The Canadian men and women of the time : a hand-book of Canadian biography of living characters / edited by Henry James Morgan. 2nd ed. Toronto : William Briggs, 1912. xx, 1218 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F83 C16c 1912
Authorities consulted: pages [xi]-xiii. Errata: pages 1217-1218.
Canada — Biography
Canada — Biographies.
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The Canadian men and women of the time : a hand-book of Canadian biography of living characters / edited by Henry James Morgan. 1st ed. Toronto : W. Briggs, 1898. xii, 1117, [1] pages ; 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F83 C16c 1898
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The Canadian who's who Toronto, Who's Who Canadian Publications. 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F83 C16c
Roberts, Charles G. D. (Charles George Douglas), Sir, 1860-1943.
Biography — Canada — Directories
Directories — Canada
Biography
Canada — Biography.
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Men of Canada : or, success by example in religion, patriotism, business, law, medicine, education and agriculture .. / edited by Wm. Cochrane. Brantford, ON. : Bradley, Garretson & Co., 1891-1896. 5 v. : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F83 C16
At head of title: The Canadian album. Volume 5 has title: Encyclopedic Canada : or, the progress of a nation in religion, patriotism, business, law, medicine, education and agriculture ... with pen and picture sketches of Canadian institutions, industries and communities, edited by J. Castell Hopkins. Includes index.
Cochrane, William, 1831-1898
Hopkins, J. Castell, 1864-1923.
Canada — Biography
Canada — Description and travel.
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The Canadian annual review of public affairs Toronto : Annual Review Pub. Co., 1902-1940. 34 v. : portraits, maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F81 C16 H77
Hopkins, J. Castell (John Castell), 1864-1923.
Canada
Canada — Biography
Canada — Bibliography.
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Lord Minto's Canadian papers : a selection of the public and private papers of the fourth Earl of Minto, 1898-1904 / edited and with an introduction by Paul Stevens and John T. Saywell. Toronto : Champlain Society, 1981-1983. 2 v. : portraits ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F80 C35 M667
Limited edition of 1450 copies (1400 numbered.
Saywell, John, 1929-
Stevens, Paul, 1938-
Governors general — Canada — Correspondence
Governors general — Canada — Biography
Canada — Politics and government — 1896-1911 — Sources
Canada — Politics and government — 1896-1911.
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The works of Samuel de Champlain Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1971. 6 v. : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm + portfolio.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F80 C35 B592
Text in English and French. Reprinted, translated and annotated by six Canadian scholars under the general editorship of H.pages Biggar--v. 1, pages [v].
Biggar, H. P. (Henry Percival), 1872-1938.
Explorers — France — Biography
Explorers — Canada — Biography
First Nations of North America — Canada — History
America — Discovery and exploration — French
Canada — History — To 1663 (New France)
Canad
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The St. Lawrence survey journals of Captain Henry Wolsey Bayfield, 1829-1853 / edited with an introduction by Ruth McKenzie. Toronto : Champlain Society, 1984-1986. 2 v. : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F80 C35 B357
Limited edition of 1350 copies (1300 numbered.
Surveyors, Marine — Canada — Biography
Saint Lawrence River — Description and travel
Saint Lawrence, Gulf of — Description and travel.
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The Business & professional woman Don Mills, ON., Val Publications. ill. 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F79 B96
Official publication of the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Imprint varies.
Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women
Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.
Women — Canada — Biography
Women's periodicals.
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The fatal river : the life and death of La Salle / by Frances Gaither. New York : H. Holt, 1931. 303 pages, [12] pages of plates : maps ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F10 L33 G12
Map on lining-papers.
Explorers — Canada — Biography.
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History of Cavelier de La Salle, 1643-1687 : explorations in the valleys of the Ohio, Illinois and Mississippi, taken from his letters, reports to King Louis XIV, also the reports of several of his associates, official acts and contemporaneous documents / Paul Chesnel ; translated from the French by Andrée Chesnel Meany. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. vii, 232 pages : fold. maps. ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F10 L33 C42
Explorers — Canada — Biography
Mississippi River Valley — History — To 1803.
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The life and death of Anna Mae Aquash / Johanna Brand. Toronto : J. Lorimer, 1978. 171 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, ports.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E78 C212 B817
First Nations of North America — Canada — Biography.
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Buckskin pimpernel : the exploits of Justus Sherwood, Loyalist spy / by Mary Beacock Fryer. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1981. 288 pages : maps, port. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E278 S53 F948
Includes index.
