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Paratte, Henri-Dominique

Acadians / Henri-Dominique Paratte.  1st ed. Tantallon : Four East, 1991. 197 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5060 P221 - Open Shelf

Paratte, Henri-Dominique

Acadians / Henri-Dominique Paratte.  2nd ed. Halifax : Nimbus, 1998. 225 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2041 P37 1998 - Open Shelf

Burrill, Gary

Away : maritimers in Massachusetts, Ontario, and Alberta :an oral history of leaving home / Gary Burrill.  Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992. xv, 249 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GR430 B971 A964 1992

Whitfield, Harvey Amani, 1974-

Biographical Dictionary of Enslaved Black People in the Maritimes / Harvey Amani Whitfield.  Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, 2022. lxv, 236 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HT1052 M37 W535 2022

Series: Studies in Atlantic Canada History. This biographical dictionary recovers the stories and illuminates the lives of enslaved Black people in the Maritimes. Includes bibliographical references.

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Pachai, Bridglal

Blacks / Bridglal Pachai.  Rev. ed. Tantallon : Four East, 1993, 1987. 96 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2050 B6 P33 1993 - Open Shelf

Pachai, Bridglal

Blacks / Bridglal Pachai.  1st ed. Oct. 1987. Tantallon : Four East Publications, 1987. 60 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 B613 P116 - Open Shelf

Murchie, John

Donald Cameron Mackay, artist & teacher : John James Cook, artist & teacher Halifax : Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1999. 24 pages.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.443 #33 - Vertical File

Bruce, Harry

Down home : notes of a Maritime son / Harry Bruce.  Toronto : Key Porter Books, 1988. 300 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5181.5 B78 1988 - Open Shelf

Gerrits, G. H.

Dutch / G.H. Gerrits.  Tantallon : Four East, 2000. 94 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2050 D9 G378 2000 - Open Shelf

Robinson, Geoff

Duty-free : a prohibition special / by Geoff and Dorothy Robinson.  1st ed. Tyne Valley, P.E.I. : The Authors, 1992. 122 pages : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV5091 C3 D981 1992

Gordon, Grant

From slavery to freedom : the life of David George, pioneer black Baptist minister / by Grant Gordon.  Hantsport : Published by Lancelot Press for Acadia Divinity College and the Baptist Historical Committee of the United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces, 1992. xvii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX6495 G67 1992

Croft, Clary

Helen Creighton : Canada's first lady of folklore / Clary Croft.  Halifax : Nimbus, 1999. iv, 297 pages : illustrations

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GR55 C74 C76 1999

Kerr, J. Ernest

Imprint of the Maritimes : highlights in the lives of 100 interesting Americans whose roots are in Canada's Atlantic Provinces Boston : Christopher Pub. House, 1959. 229 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5015 C212 #51a-b - Open Shelf

Dogra, Ravi

Indo-Canadians / Ravi Dogra.  Tantallon : Four East Publications, 1987. 60 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 E13 D654 - Open Shelf

Deveau, J, Alphonse

L'abbé Le Loutre et les Acadiens / J. Alphonse Deveau.  Agincourt, Canada : Société canadienne du livre, 1983. 75 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.291 #1 - Vertical File

Jabbra, Nancy W.

Lebanese / Nancy W. Jabbra and Joseph G. Jabbra.  1st ed. Oct. 1987. Tantallon : Four East Publications, 1987. 74 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 L44 J11 L441 - Open Shelf

Beaton, Virginia

Maritime music greats : fifty years of hits and heartbreak / Virginia Beaton and Stephen Pedersen.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 1992. xvi, 176 pages : ports. ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ML400 M332 B369

Spicer, Stanley T.

Maritimers ashore & afloat : interesting people, places and events related to the Bay of Fundy and its rivers / Stanley T. Spicer.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1993-. ill. ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5198 F981 S854 - Open Shelf

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Archibald, Frank E.

Mostly Maritimers / by Frank E. Archibald.  Windsor : Lancelot Press, 1972 127 pages ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204 A669 - Open Shelf

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Russell, Benjamin

New Brunswick blue book and encyclopedia / biographical sketches by James Conwell. Nova Scotia blue book and encyclopedia / historical review by Benjamin Russell ; biographical sketches by James Conwell.  Toronto : Historical Publishers Association, 1932. 44, 127, 67 pages ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F93 N85

Attributed to Benjamin Russell. First part (44 pages deals with New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Second part (127 pages concerns Nova Scotia, and has own t.pages Third part (67 pages consists of biographical sketches. Binding variant. In some copies, the section on Nova Scotia precedes that on New Brunswick. Bindings display either the arms of N.S. or N.B., and appropriate spine and cover titles, depending on which section is bound first. In addition, the binding of some copies is decorated in gilt; these items are part of a limited edition of 100 numbered copies.

Conwell, James.

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Mitcham, Allison

Prophet of the wilderness : Abraham Gesner / by Allison Mitcham ; illustrated by Peter Mitcham.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1995. 208 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - QE22 G47 M57 1995

Garland, Joseph E.

That great Pattillo [1st ed.] Boston : Little, Brown, 1966. 342 pages

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 P27 G18 - Open Shelf

Salter, Joseph

The diary of a Maritimer, 1816-1901 : the life and times of Joseph Salter / edited by Nancy Redmayne Ross.  St. John's, Nfld. : International Maritime Economic History Association, 1996. xii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE569 S24 A3 1996

Cuthbertson, Brian

The first bishop : a biography of Charles Inglis / Brian Cuthbertson.  Halifax : Waegwoltic Press, 1987. 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX5620 I53 C88

McGuigan, Peter T.

The Irish / Peter T. McGuigan.  1st ed. Tantallon : Four East Publications, 1991. vi, 74 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5030 I6 M148 - Open Shelf

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