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Petheric Press Limited

A pocketful of Nova Scotia history series : No. 1 Joseph Howe / from Nova Scotia's Historical Publishers Petheric Press Limited, Halifax, Nova Scotia.  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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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

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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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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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

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

Doyle, M. Gerard

Descendants of my Mother's Great-Great Grandparents and 4 Families : Bates, Lynk, Anderson, Baldwin, Boone, Butler, Farrell, MacIntyre and Buckley, Kennedy, Murphy, Price / compiled by M. Gerard Doyle.  Nova Scotia : M. Gerard Doyle, 2023. 359 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 D473 D695 - Open Shelf

Genealogy of the author's family from his mother's great-great grandparents and all of the family lines that have come from that. Indexed in the back to ease finding people.

Scots — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Scottish Canadians — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Genealogy
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — History

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Cahill, Barry

The odyssey of Frances Fish : a first Canadian woman lawyer / Barry Cahill.  Halifax : Chadwick Press, 2023. 117 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - K19 F531 C13 2023

The subject of this book is the New Brunswicker who was the first woman called to the bar of Nova Scotia. Frances Lilian Fish (1888-1975) was part of an evolution occuring in Canada between 1890 and 1940, a gradual transition from an all-male to a mixed legal profession to which New Brunwsick contributed significantly... Includes bibliographic references.

Fish, Frances Lilian
Lawyers — Nova Scotia
Women — Nova Scotia — History

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Gerrior, William D.

Acadian Fougère : Descendants / William D. Gerrior.  Port Royal : Port Royal Publishing Ltd., 2020-21. 2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 F68 G47 - Open Shelf

McCleave, Robert J.

The first 40 years : John Howard Society of Nova Scotia, 1950-1990 ; "a Review of Citizen Involvement" / researched and written by Robert J. McCleave, Neville Robinson, C. Robert MacDonald..  Nova Scotia : Robert J. McCleave, 1990. 23 pages ; 28 cm.

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Robinson, Neville
MacDonald, C. Robert

John Howard Society of Nova Scotia — History

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Regan, John William, 1873-1945

First things in Acadia, "the Birthplace of a Continent" (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, parts of Maine, Quebec, Newfoundland) / by John Quinpool.  Halifax : First Things Publishers, 1939. 304 pages color frontispiece : illustrations, plates (1 color) portraits ; 24 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 R26 1939

A history of the firsts in Acadia - documents stories from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Quebec, and parts of Maine. John Quinpool is a pseudonym for John W. Regan. Bookplate greeting - signed by W.H. Dennis. F91 R26 and F91 R26 C.2 are the original editions of this item.

Acadia — History
Nova Scotia — History
New Brunswick — History
Newfoundland — History
Prince Edward Island — History
Quebec — History

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Regan, John William, 1873-1945

First things in Acadia, "the Birthplace of a Continent" (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, parts of Maine, Quebec, Newfoundland) / by John Quinpool.  Halifax : First Things Publishers, 1936. 304 pages color frontispiece : illustrations, plates (1 color) portraits ; 24 cm.

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A history of the firsts in Acadia - documents stories from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Quebec, and parts of Maine. John Quinpool is a pseudonym for John W. Regan. F91 R26 1939 is an updated edition of these items. Copy 1: F91 R26 Copy 2: F91 R26 C.2

Acadia — History
Nova Scotia — History
New Brunswick — History
Newfoundland — History
Prince Edward Island — History
Quebec — History

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Inglis, Bud

Titus Smith's Epic Trek : Through the wild interior of peninsular Nova Scotia / Bud Inglis.  Bud Inglis.  43 pages : maps ; 22 cm.

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Smith, Titus, 1768-1850
Nova Scotia — History — 1784-1867

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L.C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Company

Demonstration : Fairy Lake Nova Scotia / by the L.C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Company.  Printed in USA : L.C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Company, 1924. 32 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

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Discusses the people and companies/schools that use L.C. Smith & Bros. typewriters as well as highlights tourist information about Nova Scotia, June 1924.

Typewriters — Nova Scotia
History — Nova Scotia
Recreation — Nova Scotia

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Tory, James C.

House of Assembly Debates, 1920 / speech of Mr. James C. Tory.  Halifax, NS : Commissioner Public Works and Mines, Kings Printer, 1920. 32 pages ; 25 cm.

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Speech on the Claims of Nova Scotia Respecting Western Land.

Nova Scotia — History
Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian — Nova Scotia

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McKay, John G.

Beaubassin : and the Beginning of the Acadian Tragedy / by John G. McKay.  Amherst, NS : John G. McKay, 2003. 51 pages : 21 cm.

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Ingalls, Sharon

A Victorian Holiday in the Land of Evangeline / by Sharon Ingalls.  Halifax, NS : Sharon Ingalls. 16 pages ; 28 cm.

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Unbound booklet about the Victorian Holiday in Nova Scotia and the influence of the poem Evangeline by Longfellow on the perception of Nova Scotia/Evangeline. No date given to item, though abstract note mentions reading the abstract aloud to the Canadian Association of Folklore, University of Moncton in May 1990.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 — Evangeline
Nova Scotia — History — Nineteenth Century

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Government of the City of Dartmouth

Government of the City of Dartmouth, 1967 Dartmouth, NS : Government of Dartmouth, 1967. 4 pages ; 21 cm.

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Pamphlet with the City of Dartmouth government leaders and bodies including Mayor Joseph Zatzman and Deputy Mayor Alderman Eileen Stubbs, the Aldermen (ward 1-7), department heads, committees and commissions, and special committees.

History — Dartmouth (N.S.)
Government advertising — Nova Scotia

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Victoria School of Art & Design

Victoria School of Art & Design : Session 1922-23 Halifax, NS : Victoria School of Art & Design, 1923. 8 pages ; 20 cm.

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Pamphlet containing directors, staff, curriculum, classes, diploma programs, fees, scholarships, and class timetable at the Victoria School of Art & Design (now NSCAD).

Postsecondary education — Nova Scotia
Postsecondary education — History
Art schools — Nova Scotia

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Vernon, C.W.

Some Impressions of the Great Disaster which befell Halifax and Dartmouth December 6th, 1917 / by C.W. Vernon.  Halifax, NS : C.W. Vernon, 1917. 8 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #30 - Vertical File

First hand account of the start of the relief effort. Descriptions of the devastation to the people, the communities/infrastructure.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Nova Scotia — History

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