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Acquiring, preserving, and making available the province's documentary heritage the last 300 years! πŸ“‚πŸ“œπŸ—ƒοΈ πŸ”πŸ“šπŸ›οΈ

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The latest batch of Historical Vital Statistics is available! That means 25,700 records for your family research! This year’s accruals include 13,580 births (1924), 5,113 marriages (1949) and 7,007 deaths (1974).

All these records are ready for you here: archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statis...

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Our web resource "Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians", contains digitized collections on the history of African Nova Scotians. This document gives an account for supplies for residents of Hammonds Plains. archives.novascotia.ca/african-heri...

10.07.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out our virtual exhibit on film maker Margaret Perry (1905-1998)! This resource is a launching point to explore Perry’s films, to learn more about her life and career, and to visit a Nova Scotia that feels both familiar and long past.
archives.novascotia.ca/perry/

08.07.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Bicycle Club in Nova Scotia, organized in connection with Wanderers' A. A. C. πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ

Link: archives.novascotia.ca/photocollect...

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Happy Pride! πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Check out our Lesbian History Project fonds which consists of records documenting the Lesbian History Project, including planning documents, minutes, recorded memories of participants and much more! πŸ“‚
ns-archives.accesstomemory.net/lesbian-hist...

04.06.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out our "Women of Digby County" virtual database!

The virtual exhibit presented here was first developed as a traditional exhibit entitled 'Women: Their Lives in Rural Nova Scotia, 1950.' Which was launched in Digby in October 2011.

archives.novascotia.ca/digbywomen/

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Educating with Archives: Nova Scotia Archives Launches Public Teaching Tools | Canadian Historical Association | SociΓ©tΓ© historique du Canada The work of archives is not well understood, even among our most traditional researcher groups. This issue is more pronounced when we consider new and emerging user groups. Closing the gap of understa...

Patti Bannister, Provincial Archivist of Nova Scotia, has written the latest post for the CHA’s Teaching | Learning Blog! #cdnhist #archives #novascotia @nsarchives.bsky.social

29.05.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Archival document of Mi'kmaq words recorded by Beamish Murdoch. Reference MG 15 vol. 7

Archival document of Mi'kmaq words recorded by Beamish Murdoch. Reference MG 15 vol. 7

Are you teaching & learning about NS history? Archives can help! Find new ways to interact with historical documents & challenge yourself to consider new perspectives. This first resource relates to records of Mi'kmaq communities, with more to come. πŸ“œhttps://archives.novascotia.ca/teaching-learning/

18.12.2024 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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William E. deGarthe (1907–1983): From Finland to Nova Scotia, deGarthe captured the soul of the Maritimes through his art.

You can access our database of his artwork here: archives.novascotia.ca/degarthe/

26.05.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to YouTube video by Internet Archive

πŸ“„ The scanners are humming, the film is flowing.

The microfiche livestream is upβ€”digitizing government docs in real time for Democracy’s Library.

Perfect second-screen vibes: Preservation in progress.

πŸ•’ Live M-F, 7:30am–3:30pm PT (except U.S. holidays)
➑️ www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R...

22.05.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 357    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 11
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Do you enjoy our transcribe tool with vital statistics? Then check out our new tool Name Drop! We created this opportunity to crowd source information for images without much context!

Check it out here: archives.novascotia.ca/name-drop/

22.05.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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