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Sheito, Jennie Harrison

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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Burke, Scott J.

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.

Freeman, Myra, 1949-

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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Grant, John N.

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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Cantlie, James

First Aid to the Injured : the St. John Ambulance Association / by James Cantlie.  London, UK : St. John Ambulance Association, 1915. 255 pages ; illustrations : 14 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RC87 F58 1915

First aid resource that includes a list of illustrations (diagrams for first aid reference) and index of terms for easy searching for a practice. Booklet is broken up into two sections: Main Pages numbered 1-215: illustrations, text, and index of terms relating to different medical conditions and first aid practices to follow. Back Pages numbered 1-40: St. John Ambulance Association general price list for equipment and resources from stretchers and textbooks for businesses/military to military, railway, and civilian first aid kits, with index list of prices and products.

First aid in illness and injury — Canada
First aid in illness and injury — Wounds and injuries
Commonwealth countries
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada

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Cécile-Marie, Sister, F.J.

Poems and Lyrics by a Super-Centenarian : (I needed the quiet) / by St. Cécile-Marie, F. J. (Annie Adèle Samson) ; compiled by Garvie Samson.  4th edition Dartmouth, NS : Garvie Samson, 2018. 94 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8537 A46 A14 2018

Research, compilation and notes by Gervais (Garvie) Samson. St. Cécile-Marie, F.J. (Annie Adèle Samson) (1891-2004), Teacher and Poet. Celebrating 113 years and 9 months of service Includes bibliographical references.

Samson, Garvie

Canadian poetry — Women authors
Canadian poetry — 21st century
Canadian poetry — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Poetry

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Mancke, Elizabeth, 1954-

Violence, order, and unrest : a history of British North America, 1749-1876 / edited by Elizabeth Mancke, Jerry Bannister, Denis McKim, and Scott W. See.  Toronto, ON : University of Toronto Press, 2019. xiv, 519 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HN103 V56 2019

This edited collection offers a broad reinterpretation of the origins of Canada. Drawing on cutting-edge research in a number of fields, Violence, Order, and Unrest explores the development of British North America from the mid-eighteenth century through the aftermath of Confederation. The chapters cover an ambitious range of topics, from Indigenous culture to municipal politics, public executions to runaway slave advertisements. Cumulatively, this book examines the diversity of Indigenous and colonial experiences across northern North America and provides fresh perspectives on the crucial roles of violence and unrest in attempts to establish British authority in Indigenous territories. Drawing on specific case studies of law and state formation in English and French Canada, Violence, Order, and Unrest considers patterns of settler colonialism across the century before Confederation. The result is a collection that brings together innovative research in different fields to reconsider the ideology, governance, and political culture that underpinned British North America. In the aftermath of Canada 150, Violence, Order, and Unrest offers a timely contribution to current debates over the nature of Canadian culture and history. It demonstrates that we cannot understand Canada today without considering its origins as a colonial project.

Bannister, Jerry, 1968-
McKim, Denis
See, Scott W., 1950-

Violence — Canada — History — 18th century — Case studies
Violence — Canada — History — 19th century — Case studies
Canada — Colonization — History — 18th century — Case studies
Canada — Colonization — History — 19th century — Case studies
Canada — Social conditions — 18th century — Case studies
Canada — Social conditions —19th century — Case studies

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Fowler, William M., 1944-

Steam titans : Cunard, Collins, and the epic battle for commerce on the North Atlantic / by William M Fowler Jr. .  New York : Bloomsbury, 2017. 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE945 A2 F69 2017

Steam Titan' tells the story of a transatlantic fight born of and powered by steam, a fight to wrest control of the globe's most lucrative trade route. It's the story of two men: Samuel Cunard and Edward Knight Collins, and two nations: Great Britain and the United States. Wielding the tools of technology, finance, and politics--and at the same time coping with the inevitable, sometimes crushing, perils of the sea--these opposing forces fought to capture control of a commercial lifeline that spanned the North Atlantic. Tracing the paths of ships, goods, people, information and money, historian William M. Fowler Jr. brings to life the spectacle of this generation-long struggle for supremacy, during which New York rose to take her place among the greatest ports and cities of the world, and recounts the tale of competition that was the opening act in the drama of economic globalization that is still unfolding today. Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-350) and index.

Collins, Edward Knight, 1802-1878
Cunard, Samuel, Sir, 1787-1865
Collins Line
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd
Merchant marine — North Atlantic Ocean — Biography
Steamboat lines — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 19th century
Shipping — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 19th century
Steamboats — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 19th century
United States — Commerce — 19th century
Great Britain — Commerce — 19th century

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Henniger, James

Rising to the Challenge : The Craftsmanship of Perry Henniger / compiled by James Henniger ; photographs by John Jennings.  Peterborough, ON : James Henniger, 2018. 147 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD8039 W62 C3 2018

Jennings, John

Henniger, Perry — 1906-1990
Woodworkers — Ontario — Biography

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Ballard, Joseph M.A., 1971-

Historic House Names of Nova Scotia / Joseph M.A. Ballard.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing Limited, 2018. 162 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GT471 B35 2018

