MacAskill, Wallace R., 1893-1956
Then & Now : Photographs of Nova Scotia / by Wallace MacAskill and Len Wagg. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2015. viii, 99 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2312 M32 2015 - Open Shelf
Wallace MacAskill (1887-1956) is one of Nova Scotia's foremost photographers, lauded for his portraits of seascapes, sailing and fishing ships, and picturesque landscapes. In this collection of then and now photographs, Len Wagg follows in the footsteps of 50 of MacAskill's best shots, recreating them in colour contemporary portraits. Through side-by-side comparisons, readers see how much has changed, and how much has remarkably remained the same. Included are urban streetscapes, important events and monuments, and spectacular scenery from around the province -- Halifax to Louisbourg, Chester to Pictou. The photographs are captioned with short anecdotes conveying the significance of the images and the process of finding the location for some of MacAskill's original work.
Nova Scotia — History — Pictorial works
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Nova Scotia, a pictorial record : historical prints and illustrations of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, 1605-1878 / Charles P. De Volpi. Don Mills, ON : Longman Canada, 1974. xii, 11 pages, [160] leaves of plates : chiefly illustrations, maps ; 33 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2312 D498 1974 - Open Shelf
Includes short biographical sketches of the artists and engravers. Map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references. Chronology: pages 5-11.
Nova Scotia — History — Pictorial works
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Nova Scotia's lost highways : the early roads that shaped the province / Joan Dawson. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2009. ix, 134 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2312 D272 2009 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references.
Roads — Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — Description and travel.
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Atlantic hearth : early homes and families of Nova Scotia / Mary Byers and Margaret McBurney. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1994. 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2312 B94 1994 - Open Shelf
Historic buildings — Nova Scotia
Pioneers — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — History
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Where my roots go deep : the collected writings of Evelyn M. Richardson Halifax : Nimbus, 1996. x, 286 pages ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2311.7 R52 1996 - Open Shelf
Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs.
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Ghost islands of Nova Scotia / Mike Parker. East Lawrencetown : Pottersfield Press, 2012. 255 pages: illustrations, maps, portraits; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2311 P242 2012 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references.
Haunted places — Nova Scotia
Islands — Nova Scotia
Seafaring life — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — History.
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Buried in the woods : sawmill ghost towns of Nova Scotia / Mike Parker. East Lawrencetown : Pottersfield Press, 2010. 207 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2311 P242 2010 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references.
Ghost towns — Nova Scotia — History
Lumbering — Nova Scotia — History.
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Gold rush ghost towns of Nova Scotia / Mike Parker. East Lawrencetown : Pottersfield Press, 2009. 175 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2311 P242 2009 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references.
Ghost towns — Nova Scotia — History
Gold mines and mining — Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — History — 19th century.
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Once upon a time / by Mabel G. Nichols. Nova Scotia : The Author, 199-. 153 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2311 N53 - Open Shelf
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In the province of history : the making of the public past in twentieth-century Nova Scotia / Ian McKay and Robin Bates. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010. viii, 481 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2311 M337 2010 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tourism — Nova Scotia — History
Tourism — Government policy — Nova Scotia
Collective memory — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Historiography
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400 years in 365 days : a day by day calendar of Nova Scotia history / Leo J. Deveau. Halifax : Formac Publishing, 2017. 192 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2311 D48 2017 - Open Shelf
A trivia-filled record which reflects the communities and peoples of Nova Scotia spanning the past 400+ years. Leo Deveau has assembled over a thousand entries that reflect events in the lives and histories of virtually every settlement and group in the province, covering a range of interests from military history to arts and sports. Illustrating the entries are visuals including full colour paintings, drawings, photos, and archival objects. For anyone interested in Nova Scotias colourful past and lively present. Leo J. Deveau is a director of the Halifax Military Heritage Preservation Society. He lives in Halifax. Includes index.
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Nova Scotia moments / Clary Croft. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2004. 114 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2311 C941 2004 - Open Shelf
Nova Scotia — History Miscellanea.
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Stories from Nova Scotia's past / Harry Chapman. Dartmouth : Dartmouth Historical Association,2008. ix, 131 pages :ill. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2311 C466 2008 - Open Shelf
Articles orginally published in the Seniors' Advocate and Tour of Duty -- from t.pages verso. Includes bibliographical references.
Nova Scotia — History — Miscellanea
Nova Scotia — Biography.
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An illustrated history of Nova Scotia / Harry Bruce. Halifax : Nimbus Pub. and the Province of Nova Scotia, 1997. 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2311 B78 1997 - Open Shelf
Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — History — Pictorial works.
