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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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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Whitfield, Harvey Amani, 1974-
Black Slavery in the Maritimes : A History in Documents / edited by Harvey Amani Whitfield. Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, 2018. ix, 152 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HT1052 M37 B53 2018
Broadview Sources Series. Many thousands of black people were enslaved in the Maritimes, Quebec, and Upper Canada between the seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is not surprising that slavery played a part in Canadian history, but it is startling that it has not received widespread attention from the general Canadian public or from historians. This sourcebook collects a variety of documents, including runaway-slave advertisements, letters, court cases, and official government documents, offering readers an opportunity to explore black slavery in the Maritimes and revise their understanding of Canadian history. Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152).
Black people — Maritime Provinces — History — Sources
Racism — Maritime Provinces — History
Slaveholders — Maritime Provinces — History — Sources
Slavery — Maritime Provinces — History — Sources
Enslaved persons — Maritime Provinces — History — Sources
Black Canadians — Maritime Provinces — History — Sources
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The history of the Maritime Provinces / by John Harper. Halifax : Saint John, N.B. : A. Mackinlay ; J. McMillan, 1876. 91 frames : map.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 05370 - Open Shelf Internet Archive
Authorized by the Council of Public Instruction for Nova Scotia and the Boards of Education of Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.
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Acadia, Maine and New Scotland : marginal colonies in the seventeenth century / John G. Reid. Ottawa : National Library of Canada, 1977. maps ; 10.5 x 14.8 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche R356 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
Acadia — History — 17th century
Maine — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Maritime Provinces — History — To 1867.
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Conversion the New England Planters in Nova Scotia, 1759-1848 Ottawa : Environment Canada, Parks Service, 1987. illustrations, map ; 11 x 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche C220 - Open Shelf
New England Planters
Land settlement — Nova Scotia
Maritime Provinces — Emigration and immigration — History
New England — Emigration and immigration — History
Nova Scotia — Social conditions — 18th century
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Maritime Nationalism : an alternative view / by Gary Clayton Burrill. 1978. 204 pages.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche B971 - Open Shelf
Nationalism — Maritime Provinces
Maritime Provinces — History.
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The exodus migration from the Maritime Provinces to Boston during the second half of the nineteenth century / by A. A. Brookes. Ottawa : National Library of Canada, 1982. 404 frames : illustrations, maps, tables ; 11
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche B872 - Open Shelf
Original: x, 283 leaves. - Typescript.
Canadians — New England
Maritime Provinces — Emigration and immigration — History
New England — Emigration and immigration — History.
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The historical ethnography of the Micmac of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / Bernard Gilbert Hoffman. Berkley, Calif. : The Author, 1955. vi, 839 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Microfilm H713
Mi'kmaq
First Nations of North America — Maritime Provinces — History.
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A checklist of articles pertaining to maritime rights : Halifax Herald 1921-1926 / Angela Baker. S.l : The author , 200-. 50 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.536 #25 - Vertical File
Appendix B to article by same author which appeared in the Nova Scotia Historical Review.
Maritime Provinces — History — Cartoons and caricatures — 1867-
Maritime Provinces — Politics and government — Cartoons and caricatures — 1867-
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Old railway stations of the Maritimes / Peter M. Latta. St. John's, Nfld. : St. Agnes Press, 1998. 32 pages : illustrations : 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.516 #16 - Vertical File
Railroad stations — History — Maritime Provinces
Railway stations — History — Pictorial works — Maritime Provinces.
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Aspects of Maritime regionalism, 1867-1927 / Ernest R. Forbes. Ottawa : Canadian Historical Association, 1983. 25 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.334 #2 - Vertical File
Canadian Historical Association.
Regionalism — Maritime Provinces
Maritime Provinces — History — 1867-
Maritime Provinces — Politics and government — 1867-1945
Maritime Provinces — Politics and government.
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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
Missionaries — Maritime Provinces — Biography
Missionaries — France — Biography
Acadia — History.
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Country music in the Maritimes : two studies / by Neil V. Rosenberg. St. John's : Dept. of Folklore, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1976. iii, 20 pages : 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.266 #2 - Vertical File
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Folklore.
Country music — Maritime Provinces — History and criticism
Folk music — Maritime Provinces — History and criticism.
