Nova Scotia Department of Social Services Task Group on Homes for Special Care
Report of the Working Group on Classifications & Assessments / by the Nova Scotia Department of Social Services Task Group on Homes for Special Care. Halifax : Department of Social Services, 1984. 42 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV1559 N935 R4
Classifications in this item refer to how we determine the eligibility of applicants who are requesting admission to Home for Special Care, and if eligible what type or care and programming they receive.
Institutional care — Nova Scotia
Group Homes — Nova Scotia
Nursing homes — Nova Scotia
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Halifax-Dartmouth Regional Development Plan Review Special Rural Task Force
Report of the Special Rural Task Force to the Minister of Municipal Affairs : Halifax-Dartmouth Regional Development Plan Review / by the Halifax-Dartmouth Regional Development Plan Review Special Rural Task Force. Halifax : Department of Municipal Affairs, 1980. 12 pages : folded maps ; 28 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - NA9130 H35 D37 1980
Report evaluating the possible stress that city planning may put onto communities outside the Regional Development Boundary of the cities of Dartmouth and Halifax.
by the Nova Scotia Department of Municipal Affairs
Regional planning — Nova Scotia — Halifax (County)
Cities and towns — Nova Scotia — Growth
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Task Force on Low Income Housing
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick : An Institutional Analysis / by the Task Force on Low Income Housing. Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1971. 90 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD7305 T37 L69 1971
Paper examines low income housing during the 1970s in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick urban centers Halifax and Saint John respectively, as well as rural areas in decline.
Low-income housing — Halifax (N.S.)
Low-income housing — Saint John (N.B.)
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Carriage Association of America
The Carriage Journal, Volume 55, No. 2 / Ken Wheeling. Lexington, KY : Carriage Association of America, 2017. 128 pages: colour illustrations ; 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #20 - Vertical File
Magazine contains the article "J.S. Abbot's #306 - From Nova Scotia to Portland, Oregon" by Ken Wheeling (pages 74-78). This articles provides some background on the infamous Concord Coach #306, owned by Hiram Hyde who brought his coach with him to Nova Scotia (mail delivery Halifax-Pictou) and famously used for royal visits in the past. Other articles within the periodical are about various topics related to carriages, horses, and traveling by horse drawn carriages.
Carriage industry — Nova Scotia
Carriages and carts — Nova Scotia
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Royal Staff Corps / Kim MacDonald and Mike Barton. London : Kim MacDonald. 1 volume (unnumbered) ; 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #2 - Vertical File
The following is a list of men discharged without pension in Grenville, Lower Canada on the 31st July 1832.
Royal Staff Corps
Soldiers — Lower Canada
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The Freiburg Passion Play (In English) / distributed by the Garrick Theatre. Halifax, NS : Garrick Theatre. 19 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #22 - Vertical File
Playbook for the Freiburg Passion Play at the Garrick Theatre (August 17-22) - includes ads for local businesses, cast, and play acts. No date provided, assumed year to be 1928-1929 as that year range is handwritten on the inside of the playbook.
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Official Schedule and Rules of the Halifax Amateur Hockey League : Season 1922 / distributed by the Halifax Amateur Hockey League. Halifax, N.S.: The Ross Print Ltd., 1922. 36 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #5 - Vertical File
Schedule and rule book for the 1922 season of the Halifax Amateur Hockey League. Includes stats and advertisements throughout and 1 page handwritten ledger in the back of games, who won, and what the scores were.
Hockey — Halifax (N.S.)
Sports — Nova Scotia
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Wapna'kikewi'skwaq Women of First Light
M'sit No'kmaq (We are all related) : Commemorating women of the peaked cap / by Wapna'kikewi'skwaq Women of First Light. Wapna'kikewi'skwaq Women of First Light, 2021. 18 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #1 - Vertical File
A colouring book of peaked hats. Archives library has 2 copies.
Colouring book — Nova Scotia
Mi'kmaq — Clothing
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Three lists: Micmac deaths attributed to the Halifax Explosion / researched by: Gary Shutlak, Don (Byrd) Awalt, Murial Cottam Yorke. Unbound volume, 58 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #24 - Vertical File
Lists include Jerry Lone Cloud list to Harry Piers (as in "The Old Man Told Us), Department of Indian Affairs list (same as in "Ground Zero List") and John Peter Cope to his sister Rachel Cop list ... to Muriel Cottam Yorke. Includes bibliography.
Awalt, Don (Byrd)
Yorke, Murial Cottam
Mi'Kmaq — Nova Scotia — Death
Micmac Indians — Nova Scotia — Death
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
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The Lamp Was Heavy : Nova Scotia Nurses-in-Training in the 1950s / by Barbara Keddy. Tantallon, NS : Glen Margaret Publishing, 2018. 118 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #19 - Vertical File
The story of 14 nurses, including Keddy, in the 1950s - the book follows their journey from education to working in small town hospitals across Nova Scotia and showcases their experiences.
