I Never Knew : Part 1 / by Juanita Pleasant. Nova Scotia : Reflections Publishing, 2000. 111 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F106 B6 P44 2000
This book highlights important black people in Canadian history.
Black people — Nova Scotia — Biography
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The Tried and True Recipes of Ruth Louise (Nowe) Wagner / by Earle S. Wagner. Halifax, NS : Earle S. Wagner, 2013.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TX715 W34
Sixty years after receiving a green recipe binder, Ruth's recipes are transcribed for posterity by husband Captain Earle S. Wagner. Typed and Reviewed by Darlene Wagner.
Wagner, Ruth Louise (Nowe)
Wagner, Darlene
Cookery
Cookbooks — Nova Scotia
Cooking — Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia Department of Education
Restructuring Nova Scotia's Educational System : Preparing All Students for a Lifetime of Learning - A Discussion Paper Halifax : Nova Scotia Department of Education, 1994. 69 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LB1631 R78 1994
Includes bibliographical references.
Education — Nova Scotia
Educational change — Nova Scotia
School management and organization — Nova Scotia
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Vimy Ridge : Artists Document the First World War / essays by Colonel John Boileau (CD retired) and Mora Dianne O'Neill. Halifax, NS : Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2017. 72 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ND249 V56
Artists depictions of the First World War - special focus on arts that soldiers created in the aftermath of Vimy Ridge in the Battle of France, 1917.
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada — Exhibitions
Vimy Ridge, Battle of, France, 1917 — Exhibitions
War in art
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Strange Stories / compiled by Hattie Dyck. Truro, NS : Hattie Dyck, 2003. 76 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GR113 S77
Compilation of various strange stories from the paranormal to other worldly.
Ghosts — Nova Scotia
Haunted places — Nova Scotia
Apparitions — Nova Scotia
Unidentified flying objects — Sightings and encounters — Nova Scotia
Superstition — Nova Scotia
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Tremont Community Cemetery Society
Tremont Community Cemetery Society : Burial Lists for the Tremont Cemeteries, Tremont, Kings County, Nova Scotia / compiled and distributed by the Tremont Community Cemetery Society. Nova Scotia: Tremont Community Cemetery Society, 2018. 24 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 T74 - Open Shelf
Ledgers of names from both the New and Old Tremont Community Cemeteries; organized by last name and respective cemetery. Assumed to be printed in at least 2018 given the records inside the book.
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia
Cemeteries — Kings County (N.S.)
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Explosion in Halifax Harbour, December 6,1917 : Colchester to the rescue / researched by Janet Maybee. Truro, NS : Colchester Historical Society, 2017. 17 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 C65 - Open Shelf
This publication presents only a small part of the material held at the Archives in the Colchester Historeum. It is intended to honour and celebrate the generosity of our residents a hundred years age.
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
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Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op
25 Year of more than just coffee! Annual Report 2020 Grand Pré : Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op, 2020. 38 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HC117 J87 C64
Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op
Fair trade foods — Grand Pré — Nova Scotia
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C.I.C. Pollution Conference : Proceedings of the Conference on Pollution / by Saint Mary's University. Halifax, NS : Saint Mary's University, 1969. 160 pages : illustrations, charts ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LED15 C53 1969
C.I.C. conference notes, data, figures, and organizers.
Pollution — Congresses
Pollution — Halifax (N.S.)
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The Trafalgar Chronicle : Year Book of the 1805 Club / distributed by the 1805 Club. Cranbrook, Kent, UK : 1805 Club, 2009. 317 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - DA88 T73 2009
19th edition of the Trafalgar Chronicle detailing the life of Lord Nelson and the HMS Victory. Printed in 2009 just after what would have been Nelson's 250th birthday.
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 — Chronology
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805
Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 — Campaigns — Atlantic Ocean
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Construction Specifications Canada
Construction Specifications Canada Directory of Members : 2004-2005 Toronto, ON : Construction Specifications Canada, 2004. 121 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TH13 C3 2004
Membership directory of Construction Specifications Canada for 2004-2005. Directory sections include the following indexes: advertisers index, by name, by organization, and by chapter.