Uniacke House, Acacia Grove, Winckworth, Saint's Rest, Spruce Tree Cottage. Ever wonder how Nova Scotia houses got their names? The better-known names are largely connected with prominent historical figures who resided in commodious homes with sprawling grounds, but the naming tradition was far more prevalent than that. In this book, the author explains that a "hurst" is a wooded eminence, a hillock, or a grove, and this suffix lends an air of nobility to a property-Springhurst in Maitland, Lindenhurst in Halifax, and the ubiquitous Elmhurst, which appears in various communities. Named houses have a certain essence and vitality about them. Named or not, places do possess character-and putting a name to something that exhibits character makes sense on some level. Historic House Names of Nova Scotia provides a fascinating look at the house-naming tradition in Nova Scotia. What sorts of names did Bluenosers create, and what did the names mean? Author and historian Joe Ballard has amassed a wealth of historical information and photos on the subject.

House names — Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — History

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Goodyear, Hedley Charles Cornick

Dear Flo : letters from a pilot, correspondence home 1941-1944 / by Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cornick Goodyear ; compiled and edited by John Grant.  Nova Scotia : Boularderie Island Press, 2021. 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2474.1 G66 2021 - Open Shelf

Hedley (Ted) Charles Cornick Goodyear chose to leave his university studies at Mount Allison University to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.), following the lead of his older brother Ray. 'Dear Flo, Letters From a Pilot' includes all of the letters that were received by his mother Florence (Flo) between 1941-1944. These letters offer a rare glimpse into the day-to-day life of the pilots who trained on and flew fighter/bombers during the Second World War. They also offer insight into the risks, triumphs and resilience of all those Ted Goodyear met, both before departing for England and while stationed overseas.

Grant, John
Harvie, Ann E.

World War, 1939-1945 — Correspondence
Flight navigators, Military — New Brunswick — Correspondence
Goodyear, Hedley Charles Cornick — Correspondence
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force — Biography
Fighter pilots — Canada — Correspondence

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Jacquard, Donnie

Images 1900-1960 : Photos d'écoliers de Wedgeport & de la Butte-des-Comeau = Student photos of Wedgeport & Comeau's Hill / sous la direction de / directed by Donnie Jacquard.  Yarmouth, NS : Sentinel Printing, 2000. 146 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 W43 S478 2000 - Open Shelf

Ballard, Melanie

Mary Kaulbach's Normal School Diary : 1892-1893 / edited by Melanie Ballard and John N. Grant.  Truro : Little White Schoolhouse Press, 2021. 133 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 T78 M37 2021 - Open Shelf

In 1892, Mary Kaulbach came to Truro to attend the Provincial Normal School. Her diary provides a glimpse into the life of a young woman in Victorian Truro and at Normal.

Students — Nova Scotia — Diaries
Teachers colleges — Nova Scotia
Truro (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Nova Scotia — Genealogy

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Sayer, Bob

Mahone Bay 1919-2019 : One Hundred Years and Counting / written by Bob Sayer.  Mahone Bay, NS : Town of Mahone Bay, 2019. 87 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 M317 S29 2019 - Open Shelf

Documenting the history of Mahone Bay from 1919-2019.

project editor Kelly Redden

Mahone Bay (N.S.) — History — 20th century
Mahone Bay (N.S.) — History — 21st century

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Uniacke, Richard John, 1807-1887

Uniacke's Sketches of Cape Breton : and other papers relating to Cape Breton Island / edited with an introduction and notes by C. Bruce Fergusson, M.A, D. Phil. (Oxon.), Archivist of Nova Scotia.  Halifax, NS : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1958. ix, 198 pages : portrait, maps (3 folded) : 24 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 Ar2n

Nova Scotia Series I. This volume was prepared not only to make available in the first instance Rev. Richard John Uniacke's "Sketches of Cape Breton", which were written at Sydney, N.S., between 1862 and 1865, but also to present a number of additional descriptions of the Island from the pens of other writers at interviews between the founding of Sydney in 1785 and the year 1862.

Fergusson, Charles Bruce, 1911-1978

Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — History
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Description and travel

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Grant, George M. (George Monro), 1835-1902

Joseph Howe / by Rev. G.M. Grant.  2nd edition Halifax, NS : A. & W. Mackinlay, 1906. 110 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F5204.9 H6 1906

By Rev. G.M. Grant to which is added Howe's essay on the organization of the empire. Reprinted from the columns of the Canadian monthly and national review, where it appeared in the May, June, July, and August numbers of the year 1875.

Howe, Joseph, 1804-1873

Howe, Joseph, 1804-1873
Politicians — Nova Scotia — Biography

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Brannon, Rebecca

The Consequences of Loyalism : Essays in Honor of Robert M. Calhoon / edited by Rebecca Brannon and Joseph S. Moore.  Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2019. xii, 333 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E277 C65 2019

Since the 1970s scholars have regarded Robert M. Calhoon as an invigorating and definitive force when it comes to the study of American Loyalism. His decades-long work redefined the Loyalists' role in the American Revolution from being portrayed as static characters opposing change to being seen eventually as reactionary actors adapting to a society in upheaval. Loyalists were central to the Revolution, and Calhoon and these authors argue that they were not so different in ideology from their Patriot neighbors — except occasionally when they were. In The Consequences of Loyalism, Rebecca Brannon and Joseph S. Moore seek to provide an understanding of Calhoon's foundational influence and the development continuing in the wake of his prolific career. Includes bibliographic references and index.