Nursing — Nova Scotia
Postsecondary education — Nova Scotia
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A Brief History of Militia Units Established at Various Periods at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 1812-1947 / compiled by Lieutenant Colonel W.D. King. Yarmouth, NS : 14th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, 1947. 32 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #17 - Vertical File
Brief history on the Militia Units in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from 1812-1947.
History — Yarmouth (N.S.)
Military history
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Nova Scotia Small Rural High Schools Task Force
Small Rural High School Task Force Halifax : Nova Scotia Department of Education, 1993. 51 pages : tables ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.415 #44a - Vertical File
Bound version of V/F V.415 #44. Chair: Peter Lawson.
Rural schools — Nova Scotia
Education, Rural — Nova Scotia
Education, Secondary — Nova Scotia
Educational surveys — Nova Scotia
High schools — Nova Scotia
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A brief history of firsts and other interesting stage and railway facts, etc. in ye goode olde tymes / by W.W. Clarke. Windsor : Hants Journal Press, 1925-. 63 pages, 19 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits. ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.218 #2a - Vertical File
Cover title: Clarke's history of the earliest railways in Nova Scotia. Caption title: Early history of railroading in the Annapolis Valley and elsewhere in Nova Scotia. Author's name appears with caption title.
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Bluenose : on board a legend / by Devyn Kaizer ; photography by Peter Zwicker. Halifax, NS : Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2018. 72 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VM395 B5 K33 2018
This book documents the beautiful Tall Ship Bluenose, now a sailing ambassador for the province of Nova Scotia, and tells the dramatic story of the battles and triumphs of original Bluenose. The original Bluenose, built in Lunenburg and launched in 1921, was designed to combine a career as a racing ship with the working role fishing the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. Its captain, Angus Walters, took Bluenose to five international sailing races, and was undefeated for seventeen years. By the 1930s, the vessel's achievements made it an icon for Nova Scotia and an important Canadian symbol. The newly-restored replica, the Bluenose II, represents the wooden shipbuilding achievements and the dory-based cod fishery traditions of Nova Scotia. This book offers an interpretive guide of the ship and its complex traditional equipment. It also tells the story of the original Bluenose, with many historic photographs of the ship and its crew aboard the most famous Tall Ship in Canada in this souvenir of a vessel whose history and allure continues to captivate to this day. Includes index.
Bluenose II (Schooner) — History
Bluenose (Schooner) — History
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1604-2014 : Acadia of the Lands and Forests: 'Disputed Boundaries & Rediscovered Families' / edited by Jacques G. Albert. New Brunswick : Madawaska Historical Society, 2014. 56 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5200.5 A23 M33 - Open Shelf
“Acadia of the Lands and Forests: ‘Disputed Boundaries & Rediscovered Families,’” Revue de la Société historique du Madawaska, vol. 42, no. 1-2 (January-June 2014), 6. Running timeline of New Brunswick Acadians over time. Bottom of the pages include a timeline of events as the book is read, and illustrations of documents and artifacts have accompanying explanations. Complete title on cover page includes French translation of title that in full reads: L'Acadie des terres et forêts : "frontières contestées familles retrouvées" 1604-2014.
Acadia — History
Acadians — New Brunswick — Madawaska (County) — History
Madawaska (N.B. : County) — Boundaries — History
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Undefeated Since 1976 : The Year of the Tiger / by Rick Rivers. Halifax, NS : Rick Rivers, 2013. 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GV585 D35 R58 2013
The history of the Dalhousie Tigers Football team from it's inception to it's cancellation by university staff in 1976 and then to it's eventual revival in 2009-2010.
Football — Nova Scotia
History — Dalhousie University (N.S.)
Sports — Nova Scotia
Sports — Dalhousie University (N.S.)
