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Zemel, Joel, 1950-

Betrayal of Trust : Commander Wyatt and the Halifax Explosion / by Joel Zemel.  Halifax : New World Publishing, 2017. x, 182 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - FC2346.26 W96 Z46 2017

Joel Zemel examines the personal life and career of F. Evan Wyatt before and after the disaster and the criminal litigation that resulted in his being the only person to stand trial on criminal charges related to the Halifax Explosion. Before the Halifax Explosion, F. Evan Wyatt was a recently-married officer with a promising career in the Royal Canadian Navy. He also enjoyed popularity among those in the city's elite society. But little else is known about the only man indicted for allegedly causing the disaster. The French munitions ship, SS Mont-Blanc, and the Norwegian freighter, SS Imo, collided in Halifax Harbour on the morning of 6 December 1917. The resultant explosion killed nearly 2,000 people, caused nine thousand injuries and left many more homeless and without shelter. Property losses were in the millions of dollars. In the aftermath of the blast, an inquiry was set up to determine the cause of the collision between the two ships in the harbour. However, the proceedings quickly devolved into a search for scapegoats on whom to lay blame for the explosion. The captain and pilot of the French vessel were arrested along with the Royal Canadian Navy's chief examination officer (CXO), Commander F. Evan Wyatt (ret. R.N.R). Each man faced a charge of manslaughter. Charges of criminal negligence were added at a subsequent preliminary hearing. The captain and pilot were soon released on a writ of habeas corpus, but Commander Wyatt was indicted by a grand jury and put on trial. Although duly acquitted, his personal reputation and professional career in Canada were ruined. Betrayal of Trust delves into the life and times of F. Evan Wyatt, the circumstances leading up to his being scapegoated, and the failure of the Department of the Naval Service of Canada to protect one of its own. Joel Zemel is a professional jazz musician and documentary filmmaker turned author/historian. Joel is also the author of Scapegoat: the extraordinary legal proceedings following the 1917 Halifax Explosion. He resides and works in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Edited by Francis Mitchell ; proofed by Virginia Houston. Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172) and index.

Mitchell, Francis, 1942-
Houston, Virginia, 1945-

Wyatt, F. Evan (Frederick Evan), 1877-1967
Wyatt, F. Evan (Frederick Evan), 1877-1967 — Trials, litigation, etc.
Canada. Royal Canadian Navy — Officers — Biography
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Disasters — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — Biography

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Public Archives of Nova Scotia

The Diary of Adolphus Gaetz / edited with an Introduction, notes and index by Charles Bruce Fergusson, Archivist of Nova Scotia.  Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1965 138 pages : 25 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2P no. 10

Series: Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication No. 10.

Fergusson, Charles Bruce, 1911-1978

Gaetz, Adolphus, 1804-1873
History, Merchants — Nova Scotia
Biography, Nova Scotia — History — 1763-1867
Lunenburg (N.S.)

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Public Archives of Nova Scotia

A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958 / with an introduction by C. Bruce Fergusson, Provincial Archivist.  Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1958. introduction viii, 519 pages : 24 cm.

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Keddy, Barbara

Nightingale's Vision : Nurses' Voices from the 1920s and 1930s / by Barbara Keddy.  Halifax : New World Publishing, 2023. 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RT37 N87 K43

Based upon the oral histories of 40 nurses who trained, lived, and worked in the early 1920s, and 1930s ; recorded in a project done 40 years ago (https://ns-archives.accesstomemory.net/barbara-keddy).

Women nurses — Nova Scotia — History — 20th century
Nurses — Nova Scotia — History — 20th century
Women nurses — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nurses — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nursing — Nova Scotia — History — 20th century

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Gwyn, Julian

Planter Nova Scotia 1760-1815 / by Julian Gwyn.  Wolfville : Kings-Hants Heritage Connection, Wolfville Historical Society, 2010. 4 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 K55 G89 2010 - Open Shelf

Colaiacovo, Tony, 1956-

The Times of African Nova Scotians : a Celebration of Our History, Culture and Traditions ; An Interactive Study Book / publisher and editor Tony Colaiacovo.  Halifax : Effective Publishing, 2008. 34 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 31 cm + 2 posters.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350 B6 T558 2008 - Open Shelf

Rhodenizer, Marlean

Around the corner : homes and stories of the Barss Corner area, 1838-2021 / complied by Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer.  Revised, Fourth edition Barss Corner, NS : Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer, July 2021. 262 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B37 R46 2021 - Open Shelf

Around the Corner: Homes and Stories of the Barss Corner Area 1838-2021 reflects extensive research into families in the communities of Barss Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. House information is included for the surrounding communities of Cornwall and Scarsdale, as well as selected homes in Farmington, NS. The information in this book was supported by Marlean’s daughter, Pat Rhodenizer, who researched land deeds going back to the original Crown Land Grants of the mid 1800s. Photos, home ownership from the 1800s to the present, and family stories have been compiled to create this 262-page history of the area.

