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Parker, Mike

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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Parker, Mike 1952-

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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Archibald, Kristoffer

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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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.

Grant, John
Harvie, Ann E.

World War, 1939-1945 — Correspondence
Flight navigators, Military — New Brunswick — Correspondence
Goodyear, Hedley Charles Cornick — Correspondence
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force — Biography
Fighter pilots — Canada — Correspondence

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Sayer, Bob

Mahone Bay 1919-2019 : One Hundred Years and Counting / written by Bob Sayer.  Mahone Bay, NS : Town of Mahone Bay, 2019. 87 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 M317 S29 2019 - Open Shelf

Documenting the history of Mahone Bay from 1919-2019.

project editor Kelly Redden

Mahone Bay (N.S.) — History — 20th century
Mahone Bay (N.S.) — History — 21st century

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Davidson, Stephen Eric, 1953-

Birchtown and the Black Loyalist experience : from 1775 to the present / by Stephen Davidson ; photography by Peter Zwicker.  Halifax : Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2019. 88 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 color map, color portraits, 1 color coat of arms ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B56 D38 2019 - Open Shelf

The experiences of Black Loyalist refugees escaping the American Revolution, based on artefacts and displays at the Birchtown Black Loyalist Centre in Nova Scotia. This book chronicles experiences of African Americans who were part of the influx of Loyalist refugees from the American Revolution. The Black Loyalists were both freed and enslaved Black Americans who had joined the British side. For their loyalty, they were evacuated by the British Navy to Nova Scotia, where they were to receive freedom, land, and provisions. The Black Loyalists landed at a settlement named Birchtown, adjoining the white Loyalist town of Shelburne. On arrival they found virtually no shelter. Many died and others only survived by digging small holes in the ground and fixing logs over top for makeshift huts. Food was extremely scarce. White Loyalists quickly received their land and provisions. It was years before the Black Loyalists received their land grants, and not everyone got a plot. The lands provided proved to be rocky and hard to cultivate. Ultimately many Black Loyalists chose to leave Nova Scotia to go to Sierra Leone, West Africa, founding a new settlement there. Others remained, and their descendants are found in communities across Nova Scotia and beyond. Through images, artifacts, and text, this book tells the story of Birchtown and its residents as well as the larger story of Black Loyalist history, reflecting the research and exhibits in the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Birchtown. Includes bibliographical references (page 86) and index.

Zwicker, Peter

Black people — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
Black people — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — Antiquities
African Americans — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
African Americans — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — Antiquities
African American loyalists — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
Birchtown (N.S.) — History
Birchtown (N.S.) — Antiquities

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Campbell, Stephanie

Peer into the Past : History and Oral Traditions of Richmond County / by Stephanie Campbell; research assistant Ann Marie Yorke.  Descousse, NS : Richmond County Literacy Network, 2004. 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 R52 C35 2004 - Open Shelf

Compiled oral and other histories from Richmond County Nova Scotia.

Yorke, Ann Marie

Readers for new literates
Richmond (N.S. : County) — 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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Polk Canada Ltd.

Nova Scotia South shore : Polk City Directories / Polk City Directories.  Polk Canada Ltd., 1999- 2 volumes ; 34 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 N85 P762

Previously called Might's Directories. Archives have 1999 and 2000. 2000 edition published by Equifax.

Equifax

South Shore (N.S.) — Directories

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Polk Canada Ltd.

Valley & South Shore : Criss Cross Directories / Might's Directories.  Polk Canada Ltd., 1997- 3 volumes ; 34 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 N85 P76

Archives have 2 copies of 1997 and 1 copy 1998.

Annapolis Valley (N.S.) — Directories
South Shore (N.S.) — Directories

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Polk Canada Ltd.

Truro-Amherst, Antigonish and region : Criss Cross Directories / Might's Directories.  Polk Canada Ltd., 1997- 3 volumes ; 34 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 N85 P758

Archives have 1 copy of 1997 and 2 copies of 1998.

Truro (N.S.) — Directories
Amherst (N.S.) — Directories
Antigonish — Directories

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Uniacke, Richard John, 1807-1887

Uniacke's Sketches of Cape Breton : and other papers relating to Cape Breton Island / edited with an introduction and notes by C. Bruce Fergusson, M.A, D. Phil. (Oxon.), Archivist of Nova Scotia.  Halifax, NS : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1958. ix, 198 pages : portrait, maps (3 folded) : 24 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 Ar2n

Nova Scotia Series I. This volume was prepared not only to make available in the first instance Rev. Richard John Uniacke's "Sketches of Cape Breton", which were written at Sydney, N.S., between 1862 and 1865, but also to present a number of additional descriptions of the Island from the pens of other writers at interviews between the founding of Sydney in 1785 and the year 1862.

Fergusson, Charles Bruce, 1911-1978

Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — History
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Description and travel

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Paulsen, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Stuart), 1962-

Annotated trial of George Frederick Boutelier and John Boutelier for the murder of Frederic Emoneau (Eminaud) and his family, with genealogies of the Emoneau and Boutelier families. / by Kenneth S. Paulsen, Ph. D..  Ottawa : Global Heritage Press, 2017. iv, 147 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 E59 2017 - Open Shelf

Christian, Elizabeth A. (Merrick)

Johann Bauer and his Descendants 1752-1987 / by Elizabeth A. (Merrick) Christian.  Nova Scotia : Elizabeth A. (Merrick) Christian, 1987. 100 pages : illustrations : charts ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 B384 C47 1987 - Open Shelf

Part 1 in the genealogy series for Johann Bauer and his descendants that includes an index for easy searching. Attached in the book is a revision/update document (3 pages) from 1989.

