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Nova Scotia Cookery, Then and Now : Modern Interpretations of Heritage Recipes / edited by Valerie Mansour; photography by Len Wagg and Jessica Emin.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing Ltd., 2017. xi introduction; 188 pages : colour illustrations, 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TX715.6 N78 2017

Head of title: The Nova Scotia Archives and Select Nova Scotia present.
Take one batch of historic recipes, add a handful of local, inspired chefs, mix well, and serve up a modern version of Nova Scotia culinary history. To create this book, food writer and editor Valerie Mansour reviewed the Nova Scotia Archives’s What’s Cooking? digital collection and, along with their staff, pulled out a cross-section of recipes dating back as far as The Halifax Gazette of 1765, and featuring material from wartime newspaper supplement recipes, community cookbooks, and more. Taste of Nova Scotia then matched recipes with Nova Scotia chefs and food-industry specialists, who put a modern twist on the recipes. Using their expertise, today’s food styles, and local ingredients, top chefs from across the province have recreated everything from classic seafood dishes like planked salmon and fish chowder to time-honoured favourites like brown bread and baked beans, with items like Irish potato pudding, rabbit stew with bannock, Gaelic fruitcake, and rappie pie showcasing the province’s multicultural and ever-evolving foodways.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Website: What's Cooking? Food, Drink and the Pleasures of Eating in Old-Time Nova Scotia https://archives.novascotia.ca/cooking/

Mansour, Valerie, 1957-
Wagg, Len
Emin, Jessica

Select Nova Scotia

Cooking — Nova Scotia
Cooking — Nova Scotia — History
Cooking, Canadian — Nova Scotia style — History
Food — Nova Scotia
Dinners and dining — Nova Scotia
Cookbooks

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Zemel, Joel, 1950-

Betrayal of Trust : Commander Wyatt and the Halifax Explosion / by Joel Zemel.  Halifax : New World Publishing, 2017. x, 182 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - FC2346.26 W96 Z46 2017

Joel Zemel examines the personal life and career of F. Evan Wyatt before and after the disaster and the criminal litigation that resulted in his being the only person to stand trial on criminal charges related to the Halifax Explosion. Before the Halifax Explosion, F. Evan Wyatt was a recently-married officer with a promising career in the Royal Canadian Navy. He also enjoyed popularity among those in the city's elite society. But little else is known about the only man indicted for allegedly causing the disaster. The French munitions ship, SS Mont-Blanc, and the Norwegian freighter, SS Imo, collided in Halifax Harbour on the morning of 6 December 1917. The resultant explosion killed nearly 2,000 people, caused nine thousand injuries and left many more homeless and without shelter. Property losses were in the millions of dollars. In the aftermath of the blast, an inquiry was set up to determine the cause of the collision between the two ships in the harbour. However, the proceedings quickly devolved into a search for scapegoats on whom to lay blame for the explosion. The captain and pilot of the French vessel were arrested along with the Royal Canadian Navy's chief examination officer (CXO), Commander F. Evan Wyatt (ret. R.N.R). Each man faced a charge of manslaughter. Charges of criminal negligence were added at a subsequent preliminary hearing. The captain and pilot were soon released on a writ of habeas corpus, but Commander Wyatt was indicted by a grand jury and put on trial. Although duly acquitted, his personal reputation and professional career in Canada were ruined. Betrayal of Trust delves into the life and times of F. Evan Wyatt, the circumstances leading up to his being scapegoated, and the failure of the Department of the Naval Service of Canada to protect one of its own. Joel Zemel is a professional jazz musician and documentary filmmaker turned author/historian. Joel is also the author of Scapegoat: the extraordinary legal proceedings following the 1917 Halifax Explosion. He resides and works in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Edited by Francis Mitchell ; proofed by Virginia Houston. Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172) and index.

Mitchell, Francis, 1942-
Houston, Virginia, 1945-

Wyatt, F. Evan (Frederick Evan), 1877-1967
Wyatt, F. Evan (Frederick Evan), 1877-1967 — Trials, litigation, etc.
Canada. Royal Canadian Navy — Officers — Biography
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Disasters — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — Biography

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Public Archives of Nova Scotia

The Diary of Adolphus Gaetz / edited with an Introduction, notes and index by Charles Bruce Fergusson, Archivist of Nova Scotia.  Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1965 138 pages : 25 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2P no. 10

Series: Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication No. 10.

