Betrayal of Trust : Commander Wyatt and the Halifax Explosion / by Joel Zemel. Halifax : New World Publishing, 2017. x, 182 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - FC2346.26 W96 Z46 2017
Joel Zemel examines the personal life and career of F. Evan Wyatt before and after the disaster and the criminal litigation that resulted in his being the only person to stand trial on criminal charges related to the Halifax Explosion. Before the Halifax Explosion, F. Evan Wyatt was a recently-married officer with a promising career in the Royal Canadian Navy. He also enjoyed popularity among those in the city's elite society. But little else is known about the only man indicted for allegedly causing the disaster. The French munitions ship, SS Mont-Blanc, and the Norwegian freighter, SS Imo, collided in Halifax Harbour on the morning of 6 December 1917. The resultant explosion killed nearly 2,000 people, caused nine thousand injuries and left many more homeless and without shelter. Property losses were in the millions of dollars. In the aftermath of the blast, an inquiry was set up to determine the cause of the collision between the two ships in the harbour. However, the proceedings quickly devolved into a search for scapegoats on whom to lay blame for the explosion. The captain and pilot of the French vessel were arrested along with the Royal Canadian Navy's chief examination officer (CXO), Commander F. Evan Wyatt (ret. R.N.R). Each man faced a charge of manslaughter. Charges of criminal negligence were added at a subsequent preliminary hearing. The captain and pilot were soon released on a writ of habeas corpus, but Commander Wyatt was indicted by a grand jury and put on trial. Although duly acquitted, his personal reputation and professional career in Canada were ruined. Betrayal of Trust delves into the life and times of F. Evan Wyatt, the circumstances leading up to his being scapegoated, and the failure of the Department of the Naval Service of Canada to protect one of its own. Joel Zemel is a professional jazz musician and documentary filmmaker turned author/historian. Joel is also the author of Scapegoat: the extraordinary legal proceedings following the 1917 Halifax Explosion. He resides and works in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Edited by Francis Mitchell ; proofed by Virginia Houston. Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172) and index.
Mitchell, Francis, 1942-
Houston, Virginia, 1945-
Wyatt, F. Evan (Frederick Evan), 1877-1967
Wyatt, F. Evan (Frederick Evan), 1877-1967 — Trials, litigation, etc.
Canada. Royal Canadian Navy — Officers — Biography
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Disasters — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — Biography
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The Man from Malagash : George Patton Mackenzie's Work in the Yukon and Arctic / by Kathy Drew-Smith. Waterloo, ON : Blue River Press, 2022. 376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC4022.1 M33 D74 2022 - Open Shelf
Born in Malagash, Nova Scotia, MacKenzie moved to Yukon during the Gold Rush. This biography of George Patton MacKenzie chronicles his time in Dawson City as prospector, teacher, and Gold Commissioner.
MacKenzie, George Patton, — 1873-1954
Yukon — Officials and employees — Biography
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Yukon — History — 20th century
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Portia White : Think on Me / film produced and directed by Sylvia Hamilton. Grand Pre, NS : Maroon Films, 2000. 1 page ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #29 - Vertical File
Promotional poster for film Portia White : Think on Me
White, Portia, 1911-1968
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Contraltos — Canada — Biography
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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
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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)
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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
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Quelques hommes politiques Quebec : 1981, 1884. 30 frames : illustrations, ports.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 12316 - Open Shelf Internet Archive
Canada — Biography
United States — Biography.
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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 - use request slip - Microfilm R796 C995
In double columns. Original issued in series: Rose's national biographical series ; 2. Includes index.
Rose, Geo. Maclean George Maclean, 1829-1898.
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Hal Foster, the once and future king : childhood in Halifax, 1892-1905 / Friends of Hal Foster Society. Friends of Hal Foster Society, Halifax : Nova Scotia 2010-. 20 pages : illustrations some copies, maps, ports.; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.542 #13 - Vertical File
Cartoonists — Canada — Biography.
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R.B. Bennett / Robert Saunders. Don Mills, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1979. 63, 1 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.530 #7 - Vertical File
Includes index.
Prime ministers — Canada — Biography
Canada — Politics and government — 1930-1935.
