A passion for survival : the true story of Marie Anne and Louis Payzant in eighteenth-century Nova Scotia / Linda G. Layton. Halifax : Nimbus, 2003. xvi, 140 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC384.1 P39 L39 2003 - Open Shelf
Huguenots — Biography — Canada
Nova Scotia — History — Biography — 1713-1775
Canada — History — Prisoners and prisons — Seven Years' War, 1755-1763
Canada — History — Biography — 1713-1763 (New
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Maids & matrons of New France Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. xii, 286 pages : 1 leaf front., plates, portraits ; 22 c
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC306 A1 P47 1901 - Open Shelf
Women — Biography
Canada — Biography
Canada — History — To 1763 (New France)
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Long Road to Justice : the Viola Desmond Story / directed by Brian Murray. Halifax : Province of Nova Scotia, 2011. 1 videodisc : digital.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC106 B6 L66 - Open Shelf
Published by the Nova Scotia Departments of Education and Communities, Culture and Heritage with Director, Brian Murray and Cinematographer, Dan Mombourquette.
Province of Nova Scotia
Department of Education
Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage
Desmond, Viola
Racism — Nova Scotia — History
Black Canadians — Biography
Civil rights — Canada — History
Biographical documentary films
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Journey to justice Montréal, Qué. : National Film Board of Canada, 2000. 1 videocassette (VHS) (47 min.) : sd., colour ; 1.25
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC106 B6 J86 2000 - Open Shelf
National Film Board of Canada.
Racism — Canada — History
Black Canadians Biography
Civil rights — Canada — History.
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Trials and Triumphs : the Story of African-Canadians / Lawrence Hill. Toronto : Umbrella Press, 1993. 62 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC106 B6 H54 1993 - Open Shelf
Series: Peoples of Canada. Covers slavery in Canada, African-Canadian settlers and immigrants, Black Canadian churches and schools, Caribbean Canadians, and important people and events in Black Canadian history. Includes index.
Blacks — Canada — Juvenile literature
Blacks — Canada — Biography
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Transcontinental pedestrians: Canada's first cross-country walk (1906) / George Edward Hart ; introduction by Jonathan Vance. Markham, ON. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2006. 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC74 H325 2006 - Open Shelf
Canada — Description and travel
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Biography
Walking — Canada.
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Marjorie Tremaine Twining: a reminiscence / Mary Kate Bull. Toronto : Mary Kate Bull, 2002. 35 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC27 T97 2002 - Open Shelf
Limited edition of 100; library has copy #47.
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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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Curious Canadians / Nancy Liss & Ted Liss. Markham, ON. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2002. xi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC25 L57 2002 - Open Shelf
Canada Biography
Canada — History.
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The Canadian obituary record : a biographical dictionary of Canadians who died in . . / Robert M. Stamp. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1989-1993. 5 v. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC25 C212 - Open Shelf
Library has: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992. Includes indexes.
Obituaries — Periodicals. — Canada
Canada — Biography — Dictionaries.
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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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The Scots / Frank Emmerson. Tantallon : Four East Publications, 1987. 70 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 S3 E54 - Open Shelf
Scots — Maritime Provinces — History
Scottish Canadians — Maritime Provinces — History
Scottish Canadians — Maritime Provinces — Biography
Canada — Emigration and immigration.
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Lebanese / Nancy W. Jabbra and Joseph G. Jabbra. 1st ed. Oct. 1987. Tantallon : Four East Publications, 1987. 74 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 L44 J11 L441 - Open Shelf
Lebanese — Maritime Provinces — History
Lebanese Canadians — Maritime Provinces — History
Lebanese Canadians — Maritime Provinces — Biography
Canada — Emigration and immigration.
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Indo-Canadians / Ravi Dogra. Tantallon : Four East Publications, 1987. 60 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 E13 D654 - Open Shelf
East Indians — Maritime Provinces — History
East Indian Canadians — Maritime Provinces — History
East Indian Canadians — Maritime Provinces — Biography
Canada — Emigration and immigration.
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Blacks / Bridglal Pachai. 1st ed. Oct. 1987. Tantallon : Four East Publications, 1987. 60 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 B613 P116 - Open Shelf
Blacks — Maritime Provinces — History
Blacks — Maritime Provinces — Biography
Canada — Emigration and immigration.
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War horse of Cumberland : the life and times of Sir Charles Tupper / by Vincent Durant. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1985. 117 pages : illustrations, port. ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 T928 D951 - Open Shelf
Prime ministers — Canada — Biography
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The man from Halifax : Sir John Thompson, prime minister / P.B. Waite. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1985. ix, 547 pages, [18] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, map
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 T473 W144 - Open Shelf
Prime ministers — Canada — Biography
Nova Scotia — Politics and government — 1867-1896.
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George Nowlan : Maritime Conservative in national politics / Margaret Conrad. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1986. xviii, 357 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ;
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 N68 C67 - Open Shelf
Cabinet ministers — Canada — Biography
Politicians — Canada — Biography
Politicians — Nova Scotia — Biography
Canada — Politics and government — 1957-1963
Canada — Politics and government — 1948-19
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The Celtic crusader : the story of A.W.R. MacKenzie and the Gaelic College / James B. Lamb. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1992. 54 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 M156 L213 - Open Shelf
Presbyterian Church — Canada — Clergy — Biography
Presbyterian Church — Canada — Clergy — Biography
Scots — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — Biography
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Biography.
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Canada's mystery man of high finance : the story of Izaak Walton Killam and his glittering wife Dorothy / Douglas How. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1986. 173 pages : portraits ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 K48 H847 - Open Shelf
Spine title: Mystery man of high finance.
Capitalists and financiers — Canada — Biography.
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Joseph Howe : to which is added Howe's essays on the organization of the Empire / by G. M. Grant. 2nd ed. Halifax, N. S. : A. & W. MacKinlay, 1906. 110 pages ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 H83 G76 J77 1906 - Open Shelf
Reprinted from the columns of the Canadian monthly and National Review where it appeared in the May, June, July, and August numbers of the year 1875.
Howe, Joseph, 1804-1873. Organizations of the Empire
Howe, Joseph, 1804-1873. Organization of the Empire.
Politicians — Nova Scotia — Biography
Canada — History.
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Autobiography of Oliver Goldsmith : a chapter in Canada's literary history / edited by Wilfrid E. Myatt ; with foreword by Phyllis R. Blakeley. 2nd ed. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1985. 174 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 G624 M995 - Open Shelf
Poets, Canadian — Biography
Canada — Biography.
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And now here's Max : a funny kind of autobiography New York : McGraw-Hill Co. of Canada, 1968, 1967. 167 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 F38 AN2 - Open Shelf
Radio broadcasting — Biography
Radio broadcasting — Canada.
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It's more fun to be a winner / by Ralph Doherty. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1981. 134 pages ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 D655 - Open Shelf
Tuberculosis — Patients — Canada — Biography.
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Samuel Cunard / John M. Bassett. Don Mills, ON. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1976. 60, [2] pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 C972 B319 - Open Shelf
Merchant seamen — Canada — Biography.
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