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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Ramsey family genealogy Joyce Ramsey. 7 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #9 - Vertical File
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J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Price Lists for Sargent and Sargent-Cletrac Snow Plows and Truck Plows New Glasgow, NS : J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 1936-8. 9 volumes : illustrations ; 18-23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #8 - Vertical File
Files contains 9 volumes: V/F V.550 #8a - Sargent Truck Plows for truck classes A and B – Price List and Pocket Index – Effective Oct. 1, 1936 V/F V.550 #8b - Sargent Truck Plows for class C trucks – Price List and Pocket Index – Effective Oct. 1, 1936 V/F V.550 #8c - Sargent Truck Plows – Price List 937-AX – Effective Sep.1, 1937 V/F V.550 #8d - Sargent Snow Plows for four wheel drive trucks – Price List 937-C – Effective Sep.1, 1937 V/F V.550 #8e - Sargent-Cletrac snow plows and bulldozers – Price List 937-CX – Effective Sep. 20, 1937 V/F V.550 #8f - Sargent Snow Plows for four wheel drive trucks – Price List 937-FX – Effective Sep.1, 1937 V/F V.550 #8g - Sargent Snow Plows for Walter snow fighters – Price 937-WX – Effective Sep.1, 1937 V/F V.550 #8h - Sargent Truck Plows for class A and B trucks – Price List 100 – Effective Oct. 15, 1938 V/F V.550 #8i - Sargent-Cletrac snow plows, bulldozers, and anglegraders – Price List 104 – Effective Oct. 15, 1938
Sargent — Equipment and supplies
Sargent-Cletrac — Equipment and supplies
J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd. — Equipment and supplies
Manufacturing Industries — New Glasgow (N.S.)
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J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Bulletins for Sargent-Cletrac Plows New Glasgow, NS : J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 3 sheets : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #6 - Vertical File
File contains 3 sheets: V/F V.550 #6a - Bulletin 383-1X, The Sargent-Cletrac Snow Plow: Model IP for tractor models BG and BD, Model IM for Tractor Models AG and BD, BG and Bd. Bulletin 383-2X, The Sargent-Cletrac Snow Plow: Light Duty - Wingless for tractor models AG - BG and BD. V/F V.550 #6b - Bulletin 384-1X, The Sargent-Cletrac Snow Plow: Model AP for tractor models FD and FG. Bulletin 384-2X, The Sargent-Cletrac Snow Plow: Models EP and EM for tractor models DD, DG and CG. V/F V.550 #6c - Bulletin 387X, The Sargent-Cletrac Sidewalk Plow and Sidewalk Plow for Cletrac models E-31 and E-38.
Sargent-Cletrac — Equipment and supplies
J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd. — Equipment and supplies
Manufacturing Industries — New Glasgow (N.S.)
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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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J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Announcement : Snow-fighting equipment New Glasgow, NS : J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 1936. 1 sheet ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #1 - Vertical File
Ad for Sargent Type B Power Hydraulic plows. Reprinted from "The Canadian Engineer" for November 3rd, 1936.
Sargent — Equipment and supplies
J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd. — Equipment and supplies
Snowplows — Equipment and supplies
Manufacturing Industries — New Glasgow (N.S.)
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J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Cumming Events : A pictorial review of Cumming Products / Published now & then by J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd. New Glasgow, N.S.. New Glasgow, N.S. : J.W. Cumming Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 1934. 7 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.549 #31 - Vertical File
No. 5, Jan. 1934. Concerning Monarch Plows.
Manufacturing Industries — New Glasgow (N.S.)
Snowplows — Catalog
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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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1959 Year book : Saint John the Baptist Parish, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia / distributed by the Saint John the Baptist Parish. Nova Scotia : Saint John the Baptist Parish, 1959. 28 pages : illustrations (ads) ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #25 - Vertical File
Yearbook for the Saint John the Baptist Parish that includes a staff roster, parish contributions to the church, in memoriam, and ads in the back.
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Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch
Spark O' Water : Dances of Nova Scotia Halifax, NS : Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. Nova Scotia Branch, 2017. 33 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #16 - Vertical File
35th anniversary of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch, this book outlines different traditional dances and includes diagrams on dancer's foot placement. Includes an audio disc with traditional music. CD Composer (fiddle) Keith Smith.
CD Composer (piano) Muriel Johnstone
Folk dancing, Scottish — Nova Scotia
Country-dances (Music) — Scotland
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The history of the family of James Reardon and son Francis Reardon / compiled and edited by Robert Joseph Peter Reardon. 3rd edition Halifax : 2018. 51 pages : illustrations, port. ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #11 - Vertical File
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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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Atlantic Canada Related Theses Available at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia / compiled by Robert J. Cloney. Halifax (N.S.) : Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies, 1993. 35 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.279 #30a - Vertical File
Printed June 17, 1993 and is an updated list of theses related to Atlantic Canada in the Nova Scotia Archives holdings. PANS Special Document No.3-0384. Originally compiled by Alan Dunlop, October 30, 1984
Cloney, Robert John, 1963-
Dissertations, Academic — Atlantic Provinces
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f/8 and be there / by Jim Clark. Halifax, NS : Jim Clark, 2005. 112 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 x 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TR680 C527 2005
Chiefly photographs. Includes index.
