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.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #7 - Vertical File
Speech on the Claims of Nova Scotia Respecting Western Land.
Nova Scotia — History
Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian — Nova Scotia
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Beaubassin : and the Beginning of the Acadian Tragedy / by John G. McKay. Amherst, NS : John G. McKay, 2003. 51 pages : 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #4 - Vertical File
Acadians
Acadians — Nova Scotia — History — Expulsion, 1755
Beaubassin (Acadia) — Genealogy
Beaubassin (Acadia) — History
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The Canadian Society of Presbyterian History : Papers 2002 / edited by David R. Elliott. Parkhill, ON : Canadian Society of Presbyterian History, 2002. 14 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #26 - Vertical File
Paper name: The Jardine Auxiliary of Wychwood/St. Columba Presbyterian Church: A Skeletal Reconstruction by Lydia Ross Alexander
Canadian Society of Presbyterian History
Presbyterian Church — History
Presbyterianism — History
St. Columba Presbyterian Church (Kirkhill, Ont.)
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West Gore Cemetery : Hants County, Nova Scotia 2002 / by Gwen Lefton. Nova Scotia: Gwen Lefton, 2002. 13 pages (unnumbered) : charts ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #23 - Vertical File
Precedes V/F V.541 #12 - West Gore Cemetery : Hants County, Nova Scotia from 2007. Includes a cemetery plot chart and lists of names to plots. Study conducted by Kenneth MacDougall in 2002.
Cemeteries — West Gore (N.S.)
West Gore (N.S.) — History
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A Victorian Holiday in the Land of Evangeline / by Sharon Ingalls. Halifax, NS : Sharon Ingalls. 16 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #19 - Vertical File
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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The Beaver : Exploring Canada's History Winnipeg : Hudson's Bay Co., 1989. 63 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #18 - Vertical File
Copy of "The Beaver" from June/July 1989. Starting in 2010 the magazine became "Canada's History".
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada, Northern — Periodicals
Canada, Northern — History — Periodicals
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Halifax Board of School Commissioners
Schools of the City of Halifax, 1904-5 Halifax : Halifax Board of School Commissioners, 1905. 24 pages : charts ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #13 - Vertical File
Report on how the schools in the City of Halifax were doing in the year 1904-5. Includes charts about school type, how many teachers returned to their previous school and how many students are now in attendance, with some individual stats included for different schools.
Education — Halifax (N.S.)
History — Halifax (N.S.)
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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.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #12 - Vertical File
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.
view this publicationNova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #7 - Vertical File
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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The Halifax Disaster December 6th 1917 / by James T. Walsh. Halifax, NS : W.G. McLaughlin, 1917. 4 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #3 - Vertical File
Poem written about the devastation of the Halifax Explosion on the city and the people who live there.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Halifax (N.S. County) — History
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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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In Memoriam / by D.B. Blair. Nova Scotia: D.B. Blair, 1882. 15 pages ; 17 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #28 - Vertical File
Inner Title: A Mother in Israel - Sketch of the Late Mrs. D.B. Blair. Small memoriam for the death of Mrs. D.B. Blair (maiden name: Mary Sibella McLean) of Pictou, Nova Scotia in June of 1882. Contains small biographical sketch of Mrs. Blair and elegy in English and Scottish Gaelic. No author recorded - assumed production by surviving husband of Mrs. Blair
Scottish Gaelic language — Nova Scotia
History — Nova Scotia
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The Minterne Monuments : The Story of the Earliest Verifiable Winston S. Churchill Family Memorials - To Commemorate and Honour the Fiftieth Anniversary of his Death / by Elizabeth Churchill Snell. Cambridge, UK : Elizabeth Churchill Snell, 2015. 18 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #27 - Vertical File
Documents some of the earliest Churchill family memorials, history, and explores the Churchill family line.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Prime Ministers — Great Britain
Great Britain — History
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Academy of Music : Halifax Nova Scotia / distributed by the Academy of Music. Halifax, N.S.: Academy of Music, 1910. 8 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #24 - Vertical File
Pamphlet program for the Academy of Music in 1910 play 'The Old Homestead' October 6th, 1910.