American loyalists — Vermont — Biography
United Empire loyalists — Biography
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Biography
Canada — History — 1763-1791 — Biography.
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Running the gauntlet : an oral history of Canadian merchant seamen in World War II / by Mike Parker. Halifax : Nimbus, 1994. xi, 344 pages : illustrations
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D810 T8 P37 1994
Merchant marine — Canada — History — 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Canadian
World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Atlantic Ocean
Merchant mariners — Canada — Biography.
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Mona Parsons : from privilege to prison, from Nova Scotia to Nazi Europe / Andria Hill. Halifax : Nimbus, 2000. 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D802 N4 H645 2000
World War, 1939-1945 — Underground movements — Netherlands Biography
World War, 1939-1945 — Prisoners and prisons, German
Prisoners of war — Germany Biography
Prisoners of war — Canada Biography.
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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
Lean, Cheryl
Metson, Graham, 1934-
Painters — Canada — Biography
World War, 1939-1945 — Art and the war.
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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.
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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First World War honour roll of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia / Bruce F. MacDonald. Antigonish : Bantry Publishing, 2015. Volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Issued also in electronic format.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D609 C2 M25 2015
The book contains profiles of 71 First World War soldiers from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, all of whom died while in uniform, the majority in military combat. The stories in volume I are arranged chronologically by date of death and covering the years 1915 to 1917 inclusive while volume II focuses in on 1918-1937. The profiles provide a glimpse into the events of the war through the soldiers' stories, and details what life was like for returning soldiers. While the majority served with Nova Scotian battalions, some served with units from New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Western Canada, also providing a glimpse into the roles of various military battalions and some non-combat units in the war's events. Includes index.
Canada. — Canadian Armed Forces — Registers of dead
World War, 1914-1918 — Registers of dead — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County)
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County) — Biography
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The Clan Fraser in Canada : souvenir of the first annual gathering, Toronto, May 5th, 1894 / by Alexander Fraser. Toronto : Mail Job Printing Co., 1895. 112 pages : illustrations, coats of arms, music ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 F841 F841 - Open Shelf
Also contains an account of the second annual gathering held at Toronto, February 25th, 1895.
Canada — Biography
Scotland — Genealogy.
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Descendents of Henry Burrell / by E.J. Newell. Sparks, Nev. : Prospect Publishing, 1993. iii, 94 pages : illustrations, facsims., map, portraits ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 B87 1993 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
Irish — Canada — Genealogy
Yarmouth (N.S. : County) — Biography
Yarmouth (N.S. : County) — Genealogy.
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Digby County, Nova Scotia Honour Roll, 1914-1919 / Wayne W. Walker. Ottawa, ON. : Wayne W. Walker, 2013. iv, 275 pages ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 N935 D571 2013 - Open Shelf
A record of the service of the men and women of Digby County, Nova Scotia who volunteered or were drafted for service in the Home Guard, the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) or the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force (CSEF).
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia) — Registers
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Canadian Expeditionary Force — Registers
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Nova Scotia Overseas Highland Brigade — Registers
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Digby (County) — Registers
World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia — Digby (County) — Registers
Digby (N.S. : County) — Biography
Digby (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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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
A record of the service of the men and women of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia who volunteered or were drafted for service in the Home Guard, the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) or the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force (CSEF).
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia) — Registers
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Canadian Expeditionary Force — Registers
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Nova Scotia Overseas Highland Brigade — Registers
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Annapolis (County) — Registers
World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia — Annapolis (County) — Registers
Annapolis (N.S. : County) — Biography
Annapolis (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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Valiant hearts : Atlantic Canada and the Victoria Cross / John Boileau ; foreword by Lewis W. MacKenzie. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2005. xii, 276 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CR4885 B679 2005
Includes index.
Victoria Cross
Soldiers — Atlantic Provinces Biography
Sailors — Atlantic Provinces Biography
Heroes — Atlantic Provinces Biography
Canada — Armed Forces Biography
Atlantic Provinces Biography.
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Robert C. Willey's dictionary of Canadian medallists/ / edited by Ronald Greene. Victoria, B.C. : Canadian Numismatic Research Society, 1998 180 pages, 10 pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CJ5828 W54 1998
Medalists — Biography — Dictionaries — Canada.
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Memory is my diary / Angus James MacQueen. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1990-1991. 2 v. : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX9883 M37 A3 1990
Clergy — Canada — Biography
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Biography.
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