Bishop, Harold Fletcher, 1896-1919
As ever, the wartime letters written by Cpl. Harold Fletcher Bishop : A Student from Acadia University / compiled by John Bishop Grant. Sydney : John Bishop Grant, 2016. 158 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D640 B547 2016
Harold Bishop, of Auburn, Nova Scotia was a member of the Class of 1917 at Acadia University. Upon completing his sophomore year in 1915 he, along with the majority of men in his graduating class, joined the 4th University Company of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. This is a compilation of his letters sent from training bases and the front lines of France to the home front. In them, he thanks those who wrote to him and sent parcels, as well as he advises his brothers how they should enlist. A personal story of military service, including mention of the loss of friends in combat. Bishop demonstrateds his attachment to family, the importance of his faith, and the connections to those he knew on the campus of Acadia and in his home community. Includes index.
Bishop, Harold Fletcher, — 1896-1919 — Correspondence
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), 2nd — Biography
Acadia University — Students — Biography
World War, 1914-1918 — Personal narratives, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Biography
Soldiers — Canada — Biography
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The secret war 1914-1918 / Stuart Ramsay Tompkins. Victoria B.C. : Morriss Publishing, 1981. 71 pages : port. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D610 T662
World War, 1914-1918 — Diplomatic history.
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The C.E.F. roll of honour : members and former members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force who died as a result of service in the Great War, 1914-1919 / compiled and edited by Edward H. Wigney. Ottawa : Eugene Ursual, 1996. 867 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D609 C2 W54 1996
World War, 1914-1918 — Registers of dead — Canada.
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First World War honour roll of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia / Bruce F. MacDonald. Antigonish : Bantry Publishing, 2015. Volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Issued also in electronic format.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D609 C2 M25 2015
The book contains profiles of 71 First World War soldiers from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, all of whom died while in uniform, the majority in military combat. The stories in volume I are arranged chronologically by date of death and covering the years 1915 to 1917 inclusive while volume II focuses in on 1918-1937. The profiles provide a glimpse into the events of the war through the soldiers' stories, and details what life was like for returning soldiers. While the majority served with Nova Scotian battalions, some served with units from New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Western Canada, also providing a glimpse into the roles of various military battalions and some non-combat units in the war's events. Includes index.
Canada. — Canadian Armed Forces — Registers of dead
World War, 1914-1918 — Registers of dead — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County)
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County) — Biography
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Catholics of the Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and the War, 1914-1919 ; with nominal enlistment rolls by parishes Antigonish (Nova Scotia) : St. Francis Xavier University Press 239 pages : ports. ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D609 C2 A629
World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia — Antigonish (County) — Registers
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Memoirs of a World War I pilot, Lieut. Harry A. Yates, A.F.C / by Douglas Eaton Eagles, Elizabeth Joan (Yates) Eagles. Sarnia, ON. : The Author, 1985. 63, [60] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D607 C2 E11
World War, 1914-1918 — Aerial operations, Canadian
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The Oxford periodical history of the war Toronto : Oxford University Press, 1940-1946. ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D6 M18 OX2
Canadian Institute of International Affairs.
World War, 1939-1945 — Periodicals.
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Merry Hell : the Story of the 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919 / Robert N. Clements ; edited by Brian Douglas Tennyson. Toronto, ON. : University of Toronto Press, 2013. xxiii, 265 pages ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D547 C212 C626 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Battalion, 25th — History
World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada
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Canada in Flanders / by Sir Max Aitken ; with a preface by A. Bonar Law and an introduction by Sir Robert Borden. London ; Toronto : Hodder and Stoughton, 1916-1918. 3 v. : maps (1 folded) ; 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D547 C2 B4
The official story of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Volume 2 has title: Canada in Flanders / by Lord Beaverbrook. Volume 3 has title: Canada in Flanders / by Charles G.D. Roberts, with a preface by Lord Beaverbrook. Folded map tipped in.
Roberts, Charles G. D., 1860-1943.
World War, 1914-1918 — Campaigns — Belgium
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada.
