The Sinking of the Titanic
Resources from Halifax Public Libraries
halifaxpubliclibraries.ca
Titanic: Fortune & Fate: Catalogue “I Watched the Titanic Rescue,” by
T
Sir James Bisset. In the Face of
he Sinking from the Mariners’ Museum Exhibi-
tion, by Beverly McMillan. New Disaster: True Stories of Canadian
York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Heroes from the Archives of
of the Maclean’s, edited by Michael
The Wreck of the Titanic Foretold?, Benedict, 211-220. Toronto: Viking,
Titanic by Martin Gardner. Buffalo:
2000.
Prometheus, 1986. The Loss of the S.S. Titanic: Its
Story and Its Lessons, by Lawrence
Beesley. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Selected Materials at the Bibliography Co., 2000.
Halifax Public Libraries The Titanic Disaster: As Reported in Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth,
the British National Press April-July by Kristen Iversen. Boulder: Johnson
1912, by Dave Bryceson. New York: Books, 1999.
Halifax was witness to one of the Art and Literature W.W. Norton, 1997.
Morgan: American Financier, by
most captivating shipwrecks of the The Titanic: Historiography and Jean Strouse. New York: Random
Down with the Old Canoe: A House, 1998.
20th Century– the sinking of the Annotated Bibliography, by Eugene
Cultural History of the Titanic
R.M.S. Titanic. On April 14th, 1912, Disaster, by Steven Biel. New York: L. Rasor. Westport: Greenwood
“The Physicians of the Titanic,” by
at 11:40pm, the Titanic struck an W.W. Norton & Co., 1996. Press, 2001.
George Burden and Dorothy Grant.
iceberg, about 650 kilometers south- Amazing Medical Stories, 63-69.
east of Newfoundland. More than James Cameron’s Titanic, by James The Titanic in Print and on Screen: Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions,
two hours later the ship-- which Cameron. London: Harper Collins, An Annotated Guide to Books, 2003.
1997. Films, Television Shows, and Other
many believed to be "unsinkable"–
Media, by D. Brian Anderson. A Rainbow, of Time and of Space:
was lost to the Atlantic. It is thought Ken Marschall’s Art of Titanic, by Jefferson: McFarland & Co., 2005. Orphans of the Titanic, by Sidney F.
that over fifteen hundred souls rest Ken Marschall. New York: Hyperion, Tyler. Tuscon: Aztek Corp., [1981].
with the wreck of the Titanic. 1998.
Biography Secrets of the Dead. Titanic’s
The following resource list includes R.M.S. “Titanic”: A Portrait in Old Ghosts, by Amy Bucher. New York:
Picture Postcards, by Mark Bown. The Astors: A Family Chronicle of Educational Broadcasting Corpora-
both fiction and non-fiction works in
Shropshire: Brampton Publications, Pomp and Power, by Lucy Kavaler. tion, 2002. [video recording].
English and French, music on New York: Dodd, Mead, 1966.
1987.
compact discs, feature films and
documentaries on DVD, and The Sinking of the Titanic: A Poem, “BIO Scientist Turns Actor in Titanic
children’s literature, all held at the by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. Epic,” by Skana Gee. The Burnside
Halifax Public Libraries. These Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1980. News 7 no. 4 (May 1992): 18-20.
materials will guide the curious and
the knowledgeable alike through the This Cabin as the S.S. Titanic: The Education of Henry Adams, by
Poems, by Timothy Shay. Winlaw: Henry Adams. New York: The
fascinating world of the Titanic’s first
Solstice Books, [1983]. Modern Library, [1931].
voyage and the legacy of her demise.
2
“A Titanic Hero” Thomas Andrews, Canada The Heroine of the Titanic: A Tale
Shipbuilder, by Shan F. Bullock. Both True and Otherwise of the Life
Riverside: 7C’s Press, [1973]. “The Loss of the Titanic,” by Jean- of Molly Brown, by Joan W. Blos.
Pierre Andrieux. Marine Disasters New York: Morrow Junior Books,
“Titanic Lifeboat Number 6," by and Shipwrecks of Newfoundland 1991.
