Using the Archives

Publications for Sale

A variety of traditional hard-copy publications (books, bulletins, journals, etc.) are available for purchase under the following terms:

- prepayment required for all items

- prices include shipping and handling unless otherwise stated

- cheques or money orders should be made out to:
Public Archives of Nova Scotia

- please allow four to six weeks for delivery

Nova Scotia Archives
6016 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 1W4   CANADA

Telephone: (902) 424-6065
Fax: (902) 424-0628
Email: nsarm@gov.ns.ca

For Genealogists

Julie Morris, Tracing Your Ancestors In Nova Scotia, 3rd ed. (Halifax, 1987); 11 pp.

$4.00 / each

Nova Scotia Genealogical Sources County Guide Series (Halifax, 1988- )

No. 1 - Halifax County, comp. Philip Hartling & Julie Morris; 14 pp.

$3.50 / each

No. 2 - Kings County, comp. Wendy Thorpe; 16 pp.

$3.50 / each

No. 3 - Lunenburg County, comp. Philip Hartling; 18 pp.

$3.50 / each

No. 4 - Pictou County, comp. Allan C. Dunlop; 14 pp.

$3.50 / each

No. 5 - Annapolis County, comp. Wendy Thorpe; 21 pp.

$3.50 / each

No. 6 - Colchester County, comp. Allan C. Dunlop; 15 pp.

$3.50 / each

No. 7 - Guysborough County, comp. Philip Hartling; 14 pp.

$3.50 / each

No. 8 - City of Halifax, comp. Garry Shutlak; 13 pp.

$3.50 / each

For General Interest Readers and Collectors

Eastern Eye: A Nova Scotia Filmography, 1899-1973 (Halifax, 2000); 470 pp.

$19.95 / each plus $5.00 postage and handling

- A bibliography of film, video and selected television productions, created by, for or about Nova Scotians; includes 'A Brief History of Film in Nova Scotia' and a database of over 2500 film descriptions, plus indexes. Of interest to film researchers, cultural historians and anyone interested in the 'movies'.

No. 3. A Calendar of Official Correspondence and Legislative Papers of Nova Scotia, 1802-1815, comp. Margaret Ells (Halifax, 1936)

$8.00 / each plus $5.00 postage and handling

No. 11. Clarkson's Mission to America 1791-1792, ed. C. Bruce Fergusson (Halifax, 1971)

$8.00 / each plus $5.00 postage and handling

Bullentin Series

Vol. 1, No. 1. A Documentary Study of Early Educational Policy (Halifax, 1937)

$3.50 / each

Vol. 1, No. 2. A Study of Early Provincial Taxation, between 1751 and 1815, prepared by Margaret Ells; (Halifax, 1937)

$3.50 / each

Vol. 2, No. 1. Letters of Rev. Norman McLeod 1835-51, ed. D.C. Harvey (Halifax, 1939)

$3.50 / each

Vol. 2, No. 2. The Achievement of Agricola and the Agricultural Societies 1812-25, prepared by J.S. Martell; (Halifax, 1940)

$3.50 / each

Vol. 2, No. 3. From Central Board to Secretary of Agriculture, 1826-1885, prepared by J.S. Martell; (Halifax, 1940)

$3.50 / each

Vol. 2, No. 4. A Documentary Study of Provincial Finance and Currency 1812-36, prepared by J.S. Martell; (Halifax, 1941)

$3.50 / each

Vol. 9. D.C. Harvey, A Documentary Study of the Origin and Distribution of the Arms Fund (Halifax, 1947) (in succession to Vol. 2, No. 4)

$3.50 / each

No. 11. Journal or Diary of James Boutineau Francklin...for the years 1825-32, intr. D.C. Harvey (Halifax, 1956)

$3.50 / each

No. 18. C. Bruce Fergusson, Nova Scotia Institute of Science (Halifax, 1963)

$3.50 / each

No. 23. C. Bruce Fergusson, "The Old King Is Back": Amos 'King' Seaman and his Diary (Halifax, 1972)

$3.50 / each

Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly (1971-1980)

Volume 2 - Number 4

$4.00 / each

Volume 3 - Number 3 and 4

$4.00 / each

Volume 4 - Numbers 3

$4.00 / each

Volume 9 - Number 3

$4.00 / each

Volume 10 - Numbers 3 and 4

$4.00 / each

- $7.00 for two; discounts available for bulk orders.

Nova Scotia Historical Review (1981-1996)

Volume 4 - Number 1

$10.00 / each

Volume 6 - Number 1

$10.00 / each

Volume 7 - Number 2

$10.00 / each

Volume 9 - Number 1

$10.00 / each

Volume 10 - Numbers 1 and 2

$10.00 / each

Volume 11 - Number 2

$10.00 / each

Volume 12 - Numbers 1 and 2

$10.00 / each

Volume 13 - Numbers 1 and 2

$10.00 / each

Volume 14 - Numbers 1 and 2

$10.00 / each

Volume 15 - Numbers 1 and 2

$10.00 / each

Volume 16 - Numbers 1 and 2

$10.00 / each

- discounts available for bulk orders.

Please note: Nova Scotia Historical Review also available in microform; for further information contact: Micromedia Limited, 20 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario M5C 2N8; 1-800-387-2689 or 416-362-5211