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Donald Cameron Mackay, artist & teacher : John James Cook, artist & teacher Halifax : Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1999. 24 pages.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.443 #33 - Vertical File
Painters — Canada — Maritime Provinces — Biography
Painting, Canadian — Maritime Provinces
Painting, Modern — 20th century — Canada — Maritime Provinces.
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Duty-free : a prohibition special / by Geoff and Dorothy Robinson. 1st ed. Tyne Valley, P.E.I. : The Authors, 1992. 122 pages : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV5091 C3 D981 1992
Smuggling — Maritime Provinces — History — 20th century
Prohibition — Maritime Provinces — History — 20th century
Smugglers — Maritime Provinces — Biography.
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Echoes from labor's wars : industrial Cape Breton in the 1920's, echoes of World War One, autobiography & other writings / Dawn Fraser ; with an introduction by David Frank & Don MacGillivray, a chronology & further readings. Expanded ed. Wreck Cove : Breton Books, 1992. xxvi, 117 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8511 R224 E18
Working class — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — Poetry
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada — Poetry
Poets, Canadian (English) — 20th century — Biography.
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Halifax Heroes Remembered: the story of Halifax soldiers in World War I / by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2012. 264 pages: illustrations, portraits; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 G778 Z48 2012 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia — Halifax
World War, 1914-1918 — Participation, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Biography
Halifax (N.S.) — History, Military — 20th century
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Henry Sylvestre-Williams : a new inquiry into an old hero / by Ronald Courtney Noel. Saint Augustine, Trinadad and Tobago : University of the West Indies, 2006. 293 pages : illustrations, charts, ports.; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CT388 S985 N768 2006
Supervisor : Dr. Rita Pemberton. Bibliography : leaves 239-247.
Williams, Henry Sylvester, — 1869-1911.
Blacks — Trinidad and Tobago — Biography
Blacks — Trinidad and Tobago — History — 20th century
Pan-Africanism.
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Hugh MacLennan : a writer's life / Elspeth Cameron. Halifax : Goodread Biographies, 1983, 1981. xv, 421 pages, [5] pages of plates : ports. ; 18 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8525 L567 Z62 1983
Authors, Canadian (English) — 20th century — Biography
Authors, Canadian — 20th century — Biography.
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Mackenzie King : man of mission / by William Teatero. Toronto : Personal Library publication produced exclusively for T. Nelson & Sons (Canada), 1979. 192 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 x 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC581 K5 T43 1979 - Open Shelf
Prime ministers — Canada — Biography
Canada — Politics and government — 20th century.
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Men of achievement Cambridge, Eng., Melrose Press. ill. 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CT101 M4 1989
International Biographical Centre.
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Metagama : a journey from Lewis to the New World / Jim Wilkie. Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 1987. 208 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 S3 W683 - Open Shelf
Includes some text in Gaelic.
Immigrants — Canada — History — 20th century
Immigrants — Canada — Biography
Scots — Canada — History — 20th century
Scots — Canada — Biography
Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland) — Emigration
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Morning in his heart : a biographical sketch of Watson Kirkconnell (1895-1977) / J.R.C. Perkin. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1986. 72 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LA2325 K57 P447
Authors, Canadian (English) — 20th century — Biography.
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Music of the eye : architectural drawings of Canada's first city, 1822-1914 / Gary K. Hughes. Saint John, N.B. : New Brunswick Museum and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, 1992. xii, 136 pages : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - NA2700 N533 N893
New Brunswick Museum
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
Architectural drawing — 19th century — New Brunswick — Saint John — Exhibitions
Architectural drawing — 20th century — New Brunswick — Saint John — Exhibitions
Architects — New Brunswick — Biography
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My Acadian heritage / Leonie Comeau Poirier. Halifax : Nimbus, 1985. 95 pages : illustrations, ports; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.501 #7 - Vertical File
Acadians — Biography
Authors, Canadian — 20th century — Biography.
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My grandfather's Cape Breton Toronto : McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1980. 213 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8557 O93
Authors, Canadian — 20th century — Biography
Authors, Canadian (English) — 20th century — Biography — Youth
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Biography.
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One heart, one way : the life of Alden Nowlan / Gregory M. Cook. East Lawrencetown : Pottersfield Press, 2003. 367 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8527 O798 Z62 2003
Authors, Canadian (English) — 20th century Biography.
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One hook, one fish : a memoir : my father and his brothers / by Granville H. Nickerson. Cobourg, ON : G.H. Nickerson, 2002. viii, 232 pages : illustrations (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - SH20 N632 N632 2002
Fishers — Nova Scotia — Biography
Fisheries — Nova Scotia — History — 20th century
Fishery processing — Nova Scotia — Liverpool — History.
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Returning the favour : vision for vision / Tom Forrestall. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1992. 104 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ND249 F729 W367
Art, Modern — 20th century — Nova Scotia
Painters — Canada — Biography.
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RMS Titanic: the first violin: the story of the great liner's bandsman John Law Hume / by Yvonne Hume; forward by Millvina Dean. Catrine : Stenlake, 2011. 112 pages: illustrations (some col.); 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G530 T6 H922 2011
Musicians — Great Britain — Biography
Shipwrecks — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 20th century.
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