Fergusson, Charles Bruce, 1911-1978

Gaetz, Adolphus, 1804-1873
History, Merchants — Nova Scotia
Biography, Nova Scotia — History — 1763-1867
Lunenburg (N.S.)

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Public Archives of Nova Scotia

A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958 / with an introduction by C. Bruce Fergusson, Provincial Archivist.  Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1958. introduction viii, 519 pages : 24 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2M

Public Archives of Nova Scotia

A Documentary Study of The Establishment of Negroes in Nova Scotia between The War of 1812 and the Winning of Responsible Government / Prepared by C.B. Fergusson, Assistant Archivist, Under the Direction of D.C. Harvey, Archivist.  Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1948. 140 pages : plans (partially folded), 25 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2P no. 8

Series: Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication No. 8.

Fergusson, Charles Bruce, 1911-1978
Harvey, D.C. (Daniel Cobb), 1886-1966

Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
Slavery in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Colonization

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Burgess, J. Marshall

Icelandic Settlements in Nova Scotia : An Immigration Experiment / by J. Marshall Burgess.  Queens County : J. Marshall Burgess, 2022. 114 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F1035 I24 B87

A closer look at the Icelandic Settlements of Nova Scotia from 1870 to the present day.

Icelanders — Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — Emigration and immigration — History

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Petheric Press Limited

A pocketful of Nova Scotia history series : No. 1 Joseph Howe Halifax : Petheric Press, 1973. 13 sheets in envelope : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 38 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S V/F V.34 #2 - Oversize Vertical File

Facsimiles of authentic documents, in envelope. Bibliography on "explanation sheet."

Howe, Joseph, 1804-1873
Politicians — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Politics and government — 19th century
Nova Scotia — History

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Keddy, Barbara

Nightingale's Vision : Nurses' Voices from the 1920s and 1930s / by Barbara Keddy.  Halifax : New World Publishing, 2023. 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RT37 N87 K43

Based upon the oral histories of 40 nurses who trained, lived, and worked in the early 1920s, and 1930s ; recorded in a project done 40 years ago (https://ns-archives.accesstomemory.net/barbara-keddy).

Women nurses — Nova Scotia — History — 20th century
Nurses — Nova Scotia — History — 20th century
Women nurses — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nurses — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nursing — Nova Scotia — History — 20th century

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Browne, Joan A.

A Comparative Study of Socio-Economic Patterns in Black Nova Scotian Communities / by Joan A. Browne.  Ottawa, ON : National Library of Canada, 1982. 107 pages : charts, figures ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HC117 B53 B76 1982

Dissertation submitted to Dalhousie University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Sociology.

Black people — Nova Scotia — History
Black people — Nova Scotia — Social conditions
Black people — Nova Scotia — Economic conditions

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Dominion Atlantic Railway Company

High Lights of Nova Scotia History / by the Dominion Atlantic Railway Company.  Kentville, NS : Dominion Atlantic Railway Company, 1936. 32 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.553 #5 - Vertical File

Fourth Edition released by Dominion Atlantic Railway, this small pamphlet offers a brief history of Nova Scotia to travellers and tourists.

Nova Scotia — History

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Doyle, M. Gerard

Margaree Accommodation Mile / compiled by M. Gerard Doyle.  Waverly, NS : M. Gerard Doyle, 2020. 42 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F1039.C2 T68 D69 2020

Tourist accommodations in the Margaree, Cape Breton area that were available from the 1920s-late 1990s, but with a mostly specific focus on the 1950s-1970s.

Tourism — Nova Scotia
Margaree (N.S.) — Description and travel
Margaree (N.S.) — History

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Doyle, M. Gerard

3 Buildings of Historical Interest, Margaree Forks, NS plus Partial List of Stores with or without Gas Pumps and Service Stations "The Margarees", NS / compiled by M. Gerard Doyle.  Waverly, NS : M. Gerard Doyle, 2020. 62 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F1039.C2 M37 D69 2020

Historical buildings and stores located in the Margarees of Cape Breton. Lots of places are named for and connected to the people who live or lived in the Margaree area.