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Mi'kmaw resource guide 2nd ed. Truro : Eastern Woodland Publishing, 1997. 28 pages : copies illustrations, maps.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.222 #50 - Vertical File
Mi'kmaq — Nova Scotia
Mi'kmaq art — Nova Scotia
Mi'kmaq business enterprises — Nova Scotia
Mi'kmaq — Maritime Provinces — History
Native peoples — Maritime Provinces — Social life and customs
Indige
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Indians of Quebec and the Maritime Provinces Ottawa : Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration, Indian Affairs Branch, 196-. 55 pages : 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.121 #18 - Vertical File
First Nations of North America — Quebec (Province) — History
First Nations of North America — Maritime Provinces — History.
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Atlantic Baptist roots / Philip G.A. Allwood. Halifax : Baptist Historical Committee, 1980. 20 pages : 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.69 #24 - Vertical File
Baptists — Maritime Provinces — History
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An index to Acadiensis 1901-1908 / by Dorothy Cooke. Halifax : Dalhousie University Libraries and Dalhousie University School of Library Service, 1983. [109] pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Z669.1 D143 #33
Dalhousie University. School of Library Service.
Maritime Provinces — History — Periodicals — Indexes
Acadia — History — Periodicals — Indexes.
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New England planters in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, 1759-1800 : bibliography of primary sources / compiled by Judith A. Norton. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press in association with Planter Studies Centre, Acadia University, 1993. xvii, 403 pages : map ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Z1392 M37 N67 1993
Planter Studies Centre, Planter Studies Committee ... Bibliography Research Committee--pages facing t.pages Spine title: New England planters, 1759-1800. Includes indexes.
Acadia University. Planter Studies Committee. Bibliography Research Committee
Acadia University. Centre for Planter Studies.
New Englanders — Maritime Provinces — History — 18th century — Sources — Bibliography
Maritime Provinces — History — 18th century — Sources — Bibliography.
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The age of sail : master shipbuilders of the Maritimes / Stanley T. Spicer. Halifax : Formac, 2001. 144 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 21 x 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VM27 M37 S59 2001
Includes index.
Shipbuilding — History — 19th century. — Maritime Provinces
Sailing ships — History — 19th century. — Maritime Provinces
Shipbuilding industry — History — 19th century. — Maritime Provinces
Maritime Province
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Masters of sail : the era of square-rigged vessels in the Maritime Provinces / by Stanley T. Spicer. Halifax : Petheric Press, 1982, 1968. 278 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VM27 M34 S75 1981
Includes index. Co-published by Nova Scotia Museum.
Shipbuilding — Maritime Provinces — History
Sailing — Maritime Provinces — History.
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Pantry and Palate : remembering and rediscovering Acadian food / text by Simon Thibault ; foreword by Naomi Duguid ; and photos by Noah Fecks. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2017. xxi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TX715.6 T533 2017
What is Acadian food? It is humble, homey, and comforting. It is made with love and devotion from a larder that is small but mighty, and holds history within itself. And it is made to be eaten. Journalist Simon Thibault explores his Acadian roots by scouring old family recipes, ladies' auxiliary cookbooks, and folk wisdom for 50 of the best-loved recipes of Acadians past and present. Recipes run the gamut, from the art of pickling beets to old-fashioned foodways such as rendering lard and cooking with head cheese, to Acadian staples like Classic French Canadian Tourtière and Seafood Chowder, and a delicious roster of desserts from Rhubarb Custard Pie to Acadian Panna Cotta. Including essays celebrating the stories behind the recipes, a foreword by bestselling author Naomi Duguid (Taste of Persia), and photos by food photographer Noah Fecks, Pantry and Palate is magnifique from page to plate. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cooking, Acadian
Food habits — Maritime Provinces — History
Acadians — Anecdotes
Cookbooks
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An Atlantic album : photographs of the Atlantic provinces, before 1920 / edited by Scott Robson and Shelagh Mackenzie. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 1985. 168 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 22 X 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TR653 A84 1985
Mackenzie, Shelagh
Robson, Scott.
Photography — Maritime Provinces — History
Photography — Newfoundland — History
Maritime Provinces — Description and travel — Views
Newfoundland — Description and travel — Views.
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Tempered by rum : rum in the history of the Maritime provinces / edited by James H. Morrison, James Moreira. Porters Lake : Pottersfield Press, 1988. 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TP607 R9 T45
Moreira, James Henry, 1956-
Morrison, James H.
Smuggling — Maritime Provinces — History
Temperance — Societies, etc. — History
Drinking of alcoholic beverages — Maritime Provinces — History
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Labour in the laboratory : medical laboratory workers in the Maritimes, 1900-1950 / Peter L. Twohig. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005. xvi, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RB37.6 T974 2005
Includes index.
Medical technologists — Maritime Provinces — History — 20th century
Hospital laboratories — Maritime Provinces — History — 20th century.
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