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O'Neill, Mora Dianne Guthrie, 1944-

Collective Remembrance : Propaganda Posters from the Great War / Mora Dianne O'Neill.  Halifax : Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2014. 39 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC226 O5 2014 - Open Shelf

Additional cover title: Send More Men. Archives Library has 3 copies.

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

World War, 1914-1918 — Canada — Exhibitions
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada — Posters — Exhibitions
Canada — History — 1914-1918 — Exhibitions

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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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Gilroy, Marion

Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia / a list compiled by Marion Gilroy under the direction of D.C. Harvey, Archivist.  revised Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1980. 188 pages ; 23 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2P no. 4 1980

Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication No. 4. Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia. Revised edition, 1980, with index by Wm. G. Dodge-Murphy and Jessie M. (Rumley) Murphy with the support of the Genealogical Committee, Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society. Includes index.

Harvey, D.C. (Daniel Cobb), 1886-1966
Dodge-Murphy, William G.
Murphy, Jessie M.

Public Archives of Nova Scotia
Genealogical Committee. Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society

Land grants — Nova Scotia
United Empire loyalists — Nova Scotia
American loyalists — Nova Scotia

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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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Ells, Margaret

A Calendar of the White Collection of Manuscripts in the Public Archives of Nova Scotia / compiled by Margaret Ells, Under the direction of D.C. Harvey, Archivist.  Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1940. preface xi, 130 pages : 26 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2P no. 5

Series: Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication No. 5. The collection began with the varied activities of Captain Gideon White, the founder of the family in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, and also one of the founders of that romantic loyalist town, was continued by his immediate descendants both as makers and preservers of history, and completed by Thomas Howland White, Esq., who realized fully its historical value and presented it to the Public Archives of Nova Scotia in 1938. Web version available.

Harvey, D.C. (Daniel Cobb), 1886-1966

Public Archives of Nova Scotia

White, Gideon, 1752-1833
White, Thomas Howland
White family — Manuscripts

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Ells, Margaret

A Calendar of Official Correspondence and Legislative Papers, Nova Scotia, 1802-1815 / compiled by Margaret Ells, Under the direction of D.C. Harvey, Archivist.  Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1936. 354 pages : 25 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2P no. 3

Series: Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication No. 3.

Harvey, D.C. (Daniel Cobb), 1886-1966

Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Archives —Nova Scotia —Catalogs
Nova Scotia —Politics and government — Bibliography

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Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801

Holland's Description of Cape Breton Island and Other Documents / compiled with an introduction by D.C. Harvey, Archivist.  Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1933.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2P no. 2

Series: Public Archives of Nova Scotia No. 2. Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia.

Harvey, D.C. (Daniel Cobb), 1886-1966

Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Description and travel
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Census, 1811
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Census, 1818

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Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Clarkson's Mission to America, 1791-1792 / edited with an introduction, notes and index by Charles Bruce Fergusson, Archivist of Nova Scotia.  Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1971. 227 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2P no. 11

Series: Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication no. 11. Includes bibliographical references.

Clarkson, John, 1764-1828
Fergusson, Charles Bruce, 1911-1978

Clarkson, John, 1764-1828
Sierra Leone Company
Blacks — Nova Scotia
Blacks — New Brunswick

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Petheric Press Limited

A pocketful of Nova Scotia history series : No. 1 Joseph Howe / from Nova Scotia's Historical Publishers Petheric Press Limited, Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Halifax : Petheric Press, 1973. 13 sheets in envelope : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 38 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S V/F V.34 #2 - Oversize Vertical File

Facsimiles of authentic documents, in envelope. Bibliography on "explanation sheet."

Howe, Joseph, 1804-1873
Politicians — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Politics and government — 19th century
Nova Scotia — History

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Shields, Caroline

Cassatt McNicoll : Impressionists Between Worlds / edited by Caroline Shields.  151 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ND237 C3 A4 2023

Shows artwork and discusses the lives of American impressionist Mary Cassatt and her Canadian contemporary Helen McNicoll. Renowned for their depictions of modern womanhood, their work had a profound impact on the development and proliferation of Impressionism in North America. Book contains an image from our holdings titled "In the Conservatory" by Frances Jones (another painter influenced by the impressionist movement) on page 24.

Cassatt, Mary, — 1844-1926 — Exhibitions
McNicoll, Helen, — 1879-1915 — Exhibitions
Impressionism (Art) — United States — Exhibitions
Impressionism (Art) — Canada — Exhibitions
Impressionism (Art) — France — Exhibitions
Women artists — Exhibitions

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Nova Scotia. Department of Education. Handcrafts Section

Handcrafts in Nova Scotia / Complied by Handcrafts Section, Adult Education Division, Department of Education, Province of Nova Scotia.  Halifax : Handcrafts Section, Adult Education Division, Dept. of Education, 1966. 27 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.553 #9 - Vertical File

Directory of shops and individual craftsmen in Nova Scotia. Some pages are not cut correctly.

Handicraft — Nova Scotia — Periodicals
Handicraft — Study and teaching — Nova Scotia — Periodicals

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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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Haliburton, Gordon MacKay

Silas Crane : Planter in Nova Scotia & Some of his Descendants / researched, compiled, & edited by Gordon MacKay Haliburton.  Nova Scotia : Gordon MacKay Haliburton, 2012. Unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 C73 H35 - Open Shelf

Captain Silas Sr brought his family to Nova Scotia to settle as a planter in the mid 18th century, and from there his children settled in mostly the Kings and Cumberland county areas, many of them also becoming planters and sea farers like their father.

