Halifax Explosion


Books:

Great Canadian Disasters by Frank Rasky.
904 RAS

Great Disasters of the 20th Century by Margot Keam Cleary.
904 CLE

In the face of disaster: true stories of Canadian heroism from the archives of Maclean's edited by Michael Benedict.
904 INT

Miracles and Mysteries: the Halifax Explosion December 6, 1917 by Mary Ann Monnon.
971.6225 MAN

Shattered City: the Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery by Janet F. Kitz.
971.622 KIT

Survivors: Children of the Halifax Explosion by Janet Kitz.
971 .6225 KIT

The Halifax Disaster: December 6, 1917 by Ernest Fraser Robinson.
971.6225 ROB

The Halifax Explosion: Surviving the Blast that Shook a Nation by Joyce Glasner.
971.6225 GLA

The Town that Died: The True Story of the Greatest Man-made Explosion before Hiroshima by Michael J. Bird.
971.6225 BIR

Too Many to Mourn: One Family's Tragedy in the Halifax Explosion by James Mahar and Rowena Mahar.
971.6225 MAH

Audio Visual:

City of Ruins: the Halifax Explosion produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
AV 971.622 CIT

Just One Big Mess: the Halifax Explosion produced by NFB Canada.
AV 971.603 JUS

Websites:

Canada and the First World War. Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/premiereguerre/index-e.html
Choose the link “Did You Know That.” See “Tragedy on the home front.” Next choose “Halifax Explosion.”

CBC Digital Archives
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/

CBC – The Halifax Explosion
http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/

Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory. Library and Archives Canada
In the search box type “Halifax explosion”

From One Moment to the Next: The Halifax Explosion
http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/halifax/

Halifax Explosion Dedication
http://www.halifaxexplosion.org/

Halifax Explosion – Fire – SOS! Canadian Disasters. Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sos/002028-4300-e.html

Halifax Explosion: Historica Minutes – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oaRr6A-gkA

Historical Collections: From One Moment to the Next: The Halifax Explosion
http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/halifax/

HRM – Halifax Explosion
http://www.halifax.ca/halifaxexplosion/index.html

Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management – Halifax Explosion 1917 Online Resources
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/explosion/explosion.asp

The Canadian Encyclopedia
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/

The Halifax Explosion – Disasters and Tragedies – CBC Archives
http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-70-971

Internet Archive:

Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies, music, as  well as archived web pages.

The Halifax Catastrophe
http://archive.org/details/halifaxcatastrop00hali

Report of the Halifax Relief Expedition December 6 to 15, 1917
http://archive.org/details/reportofhalifaxr00mass

Databases:

EBSCO
http://search.epnet.com/login.asp
See the librarian for a username and password

Examples of articles on EBSCO:

Glasner, Joyce. "Front Lines Of Disaster." Beaver 87.6 (2007): 16-24. Canadian Reference Centre. Web. 1 Apr. 2014.

Hind, Andrew. "Blown Away: The Halifax: Explosion Of 1917." History Magazine 12.5 (2011): 31-35. History Reference Center. Web. 1 Apr. 2014.

Patten, Melanie. "Explosion survivors recall deadly blast that rocked Halifax 90 years ago." Canadian   Press, The 5 Dec. 2007: Canadian Reference Centre. Web. 1 April 2014.

Webb, Christopher. "Was It Sabotage?" Beaver 87.6 (2007): 23. Canadian Reference Centre. Web. 1 April 2014.

Vertical File:

The library maintains a vertical file regarding the Halifax Explosion.