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* [https://memoryns.ca/h-b-jefferson-fonds H. B. Jefferson Collection, ''Nova Scotia Archives''] | * [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''] | * [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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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 news censor for the Atlantic region. In 1949, he joined the Nova Scotia Information Service and 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 the Chronicle-Herald from 1957 to 1961 under the name J.B. King. Jefferson was also active in the Scotian Railroad Society.
