The Canadian National Railways' Story / by Patrick C. Dorin. First Edition Seattle : Superior Pub. Co., 1975. 206 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE2810 C14 D67 1975
This book examines the services provided by the CN System from 1919 to 1975, with the various types of train services highlighted both historical and geographically from Newfoundland to British Columbia.
Canadian National Railways — History
Railroads — Canada — History
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Rising to the Challenge : The Craftsmanship of Perry Henniger / compiled by James Henniger ; photographs by John Jennings. Peterborough, ON : James Henniger, 2018. 147 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD8039 W62 C3 2018
Henniger, Perry — 1906-1990
Woodworkers — Ontario — Biography
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Fight on! : Cape Breton coal miners, 1900-1925 / Joanne Schwartz. Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing Ltd., 2020. 74 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD5329 M615 S39 2020
In early twentieth-century Cape Breton, coal mines stretched far out under the ocean. The workers, mostly men, but also children and ponies, spent all day in the dark, damp mines. Each day the workers descended into the mines, they risked never seeing sunlight or their families again. They were miserable and fearful, working in dangerous conditions where fatal accidents were common. So the brave miners took matters into their own hands, and stood up to the companies treating them this way. They went on strike again and again, suffering from starvation, disease, freezing winters, and violence at the hands of the mine owners and police. Fight On! tells the stories of these miners and their families, Cape Breton heroes who fought against corporate greed, putting their livelihoods on the line for better conditions and healthier families and communities. The newest installment in the award-winning Compass series, Fight On! is at once an engaging history and a passionate call to action against injustice. Includes dozens of modern and archival colour photos and illustrations, a glossary of terms, index, and informative sidebars.
Strikes and lockouts — Coal mining — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature
Coal miners — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature
Coal mines and mining — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature
Coal miners — Labor unions — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature
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Bodily Health, Contaminants, and the Environment : Recognizing the Impacts of Industrial Pollution in Deindustrializing Sydney, Nova Scotia / Kristoffer Archibald. Montréal, Québec : Concordia University, 2016. 226 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD1671 C32 A73 2016
Throughout the twentieth century, the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia was home to a steel industry that polluted the air and contaminated the waterway of Muggah Creek, known in local parlance as the Tar Ponds. This dissertation examines public discourse surrounding the subject of industrial pollution in the deindustrializing city of Sydney, focusing between 1950 and 2014. It explores how diverse community interests--including those of steelworkers, local environmentalists, residents whose properties bordered the contaminated site, and members of the local business community--interpreted and responded to the pollution.
Sydney (N.S.) — Environmental Conditions
Sydney (N.S.) — Environmental Activism
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Hurrah! Acadia / Burton Russell. Kentville, NS : B.L. Russell, 1986. vii, 264 pages : illustrations : portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GV693 A24 R87 1986
The chronological story of athletics at Acadia University from 1838-1985 as told by alumni Burton Russell. Compiled from past publications, coach observations, and the author's assessment, these elements combine and create a vivid account of moments of joy and sorrow throughout
Acadia University — Sports — History
Athletics — Nova Scotia — History
College sports — Nova Scotia — History
Acadia University — Athletics — History
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Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch
A collection of Scottish country dances / by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Nova Scotia Branch ; diagrams by Keith Rose. Halifax, NS : Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Nova Scotia Branch, 2017. 68 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GV1646 S35 C665 2017
Written by or in honour of Nova Scotian dancers. Collected on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the RSCDS Nova Scotia branch in 2017. Includes index.
Folk dancing, Scottish — Nova Scotia
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Goodyear, Hedley Charles Cornick
Dear Flo : letters from a pilot, correspondence home 1941-1944 / by Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cornick Goodyear ; compiled and edited by John Grant. Nova Scotia : Boularderie Island Press, 2021. 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2474.1 G66 2021 - Open Shelf
Hedley (Ted) Charles Cornick Goodyear chose to leave his university studies at Mount Allison University to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.), following the lead of his older brother Ray. 'Dear Flo, Letters From a Pilot' includes all of the letters that were received by his mother Florence (Flo) between 1941-1944. These letters offer a rare glimpse into the day-to-day life of the pilots who trained on and flew fighter/bombers during the Second World War. They also offer insight into the risks, triumphs and resilience of all those Ted Goodyear met, both before departing for England and while stationed overseas.
World War, 1939-1945 — Correspondence
Flight navigators, Military — New Brunswick — Correspondence
Goodyear, Hedley Charles Cornick — Correspondence
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force — Biography
Fighter pilots — Canada — Correspondence
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Cobequid meguma and Acadian villages : villages now in Colchester, Eastern Hants, and adjacent areas of Pictou and Cumberland Counties / by Norris M. Whiston. 2018 Tatamagouche : Norris M. Whiston, 2018. 308 pages : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350.5 W55 2018 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 304-208).
