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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Jewish Community of Halifax Book 2 : H-R / compiled by Linday Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2023. 186 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 H35 L43 v.2 - Open Shelf
A look at the history of the Jewish community in Halifax by surname; book 2 of 3 looking at H-R 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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Jewish Community of Halifax Book 1 : A-G / compiled by Linday Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2023. 190 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 H35 L43 v.1 - Open Shelf
A look at the history of the Jewish community in Halifax by surname; book 1 of 3 looking at A-G 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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Strong Foundations: A History of Farmington and Scarsdale, 1843 - 2024 / Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer and Pat Rhodenizer. Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer and Pat Rhodenizer, 2024. 320 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 F37 S33 - Open Shelf
Strong Foundations: A History of Farmington and Scarsdale 1843-2024 reflects extensive research into families in the communities of Farmington and Scarsdale in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Marlean’s daughter, Pat Rhodenizer, co-authored this book researching 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 320-page history of the area.
Dwellings — Nova Scotia — Lunenburg County (N.S.)
Lunenburg County (N.S.) — Buildings, structures, etc
Lunenburg County (N.S.) — History
Lunenburg County (N.S.) — Genealogy
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Around the corner : homes and stories of the Barss Corner area, 1838-2021 / Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer. Revised, Fifth edition Barss Corner : Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer, December 2024. 264 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B37 R46 2024 - 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 264-page history of the area.
Rhodenizer, Robert
Rhodenizer, Pat
Rhodenizer, Donna
Zwicker (Rhodenizer), Debbie
Dwellings — Nova Scotia — Barss Corners
Barss Corners (N.S.) — Buildings, structures, etc
Barss Corners (N.S.) — History
Barss Corners (N.S.) — Biography
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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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More Down Shore : Life and times in the Apple River & Cape Chignecto area of Nova Scotia / By Clemm Larsen.. Apple River, NS : Clemm Larsen, 2021. 162 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 C8 L37 2021 - Open Shelf
Cape Chignecto (N.S.) — History
Apple River (N.S.) — History
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Away Down Shore : A history of the Cape Chignecto, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia villages West Apple River, East Apple River, Birch Cove New Salem and Sand River / By Clemm Larsen. Apple River, NS : Clemm Larsen, 2014. iii, 74 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 C8 L37 2014 - Open Shelf
Cape Chignecto (N.S.) — History
Cumberland County (N.S.) — History
Apple River (N.S.) — History
Birch Cove (N.S.) — History
New Salem (N.S.) — History
Sand River (N.S.) — History
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General Stores / Service Stations and Their Operators, "The Margarees", Cape Breton, NS / compiled by M. Gerard Doyle.. Waverly : M. Gerard Doyle, 2022. vi, 189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HF5429 D69
This document is about the history of "The Margarees" focused on the General Stores (including Convenience Stories) and Service Stations. Early Mercantile History in "The Margarees" started in the late 1700s - early 1800s in Margaree Harbour.
General stores — Nova Scotia — Inverness (County)
Service stations — Nova Scotia — Inverness (County)
Historic buildings — Nova Scotia — Inverness (County)
Businesspeople — Nova Scotia — Inverness (County)
Inverness (N.S. : County) — History
Inverness (N.S. : County) — Buildings, structures, etc.
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Peter and Sarah Mahar : Woodville, N.S. / by Bruce Mahar. Bruce Mahar. 56 pages : illustrations, charts, figures ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 M34 W66 - Open Shelf
Explores the life of Peter Mahar and his wife Sarah (nee Wiggens) in 18th century Nova Scotia.
Genealogy — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — History — 17th century
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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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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
Volume 1 - First Generation, Port Royal & Port Toulouse (1709-1763). Volume 2 - Roots in Regions of Isle Madame, River Bourgeois & New Brunswick (1763-2021).
