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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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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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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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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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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War Letters 1941-1944 : A Chronicle of Life during World War II - from Home and Overseas / by Jennie Harrison Sheito. Nova Scotia : Jennie Harrison Sheito 515 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D640 H37 W55
Compiled letters to and from Kenneth Harrison to and from his wife Peg during World War II. Assumed publication date in the 2000s.
Harrison, Kenneth — Correspondence
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Correspondence
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Halifax WWII Heroes Remembered : Lest we Forget Those Brave Men and Women / by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Etc. Press Limited, 2015. 170 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 G778 W855 2015 - Open Shelf
Brief biographies of WWII soldiers from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Details including marital status, military status, and family lineages mostly from the Halifax Herald Limited. Second Volume.
World War, 1939-1945—Nova Scotia
World War, 1939-1945—Participation, Canadian
Halifax (N.S.)—Soldiers—Biography
Halifax (N.S.)—History, Military—20th century
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First Aid to the Injured : the St. John Ambulance Association / by James Cantlie. London, UK : St. John Ambulance Association, 1915. 255 pages ; illustrations : 14 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RC87 F58 1915
First aid resource that includes a list of illustrations (diagrams for first aid reference) and index of terms for easy searching for a practice. Booklet is broken up into two sections: Main Pages numbered 1-215: illustrations, text, and index of terms relating to different medical conditions and first aid practices to follow. Back Pages numbered 1-40: St. John Ambulance Association general price list for equipment and resources from stretchers and textbooks for businesses/military to military, railway, and civilian first aid kits, with index list of prices and products.
First aid in illness and injury — Canada
First aid in illness and injury — Wounds and injuries
Commonwealth countries
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada
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Poems and Lyrics by a Super-Centenarian : (I needed the quiet) / by St. Cécile-Marie, F. J. (Annie Adèle Samson) ; compiled by Garvie Samson. 4th edition Dartmouth, NS : Garvie Samson, 2018. 94 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8537 A46 A14 2018
Research, compilation and notes by Gervais (Garvie) Samson. St. Cécile-Marie, F.J. (Annie Adèle Samson) (1891-2004), Teacher and Poet. Celebrating 113 years and 9 months of service Includes bibliographical references.
Canadian poetry — Women authors
Canadian poetry — 21st century
Canadian poetry — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Poetry
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Canadian Authors Association Atlantic Branch
Atlantic Musings : A Tribute Anthology / compiled by the Canadian Authors Association Atlantic Branch. Halifax, NS : Atlantic, Canadian Authors, 2007. 112 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8329.5 A85 A84 2007
Compiled work from Canadian authors (poets, writers, and playwrights) written and compiled by members of the Canadian Author's Association Atlantic Branch. Completes the trilogy of anthologies from the CAA-Atlantic Branch - Atlantic Voices in 1994 and Atlantic Echoes in 1998.
Canadian poetry — Nova Scotia
Canadian fiction — Nova Scotia
Canadian poetry — 20th century
Canadian fiction — 20th century
Nova Scotia — History
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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.
Willis, Austin
Motion picture actors and actresses — Canada — Biography
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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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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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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.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Messer, Don, 1909-1973
Leahy, Frank, 1961-
Don Messer's jubilee (Television program)
Fiddlers — Canada — Biography
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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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The Canadian National Railways' Story / by Patrick C. Dorin. First Edition Seattle : Superior Pub. Co., 1975. 206 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE2810 C14 D67 1975
This book examines the services provided by the CN System from 1919 to 1975, with the various types of train services highlighted both historical and geographically from Newfoundland to British Columbia.
Canadian National Railways — History
Railroads — Canada — History
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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.
