The Lamp Was Heavy : Nova Scotia Nurses-in-Training in the 1950s / by Barbara Keddy. Tantallon, NS : Glen Margaret Publishing, 2018. 118 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #19 - Vertical File
The story of 14 nurses, including Keddy, in the 1950s - the book follows their journey from education to working in small town hospitals across Nova Scotia and showcases their experiences.
Nursing — Nova Scotia
Postsecondary education — Nova Scotia
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Dorothy May Collins : A Story of a life altered by the Halifax Explosion / by Dorothy Brown. Toronto, ON : Dorothy Brown, 2017. 92 pages: illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #18 - Vertical File
The story of Dorothy May Collins' and her family's experience during and after the Halifax Explosion in 1917.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions — Nova Scotia
History — Nova Scotia
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A Brief History of Militia Units Established at Various Periods at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 1812-1947 / compiled by Lieutenant Colonel W.D. King. Yarmouth, NS : 14th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, 1947. 32 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #17 - Vertical File
Brief history on the Militia Units in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from 1812-1947.
History — Yarmouth (N.S.)
Military history
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Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch
Spark O' Water : Dances of Nova Scotia Halifax, NS : Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. Nova Scotia Branch, 2017. 33 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #16 - Vertical File
35th anniversary of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch, this book outlines different traditional dances and includes diagrams on dancer's foot placement. Includes an audio disc with traditional music. CD Composer (fiddle) Keith Smith.
CD Composer (piano) Muriel Johnstone
Folk dancing, Scottish — Nova Scotia
Country-dances (Music) — Scotland
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An Outline of Phyllis' Story : Presented April 17, 2010 on the occasion of the Ninetieth Birthday Celebrations of Phyllis Frances Fevens / by Douglas Fevens. Halifax : Douglas Fevens, 2010. 22 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #15 - Vertical File
The story of Phyllis Fevens as told on her 90th birthday. Book includes an obituary for Phyllis glued into the signature section of the booklet.
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Canadian Authors Association Nova Scotia Branch
The Beachcomber / editor George Borden. Halifax, NS : Canadian Authors Association Nova Scotia, 1997-1998. 8-12 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #14 - Vertical File
11 issues of The Beachcomber newsletter for the CAA Nova Scotia Branch. Dates on the issues are consecutive from August 1997-June 1998.
Newsletters — Nova Scotia
Authors, Canadian — Nova Scotia
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows Maritime Provinces of Canada and Newfoundland
Programme and Historical Book : Seventy-Fourth Annual Session of the Grand Lodge I.O.O.F. : Maritime Provinces of Canada and Newfoundland Halifax NS : Typographical Union Label, 1931. 24 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #13 - Vertical File
Programme and Historical book for the Seventy-Fourth Annual Session of the Independent Order of Oddfellows at the Grand Lodge.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows — Rituals
Nova Scotia — History
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Why the Plymouth Story is the Right Story on Rope Economy / distributed by Plymouth Cordage Company. Plymouth Cordage Company, 1951. 16 pages : illustrations ; 13 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #12 - Vertical File
Booklet distributed by the Plymouth Cordage Company, Welland, Ontario, about "Why the Plymouth Story is the right story on rope economy".
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Useful Knots and How to Tie Them / distributed by the Plymouth Cordage Company. Plymouth Cordage Company, 1949. 20 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #10 - Vertical File
How to booklet distributed by the Plymouth Cordage Company, Welland Ontario for tying knots.
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Souvenir Programme : Bridgewater Memorial Arena Bridgewater, NS, Bridgewater Memorial Arena, 1950. 4 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #9 - Vertical File
Souvenir Programme for the Bridgewater Memorial Arena's official opening on Friday, December 1, 1950.
History — Bridgewater (N.S.)
Skating rinks — Bridgewater (N.S.)
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A History of Oldfield Consolidated School 1962-2017 : School Section #98 Enfield, Nova Scotia / by John N. Grant. Milford Station, NS : Quarter Castle Publishing, 2018. 36 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #8 - Vertical File
Schools — History
Schools — Nova Scotia
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Chronicles of Another Era : Book Two / by Vernita M. Murphy. Little Fort, BC : A.H. Journeay, 1993. 60 Pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #7 - Vertical File
Continuation of 'Chronicles of Another Era'
Annapolis (N.S. : County) — Anecdotes
Annapolis (N.S. : County) — History — 20th century
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Nova Scotia Small Rural High Schools Task Force
Small Rural High School Task Force Halifax : Nova Scotia Department of Education, 1993. 51 pages : tables ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.415 #44a - Vertical File
Bound version of V/F V.415 #44. Chair: Peter Lawson.
Rural schools — Nova Scotia
Education, Rural — Nova Scotia
Education, Secondary — Nova Scotia
Educational surveys — Nova Scotia
High schools — Nova Scotia
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Atlantic Canada Related Theses Available at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia / compiled by Robert J. Cloney. Halifax (N.S.) : Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies, 1993. 35 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.279 #30a - Vertical File
Printed June 17, 1993 and is an updated list of theses related to Atlantic Canada in the Nova Scotia Archives holdings. PANS Special Document No.3-0384. Originally compiled by Alan Dunlop, October 30, 1984
Cloney, Robert John, 1963-
Dissertations, Academic — Atlantic Provinces
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A brief history of firsts and other interesting stage and railway facts, etc. in ye goode olde tymes / by W.W. Clarke. Windsor : Hants Journal Press, 1925-. 63 pages, 19 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits. ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.218 #2a - Vertical File
Cover title: Clarke's history of the earliest railways in Nova Scotia. Caption title: Early history of railroading in the Annapolis Valley and elsewhere in Nova Scotia. Author's name appears with caption title.