Moore, Joseph S.

Calhoon, Robert M. — (Robert McCluer)
American loyalists
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783

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Tulloch, Judith

Family of George (Tully) Tulloch Born in Kelso, Scotland Died in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia / by Judith Tulloch.  Nova Scotia, Judith Tulloch, 2016. 66 pages : illustrations : charts ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 T855 T855 2016 - Open Shelf

Based on research by Robert Tulloch and Judith Tulloch. Contents include appendices at the back for easy searching, ancestors and descendants family trees, and brief family history throughout.

Genealogy — Nova Scotia

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Wile, Jane

The Totten Family : United Empire Loyalists / researched and compiled by James Everett Totten's cousin Jane (Currie) Wile.  Belmont, NS : Wile, 1999. 92 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 T688 W676 1999 - Open Shelf

Totten Family tree to the year 1999. Includes index for easy searching and finding names. Dedicated to James Everett Totten, Wile's cousin.

Totten Family — Genealogy

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Mills, John Selwyn

Robert and Thomas Mills : Two old geezers ; from 1620's Maine, to Massachusetts, to Connecticut to Nova Scotia, Volume 1 / by John Selwyn Mills.  John Selwyn Mills, 2010. 297 pages ; 23 cm

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 M55 M55 2010 - Open Shelf

Includes errata and corrections insert, a paper by John Selwyn Mills on "Why I believe that Thomas Mills, of 1600's Maine, is the father of John Mills, the Shipwright of Stamford, CT" insert and index.

Mills family

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Davison, James Doyle

William of Pleasant Valley : his family, church and community in nineteenth century Cornwallis Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia / by James Doyle Davison.  Wolfville, NS : J.D. Davison, 1996. 120 pages : illustrations, map, portraits. ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 C532 1996 - Open Shelf

The story of Reverend William Chipman (1781-1865), Baptist minister for close to 30 years in the Cornwallis Township. Index in the back for easy searching.

Chipman, William, - 1781-1865
Chapman family
Baptists — Biography
Baptists — Nova Scotia — Kings (County)
Chipman family

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Tulloch, Judith

Family of Henry Charlton Born Ponteland, Northumberland, England Died Annapolis County, Nova Scotia / compiled by Judith Tulloch ; research by Marion (Rood) Tulloch.  Nova Scotia, Judith Tulloch, 2013. 129 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 C437 T855 2013 - Open Shelf

Outlines the family ancestors and descendants of Henry Charlton including appendices, scanned documents, letters, and table of contents for easy searching. Main body 129 pages with supporting documents after the appendices.

Tulloch, Marion (Rood)

Genealogy — Nova Scotia

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Ash, Jim

My family in history : the Redmonds of St Margaret's Bay and the Ashes of Willoughby, Warwickshire / by Jim Ash.  Richmond, BC : Jim Ash, 2016. 297 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS89 A84 2016 - Open Shelf

The Ash family spent one hundred fifty years farming in Willoughby, Warwickshire in England, while the Redmond family fished and farmed in St Margaret's Bay, just south of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada. My wife Fran's family came from France to Quebec in the 17th century, and both our families had pioneers who experienced the Scottish Clearances. This book is about the history that they and their ancestors lived - from the prominent Redmond and Devereux families in County Wexford, Ireland, to the pioneers who lived in early Canadian history.

Ash family
Raymond family
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
England — Genealogy

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Abegweit Branch of the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada

An Island Refuge : Loyalists and Disbanded Troops on the Island of Saint John / edited by Orlo Jones and Doris Haslam.  Charlottetown, PEI : Abegweit Branch of the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada, 1983. 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 P74 I84 1983 - Open Shelf

The history of Loyalists in Prince Edward Island and their development and settlement of the island.

Jones, Orlo, 1929-
Haslam, Doris Muncey, 1905-

United Empire loyalists — Genealogy
United Empire loyalists — Biography
Prince Edward Island — Genealogy
Prince Edward Island — Biography
Prince Edward Island — History

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Magnuson, John J.

Florence Mae Haverstock : family history and ancestors, 1689 to 1984 / by John J. and Norma D. Magnuson.  Madison, Wisconsin : John J. and Norma D. Magnuson, 2014.  vi, 47 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some color), genealogical tables ; 28 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS71 H382 2014 - Open Shelf

O'Neil, Kevin J.S.

William and Elizabeth (Mahoney) O'Neil (l) and Their Descendants / by Kevin J.S. O'Neil.  Nova Scotia : Kevin J.S. O'Neil, 2013. 311 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), genealogical tables, maps ; 28 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS499 O64 O64 2013 - Open Shelf

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