Fougère family
Acadians — History
Acadians — Biography
Acadians — Genealogy
Annapolis Royal (N.S.) — History
Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — Biography
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Isle Madame (N.S.) — History
River Bourgeois (N.S.) — History
New Brunswick — History
New Brunswick — Biography
New Brunswick — Genealogy
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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.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #17 - Vertical File
Robinson, Neville
MacDonald, C. Robert
John Howard Society of Nova Scotia — History
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Raymond, William Odber, 1853-1923
The River St. John : its Physical Features, Legends and History from 1604-1784 / by Reverend William O. Raymond. Sackville, NB : Tribune Press, 1943. 286 pages : 20 illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
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History of the Saint John River Valley area in modern New Brunswick and Maine.
Saint John River Valley (Me. and N.B.) — 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.
view this publicationNova 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.
view this publicationNova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 R26
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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Township of Falmouth, Nova Scotia / by John V. Duncanson. Belleville, ON : Mika, 1983. vi, 474, 102 pages : illustrations, port., maps (1 fold) ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5248 F19 D91 1983 - Open Shelf
Original title: Falmouth : a New England township in Nova Scotia
Includes indexes. Reprint. Signed by the author.
See also: F5248 F19 D91 (original from 1965) F5248 F19 D91 1990 (Open shelf reprint)
Falmouth (N.S.) — Genealogy
Falmouth (N.S.) — Biography
Falmouth (N.S.) — History
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Yesterday's Island / by Margaret E. Messenger for the Archelaus Smith Historical Society.. Clark's Harbour : The Society, 1989. vi, 82 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #13 - Vertical File
Archelaus Smith Historical Society
Cape Sable Island (N.S.) — Biography
Cape Sable Island (N.S.) — History
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Institute of Public Affairs Dalhousie University
A Socio-Economic Study and Recommendations : Sunnyville, Lincolnville, and Upper Big Tracadie Guysborough County, Nova Scotia / by the Institute of Public Affairs Dalhousie University. Halifax : Dalhousie University Institute of Public Affairs, 1965. 173 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HC118 B53 1965
Study to assess and address 'concerns' surrounding why Black Communities might not participate in certain socio-economic advances of the time. *This file occasionally discusses dehumanizing stereotypes of members of the Black community in Guysborough County, as well as identifying place names containing racial epithets.*
Black people — history
Social history
Human rights — Canada
Human rights — Nova Scotia
Canada — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (N.S. : County)
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Remembering slavery : African Americans talk about their personal experiences of slavery and emancipation / edited by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, and Steven F. Miller. New York : New Press ; Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1998. lii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. + 2 sound cassettes (analog)
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E444 R46 1998
Includes live recordings of interviews with former slaves and dramatic readings from written interviews. Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-348) and index. V.1 - Book. V.2 - Cassettes.
Favreau, Marc, 1968-
Miller, Steven F.
Enslaved persons — Southern States — Interviews
Enslaved persons — Southern States — Social conditions — 19th century — Sources
African Americans — Southern States — Social conditions — 19th century — Sources
Freed persons — United States — Interviews
Slavery — Southern States — History
Enslaved persons — Southern States — History
Plantation life — Southern States — History — 19th century
African Americans — Interviews
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Ministry of State and Urban Affairs
Terms of Reference for Port Hastings - Port Hawkesbury - Point Tupper Municipal Development Plan / by the Ministry of State and Urban Affairs. Cape Breton : Ministry of State and Urban Affairs, 1974. 37 pages : illustrations ;
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - NA9129 P67 1974
Draft from November 6th 1974. Includes Appendix A and Appendix B at the back of the book, and an insert diagram. Discusses the possibility of developing the region even more for the benefit of those on Cape Breton Island.
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — History
Industrialization — Cape Breton Island (N.S.)
Community Development — Cape Breton Island (N.S.)
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A History of Methodism in Hovingham Over 200 Years 1815-2015 : A Short Study in Celebration of its Bicentenary / by Sue Goodwill. Hovingham, UK : Sue Goodwill, 2015. 104 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 21 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX8251 H68
Chapter 2 pages 5-11 Titled "The Nova Scotia Connection". Explains that after Acadians are expelled from their homes, British try to recruit people to take over their farms due to their deportation.
Methodist Church — Great Britain — North Yorkshire
Methodism — History
Nova Scotia — History
Hovingham (England) — History
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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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