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Quigley, John Gordon

A century of rifles, 1860-1960 : the Halifax Rifles (RCAS) (M) Cede nullis / editor & historian, John Gordon Quigley.  Halifax : Printed by Wm. McNabb, 1960-. xvii, 230 pages : illustrations, portraits(2 folded) ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F105 H13 Qu4

Corrected caption mounted on plate between pages 12-13.

World War, 1939-1945 — Regimental histories — Canada
World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada.

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Wagner, Earle S.

A Mariner's Memories : a Chronicle of the Life and Times of Earle S. Wagner, Master Mariner, 1929-1999 / Earle S. Wagner.  Nova Scotia : Earle S. Wagner, 2017. 272 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK140 W346 1999

At age 17, Earle Wagner joined Canada's marchant navy and served in it for four years during World War II. For nearly a quarter of a century he managed a fleet of vessels owned and operated by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. He was involved for a total of 48 years in the marine industry.

Merchant marine > Canada > Biography
Pilots and pilotage > Manitoba > Churchill > Biography
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Atlantic Ocean > Biography
World War, 1939-1945 > Transportation > Biography
West La Have (N.S.) > Biography
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MacMillan, A. S.

Addresses delivered before the Nova Scotia Liberal Association on November 25, 1943 / by Hon. A. S. MacMillan, Premier of Nova Scotia and Hon. J. L. Isley, K. C., M. P., Minister of Finance.  Halifax : Nova Scotia Liberal Association, 1943-. 25 pages; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.93 #7 - Vertical File

Colville, Alex

Alex Colville : diary of a war artist / compiled by Graham Metson and Cheryl Lean.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 1981. 159 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D743.2 C727

Gow, Jean Donald

Alongside the navy, 1910-1950 : an intimate account / Jean Donald Gow.  Quyon, Quebec : Chelsey House Publications, 1999. viii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V743 C3 G68 1999

Canada's war at sea Montreal : A.M. Beatty, 1944. 2 v. in 1. : illustrations (part col.), ports., maps ; 30 c

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D779 C2 C3 1944

Brown, George

Canadian welcome home medals, 1899-1945 / author, George A. Brown ; publication coordinator, Vickey Kidd ; photography, Don LeBlanc.  Langley, B.C. : Western Canadian Distributors, 1991. ix, 155 pages : col. illustrations ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UB435 C3 B76 1991

Presented by: J. Douglas Ferguson Historical Research Foundation. Includes index.

J. Douglas Ferguson Historical Research Foundation.

South African War, 1899-1902 — Canada — Medals
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada — Medals
World War, 1939-1945 — Canada — Medals.

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Pierson, Ruth Roach

37. Canadian women and the Second World War / Ruth Roach Pierson.  Ottawa : Canadian Historical Association, 1983. 31 pages : illustrations : 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F80 C16a B64 #37

Canadian Historical Association.

World War, 1939-1945 — Canada — Women.

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Thompson, John Herd

Ethnic minorities during two world wars / John Herd Thompson.  Ottawa : Canadian Historical Association, 1991. 20 pages : 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.385 #16 - Vertical File

Watt, Frederick B.

In all respects ready : the Merchant Navy and the Battle of the Atlantic, 1940-1945 / Frederick B. Watt.  Scarborough, ON. : Prentice-Hall Canada, 1985. xviii, 222 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map, po

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D779 C2 W37 1985

In the morning : biographical sketches of the veterans of Victoria County, Cape Breton, that served in both World Wars / edited by Bonnie Thornhill and W. James MacDonald.  Sydney, Canada : University College of Cape Breton Press. 1999. xiv, 567 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 V52 Z48 1999 - Open Shelf

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

Mackenzie King to the people of Canada Ottawa, National Liberal Federation, 1935-. 18 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - JL197 M156

Hill, Andria

Mona Parsons : from privilege to prison, from Nova Scotia to Nazi Europe / Andria Hill.  Halifax : Nimbus, 2000. 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D802 N4 H645 2000