Rhodenizer, Robert
Rhodenizer, Pat
Rhodenizer, Donna
Zwicker (Rhodenizer), Debbie

Dwellings — Nova Scotia — Barss Corners Barss Corners (N.S.) — Buildings, structures, etc Barss Corners (N.S.) — History Barss Corners (N.S.) — Biography

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Rhodenizer, Marlean

Around the corner : homes and stories of the Barss Corner area, 1838-2021 / Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer.  Revised, Fifth edition Barss Corner : Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer, December 2024. 264 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B37 R46 2024 - Open Shelf

Around the Corner: Homes and Stories of the Barss Corner Area 1838-2021 reflects extensive research into families in the communities of Barss Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. House information is included for the surrounding communities of Cornwall and Scarsdale, as well as selected homes in Farmington, NS. The information in this book was supported by Marlean’s daughter, Pat Rhodenizer, who researched land deeds going back to the original Crown Land Grants of the mid 1800s. Photos, home ownership from the 1800s to the present, and family stories have been compiled to create this 264-page history of the area.

Rhodenizer, Robert
Rhodenizer, Pat
Rhodenizer, Donna
Zwicker (Rhodenizer), Debbie

Dwellings — Nova Scotia — Barss Corners
Barss Corners (N.S.) — Buildings, structures, etc
Barss Corners (N.S.) — History
Barss Corners (N.S.) — Biography

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Gerrior, William D.

Acadian Fougère : Descendants / William D. Gerrior.  Port Royal : Port Royal Publishing Ltd., 2020-21. 2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 F68 G47 - Open Shelf

Newcomb, Dolly G.

Steady as She Goes : The Exploits of a Captain and his Seagoing Family / by Dolly G. Newcomb.  Ontario : Paul Heron Publishing Limited, 1996. 175 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK140 P82 N48 1996

The story of Captain James Leander Publicover, owner and ship captain at J.L. Publicover Shipping Company, and chronicles how he and his family would work and travel the seas together.

J.L. Publicover Shipping Co. — History
Ship captains — Nova Scotia — Biography
Sailing ships — Nova Scotia — History
Seafaring life — Nova Scotia — History
Publicover, James Leander, 1877-1960

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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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Gray-LeBlanc, Linda

Halifax WWII Heroes Remembered : Lest we Forget Those Brave Men and Women / by Linda Gray-LeBlanc.  Halifax : Etc. Press Limited, 2015. 170 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 G778 W855 2015 - Open Shelf

Brief biographies of WWII soldiers from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Details including marital status, military status, and family lineages mostly from the Halifax Herald Limited. Second Volume.

World War, 1939-1945—Nova Scotia
World War, 1939-1945—Participation, Canadian
Halifax (N.S.)—Soldiers—Biography
Halifax (N.S.)—History, Military—20th century

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Rhodenizer, Marlean

Around the corner : homes and stories of the Barss Corner area, 1838-2018 / compiled by Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer.  Revised second edition Barss Corner, NS : Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer, February 2019. 238 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B37 R46 2019 - Open Shelf

Around the Corner: Homes and Stories of the Barss Corner Area 1838-2021 reflects extensive research into families in the communities of Barss Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. House information is included for the surrounding communities of Cornwall and Scarsdale, as well as selected homes in Farmington, NS. The information in this book was supported by Marlean’s daughter, Pat Rhodenizer, who researched land deeds going back to the original Crown Land Grants of the mid 1800s. Photos, home ownership from the 1800s to the present, and family stories have been compiled to create this 238-page history of the area.

Rhodenizer, Robert

Barss Corner (N.S.) — History
Barss Corner (N.S.) — Biography
Dwellings — Nova Scotia — Barss Corner
Barss Corner (N.S.) — Buildings, structures, etc.

