Carleton House : living history in Halifax / Paul A. Erickson and Graeme F. Duffus. Halifax : Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia/Nimbus Publishing, 1997. xii, 75 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.8 C3 E74 1997 - Open Shelf
Historic buildings — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History.
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Vanishing Halifax / drawings by L. B. Jenson. Halifax : Petheric Press, 1968. [89] pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 x 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.7 J46 1968 - Open Shelf
Historic buildings — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History.
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Conscripted city : Halifax and the Second World War / by Jay White. Hamilton, ON. : The Author, 1994. xvii, 458 pages : illustrations, maps.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 W55 1994 - Open Shelf
Housing — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
City planning — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 — Nova Scotia — Halifax.
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Wartime Halifax : the photo history of a Canadian city at war 1939-1945 / William D. Naftel. Halifax : Formac Pub. Co., 2009. 128 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 N146 2009 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
World War, 1939-1945 — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Pictorial works
World War, 1939-1945 — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History — 20th century — Pictorial works
Halifax (N.S.) — Pictorial works.
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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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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
World War, 1939-1945 — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History — 20th century.
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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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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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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
Millennium celebrations — Nova Scotia — Halifax Regional Municipality
Halifax Regional Municipality (N.S.) — History
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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
Sub-title from cover.
County officials and employees — Nova Scotia — Halifax (County)
Mayors — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History
Halifax (N.S.) — Biography
Halifax County (N.S.) — Politics and government
Halifax County (
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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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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
Includes index.
World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia — Halifax
World War, 1914-1918 — Participation, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Biography
Halifax (N.S.) — History, Military — 20th century
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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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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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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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Surette's Island, West Pubnico & Georges Bank — My Memoirs / by J. Donald Doucette. Lower West Pubnico : J.D. Doucette, 2008. 272 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 Y3 Z49 2008 - Open Shelf
Fisheries — Nova Scotia — History
Ships — Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — Biography
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The Tancook Schooners : an island and its boats / Wayne M. O'Leary. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994. 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 T35 O54 1994 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references pages 267-276 and index.
Schooners — Nova Scotia — History
Shipbuilding — Nova Scotia — Tancook Island
Tancook Island (N.S.) — History
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Jerome : solving the mystery of Nova Scotia's silent castaway / Fraser Mooney. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2008. xiii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 S146 Z49 2008 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references.
Castaways — Nova Scotia — Biography
Mute persons — Nova Scotia — Biography
Amputees — Nova Scotia — Biography
Saint Marys Bay Region (N.S.) — Biography
Saint Marys Bay Region (N.S.) — History.
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Wild and beautiful Sable Island : sand, seals, wild horses and shipwrecks : Nova Scotia, Canada / Pat & Rosemarie Keough. Fulford Harbour, B.C. : Nahanni Productions, 1993. 96 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 20 x 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 S23 K46 1993 - Open Shelf
Natural history — Nova Scotia — Sable Island — Pictorial works
Sable Island (N.S.) — Pictorial works
Sable Island (N.S.) — History.
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Saga of the Rugged Islands / James T. Bebb. the Author, 1993. 236 pages ; illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 R83 B42 1993 - Open Shelf
Merchant ships — Nova Scotia — Lockeport — History
Lockeport (N.S.) — History
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Memories : a project of Shiretown Nursing Home and McCulloch School, Pictou, N.S Pictou : Shiretown Nursing Home and McCulloch School, 1996. ill. ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 P53 M46 - Open Shelf
Shiretown Nursing Home
Dr. Thomas McCulloch Junior High School.
Pictou (N.S. : County) — Biography
Pictou (N.S. : County) — History — Anecdotes
Nova Scotia — History — Anecdotes.
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Barrington seafarers and shipbuilders / Michael Christie. Sheet Harbour : M. Christie, 2004. 168 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 B37 C555 2004 - Open Shelf
Sailors — Nova Scotia — Barrington — History
Shipbuilding industry — Nova Scotia — Barrington — History
Shipyards — Nova Scotia — Barrington — History
Barrington (N.S.) — History
Barrington (N.S.)
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A pictorial history of the Aspotogan Peninsula. Bridgewater : Lighthouse Publishing Ltd., 2007. 231 pages: illustrations; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 A842 2007 - Open Shelf
Nova Scotia — Aspotogan Peninsula — History — Pictorial works.
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Seaweed and gold / by Alex Storm. Louisbourg : A. Storm, 2002. 192 pages : ill, maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2343.7 S5 S886 2002 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographic references.
Treasure troves — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Shipwrecks — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — History
Underwater archaeology — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island.
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Angus L. MacDonald : a Provincial Liberal / T. Stephen Henderson. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2006. viii, 300 pages : illustrations
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2325.1 M32 H45 2006 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references and index.
MacDonald, Angus L. — (Angus Lewis), — 1890-1954
Canada. — Royal Canadian Navy — History
Prime Ministers — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nova Scotia — Politics and Government
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