Nova Scotia Archives Library Search: Canada — History
1812, the war and its moral : a Canadian chronicle / by William F. Coffin. Montreal : J. Lovell, 1864. 296 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F71 C65 E14
Canada — History — War of 1812
United States — History — War of 1812.
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1867 : Rebellion and Confederation | 1867, rébellion et confédération / Jean-François Lozier. Gatineau, QC : Canadian Museum of History, 2014. 123 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC161 - Open Shelf
Issued also in French under title: 1867, rébellion et confédération.
Canada — History — Confederation, 1867 — Exhibitions
Canada — History — 1841-1867 — Exhibitions
Canada — History — 19th century — Exhibitions
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18th century French drumming / by Margaret Fortier. Officers of Isle Royal (1944) : accommodations and biographical summaries / by A.J.B. Johnston. Ottawa : National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1977. vii, v, 89, 85 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5015 C21 #270 - Open Shelf
Parks Canada. National Historic Parks and Sites Branch.
Military music — Canada — History
Soldiers — Quebec (Province) — History
Isle Royale (New France) — History.
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A bibliography of Canadiana : being items in the Metropolitan Toronto Library relating to the early history and development of Canada. Second supplement / edited by Sandra Alston, assisted by Karen Evans. Toronto : Metropolitan Toronto Library Board, 1985-1989. 4 v. : facsims. ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ZT63 Supp.2
Includes indexes.
Alston, Sandra
Evans, Karen, 1952-
Metropolitan Toronto Library Board
Toronto Public Library. A bibliography of Canadiana : being items in the Public Library of Toronto, Canada, relating to the early history and development of Canada / edited by Frances M. Staton and Marie Tremaine ; with an introduction by George H. Locke.
Canada — History — To 1763 (New France) — Bibliography — Catalogs
Canada — History — 1763-1867 — Bibliography — Catalogs.
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A Book of Grey Owl : pages from the writings of Wa-sha-quon-asin / with an introduction by Hugh Eayrs. Toronto : Macmillan, 1938. xxi, 324 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 G86
Beavers
Natural history — Canada
Natural history Outdoor books
First Nations of North America — Canada
Northwest, Canadian — Description and travel.
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A Canadian history for boys and girls / by Emily P. Weaver ; illustrated by A. E. Weaver. Toronto : W. Briggs, 1900. iv, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F84 W37
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A Crown of Maples : Constitutional Monarchy in Canada / Canadian Heritage. Gatineau, Québec : Canadian Heritage, 2012. xxi, 65 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - JL15 C76 2012
An overview of the history, traditions and contemporary links that Canada shares with the monarchy. Issued also in French under title: La couronne canadienne, la monarchie constitutionnelle au Canada. Electronic version also available. Includes bibliographical references.
Elizabeth — II, — Queen of Great Britain
Constitutional history — Canada
Monarchy
Federal government — Canada
Canada — Politics and government
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A darkened house : cholera in nineteenth-century Canada / Geoffrey Bilson. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1980. viii, 222 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RC132 C2 B599
Includes index.
Cholera — Canada — History — 19th century
Public health — Canada — History — 19th century.
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A full and correct account of the military occurences of the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America : with an appendix and plates / by William James. London : Printed for the author, 1818. 2 v.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfilm 3821 - Open Shelf
Military history, Modern — 19th century
Canada — History — To 1867.
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A future defined : Canada from 1849 to 1873 / George Bolotenko. Ottawa : National Archives of Canada, 1992. xv, 253 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5011 B693 N277 - Open Shelf
Issued also in French under title: Édifier l'avenir. Includes index.
Canada — History — 19th century — Sources
Canada — Politics and government — 19th century — Sources
Canada — Social conditions — 19th century — Sources
Canada — History — 19th century — Sou
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A general history of the British Empire in America : containing an historical, political, and commercial view of the English settlements ; including all the countries in North-America, and the West-Indies, ceded by the Peace of Paris / by Mr. Wynne i.e. John Huddlestone Wynne. London : Printed for W. Richardson and L. Urquhart, 1770. 514 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F50 H31 - Akins
Fortia facta patrum ... Virg. Aen. I. 641.
