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Ruffman, Alan

The Halifax explosion : realities and myths / Alan Ruffman.  Halifax : The Author, 1987. 29 pages; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.344 #27 - Vertical File

The working text for three talks given on CBC Radio's Information Morning show. -- Leaf [1.

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917

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The Halifax Explosion, December 6, 1917: a list of books and other materials relating to the disaster 2nd rev. ed. Halifax: Halifax City Regional Library, 1984. 10 pages; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.323 #17 - Vertical File

Roe, Harold T.

Views of the Halifax catastrophe : showing effects of explosion December sixth 1917 Halifax : Royal Print & Litho Ltd., 1917. 31 pages : illustrations; 23 x 15 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.243 #18 - Vertical File

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917

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December 6, 1917 in word and song Halifax : 2000. 1 v. unpaged; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.79 #30 - Vertical File

Program of an evening of music and readings pertaining to the Halifax Explosion. Also contains a poster for the event and a review of the evening which appeared in the Daily news.

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917

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Smith, Douglas N. W.

The railways and Canada's greatest disaster, the Halifax Explosion / December 6, 1917.  1992. pages 201-213.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.21 #17 - Vertical File

In Canadian Rail, no. 431, Nov.-Dec. 1992.

Railroads — Nova Scotia — History
Intercolonial Railway — History — Nova Scotia
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917

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A concert given for the relief of sufferers from the recent disaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia ... Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall, Boston ... 1917

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.13 #9 - Vertical File

Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917

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New Glasgow (N.S.)

Receipts and expenditures for year ending Dec. 31st, 1917 New York : Scotia Printers Ltd., 1918. 43 pages ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - COX V/F V.14 #6 - Cox

Statistical tables cover 1917. Contains information on the New Glasgow Emergency Hospital.

New Glasgow Emergency Hospital

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
New Glasgow (N.S.) — Appropriations and expenditures

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Fradin, Dennis B.

Fires / by Dennis Brindell Fradin ; consultant, Thomas Linkowski.  Chicago : Childrens Press, 1982. 59 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TH9448 F7

Fires — Juvenile literature
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917

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MacCara, Mary E.

Dispensing Aid : Druggists and the Halifax Explosion / Mary E. MacCara.  Tantallon : Glen Margaret Publishing, 2017. x, 116 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RS676 C32 H17 2017

Pharmacists gave first aid to the injured who came to drugs stores seeking care almost immediately following one of the worst disasters in Canadian history, the Halifax Explosion. ispensing Aid tells the stories of these druggists, the care they provided, the narrow escapes and the unexpected roles they played. The common medications of a hundred years ago are identified and their usage described, using actual cases from doctors' records. A unique perspective of an unforgettable time in Halifax's history. Mary MacCara is a pharmacist who recently retired from a 34-year career as a faculty member of the Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Pharmacists — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Biography
Pharmacy — Nova Scotia — History — 20th century
Disaster medicine — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Disaster relief — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Disasters — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Medical aspects — History — 20th century
Drugs — Nova Scotia — History — 20th century
Medical supplies — Nova Scotia — History — 20th century
Medical care — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century

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Lawson, Julie

No safe harbour : the Halifax explosion diary of Charlotte Blackburn / by Julie Lawson.  Markham, ON. : Scholastic Canada,2006. 249 pages :ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8573 A94 N935 2006

NSARM copy signed by author.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 — Juvenile fiction.

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MacNeil, Robert

Burden of desire / Robert MacNeil.  1st ed. New York ; Toronto : N.A. Talese/Doubleday, 1992. 466 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS3563 A3 I87 B8

Boyd, Michelle Hébert

Enriched by Catastrophe : social work and social conflict after the Halifax Explosion / Michelle Hébert Boyd.  Black Point : Fernwood Publishing, 2007. viii, 134 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV40.8 C3 H43 2006

Focusing on the days and months following the Halifax explosion of 1917, this study takes a look at the role of social workers in the wake of the disaster, as well as the class relations of the time. Exhaustively researched, this history clearly identifies the direct correlation between many of today's inherited social-work practices and attitudes with the social climate of that early relief effort. Marking the transition from charity work--where traditionally well-off volunteers passed judgment on their poorer neighbors — to professional social care, this analysis reflects on the lessons learned when newly arrived workers had to navigate the prevailing class structures while attempting to rebuild the lives of the Haligonians. Includes bibliographical references pages 125-130 and index.

