Nova Scotia Archives Library Search: halifax explosion
City destroyed: the Halifax explosion. From Canada and the World, V. 40, no. 9, May 1975 1975. pages 22-23.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.114 #29 - Vertical File
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Memorial service commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion. Program 1967. 2 pages.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.114 #28 - Vertical File
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Recollections of the great Halifax explosion fifty years after 1967. 9 pages.
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Northern deeps (reference to Halifax explosion, 1917) (From Blackwood's magazine, August, 1934. p. 153-175) 1934. pages 153-175.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.114 #24 - Vertical File
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Forty years gone. copy of letter about the Halifax explosion, 1917, written to the Mayor of Halifax Nailsea, Somerset, England, Dec. 14, 1957 1957. 3 pages.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.114 #23 - Vertical File
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The railways and Canada's greatest disaster, the Halifax Explosion / December 6, 1917. 1992. pages 201-213.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.21 #17 - Vertical File
In Canadian Rail, no. 431, Nov.-Dec. 1992.
Railroads — Nova Scotia — History
Intercolonial Railway — History — Nova Scotia
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
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The Halifax explosion 1930.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.2 #9 - Vertical File
From The Home Friend, ca 1930. original
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The Halifax explosion 1930.
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From The Home Friend, ca 1930. photocopy
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Explosion! Le grande desastre qui a frappe Halifax en 1917 1978.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.2 #4 - Vertical File
From Reader's Digest, V. 63, no. 377, NoV. 1978.
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Dispensing Aid : Druggists and the Halifax Explosion / Mary E. MacCara. Tantallon : Glen Margaret Publishing, 2017. x, 116 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RS676 C32 H17 2017
Pharmacists gave first aid to the injured who came to drugs stores seeking care almost immediately following one of the worst disasters in Canadian history, the Halifax Explosion. ispensing Aid tells the stories of these druggists, the care they provided, the narrow escapes and the unexpected roles they played. The common medications of a hundred years ago are identified and their usage described, using actual cases from doctors' records. A unique perspective of an unforgettable time in Halifax's history. Mary MacCara is a pharmacist who recently retired from a 34-year career as a faculty member of the Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
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No safe harbour : the Halifax explosion diary of Charlotte Blackburn / by Julie Lawson. Markham, ON. : Scholastic Canada,2006. 249 pages :ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8573 A94 N935 2006
NSARM copy signed by author.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 — Juvenile fiction.
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Enriched by Catastrophe : social work and social conflict after the Halifax Explosion / Michelle Hébert Boyd. Black Point : Fernwood Publishing, 2007. viii, 134 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV40.8 C3 H43 2006
Focusing on the days and months following the Halifax explosion of 1917, this study takes a look at the role of social workers in the wake of the disaster, as well as the class relations of the time. Exhaustively researched, this history clearly identifies the direct correlation between many of today's inherited social-work practices and attitudes with the social climate of that early relief effort. Marking the transition from charity work--where traditionally well-off volunteers passed judgment on their poorer neighbors — to professional social care, this analysis reflects on the lessons learned when newly arrived workers had to navigate the prevailing class structures while attempting to rebuild the lives of the Haligonians. Includes bibliographical references pages 125-130 and index.
Social service — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
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The other Halifax explosion : Bedford magazine July 18-20, 1945 / researched and compiled by H. Millard Wright in cooperation with CFAD Bedford. Halifax : H. Millard Wright, 2001. 1 v. (various pagings) : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B434 W75 2001 - Open Shelf
Powder magazines — Nova Scotia — Bedford
Halifax (N.S.) — History — 1945-
Halifax (N.S.) — Explosion, 1945.
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Scapegoat: the extraordinary legal proceedings following the 1917 Halifax Explosion / Joel Zemel. Halifax : SVP Productions Paperback, 2012. xxi, 432 pages: illustrations, maps, portraits; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 Z53 2012 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Miracles and mysteries: the Halifax explosion December 6, 1917 / by Mary Ann Monnon. Halifax : Nimbus, 2011. vii, 135 pages: illustrations; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 M749 2011 - Open Shelf
Previously published by Lancelot Press, 1977. ISBN 9781551093116 Includes bibliographical references.
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Too many to mourn : one family's tragedy in the Halifax Explosion / James Mahar and Rowena Mahar. Halifax : Nimbus, 1998. x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 M35 1998 - Open Shelf
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
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Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.