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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Africville : an African Nova Scotian community is demolished - and fights back / by Gloria Wesley. Toronto, ON : J. Lorimer & Co., 2019. 94 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.9 B6 W48 2019 - Open Shelf
The community of Africville began in the early 1800s with the settlement of former American slaves and other black people on the Beford Basin, just north of Halifax. Over time the community grew to include a church, a school, and small businesses. At its peak, about 400 people lived in the tight-knit community of Africville. But the neighbourhood was not without its problems. Racist attitudes prevented people from getting well-paying jobs outside the community and the City of Halifax denied the residents of Africville basic services such as running water, sewage disposal, and garbage collection. Despite being labeled a "slum," the community was lively and vibrant, with a strong sense of culture and tradition. In the 1960s, in the name of urban renewal, the City of Halifax decided to demolish the community, relocate its residents and use the land for industrial development. Residents of Africville strongly opposed this move, but their homes were bulldozed and they were forced into public housing projects in other parts of the city, and promised, but did not receive social assistance to help them resettle. After years of pressure from former members of the community and their descendants, the City of Halifax finally apologized for the destruction of Africville and offered to pay compensation. Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from former Africville residents, this book offers an account of the racism behind the injustices suffered by the community. It documents how the City destroyed Africville and finally apologized for it. Part of the "Righting Canada's Wrongs" Series.
Africville (Halifax, N.S.) — History — 20th century
Africville (Halifax, N.S.) — Social conditions — 20th century
Black Canadians — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Social conditions — 20th century
Relocation (Housing) — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Race discrimination — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Halifax (N.S.) — Ethnic relations — History — 20th century
Halifax (N.S.) — History — 20th century
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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.
Material culture — Canada — Pictorial works
Canada — History — Pictorial works
Canada — Antiquities — Pictorial works
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The Union of the British Provinces / by Edward Whelan, M.P.P.. Gardenvale, Quebec : Garden City Press, 1927. 248 pages : portraits ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F75 W56
Written immediately after the conferences held in Charlottetown and Québec in 1864, on confederation, and the accompanying banquets held in Halifax, St-John, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. F75 W56 c.1 - Copy 1 F75 W56 c.2 - Copy 2 (handwritten note inside to D.C. Harvey from Eileen Odevoive)
Charlottetown Conference (1864)
Québec Conference (1864 : Québec, Québec)
Canada — History — 1841-1867
Canada — History — Confederation, 1867
Canada — Politics and government — 1841-1867
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Whitfield, Harvey Amani, 1974-
Black Slavery in the Maritimes : A History in Documents / edited by Harvey Amani Whitfield. Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, 2018. ix, 152 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HT1052 M37 B53 2018
Broadview Sources Series. Many thousands of black people were enslaved in the Maritimes, Quebec, and Upper Canada between the seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is not surprising that slavery played a part in Canadian history, but it is startling that it has not received widespread attention from the general Canadian public or from historians. This sourcebook collects a variety of documents, including runaway-slave advertisements, letters, court cases, and official government documents, offering readers an opportunity to explore black slavery in the Maritimes and revise their understanding of Canadian history. Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152).
Black people — Maritime Provinces — History — Sources
Racism — Maritime Provinces — History
Slaveholders — Maritime Provinces — History — Sources
Slavery — Maritime Provinces — History — Sources
Enslaved persons — Maritime Provinces — History — Sources
Black Canadians — Maritime Provinces — History — Sources
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The Newfoundland almanac, for the year of Our Lord : being the year of Her Majesty's reign / compiled by Joseph Templeman, etc. St. John's, Nfld. : 1818-. 18 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 38522 - Open Shelf Internet Archive
See CIHM 38522-38528. Compiler and publisher vary.
Almanacs, Canadian English
Almanacs, Canadian — Newfoundland
Newfoundland — Directories.
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Journal of the third voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage / by W.E. Parry. London ; Paris : Cassell, 1892. 106 frames.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 33081 - Open Shelf Internet Archive
Introd. signed: H.M. Original issued in series: Cassell's national library. In 1824 Parry started again on the third voyage, of which this volume contains his journal--Introd. Includes advertising matter.
Inuit — Canada
Northwest Passage.
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Life assurance mutual vs. stock: a reply / by J.W. Marling. Halifax : Nova Scotia Print. Co. 1870. 18 frames.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 29815 - Open Shelf Internet Archive
'Facts are chiels that winna ding --Burns.' Tables. Corrections--pages 24.
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Infantry fire tactics for the Canadian militia / by C.B. Mayne. Toronto : Printed for the Canadian Military Institute by the Mail Job Print. Co., 1890. 14 frames.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 29792 - Open Shelf Internet Archive
At head of title: 1890. Canadian Military Institute.
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