Kings (N.S. : County) — History
Kings (N.S. : County) — Biography
Kings (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
Cumberland (N.S. : County) — History
Cumberland (N.S. : County) — Biography
Cumberland (N.S. : County) — Genealogy

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Automobile Legal Association (Maritime) Limited

A.L.A Maritime Tourist Guide Nova Scotia : Automobile Legal Association (Maritime) Limited, 1929. 2 volumes (unnumbered) ; illustrations, maps ; 26 x 31 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S V/F V.34 #1 - Oversize Vertical File

Maritime Provinces — Guidebooks

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MacAskill Pictures Limited

MacAskill : Ships and the Sea Halifax : MacAskill Pictures Limited.  1 volume (unnumbered) : illustrations ; 26 cm + 1 folded sheet, 5 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.553 #8

Undated catalogue of Wallace MacAskill's work available at MacAskill Pictures Limited. Includes brochure and ad.

MacAskill, Wallace R., 1893-1956 — Catalogs
Marine photography — Nova Scotia — Catalogs
Photography of sailing ships — Catalogs

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Travelplanner Directories Ltd.

Travelplanner NS : Summer 72 / produced by Travelplanner Directories Ltd..  Halifax : Travelplanner Directories Ltd., 1972. 32 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.553 #7 - Vertical File

Includes index.

Nova Scotia — Periodicals
Nova Scotia — Description and travel — Periodicals

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Thompson, Kent

The Fiddlehead / edited by Kent Thompson.  Fredericton, NB : Departments of English of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University, 1968. 102 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.553 #6 - Vertical File

Summer 1968 edition of the Fiddlehead, a popular prose and verse publication from the English Departments of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University. Publication started by the Bliss Carman Society in the 1940s.

illustrations by Sylvia Roth

Books — Reviews — Periodicals
Canadian literature — History and criticism — Periodicals
Canadian periodicals

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McInnis, Edgar

North America and the Modern World / by Edgar McInnis.  Toronto, ON : The Hunter Rose Company Limited, 1958. 438 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E45 M25 1958

Textbook that explains the relationship North America has with the rest of the world at the time it was produced. Explores the colonial roots of the Americas and the rapid changes that were making the world more globally interconnected.

World politics
North America — History

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Comfort, Judith

Country Roads of the Maritimes : New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia / by Judith Comfort.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 1994. 175 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2025.5 C64 1994 - Open Shelf

"A Guide Book from Nimbus Publishing" underneath title A guidebook through the Maritime provinces of Canada that highlights historic places and puts attention and detail into the sights to see in the Maritimes. Includes bibliographical references pages 161-164.

illustrated by Victoria Sheridan

Automobile travel — Maritime Provinces — Guidebooks
Maritime Provinces — Guidebooks

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Doyle, M. Gerard

Margaree Accommodation Mile / compiled by M. Gerard Doyle.  Waverly, NS : M. Gerard Doyle, 2020. 42 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F1039.C2 T68 D69 2020

Tourist accommodations in the Margaree, Cape Breton area that were available from the 1920s-late 1990s, but with a mostly specific focus on the 1950s-1970s.

Tourism — Nova Scotia
Margaree (N.S.) — Description and travel
Margaree (N.S.) — History

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Doyle, M. Gerard

3 Buildings of Historical Interest, Margaree Forks, NS plus Partial List of Stores with or without Gas Pumps and Service Stations "The Margarees", NS / compiled by M. Gerard Doyle.  Waverly, NS : M. Gerard Doyle, 2020. 62 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F1039.C2 M37 D69 2020

Historical buildings and stores located in the Margarees of Cape Breton. Lots of places are named for and connected to the people who live or lived in the Margaree area.

Historic buildings — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Margaree Forks (N.S.) — History
Margaree Forks (N.S.) — Buildings, structures, etc.

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Drew-Smith, Kathy

The Man from Malagash : George Patton Mackenzie's Work in the Yukon and Arctic / by Kathy Drew-Smith.  Waterloo, ON : Blue River Press, 2022. 376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC4022.1 M33 D74 2022 - Open Shelf

Born in Malagash, Nova Scotia, MacKenzie moved to Yukon during the Gold Rush. This biography of George Patton MacKenzie chronicles his time in Dawson City as prospector, teacher, and Gold Commissioner.

MacKenzie, George Patton, — 1873-1954
Yukon — Officials and employees — Biography
Canada, Northern — Discovery and exploration — History — 20th century
Yukon — History — 20th century
Arctic regions — Discovery and exploration — History — 20th century

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Phelps, Dallas LeRoy, 1953-

The History of the Regiment of the South Carolina Royalists (1778-1783) / by Dallas L. Phelps.  Camden, SC : Dallas L. Phelps, 2024. 70 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E267 P44 2024

The South Carolina Royalists were a Loyalist regiment during the American War of Independence who eventually were defeated. While some stayed, a lot opted to come to Nova Scotia and settle there with land grants. Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63).

Great Britain — Army — South Carolina Royalist Regiment
South Carolina — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Campaigns
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Regimental histories

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Hale, R. Wallace

Early New Brunswick Canada Probate Records, 1785-1835 Westminster, Maryland : Heritage Books, 2007. viii, 558 pages ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 N475 H35 2007 - Open Shelf

Transcriptions from the first 50 years of the probate records. Includes index.

Probate records — New Brunswick
New Brunswick — Genealogy

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