Nancy Liss and Ted Liss. Curious and Labrador, 125-129. St. John’s:
Canadians, 154-161. Markham: Flanker Press, 2004. Inside the Titanic, by Ken Marschall.
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2002. Boston: Little, Brown, 1997.
Sinking of the Titanic: Eyewitness
Titanic: The Canadian Story, by Alan
Accounts, by Jay Henry Mowbray. Titanic: The Mystery & the Legacy. The Mariner’s Curse, by John Lunn.
Hustak. Montreal: Véhicule Press,
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998. St. Laurent: Madacy Entertainment, Toronto: Tundra Books, 2004.
1998.
1998. [DVD].
The Sinking of the Titanic: An Ice On Board the Titanic: What It Was
Pilot’s Perspective, by L. Marmaduke Titanic Survivor: The Newly Dis- Children/Young Adult Like When the Great Liner Sank, by
Collins. St. John’s: Breakwater Books, covered Memoirs of Violet Jessop,
2001. Who Survived Both the Titanic and
Books Shelley Tanaka. Richmond Hill:
Scholastic Canada, 1996.
Britannic Disasters, by Violet Jessop.
The Story of the Titanic as Told by Dobbs Ferry: Sheridan House, 1997. Amanda/Miranda, by Richard Peck.
New York: Dial Books, 1999. Pig on the Titanic: A True Story!, by
Its Survivors, by Lawrence Beesley.
Gary Crew. New York: Harper
New York: Dover Publications, 1960. Titanic: A Survivor’s Story, by Archi-
Deep Sea Explorer: The Story of Collins, 2005.
bald Gracie. Toronto: NC Press, 1985.
Thomas Andrews, Voyage into Robert Ballard, Discoverer of the
History: Titanic Secrets Revealed Titanic Voices: Memories from the Titanic, by Rick Archbold. New York: Polar, the Titanic Bear, by Daisy
Thru the Eyes of Her Builder, by Fateful Voyage, by Donald Hyslop. Scholastic, 1994. Corning Stone Spedden. Toronto:
William Barnes. Gillette: Edin New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997. Little Brown and Company Canada,
Books, 2000. 882 ½ Amazing Answers to Your 1994.
Titanic: Women and Children First, Questions About the Titanic, by
Titanic Adventure: One Woman’s by Judith B. Geller. New York: Hugh Brewster. New York: Remembering the Titanic, by Diane
True Life Voyage Down to the Scholastic, 1998. Hoh. New York: Scholastic, 1998.
Norton, 1998.
Legendary Ocean Liner, by Jennifer
Carter. Far Hills: New Horizon Tramps and Ladies: My Early Years Exploring the Titanic, by Robert D. Robert Ballard, by Bob Italia. Bloom-
Press, 1999. in Steamers, by James Bisset. New Ballard. Toronto: Viking Kestrel, ington: Abdo & Daughters, 1990.
York: Criterion Books, 1959. Madison Press Books, 1988.
Titanic and Other Ships, by C.H. Royal Mail Steamship Titanic, by
Lightoller. London: Nicholson and Unsinkable Bridget, by Mary Finding the Titanic, by Robert D. Sue L. Hamilton. Bloomington: Abdo
Watson, 1935. Higgins. Gananoque: Mary Higgins, Ballard. New York: Scholastic, 1993. & Daughters, 1988.
1985.
Titanic at Two A.M., by Paul J. Ghosts I Have Been: A Novel, by Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic
Quinn. Saco: Fantail, 1997. “When That Great Ship Went Down,” Richard Peck. New York: Viking Tragedy: A Case to Remember, by
by Ray Gardner. In the Face of Press, 1977. William Seil. London: Breese Books,
“Titanic Dive Lifetime Thrill for Disaster: True Stories of Canadian 1996.
Dartmouth Scientist.” The Burnside Heroes from the Archives of Heroine of the Titanic: The Real
News 6 no. 12 (Sept. 1991): 41-43. Maclean’s, edited by Michael Unsinkable Molly Brown, by Elaine The Sinking of the Titanic, by John
Benedict, 201-210. Toronto: Viking, Landau. New York: Clarion Books, Dudman. Hove: Wayland, 1987.
2000. 2001.
