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[[File:Maritime Express June 1970 p.4.jpg|thumb|400px|right|H. B. Jefferson's Obituary in the ''[[Scotian Railroad Society 1970-06 Maritime Express|Maritime Express June 1970]]'']]
Henry Bruce Jefferson (1893-1970) was a reporter, editor, civil servant and author who often wrote about Nova Scotia railways under the pen name J. B. King. He worked at various newspapers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. In World War II, he served as the chief news censor for the Atlantic region. In 1949, he joined the Nova Scotia Information Service, a job that took him on travels across Nova Scotia where he gathered stories and contacts on the province's railway history. In 1950 he became editor of the ''Nova Scotia Hansard''. He researched and wrote numerous articles on the history of Nova Scotia railways which appeared in [[:Category:The Chronicle Herald|''The Chronicle-Herald'']] from 1957 to 1961 under the name J.B. King. In 1957 he wrote a radio play for the Halifax station CJCH about the history of the DAR called "The Last Train Through Paradise".<ref>[http://www.okthepk.ca/dataCprSiding/cprNews/cpNews10/57080101.htm Roy E. Howard, "Nova Scotians Hail New Dayliner Service", ''Canadian Pacific Spammer'' August 1957, featured on website ''OK the PK'']</ref> Jefferson was also active in the [[:Category:Scotian Railroad Society|Scotian Railroad Society]], where he served as Vice President and compiled extensive research files and correspondence which is now preserved in the Scotian Railraod Society Collection at the Nova Scotia Archives, along with his own extensive collection of papers and photography, the H. B. Jefferson Collection.

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File:DAR-Engine10andTrainB-Windsor-HBJeffersonPhoto.JPG|[[DAR0012|Windsor & Annapolis No. 10, later DAR No. 12]] & Train B at the [[Windsor Station]], circa 1891.
File:Chronicle-Herald 1958-09 - Windsor Train.jpg|[[H. B. Jefferson|J. B. King (H. B. Jefferson)]], [[Chronicle-Herald 1958-09 - Rare Old Photo|"Rare Old Photo" ''The Halifax Chronicle-Herald'', September 1958]].
File:Chronicle-Herald 1958-05-17 - DAR Emerges.jpg|Article by [[H. B. Jefferson]] about the creation of the DAR; the beginning of the [[Flying Bluenose]]; train wreck at [[Mount Denson]] and the parlour car [[DARHALIGONIAN|"Haligonian"]], May 17, 1958.
File:Chronicle-Herald 1958-05-17-Old Landmark Gone.jpg|Article and photo by [[H. B. Jefferson]] the scrapping of the parlour car [[DARHALIGONIAN|"Haligonian"]] with view of [[DAR2511|locomotive 2511]], May 17, 1958.
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==References==
* [https://memoryns.ca/h-b-jefferson-fonds H. B. Jefferson Collection, ''Nova Scotia Archives'']
* [https://novascotia.ca/archives/eastcoastport/jefferson.asp?Language=English Bill Naftel, "H.B. Jefferson: Newspaperman and Wartime Press Censor", ''Nova Scotia Archives'']
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