Canadian folklore and folk tales : collected as one of the functions of the Nova Scotia Summer School, Halifax, Nova Scotia, summer of 1971 / compiled by Hector H. Lee, Ruth Kearney Carlson. Halifax : 1972. 2 v. ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GR113 C212
Carlson, Ruth Kearney
Lee, Hector, 1908-
Folklore — Nova Scotia
Tales — Nova Scotia
Legends — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs.
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Lunenburg County folklore and oral history : project 77 / Laurie Lacey, editor. Ottawa : National Museums of Canada, 1979. 142 pages, 20 pages of plates ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GR10 C212
Folk-lore — Nova Scotia — Lunenburg County
Lunenburg (N.S. : County) — Social life and customs — Addresses, essays, lectures.
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Nova Scotia Fisheries Exhibition and Fishermen's Reunion
Souvenir programme Lunenburg : 19--. 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 L8 A25 - Open Shelf
Fisheries — Exhibitions — Nova Scotia — Lunenburg
Exhibitions — Nova Scotia — Lunenburg
Lunenburg (N.S.) — Social life and customs
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Cheticamp : history and Acadian traditions / Anselme Chiasson ; translated by Jean Doris Le Blanc. Wreck Cove : Breton Books, 1998. xi, 275 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 C43 C4413 1998 - Open Shelf
Acadians — Nova Scotia — Chéticamp — Social life and customs
Chéticamp (N.S.) — History.
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The Centre of the world at the edge of a continent / edited by Carol Corbin and Judith A. Rolls. Sydney : University College of Cape Breton Press, 1996. 247 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2343.4 C46 1996 - Open Shelf
Cultural studies of Cape Breton Island--Cover.
Rolls, Judith A. (Judith Ann)
Corbin, Carol, 1951-
Popular culture — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Social life and customs
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Civilization.
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Hugh Sutherland diaries 1878-1879 : day book of Hugh Sutherland (1956 i.e. 1856-1939) 32 pages ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2323.1 S966 - Open Shelf
Nova Scotia — History — 1867-1896
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs — 19th century.
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Evangelical balance sheet: character, family, and business in mid-Victorian Nova Scotia / B. Anne Wood. Waterloo, ON. : Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2006. xxix, 197 pages: illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2322.1 R917 W873 2006 - Open Shelf
Includes index and bibliographical references.
Evangelicalism — Nova Scotia
Merchants — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs — 19th century
Pictou (N.S.) — Biography.
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The diary of Sarah Clinch : a spirited socialite in Victorian Nova Scotia / edited by Meghan Hallett. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2001. x, 182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2322.1 C55 A3 2001 - Open Shelf
Socialites — Diaries. — Massachusetts — Boston
Socialites — Diaries. — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — History — 1784-1867
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs — 19th century.
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Intimate relations : family and community in Planter Nova Scotia, 1759-1800 / edited by Margaret Conrad. Fredericton, N.B. : Acadiensis Press, 1995. vi, 298 pages : illustrations, port. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2321.25 I67 1995 - Open Shelf
Proceedings of the Planters Studies Conference sponsored by the Planters Studies Committee and held at Acadia University in the fall of 1993.
Acadia University. Planter Studies Committee.
New Englanders — Nova Scotia — History — 18th century — Congresses
Nova Scotia — History — To 1784 — Congresses
Nova Scotia — History — 1784-1867 — Congresses
Nova Scotia — Social life and custo
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The quest of the folk : antimodernism and cultural selection in twentieth-century Nova Scotia / Ian McKay. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994. xvii, 371 pages : illustrations
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2319 M35 1994 - Open Shelf
Tourism — Social aspects — Nova Scotia
Folklorists — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Folklore — Social aspects
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs.
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The Yankee professor's guide to life in Nova Scotia .. / by Philip Milner. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1993. 166 pages ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2318 M45 1993 - Open Shelf
Being an account of a year in an expatriate's life, touching on matters leading to the realization that Nova Scotia is exactly the right place to thwart distracting ambition, teach what you know, keep bees, understand the outdoors and the self outdoors, cherish friendship, write as best you can, love those you're privileged to live with, and serve God as necessity imposes.
College teachers — Nova Scotia — Antigonish — Biography
Antigonish (N.S.) — Social life and customs
Antigonish (N.S.) — Biography
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs.
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Where my roots go deep : the collected writings of Evelyn M. Richardson Halifax : Nimbus, 1996. x, 286 pages ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2311.7 R52 1996 - Open Shelf
Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs.