Building — Canada
Building — Nova Scotia
Building — Indexes
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1604-2014 : Acadia of the Lands and Forests: 'Disputed Boundaries & Rediscovered Families' / edited by Jacques G. Albert. New Brunswick : Madawaska Historical Society, 2014. 56 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5200.5 A23 M33 - Open Shelf
“Acadia of the Lands and Forests: ‘Disputed Boundaries & Rediscovered Families,’” Revue de la Société historique du Madawaska, vol. 42, no. 1-2 (January-June 2014), 6. Running timeline of New Brunswick Acadians over time. Bottom of the pages include a timeline of events as the book is read, and illustrations of documents and artifacts have accompanying explanations. Complete title on cover page includes French translation of title that in full reads: L'Acadie des terres et forêts : "frontières contestées familles retrouvées" 1604-2014.
Acadia — History
Acadians — New Brunswick — Madawaska (County) — History
Madawaska (N.B. : County) — Boundaries — History
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From Cabin Boy to Master Mariner : Times and Travels of Nova Scotia's Baird, Stoddard, and Bigney Families since 1752 / by Jane Baird Barry. Nova Scotia: Jane Baird Barry, 2014. 76 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 B35 S76 B54 - Open Shelf
The stories of the Baird, Stoddard, and Bigney families as mariners in Nova Scotia and beyond. Includes family tree.
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — History
Sailors — Nova Scotia
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Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
Interprovincial School 1969 : The Glooscap Amherst, NS : Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf, 1969. 1 volume (unnumbered) : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV2579 M34 S36 1969
Yearbook for the Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf from the year 1969. Also contains a torn page, "Commissionaire 'Jim' Thompson" and "'Everyone's friend' Donald Fairfax".
Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf
Interprovincial Vocational School
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Undefeated Since 1976 : The Year of the Tiger / by Rick Rivers. Halifax, NS : Rick Rivers, 2013. 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GV585 D35 R58 2013
The history of the Dalhousie Tigers Football team from it's inception to it's cancellation by university staff in 1976 and then to it's eventual revival in 2009-2010.
Football — Nova Scotia
History — Dalhousie University (N.S.)
Sports — Nova Scotia
Sports — Dalhousie University (N.S.)
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War Letters 1941-1944 : A Chronicle of Life during World War II - from Home and Overseas / by Jennie Harrison Sheito. Nova Scotia : Jennie Harrison Sheito 515 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D640 H37 W55
Compiled letters to and from Kenneth Harrison to and from his wife Peg during World War II. Assumed publication date in the 2000s.
Harrison, Kenneth — Correspondence
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Correspondence
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Between Tides / by Ronald C. Webber. Halifax : Ronald C. Webber, 2019. 44 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 S36 T53 2019 - Open Shelf
Photographs of the wharf at Scots Bay in the Bay of Fundy.
Marine photography — Scots Bay (N.S.)
Scots Bay (N.S.)—Pictorial works
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Presiding by Desire : Nova Scotia's Popular Lieutenant Governor: Hon. MacCallum Grant / forward by Hon. Myra Freeman. Victoria, BC : Tellwell Talent, 2020. 472 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC3655 G73 B87 - Open Shelf
This is the story of an ambitious boy from Loyal Hill, in the village of Summerville on the Avon River in Hants County, who became a respected figure in the business community. Hon. MacCallum Grant served as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1916 to 1925, the last Nova Scotian to be appointed to two full terms as the King's representative. He created a new standard for the occupants of the viceregal office, reaching out to minorities and utilizing his charm and humour to engage everyone he met. Presiding By Desire - Nova Scotia's Popular Lieutenant Governor: Hon. MacCallum Grant by Scott J. Burke chronicles Grant's activities as lieutenant governor, highlighting significant events during his eight years at Government House. His terms in office encompassed the First World War and the Halifax Explosion. He played host to famous visitors including the Prince of Wales, and travelled to Washington to meet a president at the White House. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Grant, MacCallum, 1845-1928
Lieutenant governors — Nova Scotia — Biography
Businessmen — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nova Scotia — History — 1867-1918
Nova Scotia — History — 1918-1945
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It Happened in Halifax & Halifax County : Joy—Sorrow—Heartbreak—Tragedy / researched by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2022. 148 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 H35 T73 2022 v.2 - Open Shelf
Volume 2: documentation of more tragedies within the Halifax Regional municipality including disaster scenarios like fires, untimely deaths, and genealogical related materials. Index in the front of the book for easy searching.