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The war and the future / by the Right Hon. Sir Robert Borden ; being a narrative compiled from speeches delivered at various periods of the war in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain, with an introductory letter to the compiler, Percy Hurd. London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1917. xxiv, 164 pages : illustrations, port. ; 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D520 C2 B73 1917
Imperial federation
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada
World War, 1914-1918
Commonwealth of Nations.
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The modern world, political and economic / by R. A. MacKay and S. A. Saunders. Rev. Toronto : Ryerson Press, 1937, 1935. xvi, 558 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D443 M24 1937
Saunders, S. A. (Stanley Alexander), 1900- joint author.
Economic history
World politics — 20th century
International law and relations.
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The Annual retrospective of public affairs London : Longman, Rees, Ormi, Brown and Green, 1830-.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D359.7 A55
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The works of Sir William Temple, Bar London : printed for J. Clarke, T. Wotton, D. Browne..et al., 1757. ii, 466 pages ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D273 A2 T4 1757
Includes index.
Netherlands — History
Europe — Politics and government — 1648-1789
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Naval battles of the world : great and decisive contests on the sea. With an account of the Japan-China war and the recent battle of the Yalu; the growth, power, and management of our new Navy Philadelphia : P. W. Ziegler, 1898. 501, 433 pages : illus. ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D27 S554
Naval battles
Chinese-Japanese War, 1894-1895.
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Voices : a guide to oral history / Derek Reimer, editor ; David Mattison and Allen W. Specht, assistant editors. Victoria, B.C. : Sound and Moving Image Division, 1984. vi, 74 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D1614 V889
Mattison, David, 1950-
Reimer, Derek, 1947-
Specht, Allen W. (Allen William)
Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Sound and Moving Image Division.
Oral history — Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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The historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth; trends, interpretations, and resources Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 1966. xiv, 596 pages 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D16.9 H673
Commonwealth of Nations — History — Bibliography
Commonwealth of Nations — History — Historiography
Commonwealth of Nations — History — Bibliography
Great Britain — Colonies — Historiography
Great Britain
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The Spiritual interpretation of history 4th ed. Cambridge, Harvard U.P, 1920. 227 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D16.7 M42
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Seeing ourselves : films for Canadian studies / prepared by James E. Page. Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 1979. 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D16.4 C212 P132
A project of the National Film Board's Education Support Program. Includes index.
National Film Board of Canada.
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The Historian and film / edited by Paul Smith. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1976. viii, 208 pages ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D16.255 A8 H675
Includes index.
History — Study and teaching — Audio-visual aids — Addresses, essays, lectures
Motion pictures in historiography — Addresses, essays, lectures
Historical films — Addresses, essays, lectures.
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The voice of the past : oral history / Paul Thompson. 2nd ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988. ix, 314 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D16.14 T48
Includes index. OPUS.
Oral history
History — Methodology.
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Histoire orale : communications du 2e Colloque d'histoire orale en Atlantique, Memramcook, Nouveau-Brunswick, du 17 au 19 octobre 1980 / rédacteur, Ronald Labelle = Oral history : papers from the 2nd Atlantic Oral History Conference, Memramcook, New Brunswick, 17-19 October 1980 / editor, Ronald Labelle. Moncton, N.-B. : Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1981. iii, 72 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D16.14 A879
Text in French and English.
Université de Moncton. Centre d'études acadiennes.
Oral history — Congresses
Oral tradition — Maritime Provinces — Congresses.
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Writing and publishing your local history / Geri Gaskin. Halifax : Federation of Nova Scotian Heritage 1980-.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D16 G248
Local history
Historical research
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On doing local history : reflections on what local historians do, why, and what it means / Carol Kammen. Nashville, Tenn. : American Association for State and Local History, 1986. 184 pages ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D13 K15
Local history
United States — History, Local — Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Researching, writing, and publishing local history / by Thomas E. Felt. Nashville, Tenn. : AASLH, 1981. xiv, 166 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D13 F387 1981
Local history
Historical research
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Memoirs of celebrated female sovereigns New York, Harper & Brothers, 1832. 2 v. 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D11.5 J31
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