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Presiding by Desire : Nova Scotia's Popular Lieutenant Governor: Hon. MacCallum Grant / forward by Hon. Myra Freeman. Victoria, BC : Tellwell Talent, 2020. 472 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC3655 G73 B87 - Open Shelf
This is the story of an ambitious boy from Loyal Hill, in the village of Summerville on the Avon River in Hants County, who became a respected figure in the business community. Hon. MacCallum Grant served as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1916 to 1925, the last Nova Scotian to be appointed to two full terms as the King's representative. He created a new standard for the occupants of the viceregal office, reaching out to minorities and utilizing his charm and humour to engage everyone he met. Presiding By Desire - Nova Scotia's Popular Lieutenant Governor: Hon. MacCallum Grant by Scott J. Burke chronicles Grant's activities as lieutenant governor, highlighting significant events during his eight years at Government House. His terms in office encompassed the First World War and the Halifax Explosion. He played host to famous visitors including the Prince of Wales, and travelled to Washington to meet a president at the White House. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Grant, MacCallum, 1845-1928
Lieutenant governors — Nova Scotia — Biography
Businessmen — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nova Scotia — History — 1867-1918
Nova Scotia — History — 1918-1945
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Nova Scotia. Department of Health. Uranium Task Force
The Occurrence and Significance of Uranium, Radium, and Radon in Water Supplies in Nova Scotia : A Report of the Investigation Carried Out by the Provincial Uranium Task Force Halifax : Nova Scotia Department of Health, 1986. Binder: 256 pages : maps, figures, tables; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TD427 U7 1986
Compiled report after investigations carried out by the Provincial Uranium Task Force regarding Uranium, Radium, and Radon in well water across Nova Scotia. Maps, figures, and tables are used to show how and where water contamination happens, as well as recommendations for how to prevent and stop water contamination in the future.
Grantham, David A.
MacFarlane, D.S. (David S.)
Drinking water — Nova Scotia
Uranium
Radon
Radium
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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
Motion picture actors and actresses — Canada — Biography
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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)
Fiddlers — Canada — Biography
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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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A little of everything : general stores of Nova Scotia – remembering the old days, old ways / by Mike Parker. East Lawrencetown : Pottersfield Press, 2022. 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HF5429.6 C32 N68 2022
The days of the general store may be long gone but thanks to Mike Parker are not forgotten. Illustrated with more than 400 images, A Little of Everything has something for everyone. For those who remember the sights, sounds and smells of an old-fashioned general store, this book will be a walk down memory lane. For those less fortunate who missed out on the waning days of the general store but are looking for a good read with a touch of history, A Little of Everything will open another window to the past in Mike's long-time quest to shine light on Nova Scotia's old days, old ways. Yesterday's general store was today's Costco, Home Depot and Superstore rolled into one – and then some. Includes selected bibliography.
General stores — Nova Scotia — History
General stores — Nova Scotia — History — Pictorial works
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End of the line : the Dominion Atlantic Railway : a trip back in time / Mike Parker. Lawrencetown Beach, NS: Pottersfield Press, 2019. 223 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE2810 D7 P37 2019
End of the Line follows a similar track as three of Mike Parker's best-selling books about ghost towns and deserted island settlements - Gold Rush Ghost Towns, Buried in the Woods, and Ghost Islands of Nova Scotia. Presented in Mike's popular storytelling style, and drawing upon more than 430 images, many of them in colour, End of the Line opens another window to the past, taking the reader for a nostalgic trip back in time on the abandoned Dominion Atlantic Railway along the once-famous Land of Evangeline route from Yarmouth to Halifax through the heart of the Annapolis Valley. There have been many railways but none more storied than the D.A.R. (1894-1994), considered to be 'one of the more important pages out of Nova Scotia history.' Mike Parker is a best-selling author who has been writing about his native province for many years and has earned numerous accolades, including that of Nova Scotia's Storyteller. Mike is affiliated with the Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies at Saint Mary's University as a research associate. He is a graduate of Acadia University and a long-time resident of Dartmouth. Includes bibliographical references (page 222-223).
Dominion Atlantic Railway — History
Dominion Atlantic Railway — History — Pictorial works
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Annapolis Valley (Annapolis County and Kings County) — History
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Annapolis Valley (Annapolis County and Kings County) — History — Pictorial works
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Bodily Health, Contaminants, and the Environment : Recognizing the Impacts of Industrial Pollution in Deindustrializing Sydney, Nova Scotia / Kristoffer Archibald. Montréal, Québec : Concordia University, 2016. 226 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD1671 C32 A73 2016
Throughout the twentieth century, the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia was home to a steel industry that polluted the air and contaminated the waterway of Muggah Creek, known in local parlance as the Tar Ponds. This dissertation examines public discourse surrounding the subject of industrial pollution in the deindustrializing city of Sydney, focusing between 1950 and 2014. It explores how diverse community interests--including those of steelworkers, local environmentalists, residents whose properties bordered the contaminated site, and members of the local business community--interpreted and responded to the pollution.
Sydney (N.S.) — Environmental Conditions
Sydney (N.S.) — Environmental Activism
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Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch
A collection of Scottish country dances / by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch ; diagrams by Keith Rose. Halifax, NS : Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Nova Scotia Branch, 2017. 68 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GV1646 S35 C665 2017
Written by or in honour of Nova Scotian dancers. Collected on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the RSCDS Nova Scotia branch in 2017. Includes index.
Folk dancing, Scottish — Nova Scotia
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