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Naftel, William D.

Halifax at war : searchlights, squadrons and submarines, 1939-1945 / William D. Naftel.  Halifax : Formac Pub. Co., 2008. 285 pages : maps ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 N146 2008 - Open Shelf

Includes bibliographical references and index.

World War, 1939-1945 — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History — 20th century.

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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

Kimber, Stephen

Sailors, slackers, and blind pigs : Halifax at war / Stephen Kimber.  Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 2002. 342 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 2

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 K55 2002 - Open Shelf

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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Hawkins, John

Halifax Military Establishment / John Hawkins.  Halifax : Goldcloth Publishing, 2000. 55 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 H384 2000 - Open Shelf

Includes bibliographical references.

Halifax (N.S.) — History, Military

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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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ATV Productions

HRM Millennium Memories / HRM Millennium Committee.  Halifax : ATV Productions, 2000. 1 videocassette : with b&w sequences ; ½ inch.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 H56 2000 - Open Shelf

Akins, Thomas B.

History of Halifax City / by Thomas B. Akins.  Dartmouth : Brook House Press, 2001. x, 334 pages ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 H35 A55 2001 - Open Shelf

Includes index. Reprint. Originally published: Halifax, N.S. : Nova Scotia Historical Society, 1895.

Halifax (N.S.) — History.

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Halifax and its people, 1749-1999 : images from Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management Halifax : Nimbus, 1999. ix, 174 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. x 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 H34 1999 - Open Shelf

Co-published by Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management.

Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management.

Halifax (N.S.) — History Pictorial works.

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Wright, H. Millard

One region, many leaders : mayors and wardens of Halifax, Dartmouth, County of Halifax, Bedford and Halifax Regional Municipality 1841-2001 / H. Millard Wright ; foreword by Brian Cuthbertson.  Halifax : H. Millard Wright in cooperation with Halifax Regional Municipality, 2002. 1 v. (various pagings) : illustrations, portraits ; 19 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 H17 W7 2002 - Open Shelf

Gray-LeBlanc, Linda

Halifax Heroes Remembered, Volume II : the story of Halifax soldiers in World War I / by Linda Gray-LeBlanc.  Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2016. 188 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 G778 Z48 2016 - Open Shelf

Includes index.

World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History, Military

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Gray-LeBlanc, Linda

Halifax Heroes Remembered: the story of Halifax soldiers in World War I / by Linda Gray-LeBlanc.  Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2012. 264 pages: illustrations, portraits; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 G778 Z48 2012 - Open Shelf

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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Fingard, Judith

Halifax : the first 250 years / Judith Fingard, Janet Guildford, David Sutherland.  Halifax : Formac, 1999. 192 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 x 27 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 F56 1999 - Open Shelf

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

Boileau, John

Halifax and Titanic / John Boileau.  Halifax : Nimbus, 2012. 171 pages: illustrations, portraits; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 B679 2012 - Open Shelf

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Shipwrecks — North Atlantic Ocean
Disaster victims — North Atlantic Ocean
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History.

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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

Armstrong, John Griffith

The Halifax explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy : inquiry and intrigue / John Griffith Armstrong.  Vancouver : UBC Press, 2002. x, 248 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 A736 2002 - Open Shelf

Includes index.

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

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Maybee, Janet

Aftershock : the Halifax Explosion and the Persecution of Pilot Francis Mackey / Janet Maybee.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2015. xxii, 130 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 A38 2015 - Open Shelf

On December 6, 1917, harbour pilot Francis Mackey was guiding Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, into Bedford Basin to join a convoy across the Atlantic when it was rammed by Belgian Relief vessel Imo. The resulting massive explosion destroyed Halifax's north end and left at least two thousand people dead, including pilot William Hayes aboard Imo. Who was to blame? Federal government and naval officials found in Pilot Mackey a convenient target for public anger. Charged with manslaughter, he was imprisoned, villainized in the press, and denied his pilot's license even after the charges were dropped. A century later he is still unfairly linked to the tragedy. Through interviews with Mackey's relatives, transcripts, letters, and newly exposed government documents, author Janet Maybee explores the circumstances leading up to the Halifax Explosion, the question of fault, and the impact on the pilot and his family of the unjust, deliberate persecution that followed.

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

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Boileau, John

Halifax & the Royal Canadian Navy / John Boileau.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2010. x, 214 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC231 B679 2010 - Open Shelf

Includes bibliographical reference and index.

Royal Canadian Navy

Halifax (N.S.) — History, Naval
Halifax (N.S.) — History, Naval — Pictorial works.

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Withrow, Alfreda

St. Margaret's Bay : an historical album : Peggy's cove-- Hubbards / Alfreda Withrow.  Halifax : Nimbus, 1997. 138 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 S146 W789 1997 - Open Shelf

Withrow, Alfreda

St. Margaret's Bay : a history / Alfreda Withrow.  1st ed. Halifax : Four East Publications, 1985. 113 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 S146 W789 - Open Shelf

Degen, Terry

The history of Lawrencetown 1979. 126 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 L424 D317 - Open Shelf

Lawrencetown 225 years of history.

Lawrencetown (N.S.) — History
Halifax (N.S. : County) — History.

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