Acadians — History
Mi'kmaq — History
Cobequid Bay Region (N.S.) — History
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Images 1900-1960 : Photos d'écoliers de Wedgeport & de la Butte-des-Comeau = Student photos of Wedgeport & Comeau's Hill / sous la direction de / directed by Donnie Jacquard. Yarmouth, NS : Sentinel Printing, 2000. 146 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 W43 S478 2000 - Open Shelf
Students — Nova Scotia — Wedgeport Region — Biography — Portraits
Wedgeport Region (N.S.) — Biography — Portraits
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Mary Kaulbach's Normal School Diary : 1892-1893 / edited by Melanie Ballard and John N. Grant. Truro : Little White Schoolhouse Press, 2021. 133 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 T78 M37 2021 - Open Shelf
In 1892, Mary Kaulbach came to Truro to attend the Provincial Normal School. Her diary provides a glimpse into the life of a young woman in Victorian Truro and at Normal.
Students — Nova Scotia — Diaries
Teachers colleges — Nova Scotia
Truro (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
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Life in Nova Scotia and North Colchester in the 1950's and 1960 / by Norris Whiston. 2018 version Earltown : Norris M. Whiston, 2018. 98 pages : illustrations, facsims. ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 N873 Z48 2018 - Open Shelf
Includes index, pages 95-96.
Colchester (N.S. : County) — History
Colchester (N.S. : County) — Biography
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Mahone Bay 1919-2019 : One Hundred Years and Counting / written by Bob Sayer. Mahone Bay, NS : Town of Mahone Bay, 2019. 87 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 M317 S29 2019 - Open Shelf
Documenting the history of Mahone Bay from 1919-2019.
Mahone Bay (N.S.) — History — 20th century
Mahone Bay (N.S.) — History — 21st century
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Birchtown and the Black Loyalist experience : from 1775 to the present / by Stephen Davidson ; photography by Peter Zwicker. Halifax : Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2019. 88 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 color map, color portraits, 1 color coat of arms ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B56 D38 2019 - Open Shelf
The experiences of Black Loyalist refugees escaping the American Revolution, based on artefacts and displays at the Birchtown Black Loyalist Centre in Nova Scotia. This book chronicles experiences of African Americans who were part of the influx of Loyalist refugees from the American Revolution. The Black Loyalists were both freed and enslaved Black Americans who had joined the British side. For their loyalty, they were evacuated by the British Navy to Nova Scotia, where they were to receive freedom, land, and provisions. The Black Loyalists landed at a settlement named Birchtown, adjoining the white Loyalist town of Shelburne. On arrival they found virtually no shelter. Many died and others only survived by digging small holes in the ground and fixing logs over top for makeshift huts. Food was extremely scarce. White Loyalists quickly received their land and provisions. It was years before the Black Loyalists received their land grants, and not everyone got a plot. The lands provided proved to be rocky and hard to cultivate. Ultimately many Black Loyalists chose to leave Nova Scotia to go to Sierra Leone, West Africa, founding a new settlement there. Others remained, and their descendants are found in communities across Nova Scotia and beyond. Through images, artifacts, and text, this book tells the story of Birchtown and its residents as well as the larger story of Black Loyalist history, reflecting the research and exhibits in the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Birchtown. Includes bibliographical references (page 86) and index.
Black people — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
Black people — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — Antiquities
African Americans — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
African Americans — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — Antiquities
African American loyalists — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
Birchtown (N.S.) — History
Birchtown (N.S.) — Antiquities
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"We Harbor no Evil Design" : Rehabilitation Efforts after the Halifax Explosion of 1917 / edited by David A. Sutherland. North York, Ontario, Canada : University of Toronto Press ; Toronto : The Champlain Society, 2017. 533 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 W4 2017 - Open Shelf
Introduction and annotations by David A. Sutherland. This volume features key documents from the Papers of the Halifax Relief Commission (HRC), which was established in the wake of the 1917 Halifax Explosion. The HRC was a quasi-governmental authority endowed with sweeping authority to implement a long-term program of reconstruction and rehabilitation to improve the qualify of life for the people of Halifax and neighbouring Dartmouth.
Halifax Relief Commission
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Disaster victims—Rehabilitation—Nova Scotia—Halifax—History—20th century
Halifax (N.S.)—History—20th century
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The Hermit of Africville : The life of Eddie Carvery / Jon Tattrie. East Lawrencetown, NS : Pottersfield Press, 2010. 206 pages : portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.26 C37 T38 2010 - Open Shelf
Eddie Carvery was born in Africville, Nova Scotia, when the African-Nova Scotian seaside village in Halifax was midway through its third century. As a teenager, he watched his world torn down as his friends and family were compelled to leave. After Africville was bulldozed in the 1960s under the guise of 'urban renewal, ' Eddie Carvery returned to the site of his former hometown and pitched a tent in protest. After forays into careers as a community organizer, sheet-metal worker, and fisherman, Eddie returned to the ruins of Africville in 1970 to start his protest for the reclamation of his people's land and history. Forty years, three families, seven heart attacks, and numerous attempts on his life later, he remains living on the land where he was born.
