A pocketful of Nova Scotia history series : No. 1 Joseph Howe 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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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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Middle Stewiacke, Birch Hill, Cloverdale, and Mosquito Cove : History of Four Communities in Southern Colchester County, Nova Scotia / by Dianne Geddes. Upper Stewiacke, NS : Stewiacke Valley Historical Society, 2016. 94 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 C65 G43 - Open Shelf
Second edition of Geddes book which outlines the history of four communities in Southern Colchester County. Created for the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
Colchester (N.S. : County) — History
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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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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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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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New Brunswick Genealogical Society
Recensement 1861, comté de Queens County, Nouveau-Brunswick New Brunswick / compiled by New Brunswick Genealogical Society and Provincial Archives of N.B = Complié par New Brunswick Genealogical Society et Archives provinciales du N.-B.. Fredericton, NB : Provincial Archives of N.B., 1991. ix, 88 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HA747 N53 Q8 1991
Text in French and English. Includes index.
New Brunswick Genealogical Society
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
Registers of births, etc. — New Brunswick — Queens
Queens (N.B. : County) — Genealogy
Queens (N.B. : County) — Census, 1861
Canada — Census, 1861
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Sisters of Service : I Have Come to Serve - From 1922 to the Present / by M.C. Havey. Toronto, ON : Sisters of Service, 2022. 401 pages : portraits, illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX4705 S57 H38 2022
Written for the 100th anniversary of the Sisters of Service and looks into their history in North America. Two chapters with very specific and relevant information to the Sisters in Nova Scotia: Chapter 3 - The Ports : history of the sisters' immigration work at Pier 21 Chapter 6 - Home Away from Home : the women's residence they called home in Nova Scotia.
Sisters of Service — History
Monasticism and religious orders for women — Canada — History
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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 : 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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Sisters of Charity, Halifax / researched by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc. 181 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 S578 G739 - Open Shelf
Cemetery graves for the Sisters of Charity, Halifax. Four volumes by number range V.1: A-D V.2: E-L V.3: M-N V.4: O-Y
Monasticism and religious orders for women — Nova Scotia
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia
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A Comparative Study of Socio-Economic Patterns in Black Nova Scotian Communities / by Joan A. Browne. Ottawa, ON : National Library of Canada, 1982. 107 pages : charts, figures ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HC117 B53 B76 1982
Dissertation submitted to Dalhousie University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Sociology.
Black people — Nova Scotia — History
Black people — Nova Scotia — Social conditions
Black people — Nova Scotia — Economic conditions
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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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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.
Books — Reviews — Periodicals
Canadian literature — History and criticism — Periodicals
Canadian periodicals
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Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture & Marketing : Marketing & Economics Branch
Annual Report / by the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture & Marketing : Marketing & Economics Branch. Truro, NS : Department of Agriculture and Marketing, 1986. 65 pages : charts, tables ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - J104 K3 R29 A278 M375 - Open Shelf
Earlier title : Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing : Marketing and Economics Branch Annual report. This is the 1986 Annual Report of the NS Department of Agriculture and Marketing's Marketing and Economics Branch, compiled March 20th or 1987.
Food industry and trade — Nova Scotia
Agricultural industries — Nova Scotia
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Dominion Atlantic Railway Company
High Lights of Nova Scotia History / by the Dominion Atlantic Railway Company. Kentville, NS : Dominion Atlantic Railway Company, 1936. 32 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.553 #5 - Vertical File
Fourth Edition released by Dominion Atlantic Railway, this small pamphlet offers a brief history of Nova Scotia to travellers and tourists.
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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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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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Nova Scotia Engagement Calendar 1974 Halifax : Talbot Press, 1974. 25 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.553 #4 - Vertical File
Each of the photographs in this calendar was taken in the month it illustrates. This guarantee of authenticity is a trademark of the photographer. He is Mr. Tim Randall of Halifax, a member of the Photographic Society of America and the National Association for Photographic Art (Canada). The calendar was lithographed by The Royal Print & Litho. Ltd. of Halifax for The Talbot Press, 1235 Blenheim Terrace, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Historical and genealogical record of the first settlers of Colchester County down to the present time : compiled from the most authentic sources / by Thomas Miller ; reprinted by Colchester Historical Museum. Reprint Truro : Colchester Historical Museum, 1991. 400 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F106 C6 M6 1991
Includes index.
Colchester (N.S. : County) — History
Colchester (N.S. : County) — Genealogy — Indexes
Colchester (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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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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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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The Long-Tailed Family Plus Margaree Irish Pioneers : Coady, Coakley, Doyle, Dunn, Fortune, McDaniel, McGarry, Miller, Murphy, Tompkins / compiled by M. Gerard Doyle. Waverly, NS : M. Gerard Doyle, 2020. 803 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 L664 D695 - Open Shelf
Genealogy of the Margaree Irish community in Cape Breton with a greater focus on the family names Coady, Coakley, Doyle, Dunn, Fortune, McDaniel, McGarry, Miller, Murphy, and Tompkins. Appendix in the back for index searching by names, table of contents in front. Binder tab markers for easy entry to a certain part of the book from the contents page.
Irish — Nova Scotia — Margaree — History
Margaree (N.S.) — Genealogy
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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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An Historical Sketch of Belmont & Area / by Stacey (McCully) Culgin. Truro : ASE Print, 2019. xix, 214 pages : illustration, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B4 C85 2019 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliography.
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