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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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.
Colchester (N.S. : County) — Maps
Nova Scotia — Historical geography — Maps
Nova Scotia — History — 19th century
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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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A Bridge Over Time / by Hattie A. Perry. Barrington : Spindrift Publications, 2003. 258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 B37 P46 2003 - Open Shelf
Picture-history book spanning 400 years of events and scenes in the Old Barrington Township (Barrington Municipality, Clark's Harbour, N.S.).
Barrington (N.S.) — History
Barrington (N.S.) — History — Pictorial works
Barrington (N.S.) — Biography
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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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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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Muiwlanej Kikamaqki - Honouring Our Ancestors : Mi'Kmaq Who Left a Mark on the History of the Northeast, 1680-1980 / edited by Janet E. Chute. Toronto, ON : University of Toronto Press, 2023. 920 pages, 60 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E99 M6 M856 2023
Drawing upon oral and documentary evidence, this volume explores the lives of noteworthy Mi'kmaq individuals whose thoughts, actions, and aspirations impacted the history of the Northeast but whose activities were too often relegated to the shadows of history.
Micmac Indians — History
Canada, Eastern — History
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Ripples from Copper Lake : stories of early settlers to Antigonish County / written and edited by Rose Sutherland Carter. New Minas : Rose Carter, 2003. 235 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 A53 C37 2003 - Open Shelf
There are many stories to tell of pioneers and the legacy they have left us. Those you will find in this book have been a labour of love to collect, enjoy, write, edit and record. There remain many more stories and histories that still need to be retold and are worthy of being recorded. I hope others will find the time to discover them, preserve them and have the pleasure of seeing them in print to share and remember - RC.
Carter, Rose Sutherland, — 1917-
Antigonish (N.S. : County) — History
Antigonish (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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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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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
Four volumes in the Planter Nova Scotia 1760-1815 Series detail the life of Planters in Nova Scotia: V.1: Cornwallis township V.2: Falmouth Township V.3: Horton Township V.4: Newport Township
New Englanders — Nova Scotia — History — 19th century
Cornwallis (N.S.) — History — 18th century
Cornwallis (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Horton (N.S. : Township) — History — 18th century
Horton (N.S. : Township) — History — 19th century
Newport (N.S.) — History — 18th century
Newport (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Falmouth (N.S.) — History — 18th century
Falmouth (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Hants (N.S.) — History
Hants (N.S.) — Biography
Hants (N.S.) — Genealogy
Kings (N.S. : County) — History
Kings (N.S. : County) — Biography
Kings (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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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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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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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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-34) and 2 posters.
Clarke, George Elliott, 1960-
Conlin, Dan
Dovovan, Ken
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Council on African Canadian Education
Nova Scotia. Dept. of Education. African Canadian Services Division
Black people — Nova Scotia — History
Black people — Nova Scotia — Biography
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Biography
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The journey continues : an Atlantic Canadian Black experience / Craig Marshall Smith. Dartmouth : Black Green and Red Educational Products, 2011. 256 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2050 B6 S65 2011 - Open Shelf
The book begins with Mathieu Da Costa in Port Royal in 1605. He was the first known nameable person of Africa descent to come to Canada. Through its pages the book will acknowledge the accomplishments of more than 150 individuals. It will conclude with the signing of the free pardon that was issued by the province to the late Viola Desmond on April 15, 2011. In 1946 Desmond, of Halifax, was jailed and fined for sitting in the whites-only section of a New Glasgow movie theatre. Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-237) and index.
Black people — Maritime Provinces — History
Black people — Maritime Provinces — Biography
Maritime Provinces — History
Atlantic Provinces — History
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Isle Madame Acadians : Ancestral Identity and Pride / by Odilon Boudreau. Sydney, NS : Odilon Boudreau, 2018. 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350.5 I85 B68 - Open Shelf
Acadians — Nova Scotia — Isle Madame — History
Isle Madame (N.S.) — History
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Around the corner : homes and stories of the Barss Corner area, 1838-2021 / complied by Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer. Revised, Fourth edition Barss Corner, NS : Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer, July 2021. 262 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B37 R46 2021 - Open Shelf
Around the Corner: Homes and Stories of the Barss Corner Area 1838-2021 reflects extensive research into families in the communities of Barss Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. House information is included for the surrounding communities of Cornwall and Scarsdale, as well as selected homes in Farmington, NS. The information in this book was supported by Marlean’s daughter, Pat Rhodenizer, who researched land deeds going back to the original Crown Land Grants of the mid 1800s. Photos, home ownership from the 1800s to the present, and family stories have been compiled to create this 262-page history of the area.