3
The Story of the Titanic, by Deborah Titanic: April 14, 1912, by Kathleen Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Fiction
Heiligman. New York: Random Duey. New York: Aladdin Paper- Diary of Margaret Ann Brady,
House, 1998. backs, 1998. R.M.S. Titanic, 1912, by Ellen Douglas Adams’s Starship Titanic: A
Emerson White. New York: Novel, by Terry Jones and Douglas
Story of the Titanic, by Steve Noon. Titanic Cat, by Leonard Mlodinow. Scholastic, 1998. Adams. New York: Harmony Books,
New York: DK Pub., 2001. New York: Scholastic, 2004. 1997.
You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on the
Survivors: The Night the Titanic Titanic Crossing, by Barbara Titanic!: One Voyage You’d Rather Every Man for Himself, by Beryl
Sank, by Caryn Jenner. New York: Williams. New York: Dial Books for Not Make, by David Stewart. New Bainbridge. New York: Carroll &
Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2001. Young Readers, 1995. York: Franklin Watts, 2001. Graf, 1996.
Titanic, by Simon Adams. New York: Titanic: The Disaster That Shook the Young Indiana Jones and the Titanic From Time to Time: A Novel, by Jack
DK Publishing, 2004. World!, by Mark Dubowski. Bolton: Adventure, by Les Martin. New York: Finney. New York: Simon & Schuster,
Fenn Publishing, 1998. Random House, 1993. 1995.
A Titanic Journey Across The Ghost from the Grand Banks, by
the Sea, 1912, by Laurie Cookery Arthur Charles Clarke. New York:
Lawlor. New York: Bantam, 1990.
Pocket Books, 1998. Last Dinner on the Titanic, by Rick
Archbold. Toronto: Madison Press, Maiden Voyage, by Cynthia Bass.
Titanic: The Long Night, 1997. New York: Villard, 1996.
by Diane Hoh. New York:
Scholastic, 1998. Master of the Titanic, by Pat Lacey.
Feature Films Long Preston: Magna Large Print
The Titanic: Lost...and Books, 1997.
Found, by Judy Donnelly. [New Titanic, by James Cameron. Holly-
The Titanic, by Deborah Kent. York]: Random House Inc., 1988. wood: Paramount Pictures, 1999. No Greater Love, by Danielle Steel.
Chicago: Childrens Press, 1993.
[DVD]. New York: Delacorte Press, 1991.
The Titanic Sinks!, by Thomas Conk-
Titanic, by Arthur McKeown. New
lin. New York: Random House, 1997. Psalm at Journey’s End, by Erik
York: Aladdin, 1998. Titanic, by Robert Lieberman. Los
Fosnes Hansen. New York: Farrar,
Tonight on the Titanic, by Mary Angeles: Evergreen Entertainment, Straus & Giroux, 1996.
Titanic, by Will Osborne. New York:
Pope Osborne. New York: Random 1997. [video recording].
Random House, 2002.
House, 1999. Raise the Titanic!, by Clive Cussler.
Titanic, by Frank Sloan. Austin: Titanic, by Jean Negulesco. Beverly New York: Viking Press, 1976.
To Save the Titanic from Disaster,
Raintree Steck-Vaugn Publishers, Hills: Twentieth Century Fox Home
by Frank Senauth. Pittsburgh: Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic
1998. Entertainment, 2003. [DVD].
Dorrance, 1999. Tragedy: A Case to Remember, by
The Titanic, by Thomas Stacey. San William Seil. London: Breese Books,
Touched By Titanic: Creative The Unsinkable Molly Brown, by
Diego: Lucent Books, 1989. 1996.
Writing, Poetry and Drawings, by Meredith Willson. New York: MGM/
Titanic: The Animated Movie. [S.l.]: Children from Belfast, Cobh and UA Home Video, 1988. [video Something’s Alive on the Titanic: A
Equinox Entertainment, 2001. [video Halifax. Belfast: Belfast City Council, recording]. Novel, by Robert J. Serling. New
recording]. 2002. York: St. Martin’s Press, 1990.