Social service — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Social workers — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Social classes — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Halifax (N.S.) — Social conditions — 20th century

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Zemel, Joel, -1950

Scapegoat: the extraordinary legal proceedings following the 1917 Halifax Explosion / Joel Zemel.  Halifax : SVP Productions Paperback, 2012. xxi, 432 pages: illustrations, maps, portraits; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 Z53 2012 - Open Shelf

MPH Entertainment

Sea Tales / by MPH Entertainment for A&E Network.  MPH Entertainment, 1997. 1 videocassette : 13 mm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 S43 1997 - Open Shelf

Monnon, Mary Ann

Miracles and mysteries: the Halifax explosion December 6, 1917 / by Mary Ann Monnon.  Halifax : Nimbus, 2011. vii, 135 pages: illustrations; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 M749 2011 - Open Shelf

Previously published by Lancelot Press, 1977. ISBN 9781551093116 Includes bibliographical references.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917

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Mahar, James G.

Too many to mourn : one family's tragedy in the Halifax Explosion / James Mahar and Rowena Mahar.  Halifax : Nimbus, 1998. x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 M35 1998 - Open Shelf

Kitz, Janet F.

December 1917 : re-visiting the Halifax explosion / Janet Kitz & Joan Payzant.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2006. 140 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 K62 2006 - Open Shelf

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917.

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Ingram, Katie

Breaking Disaster : Newspaper Stories of the Halifax Explosion / Katie Ingram.  East Lawrencetown : Pottersfield Press, 2017. 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 I54 2017 - Open Shelf

'The rumble got louder, the walls quaked as if in fear, and the classroom's windows started to pulse and shake before they completely shattered, showering everyone inside with glass.' On December 6, 1917, the face of Halifax changed forever when the Imo, a Belgian Relief ship, collided with the French ship, the Mont Blanc. Shortly after 9:00 a.m., the Mont Blanc, which was carrying a large cargo of explosives, blew up. It destroyed much of the city's north end and neighbouring communities like Tuft's Cove and Dartmouth. The effect was catastrophic. Almost immediately, aid was rushed to Halifax as survivors and workers dug through rubble and ruins for friends and family. Over 2,000 people died and 9,000 were injured, while countless others were rendered homeless. As news broke about the explosion, newspapers from Toronto to Hawaii and France to Australia scrambled to provide readers with updated information. These and other stories gave face to a disaster which, at the time, was a mix of ever-changing statistics, details, and questions about blame. Often the reports were exaggerated and erroneous. In Halifax, newspapers carried lists of the injured, dead, and missing alongside a collection of notices and ads. This strange juxtaposition showed just how quickly the explosion had happened as holiday-themed advertisements mixed with notices about relief and stories of survival and death. Together, they present the overarching image of Halifax at the time - survival and confusion - while separately they show just how much impact one event had. Katie Ingram is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and writer.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Disasters — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Nova Scotia — Halifax — Press coverage
Journalism — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History

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Walker, Sally M.

Blizzard of glass: the Halifax explosion of 1917 / Sally M. Walker.  New York : Henry Holt, 2011. xii, 145 pages: illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 H173 W184 2011 - Open Shelf

Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-140 and index. Recounts the story from World War I in which two towns were leveled and almost two thousand people killed following the collison of two warships in Halifax Harbour and a blizzard that dumped over a foot of snow in the area.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 — Juvenile literature
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature
Halifax (N.S.) — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature.

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Halifax Explosion 2002-. 66 pages ; 28 x 44 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - O/S FC2346.4 H173 2002 - Open Shelf

At head of title: Draft list A compiled list of names of the identified dead killed in the Halifax Explosion, December 6, 1917.

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.

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Ground zero : a reassessment of the 1917 explosion in Halifax harbour / co-edited by Alan Ruffman and Colin D. Howell.  Halifax : Nimbus ; Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies at Saint Mary's University, 1994. viii, 484 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 G76 1994 - Open Shelf

Based on papers presented at a conference held at Saint Mary's University in December 1992.

Ruffman, Alan
Howell, Colin D., 1944-

Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies.

Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Congresses
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Congresses. — Explosion, 1917

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Flemming, David B.

Explosion in Halifax Harbour : the illustrated account of a disaster that shook the world / David B. Flemming.  Halifax : Formac Publishing, 2004. 96 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 F57 2004 - Open Shelf

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 — Pictorial works

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Partners in Motion

Disasters of the century Regina, SK : Partners in Motion, 2000. 1 videocassette : with b&w sequences ; ½ inch.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 D57 2000 - Open Shelf

Episode 4.

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.

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Charles Bishop Productions

Dec-17 / Charles Bishop Productions in association with Global-Canwest Company; produced by Craig Cameron and Evangelo Kioussis.  Halifax 1998. 1 videocassette : 13 mm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 D43 1998 - Open Shelf

Beed, Blair

1917 Halifax explosion and American response / Blair Beed.  Halifax : Dtours Visitors and Convention Service, 1998. x, 133 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 19 x 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 B43 1998 - Open Shelf

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