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December 1917 : re-visiting the Halifax explosion / Janet Kitz & Joan Payzant. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2006. 140 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 K62 2006 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917.
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Breaking Disaster : Newspaper Stories of the Halifax Explosion / Katie Ingram. East Lawrencetown : Pottersfield Press, 2017. 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 I54 2017 - Open Shelf
'The rumble got louder, the walls quaked as if in fear, and the classroom's windows started to pulse and shake before they completely shattered, showering everyone inside with glass.' On December 6, 1917, the face of Halifax changed forever when the Imo, a Belgian Relief ship, collided with the French ship, the Mont Blanc. Shortly after 9:00 a.m., the Mont Blanc, which was carrying a large cargo of explosives, blew up. It destroyed much of the city's north end and neighbouring communities like Tuft's Cove and Dartmouth. The effect was catastrophic. Almost immediately, aid was rushed to Halifax as survivors and workers dug through rubble and ruins for friends and family. Over 2,000 people died and 9,000 were injured, while countless others were rendered homeless. As news broke about the explosion, newspapers from Toronto to Hawaii and France to Australia scrambled to provide readers with updated information. These and other stories gave face to a disaster which, at the time, was a mix of ever-changing statistics, details, and questions about blame. Often the reports were exaggerated and erroneous. In Halifax, newspapers carried lists of the injured, dead, and missing alongside a collection of notices and ads. This strange juxtaposition showed just how quickly the explosion had happened as holiday-themed advertisements mixed with notices about relief and stories of survival and death. Together, they present the overarching image of Halifax at the time - survival and confusion - while separately they show just how much impact one event had. Katie Ingram is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and writer.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Disasters — Nova Scotia — Halifax
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Blizzard of glass: the Halifax explosion of 1917 / Sally M. Walker. New York : Henry Holt, 2011. xii, 145 pages: illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 H173 W184 2011 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-140 and index. Recounts the story from World War I in which two towns were leveled and almost two thousand people killed following the collison of two warships in Halifax Harbour and a blizzard that dumped over a foot of snow in the area.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 — Juvenile literature
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Halifax Explosion 2002-. 66 pages ; 28 x 44 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - O/S FC2346.4 H173 2002 - Open Shelf
At head of title: Draft list A compiled list of names of the identified dead killed in the Halifax Explosion, December 6, 1917.
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.
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Ground zero : a reassessment of the 1917 explosion in Halifax harbour / co-edited by Alan Ruffman and Colin D. Howell. Halifax : Nimbus ; Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies at Saint Mary's University, 1994. viii, 484 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 G76 1994 - Open Shelf
Based on papers presented at a conference held at Saint Mary's University in December 1992.
Ruffman, Alan
Howell, Colin D., 1944-
Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies.
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Congresses
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Congresses. — Explosion, 1917
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Explosion in Halifax Harbour : the illustrated account of a disaster that shook the world / David B. Flemming. Halifax : Formac Publishing, 2004. 96 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 F57 2004 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 — Pictorial works
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1917 Halifax explosion and American response / Blair Beed. Halifax : Dtours Visitors and Convention Service, 1998. x, 133 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 19 x 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 B43 1998 - Open Shelf
Dtours Visitors and Convention Service.
Disaster relief — United States — History
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.
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The Halifax explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy : inquiry and intrigue / John Griffith Armstrong. Vancouver : UBC Press, 2002. x, 248 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 A736 2002 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.
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Aftershock : the Halifax Explosion and the Persecution of Pilot Francis Mackey / Janet Maybee. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2015. xxii, 130 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 A38 2015 - Open Shelf
On December 6, 1917, harbour pilot Francis Mackey was guiding Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, into Bedford Basin to join a convoy across the Atlantic when it was rammed by Belgian Relief vessel Imo. The resulting massive explosion destroyed Halifax's north end and left at least two thousand people dead, including pilot William Hayes aboard Imo. Who was to blame? Federal government and naval officials found in Pilot Mackey a convenient target for public anger. Charged with manslaughter, he was imprisoned, villainized in the press, and denied his pilot's license even after the charges were dropped. A century later he is still unfairly linked to the tragedy. Through interviews with Mackey's relatives, transcripts, letters, and newly exposed government documents, author Janet Maybee explores the circumstances leading up to the Halifax Explosion, the question of fault, and the impact on the pilot and his family of the unjust, deliberate persecution that followed.
Mackey, Francis
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History
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