Portrait photography — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Photojournalism — Nova Scotia — Halifax
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I Never Knew : Part 1 / by Juanita Pleasant. Nova Scotia : Reflections Publishing, 2000. 111 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F106 B6 P44 2000
This book highlights important black people in Canadian history.
Black people — Nova Scotia — Biography
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Vimy Ridge : Artists Document the First World War / essays by Colonel John Boileau (CD retired) and Mora Dianne O'Neill. Halifax, NS : Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2017. 72 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ND249 V56
Artists depictions of the First World War - special focus on arts that soldiers created in the aftermath of Vimy Ridge in the Battle of France, 1917.
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada — Exhibitions
Vimy Ridge, Battle of, France, 1917 — Exhibitions
War in art
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Explosion in Halifax Harbour, December 6,1917 : Colchester to the rescue / researched by Janet Maybee. Truro, NS : Colchester Historical Society, 2017. 17 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 C65 - Open Shelf
This publication presents only a small part of the material held at the Archives in the Colchester Historeum. It is intended to honour and celebrate the generosity of our residents a hundred years age.
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
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Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op
25 Year of more than just coffee! Annual Report 2020 Grand Pré : Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op, 2020. 38 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HC117 J87 C64
Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op
Fair trade foods — Grand Pré — Nova Scotia
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1604-2014 : Acadia of the Lands and Forests: 'Disputed Boundaries & Rediscovered Families' / edited by Jacques G. Albert. New Brunswick : Madawaska Historical Society, 2014. 56 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5200.5 A23 M33 - Open Shelf
“Acadia of the Lands and Forests: ‘Disputed Boundaries & Rediscovered Families,’” Revue de la Société historique du Madawaska, vol. 42, no. 1-2 (January-June 2014), 6. Running timeline of New Brunswick Acadians over time. Bottom of the pages include a timeline of events as the book is read, and illustrations of documents and artifacts have accompanying explanations. Complete title on cover page includes French translation of title that in full reads: L'Acadie des terres et forêts : "frontières contestées familles retrouvées" 1604-2014.
Acadia — History
Acadians — New Brunswick — Madawaska (County) — History
Madawaska (N.B. : County) — Boundaries — History
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From Cabin Boy to Master Mariner : Times and Travels of Nova Scotia's Baird, Stoddard, and Bigney Families since 1752 / by Jane Baird Barry. Nova Scotia: Jane Baird Barry, 2014. 76 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 B35 S76 B54 - Open Shelf
The stories of the Baird, Stoddard, and Bigney families as mariners in Nova Scotia and beyond. Includes family tree.
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — History
Sailors — Nova Scotia
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War Letters 1941-1944 : A Chronicle of Life during World War II - from Home and Overseas / by Jennie Harrison Sheito. Nova Scotia : Jennie Harrison Sheito 515 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D640 H37 W55
Compiled letters to and from Kenneth Harrison to and from his wife Peg during World War II. Assumed publication date in the 2000s.
Harrison, Kenneth — Correspondence
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Correspondence
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Presiding by Desire : Nova Scotia's Popular Lieutenant Governor: Hon. MacCallum Grant / forward by Hon. Myra Freeman. Victoria, BC : Tellwell Talent, 2020. 472 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC3655 G73 B87 - Open Shelf
This is the story of an ambitious boy from Loyal Hill, in the village of Summerville on the Avon River in Hants County, who became a respected figure in the business community. Hon. MacCallum Grant served as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1916 to 1925, the last Nova Scotian to be appointed to two full terms as the King's representative. He created a new standard for the occupants of the viceregal office, reaching out to minorities and utilizing his charm and humour to engage everyone he met. Presiding By Desire - Nova Scotia's Popular Lieutenant Governor: Hon. MacCallum Grant by Scott J. Burke chronicles Grant's activities as lieutenant governor, highlighting significant events during his eight years at Government House. His terms in office encompassed the First World War and the Halifax Explosion. He played host to famous visitors including the Prince of Wales, and travelled to Washington to meet a president at the White House. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Grant, MacCallum, 1845-1928
Lieutenant governors — Nova Scotia — Biography
Businessmen — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nova Scotia — History — 1867-1918
Nova Scotia — History — 1918-1945
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Schooling in Guysborough County 1735-2016 / by John N. Grant. First edition Guysborough, NS : Guysborough Historical Society, 2019. v. 352 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 G98 G73 2019 - Open Shelf
The history of schooling reflects the impact of economic, political, military and other social forces on the local community. The history of schooling in Guysborough County covers almost 300 years. In 1735, there was one school in the County; in 1959, there were almost one hundred; in 2018, there were three. This is the story of what happened in between. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Education — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County) — History
Public schools — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County) — History
Guysborough (N.S. : County) — History
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The Name of Horne : Jacob Horn and his Descendents / John Hawkins. Enfield, NS : John Hawkins, 2016. 64 pages including table of contents : illustrations; 21 cm.
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An interesting account of the life of Jacob Horn, one of the first citizens of Halifax, his business and military adventures and his final settlement at McNab's Island and Eastern Passage
Horn, Jacob, 1720-1821
Horn family
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
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