Historic buildings — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Margaree Forks (N.S.) — History
Margaree Forks (N.S.) — Buildings, structures, etc.

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Doyle, M. Gerard

The Long-Tailed Family Plus Margaree Irish Pioneers : Coady, Coakley, Doyle, Dunn, Fortune, McDaniel, McGarry, Miller, Murphy, Tompkins / compiled by M. Gerard Doyle.  Waverly, NS : M. Gerard Doyle, 2020. 803 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 L664 D695 - Open Shelf

Genealogy of the Margaree Irish community in Cape Breton with a greater focus on the family names Coady, Coakley, Doyle, Dunn, Fortune, McDaniel, McGarry, Miller, Murphy, and Tompkins. Appendix in the back for index searching by names, table of contents in front. Binder tab markers for easy entry to a certain part of the book from the contents page.

Irish — Nova Scotia — Margaree — History
Margaree (N.S.) — Genealogy

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Brumby, Ed

Officers and Men of the 71st Fraser Highland Regiment who settled in Guysborough, Nova Scotia / by Ed Brumby.  Lulu Press Incorporated, 2023. 190 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2321.3 B78 2023 - Open Shelf

This book details the military, genealogical and land grant applications of the 57 officers and men of the 71st Fraser Highland Regiment who settled in Guysborough, Nova Scotia in 1784 after the American War of Independence. It is based on recruiting details, muster lists, prisoner of war documents, military account books and other documents.

Great Britain — Army — 71st Regiment of (Highland) Foot
Scots — Nova Scotia
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
Nova Scotia — Emigration and immigration — History — 18th century
Scotland — Emigration and immigration — History — 18th century

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Wile, Jane

Topographical Township Map of Colchester County, Nova Scotia : from actual surveys made, drawn and engraved by and under the direction of A.F. Church / Jane Wile.  Truro, NS : Jane (Currie) Wile, 2009. 82 pages : maps ; 30 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G3423 C65 W55

This collection has been digitally created from historic maps of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, circa 1874, that were the work of Ambrose Finson Church. The digital scans used to create this collection were created from original maps. While some sections of the maps still retain perfect detail, other map areas had become faded, cracked or damaged with time, even so, the detail remained good. Without loosing that accuracy & visual effect of the maps, some digital repair work was necessary to preserve certain details on some maps. Includes place name index.

Church, Ambrose F.

Colchester (N.S. : County) — Maps
Nova Scotia — Historical geography — Maps
Nova Scotia — History — 19th century

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Tuck, Robert

Churches of Nova Scotia / by Robert Tuck.  Toronto, ON : Dundurn Group, 2004. 158 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - NA5246 N6 T825 2004

Text and photographs tell the story of more than 30 Nova Scotia churches, [and] the relationship between the interior life and history of the churches [as well as the exterior] architecture of the church buildings is explored. The book is well balanced [and] contains a selection of churches from all parts of the province, [representing] a variety of denominational and ethnic identities, time periods, and architectural styles.

with photographs by Graham Tuck

Church buildings — Nova Scotia — History
Church architecture — Nova Scotia
Church architecture — Nova Scotia — History

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Remes, Jacob A. C., 1980-

Disaster Citizenship : survivors, solidarity, and power in the Progressive Era / Jacob A.C. Remes.  Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016. xi, 283 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV555 U6 R46 2016

A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era-beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of two disasters in the United States-Canada borderlands--the Salem Fire of 1914 and the Halifax Explosion of 1917--saw working class survivors instead turn to friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family members for succor and aid. Both official and unofficial responses, meanwhile, showed how the United States and Canada were linked by experts, workers, and money. In Disaster Citizenship, Jacob A.C. Remes draws on histories of the Salem and Halifax events to explore the institutions--both formal and informal--that ordinary people relied upon in times of crisis. He explores patterns and traditions of self-help, informal order, and solidarity and details how people adapted these traditions when necessary. Yet, as he shows, these methods--though often quick and effective--remained illegible to reformers. Indeed, soldiers, social workers, and reformers wielding extraordinary emergency powers challenged these grassroots practices to impose progressive 'solutions' on what they wrongly imagined to be a fractured social landscape. Innovative and engaging, Disaster Citizenship excavates the forgotten networks of solidarity and obligation in an earlier time while simultaneously suggesting new frameworks in the emerging field of critical disaster studies. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disaster relief — Social aspects — United States — History — 20th century
Disaster relief — Social aspects — Canada — History — 20th century
Fires — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Working class — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Working class — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Solidarity — Social aspects — History — 20th century
Power (Social sciences) — History — 20th century
Salem (Mass.) — Social conditions — 20th century
Halifax (N.S.) — Social conditions — 20th century