4
SOS Titanic, by Eve Bunting. San La tragédie du Titanic, by Simon The Riddle of the Titanic, by Robin Titanic, by Melissa Peltier. New York:
Diego: Harcourt, Brace, 1996. Adams. Paris: Gallimard, 1999. Gardiner and Dan Van der Vat. A&E Television Networks, 1994.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, [video recording].
Terror on the Titanic, by Jim Wallace 1995.
and Frank Bolle. New York: Bantam General Works “Titanic, Atlantic: April 15, 1912," by
“R.M.S. Titanic Sinks,” by Fran Locher Keith Eastlake. World Disasters:
Books, 1996.
The Complete Titanic: From the Freiman. Failed Technology: True Tragedies in the Modern Age, 47-50.
Ship’s Earliest Blueprints to the Epic Stories of Technological Disasters, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.
Titanic, by Tony Aspler. Toronto:
Doubleday Canada, 1989. Film, by Stephen J. Spignesi. 3-11. New York: UXL, 1995.
“Titanic Connections,” by Brian
Secaucus: Carol Publ., 1998.
The Ship That Stood Still: The Robinson. An Nasc 15 (Summer,
Titanic, edited by John Wilson
Californian and Her Mysterious Role 2003): 5-13.
Foster. New York: Penguin Books, The Deathless Story of the “Titanic,”
1999. by Philip Gibbs. Riverside: 7C’s Press, in the Titanic Disaster, by Leslie
Reade and Edward P. de Groot. New Titanic: The Death and Life of a
[n.d.].
York: Norton, 1993. Legend, by Michael Davie. New York:
Turn of the Tide, by Pamela Oldfield.
Knopf, 1987.
Long Preston: Magna, 1990. The Lost Film of the Titanic. [S.l.]:
Kingfisher Productions, [199-]. [video “Sinking of the Titanic Off Newfound-
land”, edited by Neil Schlager. When Titanic: Destination Disaster: The
The Wreck of the Titan, or, Futility, recording].
Technology Fails: Significant Tech- Legends and the Reality, by John P.
by Morgan Robertson. Cutchogue:
nological Disasters, Accidents, and Eaton and Charles A. Haas. New
Buccaneer Books, 1994. Lost Liners: Titanic-Lusitania-
Failures of the Twentieth Century, York: Norton, 1987.
Empress of Ireland, by Robert D.
Ballard. Alexandria: PBS Home Video, 540-546. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.
French 2000.
The Titanic, End of a Dream, by Wyn
The Sinking of the Titanic: Thrilling Craig Wade. New York: Penguin
Au coeur du Titanic, by Ken Stories of Survivors with Photo- Books, 1986.
The Maiden Voyage, by Geoffrey
Marschall. [Paris]: Casterman, c1997. graphs & Sketches. Halifax: Nimbus,
Jules Marcus. London: Allen & Titanic: The Full Story of a Tragedy,
Unwin, 1969. 1998.
Les dernières heures du Titanic, by by Michael Davie. London: Bodley
Head, 1986.
Mary Pope Osborne. [Paris]: Bayards “Titanic,” by Robert Greenhalgh
The Myth of the Titanic, by Richard
Éditions Jeunesse, 2005. Albion. Five Centuries of Famous Titanic: The Great Lakes
Parton Howells. New York: St.
Martin’s Press, 1999. Ships: From the Santa Maria to the Connections, by Cris Kohl. West
Les secrets du Titanic, by Nicholas Glomar Explorer, 335-339. New York: Chicago: Seawolf Communications,
Noxon. [Washington]: La Societe, McGraw-Hill, 1978. 2000.
The Night Lives On, by Walter Lord.
[198-]. [video recording].
New York: Morrow, 1986.
Titanic, by Leo Marriott.
Titanic (version française), by James London: Promotional Re-
Cameron. Hollywood: Paramount A Night to Remember, by Walter print Book, 1997.
Pictures, 1998. [video recording]. Lord. New York: Holt, 1955.
The Titanic, by Edward
Le Titanic, by Philippe Masson. Paris: 1912 Facts About Titanic, by Lee W. Mulhare. [S.l.]: MPI Home
Historia-Tallandier, 1998. Merideth. Sunnyvale: Rocklin Press, Video, 1988. [video
2003. recording].