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Nova Scotia's Industrial Heritage : A Guidebook / David Rollinson. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2017. v, 138 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2307 R65 2017 - Open Shelf
This guidebook explores 70 of Nova Scotia's historic industrial sites. If you drive across Nova Scotia, you will see abandoned rail lines and sleepy towns that once hummed with mills and mines. If you look closely enough, you will see the remnants of the province's industrial revolution, which began in the 1850s and faded away a century later. Author and historian David Rollinson identifies and explores many of the historic sites and cultural artifacts that record this era. Included are over 70 sites of interest from across the province, from the shipbuilding display at the Bear River Heritage Museum to the Digby Rail Trails on the old rail bed out of Digby, which overlooks the Annapolis Basin. Organized by industry - power, natural resources, agriculture, crafts, and transportation - and by county, and featuring 60 fascinating images, Nova Scotia's Industrial Heritage will appeal to tourists travelling by car as well as locals interested in industry, their roots, and social change. David Rollinson's interest in industrial heritage and the history of technology was sparked by a visit to a vintage machinery display as a youngster. After years of historic preservation work in the Caribbean, David moved to Nova Scotia. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historic industrial sites — Nova Scotia — Guidebooks
Nova Scotia — Economic conditions
Nova Scotia — History
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Nova Scotia Historical Society
Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society / compiled by members of the Nova Scotia Historical Society. Belleville, ON : Mika Publishing Co., 1976-1977. 8 v. in 2
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2302 N935 - Open Shelf
Includes indexes.
Nova Scotia — History — Periodicals
Nova Scotia — History — Sources — Periodicals
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The Multicultural Association of Nova Scotia : 20th anniversary album / advisory committee, Barbara Campbell ; researched by Catherine E. Vaughan ; editing committee, Steve Panais, Mukhtyar Tomar, Joe Cipella. Halifax : Multicultural Association of Nova Scotia, 1995. 166 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2302 M85 1995 - Open Shelf
Campbell, Barbara, 1935-
Vaughan, Catherine E.
Multicultural Association of Nova Scotia.
Multiculturalism — Nova Scotia — History.
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Du Grand D{nonjoin}rangement {88} la D{nonjoin}portation: nouvelles perspectives historiques / sous la direction de Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc. Moncton N.B. : Chaire d'{nonjoin}tudes acadiennes, Universit{nonjoin} de Moncton, 2005. 465 pages: illustrations; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2043.5 D82 2005 - Open Shelf
Acadians — Expulsion, 1755
Acadians — Expulsion, 1758
Acadians — History — 18th century
Nova Scotia — History — 1713-1775
Prince Edward Island — History — To 1873.
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Heroes of the Acadian Resistance : The Story of Joseph (Beausoleil) Broussard and Pierre Surette, 1715-1755 / Dianne Marshall. Halifax : Formac Publishing, 2011. 207 pages : map ; 23 cm. Also issued in electronic format.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2043 M37 2011 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-203) index.
Broussard, Joseph, — 1702-1765
Surette, Pierre, — 1709-
Acadians — Nova Scotia — Biography
Acadians — Nova Scotia — History
Acadians — Expulsion, 1755
Nova Scotia — History — 1713-1775
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Acadia : the geography of early Nova Scotia to 1760 Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1968. xx, 450 pages : illus., maps. ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2041 C53 1968 - Open Shelf
Nova Scotia — History — To 1763
Nova Scotia — Geography
Acadia
Nova Scotia — History — To 1784.
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Hon. W. S. Fielding / by Bruce Fergusson. Windsor : Lancelot Press, 1970-1971. 2 v. : portraits ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC551 F54 F47 - Open Shelf
Politicians — Canada — Biography
Nova Scotia — History — 1867-
Canada — Politics and government — 1867-1914.
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A passion for survival : the true story of Marie Anne and Louis Payzant in eighteenth-century Nova Scotia / Linda G. Layton. Halifax : Nimbus, 2003. xvi, 140 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC384.1 P39 L39 2003 - Open Shelf
Huguenots — Biography — Canada
Nova Scotia — History — Biography — 1713-1775
Canada — History — Prisoners and prisons — Seven Years' War, 1755-1763
Canada — History — Biography — 1713-1763 (New
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Language and poverty : the persistence of Scottish Gaelic in Eastern Canada / Gilbert Foster. St. John's : Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1988. x, 138 pages, [3] pages of plates : illustrations, 2 maps ; 23 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC106 C4 F67 1988 - Open Shelf
Scottish Canadians — Nova Scotia — Social conditions
Scottish Canadians — Newfoundland — Social conditions
Gaelic language — History.
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Long Road to Justice : the Viola Desmond Story / directed by Brian Murray. Halifax : Province of Nova Scotia, 2011. 1 videodisc : digital.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC106 B6 L66 - Open Shelf
Published by the Nova Scotia Departments of Education and Communities, Culture and Heritage with Director, Brian Murray and Cinematographer, Dan Mombourquette.
Province of Nova Scotia
Department of Education
Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage
Desmond, Viola
Racism — Nova Scotia — History
Black Canadians — Biography
Civil rights — Canada — History
Biographical documentary films
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The homes of Woodville / by Hazel Foote. Woodville : Hazel Foote and Margaret Ann Jorgensen, 1997. viii, 137 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 W899 F688 - Open Shelf
Dwellings — Nova Scotia — Woodville (Kings) — History
Woodville (Kings, N.S.) — History
Woodville (Kings, N.S.) — Biography.
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