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The Protection of the Workman's Life, his Family, his Home : A Story Halifax : 1916. 12 pages : 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.204 #13a - Vertical File
Other title: The Bread winner's law. At head of title: "The passing of the Nova Scotia Workmen's Compensation Act means - Nova Scotia's most material industrial progress." Date from text. Signed page at the back for the Worker's Compensation Board, 1976 member Stephen Riker
Workers' compensation — Law and legislation — Nova Scotia.
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A Brochure and Compendium of Information Appertaining to the Building Trades Halifax, NS : Piercey Supplies, 1940. 102 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.138 #20a - Vertical File
Released for Piercy Supplies LTD's Silver Anniversary in 1940. Includes index.
Retail trade — Nova Scotia
Selling — Building materials — Nova Scotia
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Bluenose : on board a legend / by Devyn Kaizer ; photography by Peter Zwicker. Halifax, NS : Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2018. 72 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VM395 B5 K33 2018
This book documents the beautiful Tall Ship Bluenose, now a sailing ambassador for the province of Nova Scotia, and tells the dramatic story of the battles and triumphs of original Bluenose. The original Bluenose, built in Lunenburg and launched in 1921, was designed to combine a career as a racing ship with the working role fishing the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. Its captain, Angus Walters, took Bluenose to five international sailing races, and was undefeated for seventeen years. By the 1930s, the vessel's achievements made it an icon for Nova Scotia and an important Canadian symbol. The newly-restored replica, the Bluenose II, represents the wooden shipbuilding achievements and the dory-based cod fishery traditions of Nova Scotia. This book offers an interpretive guide of the ship and its complex traditional equipment. It also tells the story of the original Bluenose, with many historic photographs of the ship and its crew aboard the most famous Tall Ship in Canada in this souvenir of a vessel whose history and allure continues to captivate to this day. Includes index.
Bluenose II (Schooner) — History
Bluenose (Schooner) — History
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Chasse-Marée No 292 : Des Bateaux Et Des Hommes / Pol Corvez. Chasse-Marée (Douarnenez Cedex, FR). 93 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #2 - Vertical File
French magazine that has an article about the Halifax Explosion ; article titled "La Grande Explosion de Halifax" by Pol Corvez (pages 60-73). The remaining articles are nautical in theme and cover different geographic areas.
Halifax (N.S.)—History—Explosion, 1917
20th Century — History — Halifax (N.S.)
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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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Adventures in bubbles and brine : what I learned from Nova Scotia's masters of fermented foods - craft beer, cider, cheese, sauerkraut and more / by Philip Moscovitch. Halifax : Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2019. 208 pages : color photographs ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TX827.5 M67 2019
There is something seemingly magical about fermentation - microscopic organisms acting on fruits, vegetables and grains and completely transforming their properties. Fermentation produces wonderful flavours, connects us to local producers, is good for our health and is a direct link with local cultures - both the culture steeped in history and tradition, and the microscopic live cultures embedded in our fermented foods. Philip Moscovitch travelled Nova Scotia to discover today's practitioners of the art of food fermentation. He found traditional sauerkraut makers still at work on Tancook Island and cider makers working with old techniques and 100-year-old apple varieties. But he also found dozens of newly-established breweries and wineries, sausage makers bringing French traditions to the province, and cheese makers creating innovative and unique local cheeses. He offers sample recipes featuring local ingredients to allow for experimenting in the kitchen with products that are not all that complicated to make, and which lend themselves to endless variations. This book introduces the new wave of fermenters in Nova Scotia who are creating delicious products using local ingredients, and encourages readers to try fermentation for themselves. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Moscovitch, Philip — Travel — Nova Scotia
Cooking (Fermented foods) — Nova Scotia
Fermented foods — Nova Scotia
Fermented beverages — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Description and travel
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Garretts and the Bluenose Rugs of Nova Scotia / by Nanette Ryan and Doreen Wright. Halifax, Nova Scotia 118 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TT850 R93 1990
Pages 1-22: brief introduction with basic information on rug hooking and key figured in rug hooking in Nova Scotia and the Garrett Catalogue of patterns for rug hooking. Pages 23-118: patterns from the Garrett's catalogue "early times to 1974". See also: TT850 R93 1995 (reprint)
John E. Garrett Limited — History
Rugs, Hooked — Nova Scotia — History
Folk art — Nova Scotia
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f/8 and be there / by Jim Clark. Halifax, NS : Jim Clark, 2005. 112 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 x 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TR680 C527 2005
Chiefly photographs. Includes index.
Portrait photography — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Photojournalism — Nova Scotia — Halifax
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71st Fraser Highland Regiment in the American War of Independence / by Ed Brumby. 2nd edition Syston, Leicestershire, England : Anchorprint Group Limited, 2017. 323 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E267 B78 2017
Author's note on page 126 : The beginning of Chapter 8: Settler's Abroad, focused on the settlers of the highland regiments through Nova Scotia/Cape Breton Island, New Brunswick, and other provinces.
Great Britain. — Army. — Regiment of Foot, 71st (Highland Light Infantry)
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — British forces
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Regimental histories
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Participation, Scottish
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ABC Acadie : An Acadian Alphabet / by Mary Alice Downie. Kingston, ON : Quarry Heritage Books, 2014. 48 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PZ7 D68 2014
An illustrated history of Acadie for children. Illustrated by Anne LeBlanc.
English language — Alphabet — Juvenile literature
Alphabet books — Juvenile literature
Frontier and pioneer life — Canada — Juvenile literature
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