Le Titanic, perdu–et retrouve, by
Judy Donnelly et Keith Kohler. Saint-
Lambert: Heritage, 1988.
5
Titanic Tragedy: Stories Halifax Titanic Halifax: A Guide to Sites, by
from the Mighty Titanic, Alan Jeffers and Rob Gordon. Halifax:
by Arnot P. McIntee. St. “The Body in Grave 15: A Story of the Nimbus, 1998.
Catherines: M and M R.M.S. Titanic’s Halifax Connection,”
Publishers, [n.d.]. by Herb Kugel. Saltscapes 3 no.1 Titanic Remembered: The Unsink-
(January/ February 2002): 14-16. able Ship and Halifax, by Alan Ruff-
Titanic, Triumph and man. Halifax: Formac, 1999.
Tragedy, by John P. Eaton
“A Dreadful Task: The Undertakers
and Charles A. Haas. “Titanic Sinks, Halifax Rises.” The
and the Titanic Disaster,” by George
Titanic: An Illustrated History, by New York: Norton, 1996. Beaver, 78 no 5 (October/ November
Burden and Dorothy Grant. Amazing
Don Lynch. Toronto: Madison Press 1998): 49, 51.
Medical Stories, 71-78. Fredericton:
Books, 1992. “The Ultimate Catastrophe,” by
Goose Lane Editions, 2003.
William H. Flayhart. Perils of the “[Titanic Victims],” by Nova Scotia
Titanic Legacy: Disaster as Media Atlantic: Steamship Disasters, 1850 Archives and Records Management.
“Economies of Sail,” by Lezlie Lowe.
Event and Myth, by Paul Heyer. to the Present, 223-254. New York: Halifax and Its People: 1749-1999,
The Coast 6 no.10 (August 13-August
Westport: Praeger, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, 2003. 50-53. Halifax: Nimbus, 1999.
20 1998): 11-12.
Titanic: Legacy of the World’s “Unsinkable,” edited by Anthony Titanic Victims in Halifax Grave-
“Fish Feathers: Some Titanic Lore,” by
Greatest Ocean Liner, by Susan Wells Brandt. The Tragic History of the yards, by Blair Beed. Halifax: Dtours
Alan Ruffman. The Griffin 25 no.3
Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1997. Sea: Shipwrecks from the Bible to Visitors and Convention
(Sept. 2000): 4.
Titanic, 313-329. Washington: Service, 2001.
Titanic: A Night Remembered, by National Geographic Society, 2006.
Stephanie L. Barczewski. London: “Halifax and the Titanic Disaster,” by
Gavin Murphy. The Atlantic “Wreck of the Titanic,” by Roland
Hambledon and London, 2004. Unsinkable: The Full Story of the
Advocate 76 no.12 (August 1986): Harold Sherwood. Story Parade: The
RMS Titanic, by Daniel Allen Butler. Odd, the Interesting, the Fact, the
Titanic: Sinking the Myths, by Diana Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 22-24.
Legend, the Tragedy and the Humor
E. Bristow. Fresno: Katco Literary 1998.
“Halifax Cemeteries Remember of People, Places and Events in
Group, 1995.
‘Titanic,’” by Steve Libby. The Canada’s Maritime Provinces, 179-
“The Unsinkable Ship,” by Ronald
“The Titanic Story: A Times Classic,” Harold Sherwood. Sagas of the Land Atlantic Advocate, 66 no.9 ( May 183. Sackville: The Tribune Press,
by Meyer Berger. The Story of the and Sea, 26-32. Hantsport: Lancelot 1976): 57, 59. [1948].
New York Times, 1851-1951, 193-201. Press, 1980.
New York: Simon and Schuster, “Royal Mail Steamer Titanic,” by Bob
[1951]. Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic: Chuck. Time in a Bottle: Historic Icebergs
The Ocean’s Greatest Disaster, Halifax Harbour from the Bottom
Titanic: The Story of the Great White edited by Marshall Everett. [s.l: s.n.], Up, 233-236. East Lawrencetown: “[The Titanic],” by Stephen E.
Star Line Trio: The Olympic, the [1912]. Pottersfield Press, 2002. Bruneau. Icebergs of Newfoundland
Titanic and the Britannic, by Thomas and Labrador, 42. St. John’s: Flanker
“The Titanic,” by Elsie Millington. Press, 2004.