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Ells, A. Dale (Alfred Dale), 1939-

Shaped through service : an illustrated history of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College / A. Dale Ells.  Truro, NS : Agrarian Development Services, 1999. 279 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - S539 C3 N95 1999

Signed by the author. Errata slipped in for page 260. Includes bibliographical references.

Nova Scotia Agricultural College — History

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Zatzman, Julie

Passage to Glace Bay : Our Jewish Community Then & Now / by Julie Zatzman.  Glace Bay, NS : Congregation Sons of Israel, 2007. 104 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 G42 Z7 2007 - Open Shelf

History of the Jewish community in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. As immigrants started coming to Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century, Glace Bay had one of the largest Jewish communities in Eastern Canada

Congregation Sons of Israel (Glace Bay, N.S.) — History
Jews — Nova Scotia — Glace Bay — History
Glace Bay (N.S.) — History

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Farmers Co-operative Dairy Limited

A vision shared : the story of Farmers Co-operative Dairy Bedford, NS : Farmers Co-operative Dairy Limited, 2013. 176 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - SF246 F37

Dairying, Cooperative — Nova Scotia — History

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An Apostolate of fifty years : published on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the Monastery of the Good Shepherd at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1890-1940 Halifax : Monastery of the Good Shepherd, 1940. 57 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX4485.5 Z9 H35 1940

In grateful tribute to His Excellency the Archbishop of Halifax and to all the devoted clergy of the Archdiocese for their kind interest in our community.

Sisters of the Good Shepherd — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History
Monastery of the Good Shepherd (Halifax, Nova Scotia) — History
Monasticism and religious orders for women — Nova Scotia — History
Nuns — Nova Scotia — Halifax

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Gwyn, Julian

Planter Nova Scotia 1760-1815 / by Julian Gwyn.  Wolfville : Kings-Hants Heritage Connection, Wolfville Historical Society, 2010. 4 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 K55 G89 2010 - Open Shelf

Holden, Aiden

Letters from Sid - Sarah Sidney Holbrook, 1822-1860 : Her Family Story / by Aiden Holden.  Monee, IL : Tabularasa Books , 2025. 310 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 H653 H65 - Open Shelf

Sid and her young brother came to spend much of their youth an ocean away from their mother (Nova Scotian-born Ruth Sidney Pearl). Her thoughts and feelings have been captured in her private letters and preserved for two hundred years in a sea trunk ; those and more by other family members are dated between 1805 and 1850. Includes family history/genealogical details for the Pearl - Holbrook lines of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

History — Nova Scotia
History — Newfoundland
Genealogy — Nova Scotia
Genealogy — Newfoundland

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Henderson, T. Stephen

The Nova Scotia Planters in the Atlantic World, 1759-1830 / edited by T. Stephen Henderson & Wendy G. Robicheau.  Fredericton, NB : Acadiensis Press, 2012. 329 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2321 P53 2012 - Open Shelf

Social, economic, and cultural history of the region, reflecting the "Atlantic World" scholarship influence and explores the community structures, economies, loyalties, and religions of Planter Nova Scotia. Part of the Planter Studies series (number 5).

New Englanders — Nova Scotia — History — 18th century — Congresses
New Englanders — Nova Scotia — History — 19th century — Congresses
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs — 18th century — Congresses
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs — 19th century — Congresses
Nova Scotia — History — To 1763 — Congresses

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Colaiacovo, Tony, 1956-

The Times of African Nova Scotians : a Celebration of Our History, Culture and Traditions ; An Interactive Study Book / publisher and editor Tony Colaiacovo.  Halifax : Effective Publishing, 2008. 34 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 31 cm + 2 posters.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350 B6 T558 2008 - Open Shelf

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