Performing Arts — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — History
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Women Making History : 1948-2015 / by Judy Whalen. Halifax, NS : Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW), 2016. 32 pages : illustrations : 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #17 - Vertical File
A brief history of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) and the women who run the organization. Outlines the individual and group responsibilities and accomplishments for about 70 years from 1948-2015.
Canadian Federation of University Women — Nova Scotia — Dartmouth — History
Women — Canada — Societies and clubs — History
Women — Nova Scotia — Dartmouth — Societies and clubs — History
Women — Nova Scotia
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Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Nova Scotia
A brief historical sketch of Scotia Lodge No. 28 of Canning, N.S. 1861-1961 / by WM. C. Mosher. Halifax : Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Nova Scotia, 1961. 1 volume (unnumbered) ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #16 - Vertical File
By WM. C. Mosher P.M. Historian. With thanks to Rev. T. W. Hodgson's History and Bro. E. L. Eaton for his notes on important eventsIncludes list of Masters of Scotia Lodge.
Freemasonry — Lodges — History
Scotia Lodge — History
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The Sambro Marine Collection : A Selection of Drawings by Thomas E. Appleton, P.ENG., M.E.I.C. / written and illustrated by Thomas E. Appleton. Halifax (N.S.) : Hotel Nova Scotian, 1975. 11 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #15 - Vertical File
Small selection of sketches by Appleton of ships that have all played some role in the history of Halifax.
Halifax (N.S.) — Navigation — History
Halifax Harbour (N.S.)
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The History of the Halifax Police Dept. 8 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #2 - Vertical File
Small booklet with no identified author, publisher or date. Possibly from the 1980-90s.
Police — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History
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The History of Bridgeville / Written by the students of Bridgeville School . 1 volume, unnumbered ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #23 - Vertical File
Photocopy of a collection of student essays. Listed illustration not included.
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Dorothy May Collins : A Story of a life altered by the Halifax Explosion / by Dorothy Brown. Toronto, ON : Dorothy Brown, 2017. 92 pages: illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #18 - Vertical File
The story of Dorothy May Collins' and her family's experience during and after the Halifax Explosion in 1917.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions — Nova Scotia
History — Nova Scotia
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A Brief History of Militia Units Established at Various Periods at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 1812-1947 / compiled by Lieutenant Colonel W.D. King. Yarmouth, NS : 14th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, 1947. 32 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #17 - Vertical File
Brief history on the Militia Units in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from 1812-1947.
History — Yarmouth (N.S.)
Military history
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows Maritime Provinces of Canada and Newfoundland
Programme and Historical Book : Seventy-Fourth Annual Session of the Grand Lodge I.O.O.F. : Maritime Provinces of Canada and Newfoundland Halifax NS : Typographical Union Label, 1931. 24 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #13 - Vertical File
Programme and Historical book for the Seventy-Fourth Annual Session of the Independent Order of Oddfellows at the Grand Lodge.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows — Rituals
Nova Scotia — History
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Souvenir Programme : Bridgewater Memorial Arena Bridgewater, NS, Bridgewater Memorial Arena, 1950. 4 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #9 - Vertical File
Souvenir Programme for the Bridgewater Memorial Arena's official opening on Friday, December 1, 1950.
History — Bridgewater (N.S.)
Skating rinks — Bridgewater (N.S.)
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A History of Oldfield Consolidated School 1962-2017 : School Section #98 Enfield, Nova Scotia / by John N. Grant. Milford Station, NS : Quarter Castle Publishing, 2018. 36 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #8 - Vertical File
Schools — History
Schools — Nova Scotia
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Chronicles of Another Era : Book Two / by Vernita M. Murphy. Little Fort, BC : A.H. Journeay, 1993. 60 Pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #7 - Vertical File
Continuation of 'Chronicles of Another Era'
Annapolis (N.S. : County) — Anecdotes
Annapolis (N.S. : County) — History — 20th century
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