E. Bonsall. New York: Gallery Books,
1987. Government Documents Purcell’s Cove: The Little Place That Voyage of the Icebergs: The Story of
Helped Build Halifax City, 42-45. the Iceberg That Sank the Titanic, by
Titanic: Tragedy at Sea. St. Laurent: The Titanic Disaster Hearings: The Victoria: S. Millington, 2000. Richard Brown. Toronto: Lorimer,
Official Transcripts of the 1912 1983.
Madacy Entertainment Group Inc., Senate Investigation, edited by Tom
1997. [video recording]. Kuntz. New York: Pocket Books, 1998.
6
Music “Selling Titanic,” by Gillian Thorpe. Ghosts of the Abyss, by James
Atlantic Progress 5 no.5 (August, Cameron. Burbank: Disney DVD,
And the Band Played On: Music 1998): 45-48. 2004. [DVD].
Played on the Titanic, by Salonisti.
London: [n.p.], 1997. Ghosts of the Abyss: A Journey into
Passenger Lists the Heart of the Titanic, by Don
Back to Titanic, by James Horner. Lynch. Toronto: Da Capo Press/
North York: Sony Music Entertain- The Irish Aboard Titanic, by Senan Madison Press, 2003.
ment (Canada) Inc., 1998. Molony. Dublin: Wolfhound Press,
2000. Ghosts of the Titanic, by Charles R.
Music from the Motion Picture
Titanic, by James Horner and Céline Pellegrino. New York: William
Roster of Valor: The Titanic
Dion. North York: Sony Music Enter- Morrow, 2000.
Halifax Legacy, by Arnold and Betty
tainment Canada) Inc., 1997.
Watson. Riverside: 7 C’s Press, 1984.
Her Name, Titanic: The Untold Story
Titanic. [S.l.]: of the Sinking and Finding of the
Famous Who Sailed on Titanic, by
Unsinkable Ship, by Charles R.
Music, [1998]. Debbie Beavis. Hersham: Ian
Pellegrino. New York: McGraw-Hill,
Allen, 2002.
Building the Titanic: An Epic Tale of 1988.
The Titanic Song-
book: Music as the Creation of History’s Most
Heard on the Periodicals Famous Ocean Liner, by Rod Green. Return to Titanic: A New Look at the
Fateful Voyage, Pleasantville: Reader’s Digest, 2005. World’s Most Famous Lost Ship, by
April 1912, by Ian The Titanic Commutator, by Robert D. Ballard. Washington:
Whitcomb. the Titanic Historical Society. National Geographic, 2004.
RMS Titanic: A Modelmaker’s
Pacific: Mel Bay: Indian Orchard: Titanic
Rhino, 1997. Guide, by Peter Davies-Garner.
Historical Society, [1978-]. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, Secrets of the Titanic, by National
2005. Geographic Society. Washington:
Titanic Times, by Effective Warner Home Video, 1997. [video
recording].
Nova Scotia Publishing Ltd. Halifax: Effective
Publishing Ltd., [Volume 1, Revised Titanic Wreck
Edition, 2000]. Story of the Wreck of the Titanic, by
The Titanic and the Californian, by
Peter Padfield. [London]: Hodder and Adventures in Ocean Exploration: Marshall Everett. Leicester:
Stoughton, [1965]. From the Discovery of the Titanic to Charnwood, 1999.
Shipbuilding the Search for Noah’s Flood, by
“The Titanic Captain and Us: Robert D. Ballard. Washington: Titanic, by Lisa Moore LaRoe.
Infamous Skipper was Student of Washington: National Geographic
Anatomy of the Titanic, by Tom National Geographic, 2001.
Nova Scotian Sailors,” by Bruce Society, [1997].
Nunn. More History With a Twist: McCluskie. San Diego: Thunder Bay
True Stories from Mr. Nova Scotia Press, 1998. Beyond Reach: The Search for the
Titanic, by William Hoffman. New Titanic. Volume 1, The Investigation
Know-It-All, 32-35. Halifax: Nimbus,
2001. York: Beaufort Books, 1982. Begins [and] Volume 2, Anatomy of
The Birth of the Titanic, by Michael
a Disaster, by Martin Sheen.
