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Dick, Ernest J.

Silver Hair and Golden Voice Austin Willis : from Halifax to Hollywood Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2020. 163 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PN1998.2 D535 2020

Follows the life and career of Austin Willis, actor known for CBC's Space Command and Goldfinger as told to Ernest Dick. Foreword by Costas Halavrezos.

Halavrezos, Costas

Willis, Austin
Motion picture actors and actresses — Canada — Biography

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Chambers, Robert

Cartoons by Chambers Published During the Past Year in the Chronicle-Herald and the Mail-Star 1967 / by Robert Chambers.  Halifax : McCurdy Print Co., 1967. 68 pages : illustrations ; 18 x 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - NC1449 C45 A45 1967

Political Cartoons from the Chronicle-Herald and the Mail-Star by Robert Chambers from 1967.

Political cartoons — Canada
Caricatures and cartoons — Canada
Canada — Politics and government — Humor

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Chambers, Robert

Cartoons by Chambers Published During the Past Year in the Chronicle-Herald and the Mail-Star 1966 / by Robert Chambers.  Halifax : McCurdy Print. Co., 1966. 74 pages : illustrated ; 18 x 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - NC1449 C45 A45 1966

Political Cartoons from the Chronicle-Herald and the Mail-Star by Robert Chambers from 1966.

Political cartoons — Canada
Caricatures and cartoons — Canada
Canada — Politics and government — Humor

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Robbins, Li

Don Messer's Violin : Canada's fiddle / foreword by Frank Leahy.  Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2005. x, 118 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML418 M37 R63 2005

The story of Don Messer and his fiddle that made him a nation figure in Canadian music history.

Leahy, Frank, 1961-

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Messer, Don, 1909-1973
Leahy, Frank, 1961-
Don Messer's jubilee (Television program)
Fiddlers — Canada — Biography

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Mancke, Elizabeth, 1954-

Violence, order, and unrest : a history of British North America, 1749-1876 / edited by Elizabeth Mancke, Jerry Bannister, Denis McKim, and Scott W. See.  Toronto, ON : University of Toronto Press, 2019. xiv, 519 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HN103 V56 2019

This edited collection offers a broad reinterpretation of the origins of Canada. Drawing on cutting-edge research in a number of fields, Violence, Order, and Unrest explores the development of British North America from the mid-eighteenth century through the aftermath of Confederation. The chapters cover an ambitious range of topics, from Indigenous culture to municipal politics, public executions to runaway slave advertisements. Cumulatively, this book examines the diversity of Indigenous and colonial experiences across northern North America and provides fresh perspectives on the crucial roles of violence and unrest in attempts to establish British authority in Indigenous territories. Drawing on specific case studies of law and state formation in English and French Canada, Violence, Order, and Unrest considers patterns of settler colonialism across the century before Confederation. The result is a collection that brings together innovative research in different fields to reconsider the ideology, governance, and political culture that underpinned British North America. In the aftermath of Canada 150, Violence, Order, and Unrest offers a timely contribution to current debates over the nature of Canadian culture and history. It demonstrates that we cannot understand Canada today without considering its origins as a colonial project.

Bannister, Jerry, 1968-
McKim, Denis
See, Scott W., 1950-

Violence — Canada — History — 18th century — Case studies
Violence — Canada — History — 19th century — Case studies
Canada — Colonization — History — 18th century — Case studies
Canada — Colonization — History — 19th century — Case studies
Canada — Social conditions — 18th century — Case studies
Canada — Social conditions —19th century — Case studies

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Henniger, James

Rising to the Challenge : The Craftsmanship of Perry Henniger / compiled by James Henniger ; photographs by John Jennings.  Peterborough, ON : James Henniger, 2018. 147 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD8039 W62 C3 2018

Jennings, John

Henniger, Perry — 1906-1990
Woodworkers — Ontario — Biography

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Schwartz, Joanne F., 1960-

Fight on! : Cape Breton coal miners, 1900-1925 / Joanne Schwartz.  Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing Ltd., 2020. 74 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD5329 M615 S39 2020