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Dartmouth, Nova Scotia : living with change : a community social profile / Dorothy E. Moore. Dartmouth : Dalhousie University, 1984. ii, 149 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 D226 D226 - Open Shelf
June 1984.
Community life — Nova Scotia — Dartmouth
Community development — Nova Scotia
Dartmouth (N.S.) — Planning
Dartmouth (N.S.) — Social life and customs.
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History and Acadian traditions of Chéticamp / Anselme Chiasson ; translated from the third edition (Moncton : Éditions des Aboiteaux, 1972) by Jean Doris Le Blanc. St. John's, Nfld. : Breakwater Books, 1986. 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 C526 C532 - Open Shelf
Chéticamp, history and Acadian traditions.
Acadians — Nova Scotia — Chéticamp — Social life and customs
Chéticamp (N.S.) — History.
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Chéticamp : histoire et traditions acadiennes / Anselme Chiasson ; préf. de Luc Lacourcière. 3rd ed. Moncton, N.B. : Editions des Aboiteaux, 1972. 317 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 C526 C53 1972 - Open Shelf
Acadians — Nova Scotia — Chéticamp — Social life and customs
Chéticamp (N.S.) — History.
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Paradise or purgatory : island life in Nova Scotia & New Brunswick / Allison Mitcham ; illustrated by Peter Mitcham. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1986. 225 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5248 I82 M679 - Open Shelf
Islands — Nova Scotia — History
Islands — New Brunswick — History
New Brunswick. — Social life and customs
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs.
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Gems from my past / by Gertrude Rice Whitman ; edited by Susan Rice ; drawings by Leslie Wright. Annapolis Royal : G & G Pub. Co., 1983. 98 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5248 A613 W614 - Open Shelf
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs
Annapolis (N.S. : County) — Social life and customs
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A short study of the history and traditions of the Highland Scot in Nova Scotia: a thesis presented to the faculty of St. Francis Xavier University / by Kathleen Lamont MacKinnon. Antigonish- : The Author, 1964. 155 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 S3 M158 - Open Shelf
Scots — Nova Scotia — History
Scots — Nova Scotia — Social life and customs
Scotland — Emigration and immigration
Nova Scotia — Emigration and immigration
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More tales from Barrett's Landing : a childhood in Nova Scotia / drawings by Fred Oakley. Toronto ; Montreal : McClelland and Stewart, 1967. 127 pages : illus. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5219 W69 M81 - Open Shelf
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs.
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A Nova Scotia album : glimpses of the way we were / Mary Biggar Peck ; foreword by Harry Bruce. 155 pages : Willowdale, Ont. : illustrations ; Hounslow Press,
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5211 P366 - Open Shelf
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs — Pictorial works
Nova Scotia — Economic conditions — 1867- — Pictorial works.
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A basket of apples : recollections of historic Nova Scotia / text by Harry Bruce ; photography by Chic Harris. Toronto : Oxford University Press, 1982. xii, 84 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5211 B315 - Open Shelf
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs
Nova Scotia — History.
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People in states / Alan R. Beals and others. Menlo Park, Calif. : Addison-Wesley, 1972. 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps. ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5205 P41 - Open Shelf
Accompanied by Teacher's edition & action book.
Beals, Alan R
Blakeley, Phyllis R. (Phyllis Ruth), 1922-
Blacks — Nova Scotia
Farm life — Serbia
Social studies — Upper elementary (4-6)
Osaka (Japan) — Social life and customs
Nova Scotia — History
Serbia — Social life and customs.
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My book of memories / by Hilda Mleczko. Glace Bay : H. Mleczko, 1987. 116 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 M685 - Open Shelf
Women — Nova Scotia — Biography
Glace Bay (N.S.) — Social life and customs — 1945-
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The 1815 diary of a Nova Scotia farm girl, Louisa Collins of Colin Grove, Dartmouth / edited and annotated by Dale McClare. Dartmouth : Brook House Press, 1997. viii, 111 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 C712 1997 - Open Shelf
With illustrations, genealogy in context and a look at country life in the Regency Period.
Farm life — Nova Scotia — Dartmouth — History — 19th century
Dartmouth (N.S.) — Biography
Dartmouth (N.S.) — Social life and customs.
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Eliza of Pleasant Valley : her family, church, and community in nineteenth century Cornwallis Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia / by James Doyle Davison. 1st ed. Wolfville : J.D. Davison, 1983. xii, 188 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5179.9 C46 D252 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
Cornwallis (N.S.) — Biography
Nova Scotia — History — 1784-1867
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs.
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