McCaughan. Montreal: McGill-
Samson: The Titanic’s Mystery Ship The Discovery of the Titanic, by Montreal: Alliance Video, 1997. [video
Queen’s University Press, 1999.
–The Yarmouth Connection, by Ellen Robert D. Ballard. Toronto: Viking, recording].
M. Sweeney. Yarmouth: Yarmouth 1995.
County Historical Society, 1999.
7
FINDING OUT MORE Indexes over 700 Canadian magazines
and select newspapers, with an “The oarsmen laid on their oars and all in the lifeboat were
emphasis on business or current motionless as we watched her in absolute silence. Save some who
In the Catalogue events. [Online]. would not look and buried their heads on each other's shoulders.”
— Lawrence Beesley
For a listing of other resources about Readers’ Guide to Periodical
the Titanic, use the subject headings: Literature. (1919-present). Indexes
Titanic (steamship) or Shipwrecks- American and some Canadian
North Atlantic Ocean. Web Sites Titanic and the Maritime Museum of
magazines. the Atlantic
Magazine and Newspaper Virtual News Library. (2000-present) Encyclopedia Titanica http://musuem.gov.ns.ca/mma/titanic/
Indexes Full-text access to The Halifax titanic.htm
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
Herald, The Halifax Daily News, The
Cape Breton Post, The New Glasgow Titanic Newspaper Archives
Use the keyword Titanic to search any HRM-History-Titanic
Evening News, The Amherst Daily
of the following magazine and news- www.titanicarchive.com
News and The Truro Daily News. www.halifax.ca/history/
paper indexes at Available in-house at Spring Garden titanicmain.html
www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/ Road, Sackville, Alderney Gate and Titanic Town
infodesk/edatabase.html/, Keshen Goodman branches. RMS Titanic: List of bodies and www.titanictown.plus.com/
or visit the Reference Department at Disposition of Same titanictown
the Spring Garden Road Memorial Many local, regional and monthly www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/cap/titanic
Public Library. periodicals are not indexed by the
above periodical sources. The Titanic-The Unsinkable Ship and
Canadian News Index. (1978-1992). Reference Department of the Spring Titanic.Com Halifax, Nova Scotia
Indexes Canadian newspapers. Garden Road Memorial Public www.titanic.com http://titanic.gov.ns.ca/
Library has produced an in-house
Canadian Periodical Index. (1920- index of its books, magazines and
2002). Indexes Canadian magazines. vertical files, to aid staff in locating Titanic Historical Society
information about the Titanic. For Photo Credits
www.titanic1.org
CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals). (1980- inquires, please call 490-5710. Pg. 2 a.) (RMS Titanic: Grand Staircase):
present). Comprehensive list of United States Library of Congress
Titanic Inquiry Project b.) RMS Titanic “Sea Trials, Apr. 2, 1912
Canadian and International journals,
(U.S. National Archives and Records
magazines, and selections from the Vertical Files http://web.titanicinquiry.org:81/ Administration (NARA)
Globe and Mail. [Online]. Pg. 3 Titanic Route ; Wikipedia (PDI)
Titanic Instant Books Pg. 4 iceberg suspected of having sunk the
General Reference Center. (1980- Shipwrecks-Titanic (Reference RMS Titanic {PD-USGov-DHS-CG}
present). Indexes primarily American http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/jay/ Pg. 5 (Lifeboat with Titanic survivors.)
Department, Spring Garden Road Pg. 6 Extract of US Navy memorandum about
and some Canadian magazines, Memorial Public Library) Titanic the Titanic.
reference books, and newspapers. Information File (Information Desk, Titanic International Society Pg. 7 Historic American Sheet Music (Duke
[Online]. Univ.; Special Collections Library #a9433);
Alderney Gate Public Library) www.titanicinternationalsociety.org Pg. 8 fr. “The Loss of the S.S. Titanic by
Lawrence Beesley” (Titanic Survivor) (Project
ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand, and Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation).
Canadian Business and Current
Affairs (CBCA). (1985-present). jm/sg/01/07
8