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Robert Borden / Kathleen Saunders. Don Mills, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1978. 63, 1 pages : illustrations, ports.; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.530 #5 - Vertical File
Prime ministers — Canada — Biography — Juvenile literature
Canada — Politics and government — 1911-1921.
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Sandford Fleming : no better inheritance / by Jean Murray Cole ; with research by Elizabeth Farquharson. Peterborough, Ont. : Peterborough Historical Society, 1990. 30 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.510 #3 - Vertical File
Peterborough Historical Society (Ont.)
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Surveyors — Canada — Biography.
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Dreams to reality : a personal account of books, art & the spirit within / by William Pope. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, Robert Pope Foundation, 1997. 106 pages, 18 pages of plates : illustrations some copies, port.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.507 #27 - Vertical File
Publishers and publishing — Canada — Biography.
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Donald Cameron Mackay, artist & teacher : John James Cook, artist & teacher Halifax : Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1999. 24 pages.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.443 #33 - Vertical File
Painters — Canada — Maritime Provinces — Biography
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Painting, Modern — 20th century — Canada — Maritime Provinces.
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Out of the past, into the future : an introductory learning guide / written by Robert Ffrench ; illustrated by Henry V. Bishop. Dartmouth : Pride Communications, 1994. 60 pages : illustrations, maps; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.402 #22 - Vertical File
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The prime ministers of Canada, 1867-1994 / presented by the House of Commons and the National Archives of Canada. Ottawa : National Archives of Canada, 1994. vii, 20, 20, vii pages : ports.; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.401 #23 - Vertical File
Text in English and French with French text on inverted pages. Title on added t.p.: Les premiers ministres du Canada, 1867-1994.
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
National Archives of Canada.
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Prime ministers — Canada — Portraits
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Canada — Biography — Portraits.
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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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Giant MacAskill / written and illustrated by Mary P. Campbell. Sydney : Sydney Literary Council, 1985. 16 2 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.332 #27 - Vertical File
To be used after Skill Book III, and correlated reader, Changes - Laubach Way to Reading.
Readers for new literates
Giants — Canada — Biography.
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Canadian hymns and hymn writers / by A. Wylie Mahon. St. John, N.B. : 1908. 56 pages : ports; 18 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.317 #26 - Vertical File
Portraits are mounted photos. Cover title: Canadian hymns & hymn writers.
Hymns, English — History and criticism
Canada — Biography.
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Sandford Fleming / Lorne Edmond Green. Don Mills, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1980. 63, 1 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.272 #24 - Vertical File
Includes index.
Railroad engineers — Canada — Biography.
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Biography of Sir Charles Tupper, Minister of Railway, K.C.M.G, C.B., M.P., High Commissioner of Canada to England / by Charles Thibault. Montreal, Quebec : L'Etendard, 1883. 148, ii pages : 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.196 #23 - Vertical File
Statesmen — Canada — Biography
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Nova Scotia — Politics and government.
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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
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Histoire du Canada depuis sa découverte jusqu'à nos jours / par F.X. Garneau ; précédée d'une étude sur la vie et les luvres de l'auteur par m. Chauveau. 4. éd. Montréal : Beauchemin & Valois, 1882-1883. 4 v. : port. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F70 G18 - Akins
Fréchette, Louis Honoré, 1839-1908
Suite, Benjamin, 1841-1923
Chauveau, Pierre-J.-Olivier (Pierre-Joseph-Olivier), 1820- 1890.
Historians — Canada — Biography
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Canada — History — To 1763 (New France)
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Memoirs of Major Robert Stobo of the Virginia Regiment / by Robert Stobo. First edition, London, 1800. The present reprint, edited by N.B. Craig, includes documentary material not found in the original. Pittsburgh : J.S. Davidson, 1854. 92 pages : plan ; 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F45 ST6 - Akins
Arma virumque. Attributed to Robert Stobo--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints. Introd. signed: N.B.C. [i.e. Neville B. Craig].
Canada — History — 1713-1763 (New France) — Biography
United States — History — French and Indian War, 1755-1763 — Personal narratives.
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Climbing the halyards : the 1948 voyage of the schooner Bowdoin / Jeffrey C. Ives. Ithaca NY : Ives : 2004. xx, 210 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VM395 B785 I95 2004
Inuit Pictorial works
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