Books

1947-1948 Nova Scotia Agricultural College yearbook

UA-43-REF, Box 10, Folder 7
File
1947-1948

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College archival reference collection

File contains a yearbook once belonging to Paul Myrlyn Tracey during his attendance at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, with back pages having signatures of classmates.

1973-1977

MS-14-22, MS-14, Box 42, Folder 3
File
1973-1977

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

4-H division booklets

MS-14-22, MS-14, Box 36, Folder 5
File
[19-?]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

The series contains 1 book published by the Nova Scotian 4-H group.

A boy from Cherry Hill / Garth Coffin

MS-14-62, SPC S 584.52 C64 2020
Item
2020

Item is "A boy from Cherry Hill" by Garth Coffin, former principal of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia. A Boy From Cherry Hill is a story of a lad who grew up in a warm and loving family on a small farm in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It recounts his experiences and highlights his good fortune through receiving the Eaton Agricultural Scholarship, attending university in both Canada and the U.S. and successful pursuit of a series of career opportunities leading back to the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) where his university studies began. Along the way, the memoir that spans eight decades includes international work and personal interests of the boy from Cherry Hill.

A copy of a sketch by Ann Blades for Anna's Pet

MS-2-646, Box 9, Folder 73
File
[198-?]

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

A decade in United States steel / by F.B. McCurdy & Co.

MS-2-624, SF Box 96, Folder 17
File
1911

Part of George H. Morrison fonds

A demonstration chapter containing Amanda Bannerman and the Halterm Project and related correspondence

MS-2-646, Box 6, Folder 2
File
1983-1984

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

A draft of George Dawson: The Little Doctor

MS-2-646, Box 2, Folder 1
File
[197-?]

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

A draft of George Dawson: The Little Doctor

MS-2-646, Box 1, Folder 7
File
[197-?]

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

A draft of George Dawson: The Little Giant

MS-2-646, Box 1, Folder 5
File
[196-?]

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

A draft of George Dawson: The Little Giant

MS-2-646, Box 1, Folder 8
File
[197-?]

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

A draft of Skookum Tumtum: The Story of George Dawson, original version

MS-2-646, Box 1, Folder 4
File
[196-?]

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

A draft of The Pit Pony with notes

MS-2-646, Box 4, Folder 11
File
1986

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

A fiddle for Angus : [book]

MS-2-650.2001-031, Box 95, Book 19
Item
2001

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Item is a signed and published copy of Budge Wilson's book, published by Tundra Books.

A fiddle for Angus : drafts

MS-2-650.2001-031, Box 35, Folder 1
File
[before 2001]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains annotated drafts of Budge Wilson's book "A Fiddle For Angus," originally titled "A Fiddle for Luther." The file also contains four slides with illustrations for the book.

A fiddle for Angus : proofs

MS-2-650.2001-031, Box 35, Folder 2
File
[before 2001]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains annotated proofs of Budge Wilson's book "A Fiddle For Angus," originally titled "A Fiddle for Luther."

A fiddle for Angus : proofs

MS-2-650.2001-031, Box 34, Folder 15
File
2001

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains two annotated proofs of Budge Wilson's book "A Fiddle For Angus."

A fiddle for Luther : drafts

MS-2-650.2004-048, Box 41, Folder 10
File
[before 2001]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains two drafts of Budge Wilson's book "A Fiddle for Luther," which was published as "A Fiddle for Angus."

A fiddle for Luther : drafts

MS-2-650.2015-036, Box 80, Folder 5
File
1997-1999

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains three typed and drafts of Budge Wilson's book "A Fiddle for Luther," which was published as "A Fiddle for Angus." File includes an edited copy of version 3 (editing of first computerized version after meeting with Tundra in Toronto, June 1997); version four (a typed version of Budge Wilson's edits to the first computerized version); and the "final" version five (sent to Kathy Lowinger of Tundra Books on June 26, 1999).

A guide for young shepherds

File
1811

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Author: Samuel Bard

A history of the de Villiers family / D.P. de Villiers

MS-2-825, Box 10, Folder 4
File
1960

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

A history of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College / by Kenneth Cox ; foreword by W.A. Jenkins

UA-43, Box 3, Folder 3
File
Sept. 1965

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Cox, Kenneth

A history of William Sloan & Co. Ltd. / Graham E. Langmuir and Graeme Somner

MS-2-600, Box 1, Folder 30
File
[1961?]

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

File contains a booklet produced by William Sloan & Company Ltd.

A house far from home : [book]

MS-2-650, Box 95, Book 4
Item
1986

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Item is a published copy of Budge Wilson's book, published by Scholastic Canada.

A house far from home : [book]

MS-2-650.1996-030, Box 94, Book 15
Item
1986

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Item is a published copy of Budge Wilson's book, published by Scholastic Canada.