Carvery, Eddie
Africville (Halifax Regional Municipality, N.S.) — Biography
Africville (Halifax, N.S.) — Biography
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Peer into the Past : History and Oral Traditions of Richmond County / by Stephanie Campbell; research assistant Ann Marie Yorke. Descousse, NS : Richmond County Literacy Network, 2004. 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 R52 C35 2004 - Open Shelf
Compiled oral and other histories from Richmond County Nova Scotia.
Readers for new literates
Richmond (N.S. : County) — History
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Remembering Queens County, Nova Scotia : People, Places, Events / Tim McDonald. Nova Scotia : Tim McDonald, 2019. 202 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 Q4 M35 2019 v.2 - Open Shelf
Volume 2. Includes index.
Nova Scotia — History
Queens (N.S. : County) — Pictorial works
Queens (N.S. : County) — History
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Remembering Queens County, Nova Scotia : People, Places, Events / by Tim McDonald. Halifax : Tim McDonald, 2017. vi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 Q4 M35 2017 - Open Shelf
Tim McDonald's name is a familiar one in the area because of his many articles in the Liverpool newspaper, The Queens County Advance, that deal with the local history. As well, his recent books have been very popular. He was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, in 1965. Through much influence and guidance from his grandmother, Doris (Berriman) Taillon, he became very interested in his own family history when he was only 19 years old. Over the years since then, he has delved into not only other families' genealogies but also involved himself in researching people, places and events of Queens County. This book is a collection of his articles that have appeared in The Advance since 2015. As an added bonus, there are some new topics that have been included in this publication. 'Remembering Queens County, Nova Scotia' shares some of the rich history of South Queens and will help preserve some of the stories that needed to be told. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nova Scotia — History
Queens (N.S. : County) — Pictorial works
Queens (N.S. : County) — History
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Queens County, Nova Scotia : photos from the past & present / by Tim McDonald. Halifax : Tim McDonald, 2015. vi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 Q4 M35 2015 - Open Shelf
Volume 2.
Queens (N.S. : County) — History — Pictorial works
Queens (N.S. : County) — Pictorial works
Nova Scotia — History — Pictorial works
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Queens County, Nova Scotia : photos from the past & present / by Tim McDonald. Halifax : Tim McDonald, 2014. vi, 202 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 Q4 M35 2014 - Open Shelf
Cover art, photo inserts and book design by Chris Fudge and Plateau Entertainment. Includes bibliographical references: page 202.
Queens (N.S. : County) — Pictorial works
Queens (N.S. : County) — History — Pictorial works
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Kings County Schools : A Brief History of the Schools and School Sections of Kings County, Nova Scotia / compiled by Nelson Labor and Linda Hart. Kingston, NS : Published by T & S Office Essentials & Printing, 2011. 124 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 K56 K56 2011 - Open Shelf
History of the schools of Kings County, Nova Scotia. Includes bibliographic reference and table of contents for easy searching.
Schools — Kings County (N.S.)
Kings County (N.S.) — History
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Cumberland County Genealogical Society
Five score and more : reflections of a centenarian Amherst, NS : Cumberland County Genealogical Society, 2017. 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 C84 Z48 2017 - Open Shelf
Biographical sketches of over 250 centenarians who have lived in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Includes bibliographical references.
Centenarians — Nova Scotia — Cumberland (County)
Obituaries — Nova Scotia — Cumberland (County)
Cumberland (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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Le Village historique acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse / prepared by Betty d'Eon. West Pubnico : Betty d'Eon, 2002. 1 volume (unnumbered) : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2315 H57 D46 2002 - Open Shelf
Publication in English. The purpose of this report is to provide the reader with a detailed summary of the Historic Acadian Village of Nova Scotia since its beginnings in 1989. This document provides information on the history of the project, the development of the site, an overview of the programming as well as insights into the project's structure, finances and future developments.
Le Village historique acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse
Historic Acadian Village of Nova Scotia
Historic sites — Nova Scotia
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The Museum Called Canada : 25 Rooms of Wonder / Charlotte Gray. Created and Produced by Otherwise Editions for Random House Canada, Toronto, Ontario, 2004. 705 pages : colour and black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC21 G73 2004 - Open Shelf
Welcome to a museum so full of wonder that it could only be called Canada. Explore its twenty-five rooms, collectively bringing together a breathtaking range of cultural artifacts, artworks, and historic objects - many of them never seen in a museum before. You'll find high art next to pop culture, scientific inventions displayed beside prehistoric creatures - myriad pieces of our past that tell the story of Canada. Book concept and curation: Sara Angel; design: Dinnick & Howells; cover and interior photography: Nancy Tong.
Material culture — Canada — Pictorial works
Canada — History — Pictorial works
Canada — Antiquities — Pictorial works
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Nova Scotia South shore : Polk City Directories / Polk City Directories. Polk Canada Ltd., 1999- 2 volumes ; 34 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 N85 P762
Previously called Might's Directories. Archives have 1999 and 2000. 2000 edition published by Equifax.
South Shore (N.S.) — Directories
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