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Whitehead, Ruth Holmes

Nova Scotia and the great influenza pandemic, 1918-1920 : a remembrance of the dead and an archive for the living / compiled and edited by Ruth Holmes Whitehead.  Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing Limited, 2020. xvi, 399 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RC150.55 C23 N86 2020

The definitive academic resource on the Great Influenza by celebrated historian behind Black Loyalists, in time for the pandemic's centenary. It could kill in as little as ten hours. Extremely high fever, bleeding from eyes, nose, and ears, terrible pain, especially in the head and the joints, delirium--and then its victims literally drowned in their own fluids. Fifty to 100 million people worldwide died in this global pandemic in the early twentieth century. The Great Influenza first entered Nova Scotia through ports. (Sydney, Cape Breton, received five hundred sick American troops in a single day.) For three years, the province coped with this vicious epidemic as it spread like wildfire. Local economies ceased functioning; fishing fleets, banks, and apple-canning factories reported all staff were suffering from the flu. The heart of this book, however, is its human element. Oral histories, family memoirs, newspaper articles, and provincial death records tell, county by county, stories of those who died. Accompanied by 20 photographs, Nova Scotia and the Great Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1920 chronicles both provincial and personal efforts to cope during this most perilous time. Includes bibliographical references.

Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 — Nova Scotia — Sources
Influenza — Patients — Nova Scotia — Biography — Sources
Nova Scotia — Biography — Sources
Nova Scotia — History — 20th century — Sources

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MacDonald, Clyde F.

Notable Pictonians / by Clyde F. MacDonald.  Pictou, N.S. : Advocate Printing & Publishing, 2003. 200 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 P5 M244 2003 - Open Shelf

The history of 8 notable Piconian residents from around 1830 to the 1990s. Each chapter is named for the person who's biography is featured, with appropriate date ranges for the individual.

Nova Scotia — History
Pictou (N.S. : County) — History
Pictou (N.S. : County) — Biography

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Deveau, J. Alphonse

Diary of Cecile Murat : a story of Saint Mary's Bay from 1795 to 1825 / by J. Alphonse Deveau.  Salmon River : 1970. 32 pages : 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.530 #6 - Vertical File

Deveau, J, Alphonse

Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau, 1859-1911 Moncton, N.-B. : Éditions d'Acadie, 1992. 21 pages : illustrations, ports.; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.400 #18 - Vertical File

Text in French and English. By Alphonse J. Deveau. Co-published by: Société du Monument Lefebvre.

Société du Monument Lefebvre.

Acadians — Nova Scotia — Biography
Merchants — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nova Scotia — History — 1867-1918.

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Deveau, J, Alphonse

Joseph Dugas, 1735-1823 : premier colon de Clare = first settler of Clare / J.-Alphonse Deveau.  Salmon River : J.-A. Deveau, 1993-. 76 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.378 #8 - Vertical File

Messenger, Margaret E.

Our island and the sea / by Margaret E. Messenger for the Archelaus Smith Historical Society.  Clark's Harbour : The Society, 1992. vi, 96 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.376 #10 - Vertical File

Cousins, Leone Banks

Captain John Harris of Clements 1775-1825 / by Leone B. Cousins.  Falcon Press 1992-. 78 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.369 #9 - Vertical File

Ship captains — Nova Scotia — Biography
Clementsport (N.S.) — History

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Young, Alan R.

Thomas Raddall and his works / Alan Young.  Toronto : ECW Press, 1989--. 43 pages : 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.348 #4 - Vertical File

Authors, Nova Scotian — Biography
Authors, Nova Scotian — History and criticism

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Orange, John

Ernest Buckler and his works / John Orange.  Toronto : ECW Press, 1989--. 53 pages : 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.348 #3 - Vertical File

Authors, Nova Scotian — Biography
Authors, Nova Scotian — History and criticism

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Brock, Peter W.

The man who built churches : the story of B.D. Stevens : a parable for our time / edited and illustrated by Peter W. Brock.  Porters Lake : Pottersfield Press, 1990. 119 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.346 #9 - Vertical File

Collins, Louisa

Louisa's diary : the journal of a farmer's daughter, Dartmouth, 1815 / edited by Dale McClare ; illustrations by Nora Gross ; introduction by Dale McClare and the Publications Committee of the Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society.  Halifax Nova Scotia : Nova Scotia Museum, 1989. 54 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm.

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Written by Louisa Collins. "A collaborative project of the Nova Scotia Museum and the Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society"--P. [2.

McClare, Dale.

Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society
Nova Scotia Museum.

Farm life — Nova Scotia — Dartmouth — History — 19th century
Dartmouth (N.S.) — Social life and customs
Dartmouth (N.S.) — Biography.

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Huling, Ray Greene

The Rhode Island emigration to Nova Scotia / by Ray Greene Huling.  Toronto : Canadiana House, 1984. 49 pages : 22 cm.

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