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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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Sand Point Guysborough County Nova Scotia : 233 years of History (1784-2017) Including the Carrigan Descendants / compiled by Fraser West. Halifax : The Printing House Limited, 2018. 363 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 S26 G89 2018 - Open Shelf
History of the Sand Point, Guysborough Country area from 1784-2017 and the genealogy of the Carrigan Family descendants. Includes back index for quick searching.
Genealogy — Guysborough County (N.S.)
History — Guysborough County (N.S.)
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Schooling in Guysborough County 1735-2016 / by John N. Grant. First edition Guysborough, NS : Guysborough Historical Society, 2019. v. 352 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 G98 G73 2019 - Open Shelf
The history of schooling reflects the impact of economic, political, military and other social forces on the local community. The history of schooling in Guysborough County covers almost 300 years. In 1735, there was one school in the County; in 1959, there were almost one hundred; in 2018, there were three. This is the story of what happened in between. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Education — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County) — History
Public schools — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County) — History
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — History
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Welcome : region of the Eastern Shore Nova Scotia : 1990. 1 folded sheet 6 pages : map; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.513 #20 - Vertical File
Halifax (N.S. : County) — Church history
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — Church history.
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The lonely hills of Bantry / H. Joseph MacDonald. Antigonish : Casket Printing and Pub. 199-. 72 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.375 #31 - Vertical File
Irish — Nova Scotia — History
Irish — Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — Emigration and immigration — History
Bantry (N.S.) — History
Guysborough County (N.S.) — History
Guysborough County (N.S.) — Socia
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The history of the parishes of Liscomb and Port Bickerton / Ruth M. (Rumley) Legge. Liscomb Mills: The Parish, 1987. 51 pages : illustrations; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.322 #21 - Vertical File
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — Church history
Liscomb (N.S.) — Church history
Port Bickerton (N.S.) — Church history
Sherbrooke (N.S.) — Church history
St. Mary's River (N.S.) — Church history
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Christ Church, Guysborough, 1786-1986 : a parish history Guysborough : W.M. Bishop, 1986. 15 pages in various foliations : 1 illustrations; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.313 #1 - Vertical File
Cover title. Initialed at end by the compiler: W.M.B. [i.e. William M. Bishop
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — Church history
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A memorial to the E. Country Harbour - Stormont United Empire Loyalists 1815:20:00. 13 pages : 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.308 #12 - Vertical File
United Empire loyalists — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County)
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — History
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Chronicles of Guysborough County : The Guysborough Gazette / Sarah Mason Wison. no imprint, 1991. 45 pages : ports.; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.305 #4 - Vertical File
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — Social life and customs — 20th century
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — History
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Guysborough Historical Society
Newsletter / Guysborough Historical Society. Guysborough : The Society, 1985 -. 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.88 #23 - Vertical File
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — History
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Shreds & nooks of land: a history of Liscomb, Spanish Ship Bay & Gegoggin, Guysborough County / Ruth M. (Rumley) Legge. Liscomb : R.M.R. Legge, 2011. 278 pages, [64] pages of plates: illustrations (some colour), facsims., maps, portraits; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 G991 L513 2011 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Guysborough (N.S.: County) — History
Guysborough (N.S.: County) — Biography.
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History and stories of Isaac's Harbour & Goldboro / by Findlay Cooke. Antigonish : Formac, 1976. 231 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 C772 I73 - Open Shelf
Isaac's Harbour, N.S. — History
Goldboro, N.S. — History
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — History
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History of the county of Guysborough, Nova Scotia / by Harriet Cunningham Hart. Belleville, ON. : Mika Pub. Co., 1975. 261 pages, [1] fold. leaf : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5248 G99 H32 1975 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — History
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Index to Guysborough sketches and other essays, by A.C. Jost, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, 1950 / by Mary Elizabeth Koen. Swampscott, Mass. : M.E. Koen, 1984. 137 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F106 G9 J79 I38
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — History — Indexes
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — Genealogy — Indexes.
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Jost, Arthur Cranswick, 1875-1958
Guysborough Sketches and Other Essays / by A.C. Jost. Guysborough : 1950. 414 pages, [5] pages of plates ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F106 G9 J79
A group of interlinking articles, this collection of essays and genealogies of the original Loyalist settlers has been regarded as the most authoritative account of the history of this area. An invaluable source of information about local lore, Guysborough Sketches and Essays recalls many noteworthy events including the county's early turbulent past, the tragedy and drama of three shipwrecks in three years beginning in 1780, and the discovery of gold in Wine Harbour in 1860.
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — History
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