America — Discovery and exploration
United States — History
Canada — History — To 1763 (New France).
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A geographical view of the British possessions in North America comprehending Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, New Britain, Lower and Upper Canada, with all the country to the Frozen Sea on the north, and Pacific Ocean on the west : with an appendix containing / by M. Smith, author of the View of Upper Canada. Baltimore : Printed by P. Mauro, for the author, 1814. 154 frames.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 40703 - Open Shelf Internet Archive
Previous editions have title: A geographical view of the province of Upper Canada and promiscuous remarks on the government
Canada — Description and travel
Canada — History — War of 1812
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A guide for postal researchers / written by Jane E. Harrison for the National Postal Museum, Ottawa. Ottawa : National Postal Museum, 1986. 8, 56 pages : 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.334 #26 - Vertical File
December 1986. Published also in French under the title: Guide du chercheur des postes. Cover title. NPM version, designed for researchers with access to the National Postal Museum.
National Postal Museum (Canada)
Postal service — Canada — History — Sources.
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A history of blacks in Canada : a study guide for teachers and students / James W.St.G. Walker. Hull, Quebec : Minister of State, Multiculturalism, 1980. x, 181 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5033 N3 W181 - Open Shelf
Issued also in French under title: Précis d'histoire sur les Canadiens de race noire.
Canada. Minister of State, Multiculturalism.
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A history of Canada / by Charles G.D. Roberts. Boston : Lamson, Wolffe, 1897. xi, 493 pages ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F84 R54
Includes index.
Canada — History
Canada — Politics and government
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A history of Canada, and of the other British provinces in North America / by J. George Hodgins. Stereotyped edition. Montréal : J. Lovell, 1866. iv, 319 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 18 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F70 H66
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A history of disaster : Atlantic Canada's worst storms, accidents, and conflagrations / Ken Smith. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2008. xvi, 208 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2019 D58 S654 2008 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Disasters — Atlantic Provinces — History
Disasters — Atlantic Coast (Canada) — History
Atlantic Provinces — History.
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A history of domestic space : privacy and the Canadian home / Peter Ward. Vancouver : UBC Press, 1999. ix, 182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - NA7241 W37 1999
Dwellings — Canada — History
Architecture, Domestic — Canada — History
Architecture and society — Canada.
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A history of music in Canada, 1534-1914 / Helmut Kallmann. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1987, 1960. xiv, 317 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations, ports ; 22 c
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - MLK12 H62 1987
Reprinted with list of amendments, 1987--T.pages verso. Includes index.
Music — Canada — History and criticism.
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A History of the Vote in Canada / Elections Canada. Revised. Ottawa : Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, 2007. xv, 152 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 21 x 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - JL193 H57 2006
Library also has JL193 H57 1997. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Canada — Parliament — Elections — History
Elections — Canada — History
Elections — Canada — Provinces — History
Voting — Canada — History
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A History of the Vote in Canada / Elections Canada. Ottawa : Published by Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada for the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, 1997. xviii, 109 pages : illustrations (some col.), col. map ; 21 x
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - JL193 H57 1997
Issued also in French under title: L'histoire du vote au Canada. Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program.
Elections Canada
Canada. Public Works and Government Services Canada.
Canada — Parliament — Elections — History
Elections — Canada — History
Elections — Canada — Provinces — History
Voting — Canada — History
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A history of the year 1894 : with especial reference to Canadian affairs Toronto : Mail Printing Co., 1894. 210 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC505 H57 1894 - Open Shelf
Canada — History — 19th century.
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A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772 / by Samuel Hearne. London : Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795. xliv, 458 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F80 C35 H35j
First Nations of North America — Canada
Natural history — Canada
Northwest, Canadian — Description and travel
Northwest Passage.
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A manual of the constitutional history of Canada from the earliest period to the year 1888 : including the British North America act, 1867, and a digest of judicial decisions on questions of legislative jurisdiction / by John George Bourinot. Montreal : Dawson Bros., 1888. 238 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - JLB66m
Constitutional history — Canada
Canada — Politics and government.
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A narrative / by Sir Francis B. Head. 2nd ed. London : J. Murray, 1839. 488 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F60 H34
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