Rhodenizer, Robert
Rhodenizer, Pat
Rhodenizer, Donna
Zwicker (Rhodenizer), Debbie
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Two Soldiers : the David Family of Fox Harbour, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia / Ralph W. Waugh. San Jose, CA : Purple Hills Books, 2021. xiii, 250 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 D29 2021 - Open Shelf
They called him John David. He was a soldier, born in 1790 somewhere in Europe - probably Germany. The David family Bible says he was granted land on the picturesque Nova Scotia coast by King George III for his military service to England. Yet family lore suggests that he had fought in the great army of Napoleon and that John David was not his real name. There was a second soldier named Martin Creary. The lives of John David and Martin Creary became entwined in two distinct ways: a beautiful farm property in a tiny Nova Scotia hamlet called Fox Harbour, and a much beloved woman, Eleanor. She was a daughter to one, a wife to the other, and a mother to all of us who make up the David family. This tale of Martin, John and Eleanor is more of a journey than a story, and sometimes the way is not easy. But you have a guide, and you have the coins. Two special coins passed down through the David family to the author - and shown on the front cover - were carried by John David safely in his pocket across battlefields of Spain, into dungeons of Scotland and all the way to the new world, just as he carried in his heart the dreams of a future family which would live on across the centuries. His dreams have come true. We are his David family. This is our story.
David, John, 1790-
David family
Fox Harbour (N.S.) — History
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Two Wallace Videos / Presented by Ralph Waugh ; in association with the Wallace and Area Museum. The Wallace and Area Museum, 2016. 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 W35 W38 - Open Shelf
Incudes: Wallace 1784-1984 : celebrating the 200th anniversary of the founding of Wallace, Nova Scotia, Digitally re-mastered in 2016 and Some Wallace & Area voices : some of our Wallace & Area friends and neighbours as recorded by videographer Ralph Waugh between the years 1982 - 2016.
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Tatamagouche : a snapshot ; the people, the music, the beauty / Produced by Ralph Waugh. Dartmouth : Ralph Waugh, 2012. 1 videodisc (50 mins) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 T38 W38 - Open Shelf
Includes new bonus scenes. Recorded in 1995.
Tatamagouche (N.S.) — History
Tatamagouche (N.S.) — Biography
Tatamagouche (N.S.) — Description and travel
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Warm, Spiritually-Minded Hearts : a History of the Anglican Parish of Port Dufferin / by Philip L. Hartling. Port Dufferin : Anglican Parish of Port Dufferin, 2023. 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX5611 P67 H37
The history of the Port Dufferin Anglican Parish.
Anglicans — Nova Scotia
Anglicans — History — Nova Scotia
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The Great Saint John Fire of 1877 : the rise, destruction and recovery of Canada's leading port city / Mark Allan Greene. Halifax : Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2022. 112 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2497.4 G74 2022 - Open Shelf
The story of the rise of city of Saint John, the disastrous Great Fire of 1877, and the city’s quick recovery and rebuilding. By 1851, Saint John had grown to be the third largest city in British North America. Home to thriving shipbuilding and lumber-exporting industries it was a vibrant port city and had the world’s fourth-largest accumulation of vessels. An economic depression in the 1870s was hard on the city, but nothing prepared residents for the disaster on June 20, 1877. A sudden enormous fire swept through the busy centre of Saint John over nine hours. It destroyed almost half the city and left 13,000 residents homeless and livelihoods destroyed. But the rebuild was swift, with fire prevention at the forefront of design and construction. By 1881, Saint John was reborn, stronger and more beautiful than ever. This book, incorporating a collection of more than 120 archival images, tells the story in words and pictures of the rise, destruction and rebuilding of the city. Includes bibliographical references (page 111).
Fires — New Brunswick — Saint John — History — 19th century
Saint John (N.B.) — History — 19th century
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Campbell, J.R. (John Roy), 1841-1926
An Answer to Some Strictures in Brown's Sequel to Campbell's History of Yarmouth / by the Reverend J.R. Campbell. Saint John, NB : McMillan, 1889. 18 pages ; 21 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #21 - Vertical File
Critique from Campbell regarding an unofficial 'sequel' from another author to Campbell's original work "A history of the county of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia" (1972 edition on the reference open shelf). Campbell criticized how his information was treated in this newer book about Yarmouth county, including points he mentioned were just his opinion and not based on facts.
Yarmouth (N.S. : County) — History
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Jewish Community of Halifax Book 3 : S-Z / compiled by Linday Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2023. 155 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 H35 L43 v.3 - Open Shelf
A look at the history of the Jewish community in Halifax by surname; book 3 of 3 looking at S-Z range of the alphabet.
Jewish community centers — History
Jewish cemeteries — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia
Halifax (N.S.) — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
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