In early twentieth-century Cape Breton, coal mines stretched far out under the ocean. The workers, mostly men, but also children and ponies, spent all day in the dark, damp mines. Each day the workers descended into the mines, they risked never seeing sunlight or their families again. They were miserable and fearful, working in dangerous conditions where fatal accidents were common. So the brave miners took matters into their own hands, and stood up to the companies treating them this way. They went on strike again and again, suffering from starvation, disease, freezing winters, and violence at the hands of the mine owners and police. Fight On! tells the stories of these miners and their families, Cape Breton heroes who fought against corporate greed, putting their livelihoods on the line for better conditions and healthier families and communities. The newest installment in the award-winning Compass series, Fight On! is at once an engaging history and a passionate call to action against injustice. Includes dozens of modern and archival colour photos and illustrations, a glossary of terms, index, and informative sidebars.

Strikes and lockouts — Coal mining — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature
Coal miners — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature
Coal mines and mining — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature
Coal miners — Labor unions — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature

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Archibald, Kristoffer

Bodily Health, Contaminants, and the Environment : Recognizing the Impacts of Industrial Pollution in Deindustrializing Sydney, Nova Scotia / Kristoffer Archibald.  Montréal, Québec : Concordia University, 2016. 226 pages ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD1671 C32 A73 2016

Throughout the twentieth century, the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia was home to a steel industry that polluted the air and contaminated the waterway of Muggah Creek, known in local parlance as the Tar Ponds. This dissertation examines public discourse surrounding the subject of industrial pollution in the deindustrializing city of Sydney, focusing between 1950 and 2014. It explores how diverse community interests--including those of steelworkers, local environmentalists, residents whose properties bordered the contaminated site, and members of the local business community--interpreted and responded to the pollution.

Sydney (N.S.) — Environmental Conditions
Sydney (N.S.) — Environmental Activism

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Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch

A collection of Scottish country dances / by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch ; diagrams by Keith Rose.  Halifax, NS : Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Nova Scotia Branch, 2017. 68 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GV1646 S35 C665 2017

Written by or in honour of Nova Scotian dancers. Collected on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the RSCDS Nova Scotia branch in 2017. Includes index.

Folk dancing, Scottish — Nova Scotia

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Goodyear, Hedley Charles Cornick

Dear Flo : letters from a pilot, correspondence home 1941-1944 / by Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cornick Goodyear ; compiled and edited by John Grant.  Nova Scotia : Boularderie Island Press, 2021. 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2474.1 G66 2021 - Open Shelf

Hedley (Ted) Charles Cornick Goodyear chose to leave his university studies at Mount Allison University to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.), following the lead of his older brother Ray. 'Dear Flo, Letters From a Pilot' includes all of the letters that were received by his mother Florence (Flo) between 1941-1944. These letters offer a rare glimpse into the day-to-day life of the pilots who trained on and flew fighter/bombers during the Second World War. They also offer insight into the risks, triumphs and resilience of all those Ted Goodyear met, both before departing for England and while stationed overseas.

Grant, John
Harvie, Ann E.

World War, 1939-1945 — Correspondence
Flight navigators, Military — New Brunswick — Correspondence
Goodyear, Hedley Charles Cornick — Correspondence
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force — Biography
Fighter pilots — Canada — Correspondence

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Eaves, Charles A.

A Lively Tale / by Charles A. Eaves.  Centreville, NS : 1994. 113 pages : illustrations, portraits. ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 K4 Z49 1994 - Open Shelf

Biography/Autobiography of Charles A. Eaves' life in Kentville, Nova Scotia.