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It Happened in Halifax & Halifax County : Joy—Sorrow—Heartbreak—Tragedy / researched by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2022. 173 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 H35 T73 2022 v.1 - Open Shelf
Volume 1: documentation of different tragedies within the Halifax Regional municipality including disaster scenarios like fires, untimely deaths, and genealogical related materials. Index in the front of the book for easy searching.
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Halifax WWII Heroes Remembered : Lest we Forget Those Brave Men and Women / by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Etc. Press Limited, 2015. 170 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 G778 W855 2015 - Open Shelf
Brief biographies of WWII soldiers from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Details including marital status, military status, and family lineages mostly from the Halifax Herald Limited. Second Volume.
World War, 1939-1945—Nova Scotia
World War, 1939-1945—Participation, Canadian
Halifax (N.S.)—Soldiers—Biography
Halifax (N.S.)—History, Military—20th century
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Titanic's Unknown Child / by Carol Goodwin. Whitewater, WI : Newcastle Lane Publishers, 2016. 162 pages : illustrations, portraits, charts ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK1255 T6 G66 2016
This work focuses on telling the story of an unknown child from the Titanic famously buried in Fairview Lawn Cemetery - later identified as Sidney Leslie Goodwin, Carol Goodwin's ancestor.
Goodwin family
Titanic (Steamship)
Shipwrecks—North Atlantic Ocean
Shipwreck victims—North Atlantic Ocean
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Sand Point Guysborough County Nova Scotia : 233 years of History (1784-2017) Including the Carrigan Descendants / compiled by Fraser West. Halifax : The Printing House Limited, 2018. 363 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 S26 G89 2018 - Open Shelf
History of the Sand Point, Guysborough Country area from 1784-2017 and the genealogy of the Carrigan Family descendants. Includes back index for quick searching.
Genealogy — Guysborough County (N.S.)
History — Guysborough County (N.S.)
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Dartmouth Memorial Gardens : A-L / complied by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2014. 250 pages : colour illustrations; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 H173 D37 2014a - Open Shelf
Photographs, complied by Linda Gray-LeBlanc, of gravesites at the Dartmouth Memorial Gardens by surname from A-L. Includes an index in the back of the book; index directs the reader to which page each burial site is on by name of the person.
Cemeteries — Halifax County (N.S.)
Cemeteries — Dartmouth (N.S.)
Dartmouth (N.S.) — Genealogy
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Nova Scotia. Department of Health. Uranium Task Force
The Occurrence and Significance of Uranium, Radium, and Radon in Water Supplies in Nova Scotia : A Report of the Investigation Carried Out by the Provincial Uranium Task Force Halifax : Nova Scotia Department of Health, 1986. Binder: 256 pages : maps, figures, tables; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TD427 U7 1986
Compiled report after investigations carried out by the Provincial Uranium Task Force regarding Uranium, Radium, and Radon in well water across Nova Scotia. Maps, figures, and tables are used to show how and where water contamination happens, as well as recommendations for how to prevent and stop water contamination in the future.
Grantham, David A.
MacFarlane, D.S. (David S.)
Drinking water — Nova Scotia
Uranium
Radon
Radium
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