North Carolina Wesleyan College. Four Sisters Gallery
African-American quilts : 60 historic textiles from the Farmer-James Collection : a traveling exhibition, 2003-2004 Rocky Mount, NC : Four Sisters Gallery of N.C. Wesleyan College, 2003. 29 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #2 - Vertical File
Catalog to accompany the exhibition, the Farmer-James collection of African-American quilts, ca. 1860-1947.
Farmer, Nancy Jane — Art collections
James, A. Everette, — Jr. — (Alton Everette), — 1938-2017 — Art collections
African American quilts — North Carolina — Exhibitions
Quilts — North Carolina — Exhibitions
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J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Cumming Events : A pictorial review of Cumming Products / Published now & then by J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd. New Glasgow, N.S.. New Glasgow, N.S. : J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 1934. 7 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #31 - Vertical File
No. 5, Jan. 1934. Concerning Monarch Plows.
Manufacturing Industries — New Glasgow (N.S.)
Snowplows — Catalog
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Beta Sigma Phi Chapters of Halifax
The Beta Sigma Phi Chapters of Halifax and Dartmouth present The National Ballet Company of Canada Halifax (N.S).: Beta Sigma Phi Halifax, 1958. 30 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #18 - Vertical File
National Ballet Company of Canada program booklet for their Capitol Theatre performance on November 10th 1958. Book includes a break down of events happening on that day, and has a lot of advertising.
Ballet — Canada
Ballet — Nova Scotia
Greek letter societies — Canada
Greek letter societies — Nova Scotia
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Women Making History : 1948-2015 / by Judy Whalen. Halifax, NS : Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW), 2016. 32 pages : illustrations : 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #17 - Vertical File
A brief history of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) and the women who run the organization. Outlines the individual and group responsibilities and accomplishments for about 70 years from 1948-2015.
Canadian Federation of University Women — Nova Scotia — Dartmouth — History
Women — Canada — Societies and clubs — History
Women — Nova Scotia — Dartmouth — Societies and clubs — History
Women — Nova Scotia
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Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
Washing, Bathing, Care of Hair and Teeth Amherst, NS : Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf. 23 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #12 - Vertical File
Information on helping hard-of-hearing children with personal hygiene. Pages 191 to 214 Full series: V/F V549 #6 to #12
Deaf — Education — Atlantic Provinces
Deaf — Institutional care — Atlantic Provinces
Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
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Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
Toilet Training Amherst, NS : Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf. 31 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #11 - Vertical File
Information on helping hard-of-hearing children use the washroom. Pages 159 to 190 Full series: V/F V549 #6 to #12
Deaf — Education — Atlantic Provinces
Deaf — Institutional care — Atlantic Provinces
Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
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Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
Introduction to Dressing Amherst, NS : Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf. 28 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #10 - Vertical File
Information on helping hard-of-hearing children get dressed. Most pages printed upside-down. Pages 130-158 Full series: V/F V549 #6 to #12
Deaf — Education — Atlantic Provinces
Deaf — Institutional care — Atlantic Provinces
Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
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Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
Table Laying, Meal Preparation, Washing and Drying Dishes Amherst, NS : Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf. 11 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #9 - Vertical File
Information on getting hard-of-hearing children to help with table laying and meal prep. Pages 117 to 128 Full series: V/F V549 #6 to #12
Deaf — Education — Atlantic Provinces
Deaf — Institutional care — Atlantic Provinces
Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
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Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
Feeding Amherst, NS : Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf. 23 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #8 - Vertical File
Information on getting hard-of-hearing children to eat. Pages 93 to 116 Full series: V/F V549 #6 to #12
Deaf — Education — Atlantic Provinces
Deaf — Institutional care — Atlantic Provinces
Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
Interprovincial Vocational School
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Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
Moving About, Lifting Head and Chest, Sitting, Walking, etc. Amherst, NS : Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf. 35 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #7 - Vertical File
Information on getting hard-of-hearing children to move. Part 2. Pages 57 to 92 Full series: V/F V549 #6 to #12
Deaf — Education — Atlantic Provinces
Deaf — Institutional care — Atlantic Provinces
Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
Interprovincial Vocational School
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Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
General Information Amherst, NS : Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf. 56 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #6 - Vertical File
Information on general care and education while working with hard-of-hearing children. Part 1. Pages 1 to 56 Full series: V/F V549 #6 to #12
Deaf — Education — Atlantic Provinces
Deaf — Institutional care — Atlantic Provinces
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The New Scotian : Michael J. Marsden / resident editor Russell Fisher . Amherst, N.S. : Interprovincial Vocational School, 1973. 24 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #4 - Vertical File
Volume XII October 1973 Number 1 Printed and published as learning experience by the lithography student at Interprovincial Vocational School Amherst, Nova Scotia. A federal interprovincial project.
Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
Interprovincial Vocational School
Marsden, Michael J. — Biography
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Illustrated Catalogue of Children's Carriages and Go Carts / by J.E. Smith & Co.. Nova Scotia : J.E. Smith & Co., 1908. 17 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #26 - Vertical File
Catalogue of carriages and go carts manufactured for children at the J.E. Smith & Co. in Windsor, Nova Scotia.
Manufacturing Industries — Windsor (N.S.)
Carriages and carts — Windsor (N.S.)
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John I. Wells and The Wells Hand Press / by Robert Oldham. Turrialba, Costa Rica, Ad Lib Press, 2018. 20 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #21 - Vertical File
A brief history of John I Wells and the Wells Hand Press.
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The Lamp Was Heavy : Nova Scotia Nurses-in-Training in the 1950s / by Barbara Keddy. Tantallon, NS : Glen Margaret Publishing, 2018. 118 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #19 - Vertical File
The story of 14 nurses, including Keddy, in the 1950s - the book follows their journey from education to working in small town hospitals across Nova Scotia and showcases their experiences.
Nursing — Nova Scotia
Postsecondary education — Nova Scotia
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Canadian Authors Association Nova Scotia Branch
The Beachcomber / editor George Borden. Halifax, NS : Canadian Authors Association Nova Scotia, 1997-1998. 8-12 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #14 - Vertical File
11 issues of The Beachcomber newsletter for the CAA Nova Scotia Branch. Dates on the issues are consecutive from August 1997-June 1998.
Newsletters — Nova Scotia
Authors, Canadian — Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia Small Rural High Schools Task Force
Small Rural High School Task Force Halifax : Nova Scotia Department of Education, 1993. 51 pages : tables ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.415 #44a - Vertical File
Bound version of V/F V.415 #44. Chair: Peter Lawson.
Rural schools — Nova Scotia
Education, Rural — Nova Scotia
Education, Secondary — Nova Scotia
Educational surveys — Nova Scotia
High schools — Nova Scotia
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Atlantic Canada Related Theses Available at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia / compiled by Robert J. Cloney. Halifax (N.S.) : Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies, 1993. 35 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.279 #30a - Vertical File
Printed June 17, 1993 and is an updated list of theses related to Atlantic Canada in the Nova Scotia Archives holdings. PANS Special Document No.3-0384. Originally compiled by Alan Dunlop, October 30, 1984
Cloney, Robert John, 1963-
Dissertations, Academic — Atlantic Provinces
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Steady as She Goes : The Exploits of a Captain and his Seagoing Family / by Dolly G. Newcomb. Ontario : Paul Heron Publishing Limited, 1996. 175 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK140 P82 N48 1996
The story of Captain James Leander Publicover, owner and ship captain at J.L. Publicover Shipping Company, and chronicles how he and his family would work and travel the seas together.
J.L. Publicover Shipping Co. — History
Ship captains — Nova Scotia — Biography
Sailing ships — Nova Scotia — History
Seafaring life — Nova Scotia — History
Publicover, James Leander, 1877-1960
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ABC Acadie : An Acadian Alphabet / by Mary Alice Downie. Kingston, ON : Quarry Heritage Books, 2014. 48 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PZ7 D68 2014
An illustrated history of Acadie for children. Illustrated by Anne LeBlanc.
English language — Alphabet — Juvenile literature
Alphabet books — Juvenile literature
Frontier and pioneer life — Canada — Juvenile literature
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Nova Scotia Department of Education
Restructuring Nova Scotia's Educational System : Preparing All Students for a Lifetime of Learning - A Discussion Paper Halifax : Nova Scotia Department of Education, 1994. 69 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LB1631 R78 1994
Includes bibliographical references.
Education — Nova Scotia
Educational change — Nova Scotia
School management and organization — Nova Scotia
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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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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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Construction Specifications Canada
Construction Specifications Canada Directory of Members : 2004-2005 Toronto, ON : Construction Specifications Canada, 2004. 121 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TH13 C3 2004
Membership directory of Construction Specifications Canada for 2004-2005. Directory sections include the following indexes: advertisers index, by name, by organization, and by chapter.
Building — Canada
Building — Nova Scotia
Building — Indexes
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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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