Agriculturists — Nova Scotia — Biography
Kentville (N.S.) — Biography
Nova Scotia — Biography

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Davidson, Stephen Eric, 1953-

Birchtown and the Black Loyalist experience : from 1775 to the present / by Stephen Davidson ; photography by Peter Zwicker.  Halifax : Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2019. 88 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 color map, color portraits, 1 color coat of arms ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B56 D38 2019 - Open Shelf

The experiences of Black Loyalist refugees escaping the American Revolution, based on artefacts and displays at the Birchtown Black Loyalist Centre in Nova Scotia. This book chronicles experiences of African Americans who were part of the influx of Loyalist refugees from the American Revolution. The Black Loyalists were both freed and enslaved Black Americans who had joined the British side. For their loyalty, they were evacuated by the British Navy to Nova Scotia, where they were to receive freedom, land, and provisions. The Black Loyalists landed at a settlement named Birchtown, adjoining the white Loyalist town of Shelburne. On arrival they found virtually no shelter. Many died and others only survived by digging small holes in the ground and fixing logs over top for makeshift huts. Food was extremely scarce. White Loyalists quickly received their land and provisions. It was years before the Black Loyalists received their land grants, and not everyone got a plot. The lands provided proved to be rocky and hard to cultivate. Ultimately many Black Loyalists chose to leave Nova Scotia to go to Sierra Leone, West Africa, founding a new settlement there. Others remained, and their descendants are found in communities across Nova Scotia and beyond. Through images, artifacts, and text, this book tells the story of Birchtown and its residents as well as the larger story of Black Loyalist history, reflecting the research and exhibits in the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Birchtown. Includes bibliographical references (page 86) and index.

Zwicker, Peter

Black people — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
Black people — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — Antiquities
African Americans — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
African Americans — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — Antiquities
African American loyalists — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
Birchtown (N.S.) — History
Birchtown (N.S.) — Antiquities

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Campbell, Stephanie

Peer into the Past : History and Oral Traditions of Richmond County / by Stephanie Campbell; research assistant Ann Marie Yorke.  Descousse, NS : Richmond County Literacy Network, 2004. 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 R52 C35 2004 - Open Shelf

Compiled oral and other histories from Richmond County Nova Scotia.

Yorke, Ann Marie

Readers for new literates
Richmond (N.S. : County) — History

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Labor, Nelson

Kings County Schools : A Brief History of the Schools and School Sections of Kings County, Nova Scotia / compiled by Nelson Labor and Linda Hart.  Kingston, NS : Published by T & S Office Essentials & Printing, 2011. 124 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 K56 K56 2011 - Open Shelf

History of the schools of Kings County, Nova Scotia. Includes bibliographic reference and table of contents for easy searching.

Schools — Kings County (N.S.)
Kings County (N.S.) — History

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Gray, Charlotte

The Museum Called Canada : 25 Rooms of Wonder / Charlotte Gray.  Created and Produced by Otherwise Editions for Random House Canada, Toronto, Ontario, 2004. 705 pages : colour and black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC21 G73 2004 - Open Shelf

Welcome to a museum so full of wonder that it could only be called Canada. Explore its twenty-five rooms, collectively bringing together a breathtaking range of cultural artifacts, artworks, and historic objects - many of them never seen in a museum before. You'll find high art next to pop culture, scientific inventions displayed beside prehistoric creatures - myriad pieces of our past that tell the story of Canada. Book concept and curation: Sara Angel; design: Dinnick & Howells; cover and interior photography: Nancy Tong.

Angel, Sara
Tong, Nancy

Dinnick & Howells

Material culture — Canada — Pictorial works
Canada — History — Pictorial works
Canada — Antiquities — Pictorial works

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Polk Canada Ltd.

Valley & South Shore : Criss Cross Directories / Might's Directories.  Polk Canada Ltd., 1997- 3 volumes ; 34 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 N85 P76

Archives have 2 copies of 1997 and 1 copy 1998.

Annapolis Valley (N.S.) — Directories
South Shore (N.S.) — Directories

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Polk Canada Ltd.