Parker, Mike

Running the gauntlet : an oral history of Canadian merchant seamen in World War II / by Mike Parker.  Halifax : Nimbus, 1994. xi, 344 pages : illustrations

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D810 T8 P37 1994

Strange, William

Ships mean victory / by Lieutenant-Commander William Strange; with illustrations by sub-Lieutenant Max Newton and official naval photographs. Story and illustrations by courtesy, The Department of Naval Services.  Toronto : Navy League of Canada, 1942. 63 pages, illus.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.203 #1 - Vertical File

Taggart, Lloyd Wylie

Small town soldiers : the people from Economy, N.S. who served in World War II / by Lloyd Wylie Taggart.  2003. iv, 32, xxiv pages ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 E21 Z48 2003 - Open Shelf

Canada. Department of National Defence

The battle of brains : Canadian citizenship and the issues of the war / Dept. of National Defence.  Ottawa : King's Printer, 1943. 182 pages : 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.203 #3 - Vertical File

Also published in French under title: La guerre des idéologies.

World War, 1939-1945 — Canada.

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Canada. Dept. of National Defence. Geographical Section

The Canadian army, 1939-1945 : an official historical summary / by C.P. Stacey ; illustrated with paintings by Canadian Army war artists ; maps drawn by C.C.J. Bond.  Ottawa : E. Cloutier, 1948. xv, 354 pages, [25] pages of plates (some folded) :

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA600 S77

Published by authority of the Minister of National Defence Issued also in French under title: L'armée canadienne, 1939-1945. Maps on lining papers. Includes index.

Stacey, C. P. (Charles Perry), 1906-1989.

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns
World War, 1939-1945 — Canada.

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The Legionary Ottawa : Legionary Executive Committee, Royal Canadian Legion. illustrations 35 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.132 #7-9 - Vertical File

Official national publication of the Canadian Legion, -June 1961; official national magazine of the Royal Canadian Legion, July 1961-Dec. 1968.

Canadian Legion
Canadian Legion. Dominion Executive Council
Royal Canadian Legion
Royal Canadian Legion. Legionary Executive Committee.

World War, 1914-1918 — Societies, etc
World war, 1939-1945 — Societies, etc
Veterans — Canada — Periodicals.

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The RCN in retrospect, 1910-1968 / edited by James A. Boutilier.  Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1982. xxx, 373 pages, [48] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5040 B778 - Open Shelf

Hibbert, Joyce

The war brides Toronto : PMA Books, 1978. xix, 160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HQ759 H53

Giesler, Patricia

Valour remembered : Canada and the Second World War, 1939-1945 / written by Patricia Giesler.  Ottawa : Veterans Affairs Canada, 1981. 45, 47 pages : illustrations; 21 x 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.352 #5 - Vertical File

English and French. Title on added t.p.: Souvenirs de vaillance.

Canada. Dept. of Veterans Affairs.

World War, 1939-1945 — Canada
Canada — Armed Forces — History — World War, 1939-1945.

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Lambert, Barbara Ann, -1939

War brides & rosies: Powell River and Stillwater, B.C / Barbara Ann Lambert.  Bloomington, IN : Trafford On Demand Publishing, 2012. 332 pages: illustrations, portraits, map; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC3845 P882 L222 2012 - Open Shelf

Raddall, Thomas H.

West Novas : a history of the West Nova Scotia Regiment / by Thomas H. Raddall.  Liverpool : The Author, 1986, 1947. 326 pages, [44] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F88 R11 1986

World War, 1939-1945 — Regimental histories — Canada.

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Law, C. Anthony

White plumes astern : the short, daring life of Canada's MTB Flotilla / C. Anthony Law.  Halifax : Nimbus, 1989. 170 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D779 C2 L38

Includes index.

World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, Canadian
Torpedo-boats — Canada.

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