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A Cyclopedia of Canadian biography being chiefly men of the time : a collection of persons distinguished in professional and political life : leaders in the commerce and industry of Canada, and successful pioneers / edited by Geo. Maclean Rose.  Toronto : Rose Pub. Co., 1888. 816 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfilm R796 C995 - Open Shelf

In double columns. Original issued in series: Rose's national biographical series ; 2. Includes index.

Rose, Geo. Maclean George Maclean, 1829-1898.

Canada — Biography.

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Doig, James F.

A life worthwhile : a biographical sketch : Major James A.H. Church, D.S.O., M.C. : Royal Engineers, provincial land surveyor, 1883-1967 / by James F. Doig.  Lawrencetown : Geographics Press, 1990. vi, 44 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.347 #10 - Vertical File

Surveyors — Canada — Biography.

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Frost, C. Sydney

A life worthwhile : memories of a banker's son growing up across Canada in the years before World War II / C. Sydney Frost.  Saint John, N.B. : Neptune Publishing, 1994. 251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - KE416 F76 A3 1994

Lawyers — Canada — Biography.

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Wagner, Earle S.

A Mariner's Memories : a Chronicle of the Life and Times of Earle S. Wagner, Master Mariner, 1929-1999 / Earle S. Wagner.  Nova Scotia : Earle S. Wagner, 2017. 272 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK140 W346 1999

At age 17, Earle Wagner joined Canada's marchant navy and served in it for four years during World War II. For nearly a quarter of a century he managed a fleet of vessels owned and operated by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. He was involved for a total of 48 years in the marine industry.

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World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Atlantic Ocean > Biography
World War, 1939-1945 > Transportation > Biography
West La Have (N.S.) > Biography
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Layton, Linda G.

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

A Standard dictionary of Canadian biography : Canadian who was who / editors Sir Charles G.D. Roberts and Arthur L. Tunnell.  Library ed. -- Toronto : Trans-Canada Press, 1934-1938. 2 v. (v.2. xvii, [1] leaf, 478 pages) : portraits ; 25.4

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F83 R54 ST2

Roberts, Charles G. D., 1860-1943
Tunnell, Arthur L.

Canada — Biography

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Harrop, G. Gerald

Advocate of compassion : Stanley Knowles in the political process / by Gerry Harrop ; with a foreword by T.C. (Tommy) Douglas.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1984. 168 pages ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5009.9 K73 H323 - Open Shelf

Colville, Alex

Alex Colville : diary of a war artist / compiled by Graham Metson and Cheryl Lean.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 1981. 159 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D743.2 C727

Langille, Jacqueline

Alexander Graham Bell / Jacqueline Langille.  Tantallon : Four East Publications, 1989.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TK6143 B45 L36 1989

Wing, Chris

Alexander Graham Bell at Baddeck : a picture history / by Chris Wing.  Baddeck : C. King, 1980. 48, 1 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.52 #17 - Vertical File

Jones, Ted

All the days of his life : a biography of Archdeacon H.A. Cody / by Ted Jones.  Saint John : New Brunswick Museum, 1981. 428 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8505 O2 Z73

Spencer, Ann

Alone at sea : the adventures of Joshua Slocum / Ann Spencer.  Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 1998. xiv, 321 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G440 S63 S63 1998

Includes index.

Sailors — Canada — Biography
Voyages around the world
Sailing, Single-handed.

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Gow, Jean Donald

Alongside the navy, 1910-1950 : an intimate account / Jean Donald Gow.  Quyon, Quebec : Chelsey House Publications, 1999. viii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V743 C3 G68 1999

Ritchie, Charles

An appetite for life : the education of a young diarist, 1924-1927 / by Charles Ritchie.  Toronto : Macmillan of Canada, 1977. x, 173 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC561 R58 A3 1977 - Open Shelf

An encyclopedia of Canadian biography: containing brief sketches and engravings of Canada's prominent men Montreal : Canadian Press Syndicate, 1905. ill., ca. 125 ports ; 31 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5009 E56 - Open Shelf

Canada — Biography

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Field, Robert

An exhibition organized by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, October 5 to November 27, 1978 = Une exposition organisée par la Galerie d'art de la Nouvelle-Écosse, Halifax, du 5 octobre au 27 novembre, 1978 Halifax : The Gallery, 1978. 124 pages, [1] leaf of plates : ports. (some col.) ;

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ND249 F455 A784

Graham, Bruce

Anchorman / Bruce Graham.  East Lawrencetown : Pottersfield Press, 2008. 190 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PN1992.4 G69 A3 2008

Ferguson, Max

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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Henderson, T. Stephen

Angus L. MacDonald : a Provincial Liberal / T. Stephen Henderson.  Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2006. viii, 300 pages : illustrations

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2325.1 M32 H45 2006 - Open Shelf

Walker, Wayne W.

Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Honour Roll, 1914-1919 / Wayne W. Walker.  Ottawa, ON. : Wayne W. Walker, 2013. iv, 365 pages ; 30 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 N935 A613 2013 - Open Shelf

Livingstone, David

Anne Murray : the story so far / David Livingstone.  Scarborough, ON. : Prentice-Hall Canada, 1981. 136 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, ports. (some col.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML420 M981 L788

A Prentice-Hall/Madison Press Book.

Singers — Canada — Biography.

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Patterson, Arnie

Arnie Patterson : a Nova Scotian's memoir Halifax : Nimbus, 2001. vi, 178 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2327.1 P317 A3 2001 - Open Shelf

Businessmen — Canada Biography
Nova Scotia Biography.

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Bishop, Harold Fletcher, 1896-1919

As ever, the wartime letters written by Cpl. Harold Fletcher Bishop : A Student from Acadia University / compiled by John Bishop Grant.  Sydney : John Bishop Grant, 2016. 158 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D640 B547 2016

Harold Bishop, of Auburn, Nova Scotia was a member of the Class of 1917 at Acadia University. Upon completing his sophomore year in 1915 he, along with the majority of men in his graduating class, joined the 4th University Company of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. This is a compilation of his letters sent from training bases and the front lines of France to the home front. In them, he thanks those who wrote to him and sent parcels, as well as he advises his brothers how they should enlist. A personal story of military service, including mention of the loss of friends in combat. Bishop demonstrateds his attachment to family, the importance of his faith, and the connections to those he knew on the campus of Acadia and in his home community. Includes index.

Grant, John Bishop, 1955-

Bishop, Harold Fletcher, — 1896-1919 — Correspondence
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), 2nd — Biography
Acadia University — Students — Biography
World War, 1914-1918 — Personal narratives, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Biography
Soldiers — Canada — Biography

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Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Myatt, Wilfrid E.

Poets, Canadian — Biography
Canada — Biography.

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Corbett, Gail H.

Barnardo children in Canada / Gail H. Corbett.  Peterborough, ON. : Woodland Publishing, 1981. 133 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD6250 C252 C67

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