Truro-Amherst, Antigonish and region : Criss Cross Directories / Might's Directories.  Polk Canada Ltd., 1997- 3 volumes ; 34 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 N85 P758

Archives have 1 copy of 1997 and 2 copies of 1998.

Truro (N.S.) — Directories
Amherst (N.S.) — Directories
Antigonish — Directories

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McAlpine, Charles D.

The Maritime guide for 1875 : containing routes for summer travel through the coast and inland towns of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape Breton, and Prince Edward Island Halifax : Charles McAlpine, 1875. 120 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 M12 1875

Maritime provinces — Description and travel

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Uniacke, Richard John, 1807-1887

Uniacke's Sketches of Cape Breton : and other papers relating to Cape Breton Island / edited with an introduction and notes by C. Bruce Fergusson, M.A, D. Phil. (Oxon.), Archivist of Nova Scotia.  Halifax, NS : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1958. ix, 198 pages : portrait, maps (3 folded) : 24 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 Ar2n

Nova Scotia Series I. This volume was prepared not only to make available in the first instance Rev. Richard John Uniacke's "Sketches of Cape Breton", which were written at Sydney, N.S., between 1862 and 1865, but also to present a number of additional descriptions of the Island from the pens of other writers at interviews between the founding of Sydney in 1785 and the year 1862.

Fergusson, Charles Bruce, 1911-1978

Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — History
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Description and travel

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Creighton, S.F.

Colchester County : a Pictorial History / by S.F. Creighton.  revised Truro, NS : Municipality of the County of Colchester, 1980. 181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F5248 C687 C914 1980

Contains pictorial and written accounts of life in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.

Colchester (N.S. : County) — History

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Brannon, Rebecca

The Consequences of Loyalism : Essays in Honor of Robert M. Calhoon / edited by Rebecca Brannon and Joseph S. Moore.  Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2019. xii, 333 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E277 C65 2019

Since the 1970s scholars have regarded Robert M. Calhoon as an invigorating and definitive force when it comes to the study of American Loyalism. His decades-long work redefined the Loyalists' role in the American Revolution from being portrayed as static characters opposing change to being seen eventually as reactionary actors adapting to a society in upheaval. Loyalists were central to the Revolution, and Calhoon and these authors argue that they were not so different in ideology from their Patriot neighbors — except occasionally when they were. In The Consequences of Loyalism, Rebecca Brannon and Joseph S. Moore seek to provide an understanding of Calhoon's foundational influence and the development continuing in the wake of his prolific career. Includes bibliographic references and index.

Moore, Joseph S.

Calhoon, Robert M. — (Robert McCluer)
American loyalists
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783

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Gray-LeBlanc, Linda

Haulin' in the Family Net : Webber's / researched by Linda Gray-LeBlanc .  Halifax: Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2019. 160 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 W43 G778 2019 - Open Shelf

Webber family — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy

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Tulloch, Judith

Family of George (Tully) Tulloch Born in Kelso, Scotland Died in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia / by Judith Tulloch.  Nova Scotia, Judith Tulloch, 2016. 66 pages : illustrations : charts ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 T855 T855 2016 - Open Shelf

Based on research by Robert Tulloch and Judith Tulloch. Contents include appendices at the back for easy searching, ancestors and descendants family trees, and brief family history throughout.

Genealogy — Nova Scotia

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Wile, Jane

The Totten Family : United Empire Loyalists / researched and compiled by James Everett Totten's cousin Jane (Currie) Wile.  Belmont, NS : Wile, 1999. 92 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 T688 W676 1999 - Open Shelf

Totten Family tree to the year 1999. Includes index for easy searching and finding names. Dedicated to James Everett Totten, Wile's cousin.

Totten Family — Genealogy

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Gray-LeBlanc, Linda

Haulin' in the family net : Purcell Genealogy / researched by Linda Gray-LeBlanc.  Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2018. 164 pages : illustrations, portraits (some colour) ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 P87 G778 2018 - Open Shelf

Purcell — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy

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