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O'Neill, Mora Dianne Guthrie, 1944-

Collective Remembrance : Propaganda Posters from the Great War / Mora Dianne O'Neill.  Halifax : Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2014. 39 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC226 O5 2014 - Open Shelf

Additional cover title: Send More Men. Archives Library has 3 copies.

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

World War, 1914-1918 — Canada — Exhibitions
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada — Posters — Exhibitions
Canada — History — 1914-1918 — Exhibitions

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Zemel, Joel, 1950-

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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Havey, M.C.

Sisters of Service : I Have Come to Serve - From 1922 to the Present / by M.C. Havey.  Toronto, ON : Sisters of Service, 2022. 401 pages : portraits, illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX4705 S57 H38 2022

Written for the 100th anniversary of the Sisters of Service and looks into their history in North America. Two chapters with very specific and relevant information to the Sisters in Nova Scotia: Chapter 3 - The Ports : history of the sisters' immigration work at Pier 21 Chapter 6 - Home Away from Home : the women's residence they called home in Nova Scotia.

Sisters of Service — History
Monasticism and religious orders for women — Canada — History

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Drew-Smith, Kathy

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
Canada, Northern — Discovery and exploration — History — 20th century
Yukon — History — 20th century
Arctic regions — Discovery and exploration — History — 20th century

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Remes, Jacob A. C., 1980-

Disaster Citizenship : survivors, solidarity, and power in the Progressive Era / Jacob A.C. Remes.  Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016. xi, 283 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV555 U6 R46 2016

A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era-beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of two disasters in the United States-Canada borderlands--the Salem Fire of 1914 and the Halifax Explosion of 1917--saw working class survivors instead turn to friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family members for succor and aid. Both official and unofficial responses, meanwhile, showed how the United States and Canada were linked by experts, workers, and money. In Disaster Citizenship, Jacob A.C. Remes draws on histories of the Salem and Halifax events to explore the institutions--both formal and informal--that ordinary people relied upon in times of crisis. He explores patterns and traditions of self-help, informal order, and solidarity and details how people adapted these traditions when necessary. Yet, as he shows, these methods--though often quick and effective--remained illegible to reformers. Indeed, soldiers, social workers, and reformers wielding extraordinary emergency powers challenged these grassroots practices to impose progressive 'solutions' on what they wrongly imagined to be a fractured social landscape. Innovative and engaging, Disaster Citizenship excavates the forgotten networks of solidarity and obligation in an earlier time while simultaneously suggesting new frameworks in the emerging field of critical disaster studies. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disaster relief — Social aspects — United States — History — 20th century
Disaster relief — Social aspects — Canada — History — 20th century
Fires — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Working class — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Working class — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Solidarity — Social aspects — History — 20th century
Power (Social sciences) — History — 20th century
Salem (Mass.) — Social conditions — 20th century
Halifax (N.S.) — Social conditions — 20th century

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Chute, Janet E.

Muiwlanej Kikamaqki - Honouring Our Ancestors : Mi'Kmaq Who Left a Mark on the History of the Northeast, 1680-1980 / edited by Janet E. Chute.  Toronto, ON : University of Toronto Press, 2023. 920 pages, 60 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E99 M6 M856 2023

Drawing upon oral and documentary evidence, this volume explores the lives of noteworthy Mi'kmaq individuals whose thoughts, actions, and aspirations impacted the history of the Northeast but whose activities were too often relegated to the shadows of history.

Micmac Indians — History
Canada, Eastern — History

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Institute of Public Affairs Dalhousie University

A Socio-Economic Study and Recommendations : Sunnyville, Lincolnville, and Upper Big Tracadie Guysborough County, Nova Scotia / by the Institute of Public Affairs Dalhousie University.  Halifax : Dalhousie University Institute of Public Affairs, 1965. 173 pages ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HC118 B53 1965

Study to assess and address 'concerns' surrounding why Black Communities might not participate in certain socio-economic advances of the time. *This file occasionally discusses dehumanizing stereotypes of members of the Black community in Guysborough County, as well as identifying place names containing racial epithets.*

Black people — history
Social history
Human rights — Canada
Human rights — Nova Scotia
Canada — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (N.S. : County)

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Hudson's Bay Company

The Beaver : Exploring Canada's History  Winnipeg : Hudson's Bay Co., 1989. 63 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #18 - Vertical File

Copy of "The Beaver" from June/July 1989. Starting in 2010 the magazine became "Canada's History".

Hudson's Bay Company
Canada, Northern — Periodicals
Canada, Northern — History — Periodicals

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Whalen, Judy

Women Making History : 1948-2015 / by Judy Whalen.  Halifax, NS : Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW), 2016. 32 pages : illustrations : 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #17 - Vertical File

A brief history of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) and the women who run the organization. Outlines the individual and group responsibilities and accomplishments for about 70 years from 1948-2015.

Canadian Federation of University Women — Nova Scotia — Dartmouth — History
Women — Canada — Societies and clubs — History
Women — Nova Scotia — Dartmouth — Societies and clubs — History
Women — Nova Scotia

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Mancke, Elizabeth, 1954-

Violence, order, and unrest : a history of British North America, 1749-1876 / edited by Elizabeth Mancke, Jerry Bannister, Denis McKim, and Scott W. See.  Toronto, ON : University of Toronto Press, 2019. xiv, 519 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HN103 V56 2019

This edited collection offers a broad reinterpretation of the origins of Canada. Drawing on cutting-edge research in a number of fields, Violence, Order, and Unrest explores the development of British North America from the mid-eighteenth century through the aftermath of Confederation. The chapters cover an ambitious range of topics, from Indigenous culture to municipal politics, public executions to runaway slave advertisements. Cumulatively, this book examines the diversity of Indigenous and colonial experiences across northern North America and provides fresh perspectives on the crucial roles of violence and unrest in attempts to establish British authority in Indigenous territories. Drawing on specific case studies of law and state formation in English and French Canada, Violence, Order, and Unrest considers patterns of settler colonialism across the century before Confederation. The result is a collection that brings together innovative research in different fields to reconsider the ideology, governance, and political culture that underpinned British North America. In the aftermath of Canada 150, Violence, Order, and Unrest offers a timely contribution to current debates over the nature of Canadian culture and history. It demonstrates that we cannot understand Canada today without considering its origins as a colonial project.