Genealogy — Nova Scotia

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Pierce, Frederick Clifton, 1855-1904

Foster genealogy : being the record of the posterity of Reginald Foster, an early inhabitant of Ipswich, in New England, whose genealogy is traced back to Anacher, great forester of Flanders who died in 837 A.D. ; with wills, inventories, biographical sketches, etc. Also, the record of all other American Fosters / by Pierce Frederick Clifton.  Boston, MA : The New England Historic Genealogical Society Photoduplication Program, 1997. 1081 pages : illustrations, portraits. ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS71 F756 - Open Shelf

Genealogy of Reginald Foster from Ipswich, New England and all American Fosters from Anacher (the great forester of Flanders). Includes a list of all portraits and illustrations and includes an index for all Fosters in America. Originally printed in 1899. *Bound, photocopied version for preservation from the Photoduplication Program of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, Massachusetts, 1997.* Original Publishing information for original year of production: Chicago : Press of W.B. Conkey Co., 1899.

Foster family (Reginald Foster, 1595-1681)

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Saskatchewan Archives Board

2013-2014 Annual Report : A field guide, Explore and discover: The nature of archives Regina, SK : Saskatchewan Archives Board, 2014. 54 pages : illustrations.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CD3645 S352 2014

The role of the Saskatchewan Archives is to acquire and preserve records essential for protection of rights, individual and collective. Through acquisition, preservation, and provision of access to official records, the Archives enables the Government of Saskatchewan to fulfill its public trust. This annual report first reviews the history of the Archives and describes its role, mission, vision, and organizational structure. It then presents a summary of activities for each unit (Appraisal and Acquisitions, Information Management, Legislative Compliance and Access, Collection Management and Preservation, Records Processing, Reference & Outreach, Digital Records, Corporate Services, and Information Technology) during the year ended March 31, 2014. Audited financial statements for this period are also included. Images in this report have a transportation theme.

Saskatchewan Archives Board
Saskatchewan Archives Board — Appropriations and expenditures
Archives — Saskatchewan

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Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Report of the Board of Trustees of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia Halifax : King's Printer, 1932-1996. 62 volumes : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2R

Church, Thomas

The history of the great Indian war of 1675 and 1676, commonly called Philip's War : also, the old French and Indian wars, from 1689 to 1704 / by Thomas Church ; with numerous notes and an appendix by Samuel G. Drake.  Rev. ed. New York : H. Dayton, 1859. 360 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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'The unexampled achievements of our fathers should not be forgotten.--Washington.' Tables. Includes index.

Drake, Samuel G. Samuel Gardner, 1798-1875.

King Philip's War, 1675-1676
United States — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
United States — History — French and Indian War, 1755-1763.

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Sixth annual report of the chief commissioner of public works, 1860 Fredericton N.B. : J. Simpson, 1861. 43 frames.

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Signed: W.H. Steeves, Chief Commissioner. Tables. Errata--Last page.

Steeves, W. H. William Henry, 1814-1873.

New Brunswick. Board of Works.

New Brunswick — Public works

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Campbell, John

Lives of the British admirals and naval history of Great Britain : from the time of Caesar to the Chinese war of 1841 / chiefly abridged from the work of John Campbell ; illustrated by numerous portraits and engravings from designs by Professor Gilfillan.  Glasgow : Printed for R. Griffin by R. Malcolm, 1841. xiii, 560 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 18 cm.

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Admirals — Great Britain — Biography.

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Brookes, R.

The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes &c. in the known world : with the extent, boundaries / originally compiled by R. Brookes.  The sixteenth edition, with very considerable additions and improvements from the best and most recent authorities. London : Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, G. Wilkie, 1815. maps ; 22 cm.

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Includes advertising matter.

Gazetteers.

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To the Honorable Edward Blake, minister of justice of Canada the memorial of the undersigned barristers of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia Halifax N.S. : 1877. 4 frames.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 29794 - Open Shelf    Internet Archive

Calling for the appointment of Robert L. Weatherbe, Q.C., to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Caption title. Not signedition Dated: Halifax, January 6th, A.D. 1877.

Blake, Edward, 1833-1912.

Judges — Nova Scotia

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Stairs, J. F.

To the electors of the county of Halifax / J.F. Stairs, T.E. Kenny.  Halifax : 1887. 3 pages ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 25396 - Open Shelf    Internet Archive

At head of title: Halifax, February 14, 1887. Signed: J.F. Stairs, T.E. Kenny.

Kenny, T. E.

Elections — Nova Scotia
Electioneering — Nova Scotia.

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Courtney, Frederick

The order of service for the consecration of Rev. Frederick Courtney as Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, Halifax, April 25, 1888 / by Frederick Courtney.  Halifax : Holloway Bros., 1888. 15 pages

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