Nova Scotia Archives Library Search: Press
Breaking Disaster : Newspaper Stories of the Halifax Explosion / Katie Ingram. East Lawrencetown : Pottersfield Press, 2017. 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 I54 2017 - Open Shelf
'The rumble got louder, the walls quaked as if in fear, and the classroom's windows started to pulse and shake before they completely shattered, showering everyone inside with glass.' On December 6, 1917, the face of Halifax changed forever when the Imo, a Belgian Relief ship, collided with the French ship, the Mont Blanc. Shortly after 9:00 a.m., the Mont Blanc, which was carrying a large cargo of explosives, blew up. It destroyed much of the city's north end and neighbouring communities like Tuft's Cove and Dartmouth. The effect was catastrophic. Almost immediately, aid was rushed to Halifax as survivors and workers dug through rubble and ruins for friends and family. Over 2,000 people died and 9,000 were injured, while countless others were rendered homeless. As news broke about the explosion, newspapers from Toronto to Hawaii and France to Australia scrambled to provide readers with updated information. These and other stories gave face to a disaster which, at the time, was a mix of ever-changing statistics, details, and questions about blame. Often the reports were exaggerated and erroneous. In Halifax, newspapers carried lists of the injured, dead, and missing alongside a collection of notices and ads. This strange juxtaposition showed just how quickly the explosion had happened as holiday-themed advertisements mixed with notices about relief and stories of survival and death. Together, they present the overarching image of Halifax at the time - survival and confusion - while separately they show just how much impact one event had. Katie Ingram is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and writer.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Disasters — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Nova Scotia — Halifax — Press coverage
Journalism — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History
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Early Cape Breton Newspapers : vital statistics and items.. / compiled by Mildred Howard. Sydney : Cape Breton Genealogical Society, 1992-1997. 3 v. ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 C237 E11 - Open Shelf
Subtitle varies. Contains vital statistics from a wide range of early Cape Breton newspapers.
Newspapers — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Vital statistics — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Advocate
Cape Breton Spectator
Commerical Herald
Spirit of the Times and the Cape Breton Free Press
Cape Breton Island
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Literary presses in Canada, 1975-1985 : a checklist and bibliography / compiled by Holly Melanson. Halifax : Dalhousie University, School of Library and Information Studies, 1988. iii, 187 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Z669.1 D1430 #43
Includes indexes.
Dalhousie University. School of Library and Information Studies.
Little presses — Canada — Directories
Literature publishing — Canada — Directories
Little press books — Bibliography
Canadian literature (English) — Bibliography
Canada — Imprints.
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News, Truth and Crime : the Westray disaster and its aftermath / John L. McMullan. Black Point : Fernwood Books, 2005. 112 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TN806 C22 N6 2005
Includes bibliographical references.
Westray Mine Disaster, Plymouth, Pictou, N.S., 1992 > Press coverage
Crime in mass media
Corporations > Corrupt practices > Press coverage > Case studies
Disasters > Press coverage > Case studies
Journalism > Objectivity
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Press 19--. 5 pamphlets in cardboard case
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PN
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39. The great depression of the 1930s in Canada / Michiel Horn. Ottawa : Canadian Historical Association, 1984. 24 pages ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F80 C16a B64 #39
Canadian Historical Association.
Depressions — 1929 — Canada
Canada — Economic conditions — 1918-1945.
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The law and the media in Canada / Clare F. Beckton. Toronto : Carswell, 1982. xvi, 161 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - KE2460 B397
Copyright — Canada
Press law — Canada
Mass media — Law and legislation — Canada
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The priest's boy / by Clive Doucet. Windsor, ON. : Black Moss Press, 1992. 104 pages ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS557 O93 P949
Canadian literature — 20th century
Depressions 1929 — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Canadian fiction (English) — Nova Scotia
Short stories, Canadian (English) — Nova Scotia.
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Trial for libel, on the magistrates of Halifax, the King vs. Joseph Howe : before the chief justice and a special jury, Supreme Court, Hilary term Halifax : 1835. 102 pages ; 14 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F93 H83 1909 v.1
Libel and slander — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Freedom of the press — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Trials (Libel) — Nova Scotia — Halifax.
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Unto everything give thanks : how I won over depression / by Winifred (Christie) Slauenwhite. Halifax : W. Slauenwhite, 1985. 43 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.297 #4 - Vertical File
Christian life
Depression, Mental
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Visions of light and air : Canadian impressionism, 1885-1920 / curated by Carol Lowrey. New York : Americas Society Art Gallery, 1995. 152 pages ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ND244.5 I4 V57
Americas Society. Art Gallery.
Impressionism (Art) — Canada — Exhibitions
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