A house far from home : [book]

MS-2-650.1996-030, Box 94, Book 20
Item
1986

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Item is a published copy of Budge Wilson's book, published by Scholastic Canada.

A house far from home : draft

MS-2-650.2004-048, Box 38, Folder 9
File
[before 1986]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains a draft of "The Uprooting" by Budge Wilson, which was renamed and published as "A House far From Home."

A house far from home : final draft for Scholastic, typed, with handwritten notes

MS-2-650, Box 7, Folder 11
File
[before 1986]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains Budge Wilson's final draft of "The Uprooting," which was later published as "A House far From Home."

A house far from home : handwritten first draft

MS-2-650, Box 7, Folder 7
File
[before 1986]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains seven notebooks with Budge Wilson's first draft of "The Uprooting," which was later published as "A House far From Home."

A house far from home : proofs

MS-2-650, Box 7, Folder 12
File
July 24, 1986

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains the annotated proofs for Budge Wilson's "A House far From Home," published by Scholastic.

A hundred year history of the P&O departure from Southampton of S.S. Hindostan to open Indian Mail Service : 1837 to 1937 / Boyd Cable

MS-2-600, Box 1, Folder 33
File
[1938?]

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

File contains a booklet published by Ivor Nicholson and Watson.

A Key to Bonnycastle's Introduction to Mensuration

MS-2-41, SF Box 45, Folder 19
File
1824

Part of Thomas McCulloch, Jr. fonds

The volume is inscribed in ink : William McCulloch / Pictou July 17th 1832.

A letter and a book of poetry from Margaret Atwood

MS-2-646, Box 8, Folder 69
File
1958-1959

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

A manuscript of The Purple Cloak, a letter from Sunday School Publications, and The Purple Cloak

MS-2-646, Box 1, Folder 1
File
1958-1960

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

File contains ten issues of The Canadian Boy, which includes the serial publication of "The Purple Cloak" by Joyce Barkhouse.

A narrow escape : the lobster chronicles 2 / Jessica Scott Kerrin

MS-2-821, Box 5, Folder 18
Item
2013

Part of Jessica Scott Kerrin fonds

Item is a hardbound first edition of the second book in Jessica Scott Kerrin's trilogy The Lobster Chronicles.

A reading of The Witch of Port LaJoye : [sound recording]

MS-2-646, Box 11, Folder 14
File
1984

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

A short history and fleet list of the Canadian Pacific steamships : 1891 to 1956 / George Musk

MS-2-600, Box 2, Folder 19
File
[1956?]

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

File contains a booklet produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the World Ship Society.

A short history of the Union-Castle Line

MS-2-600, Box 1, Folder 27
File
1951

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

File contains a booklet produced by Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd.

A study of phytoplankton : consumption by Arctic zooplankton

MS-2-565, Box 4, Folder 6
File
1981

Part of Shirley A.M. Conover fonds

File contains a spiral bound document produced by MacLaren Plansearch Limited for the Department of Supply and Services.

A typescript draft of The Pit Pony, an airing schedule from the CBC, and a letter

MS-2-646, Box 11, Folder 2
File
1989-2003

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

A typescript draft of The Purple Cloak

MS-2-646, Box 9, Folder 83
File
1960

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

Advances in genetic technology / Edward Drexler, Maud A.W. Hinchee, Douglas T. Lundberg, Laurence B. McCullough, Joseph D. McInerney, Jeffrey Murray, and Richard Storey

MS-2-758, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1989

Part of Leslie E. Haley fonds

File contains both teacher and student editions.

Adventures for (big) girls : seven radio plays / edited by Ann Jansen

MS-2-777, Box 4, Folder 19
File
1996

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains a signed copy of an anthology of radio plays published by Blizzard Publishing that contains Mary Vingoe's play Living Curiosities: The Story of Anna Swan.

After the image / Jonathan Wright

MS-2-692, Box 1, Folder 15
File
1987

Part of Allan Cooper fonds

Agricultural archives reference collection

MS-14-REF
Collection
1846-2007

Collection contains materials related to agriculture, which includes related organizations, industries, education, machinery, research, products, livestock, harvesting, management, crops, etc. These were published between 1846-2007.

Alex Georgallas agricultural special collections books

MS-14-78
Fonds
1858-1923

Collection contains three special collections books related to agriculture written in the early 20th century.

Allan James Chapman fonds

MS-2-709
Fonds
[after 1853] - 1997

Fonds consists of Allan James Chapman's family history, including an account of the Halifax Explosion written by his mother Annie Marguerite (Daisy) Chapman, and his grandfather Herbert Eugene Greenough's poems and essays about working on the Nova Scotia railways.

Chapman, Allan James

American wool handbook