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Smith, Craig M., 1961-

The journey continues : an Atlantic Canadian Black experience / Craig Marshall Smith.  Dartmouth : Black Green and Red Educational Products, 2011. 256 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2050 B6 S65 2011 - Open Shelf

The book begins with Mathieu Da Costa in Port Royal in 1605. He was the first known nameable person of Africa descent to come to Canada. Through its pages the book will acknowledge the accomplishments of more than 150 individuals. It will conclude with the signing of the free pardon that was issued by the province to the late Viola Desmond on April 15, 2011. In 1946 Desmond, of Halifax, was jailed and fined for sitting in the whites-only section of a New Glasgow movie theatre. Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-237) and index.

Black people — Maritime Provinces — History
Black people — Maritime Provinces — Biography
Maritime Provinces — History
Atlantic Provinces — History

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Haigh, Elizabeth V.

Abraham Gesner : the lure of the rocks and a burning ambition / Elizabeth V. Haigh.  Victoria, BC : Tellwell Talent, 2019. xi, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - QE22 G47 H35 2019

Debt and bad management drove Abraham Gesner off his farm in Nova Scotia's bucolic Annapolis Valley in 1825. It turned out to be a stroke of luck. While doing medical courses in London hospitals, he encountered the industrial revolution. Attending sundry lectures and demonstrations, he got his first whiff of the rapidly developing new sciences of chemistry, geology and natural history. He was hooked! Back home, traveling about the country visiting patients, he honed his observational skills, finally producing pioneering geological surveys of all three Maritime provinces. Imitating procedures which he had first observed while abroad, he experimented with "cracking" coal to generate the tars, oils and gases which fueled the industrial revolution. In the process, he produced "kerosene" - an illuminating gas and an oil - which revolutionized artificial lighting and generated much industry. Because he explored with native guides and advocated on their behalf, he served for a time as Indian Commissioner. An engaging lecturer, he addressed audiences on many scientific subjects and developed the region's first natural history museum; he wrote articles and books describing the region and extolling its potential for development. His final publication was a textbook of hydrocarbon chemistry. Local lawsuits over mining rights and patent infringements caused him to move to New York. Still more lawsuits drove him back to his native land where he died, shortly after being appointed to a coveted lectureship in Dalhousie University. Includes bibliographic references and index.

Gesner, Abraham, — 1797-1864
Geologists — Maritime Provinces — Biography
Inventors — Maritime Provinces — Biography
Natural history — Maritime Provinces
Mining leases — Maritime Provinces
Mines and mineral resources — Maritime Provinces — History
Mineral industries — Maritime Provinces — History

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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

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

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

Dumaresq, J. Phillip

The life & times of James Charles Dumaresq, 1840-1906 : prominent Nova Scotia architect / by his grandson James Phillip Dumaresq.  Halifax - : James Phillip Dumaresq, 2005. 73 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 26 cm. +

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - NA749 D885 2005

Family tree and photos are contained in a clear plastic pocket at the back of the book.

Architects — Biography. — 19th century — Maritime Provinces
Architecture — History — 19th century. — Maritime Provinces

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Emmerson, Frank

The Scots / Frank Emmerson.  Tantallon : Four East Publications, 1987. 70 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 S3 E54 - Open Shelf

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

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

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

Garland, Joseph E.

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

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

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

Maritime Provinces — Biography.

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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

Maritimers — Biography
Maritime Provinces — Biography.

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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

Mitcham, Allison

Three remarkable Maritimers / Allison Mitcham ; illustrated by Peter Mitcham.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1985. 139 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5179 M679 - Open Shelf

Maritime Provinces — Biography.

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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

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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