Bannister, Jerry, 1968-
McKim, Denis
See, Scott W., 1950-

Violence — Canada — History — 18th century — Case studies
Violence — Canada — History — 19th century — Case studies
Canada — Colonization — History — 18th century — Case studies
Canada — Colonization — History — 19th century — Case studies
Canada — Social conditions — 18th century — Case studies
Canada — Social conditions —19th century — Case studies

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Dorin, Patrick C.

The Canadian National Railways' Story / by Patrick C. Dorin.  First Edition Seattle : Superior Pub. Co., 1975. 206 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE2810 C14 D67 1975

This book examines the services provided by the CN System from 1919 to 1975, with the various types of train services highlighted both historical and geographically from Newfoundland to British Columbia.

Canadian National Railways — History
Railroads — Canada — History

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Gray, Charlotte

The Museum Called Canada : 25 Rooms of Wonder / Charlotte Gray.  Created and Produced by Otherwise Editions for Random House Canada, Toronto, Ontario, 2004. 705 pages : colour and black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC21 G73 2004 - Open Shelf

Welcome to a museum so full of wonder that it could only be called Canada. Explore its twenty-five rooms, collectively bringing together a breathtaking range of cultural artifacts, artworks, and historic objects - many of them never seen in a museum before. You'll find high art next to pop culture, scientific inventions displayed beside prehistoric creatures - myriad pieces of our past that tell the story of Canada. Book concept and curation: Sara Angel; design: Dinnick & Howells; cover and interior photography: Nancy Tong.

Angel, Sara
Tong, Nancy

Dinnick & Howells

Material culture — Canada — Pictorial works
Canada — History — Pictorial works
Canada — Antiquities — Pictorial works

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Whelan, Edward

The Union of the British Provinces / by Edward Whelan, M.P.P..  Gardenvale, Quebec : Garden City Press, 1927. 248 pages : portraits ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F75 W56

Written immediately after the conferences held in Charlottetown and Québec in 1864, on confederation, and the accompanying banquets held in Halifax, St-John, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. F75 W56 c.1 - Copy 1 F75 W56 c.2 - Copy 2 (handwritten note inside to D.C. Harvey from Eileen Odevoive)

Charlottetown Conference (1864)
Québec Conference (1864 : Québec, Québec)
Canada — History — 1841-1867
Canada — History — Confederation, 1867
Canada — Politics and government — 1841-1867

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One of the people

An enquiry into the merits of confederation and the duty of the hour / by one of the people.  Halifax : Z.S. Hall, 1867. 19 frames.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 23415 - Open Shelf    Internet Archive

The Louisbourg monument Sydney, N.S. : S.P. Challoner, 1895. 20 frames : illustrations, maps, plan, ports

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 08485 - Open Shelf    Internet Archive

Hind, Henry Youle

Historical gleanings / by Henry Youle Hind.  Windsor : 1896. 33 frames.

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Gilbert, A. G.

From Montreal to the Maritime provinces and back / by A.G. Gilbert.  Montreal : Montreal Print. and Pub. Co., 1867. 40 frames.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 06898 - Open Shelf    Internet Archive

The Antis. Who are they. Conversations. Coal fields of Nova Scotia. Halifax and St. Johns. &c. &c.

Nova Scotia — Description and travel — 1850-1900
Canada — History — Confederation, 1867

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Bourinot, John George

The Haley genealogies and the Mayflower connection / / Jno. Geo. Bourinot.  Ottawa : 1888. 8 frames.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 05947 - Open Shelf    Internet Archive

Signed: Jno. Geo. Bourinot.

Canada — Constitutional history
British North America — Constitutional history

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Bennett, C.F.

Letters on confederation, the fisheries &c. &c / by C.F. Bennett.  1868.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 05940 - Open Shelf    Internet Archive

Canada — History — Confederation, 1867.

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Bourinot, John George

Literature and art in Canada / by John Bourinot.  1900. 10 frames.

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At head of title: The Anglo-American Magazine ; February, 1900.

Art — Canada
Art and literature
Canadian literature — 19th century — History and criticism

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Bourinot, John George

Canada under British rule, 1760-1900 / by Sir John G. Bourinot.  Cambridge : University Press, 1900. 196 frames : maps

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Original issued in series: Cambridge Historical Series edited by G.W. Prothero.

Canada — History — 1867-1914
Canada — History — 1763-1867
Canada — Politics and government — 1763-1867.

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Mr. Rémi Benoit to the electors of Richmond, Nova Scotia 1892. 19 frames.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 02316 - Open Shelf    Internet Archive

Smith, M.

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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Doyle, Kevin Anthony

Fenianism in North America : a problem in Anglo-Canadian relations 1860-70 / by Kevin Anthony Doyle.  1975-1977. 145 pages.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche D754 - Open Shelf

Canada — History — Fenian Invasion, 1866-1870

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Day, Robert Douglas

The British Army and sport in Canada case studies of the garrisons at Halifax, Montreal and Kingston to 1871 / by Robert Douglas Day.  Ottawa : National Library of Canada, 1982. 450 frames ; 11 X 15 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche D274 - Open Shelf

Sports — Canada — History
Military sports — Canada

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