Collection MS-14-22 - Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Canadex report : A comparison of estrus synchronization in sheep with the traditional breeding pr... The effect of monensin on coccidia oocyst discharge in feeder lambs / N. R. Williams-Fulton Photograph of a person who is likely preparing a lamb or sheep carcass for roasting during the fi... Photograph of sheep in field during the field day at Bill Mathewson's farm Photograph of people at a picnic table during the field day at Bill Mathewson's farm Photograph of people observing sheep in a pen during the field day at Bill Mathewson's farm Photograph of people observing sheep in a pen during the field day at Bill Mathewson's farm Photograph of what is likely a sheep or lamb being roasted during the field day at Bill Mathewson... Photograph of three people talking at the side of a sheep pen during the field day at Bill Mathew... Photograph of people observing sheep in a pen during the field day at Bill Mathewson's farm Photograph of a building in the distance during the field day at Bill Mathewson's farm Photograph of three people observing what is likely the carcass of a sheep or lamb roasting durin... Photograph of a group of people around what is likely the roasted carcass of a sheep or lamb duri... Photograph of sheep in a pen during the field day at Bill Mathewson's farm Photograph of a group of people observing sheep in a pen during the field day at Bill Mathewson's... Photograph of three people observing what is likely the carcass of a sheep or lamb roasting durin... Photograph of what is likely a house and other building through trees during the Sheep Breeders' ... Photograph of what is likely a barn during the Sheep Breeders' Association of Nova Scotia's field... Photograph of a group of people standing in a field during the Sheep Breeders' Association of Nov... Photograph of a person standing with a group of sheep in a pen during the Sheep Breeders' Associa... Photograph of two people standing with a framed item during the Sheep Breeders' Association of No... Photograph of a group of sheep in a fenced field during the Sheep Breeders' Association of Nova S... Photograph of two people butchering a lamb Photograph of three people butchering a lamb Photograph of a person removing the wool and hide from a butchered lamb Photograph of a hanging lamb carcass Photograph of two people butchering a lamb Photograph of a butchered lamb likely laying in a small wagon Photograph of a person holding a butchered lamb Photograph of a butchered lamb laying in a wagon and three people butchering a lamb in the backgr... Photograph of a person removing what is likely the internal portion from a butchered lamb Photograph of two people removing the wool and hide from butchered lamb carcass Photograph of a person removing the wool and hide from a butchered lamb carcass Photograph of a person removing the wool and hide from a butchered lamb carcass Photograph of sheep in pen Photograph of the Nappan experimental sheep farm Photograph of sheep in pen during the milk replace trials in Nappan, Nova Scotia Photograph of moving sheep at Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition grounds Photograph of sheep in a pen, Cape Breton Development Corporation, Mabou, NS Photograph of North County Cheviot & Suffolk sheep at Devco Sheep Farm, Cape Breton Photograph of sheep rations in Nappan, Nova Scotia Photograph of a Bluefaced Leicester ram photograph taken at Dr. Nettleton's Farm in Truro, Nova S... Photograph of Jodie Saunders, Brewster Kneen, Fiona Nettleton with a trophy at the sheep fair she... Photograph of Angus Rouse, Gernot Zillig, Linc Boswall, Dr. Brian Nettleton, Neil LeBlanc, Gunnar... Photograph of Angus Rouse moving sheep at sheep sale Photograph of Angus Rouse, Bruce Blacklock, Linc Boswall, Dr. Brian Nettleton, Neil LeBlanc?, Gun... Photograph of Sheep Breeders Association of Nova Scotia's president Roy Evans, Lincoln Boswell an... Photograph of Doug Perry, Georgina MacKenzie (MacNeil) during the shearing competition at the she... Photograph of black-faced sheep in a field Photograph of sheep being unloaded from a ferry on Greek Islands
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Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

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Sheep and wool archives

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MS-14-22

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4.2 m of textual records
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Zillig, Edith
(1915-2009)

Biographical history

Edith Zillig was born and raised on a farm in the province of Pomerania, Germany. She studied at the Agricultural College of Potsdam before gaining employment as a farm manager. In 1954 she immigrated to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and one year later married Gernot Zillig, who had also recently emigrated from Germany. In 1958 the Zilligs bought 150 acres overlooking the Kennetcook River in Scotch Village, Nova Scotia. Although they were interested initially in mixed farming, after concluding that the land was better suited to livestock, they began to build up a variety of cattle, swine, domestic waterfowl and sheep, including six mature crossbred Suffolk ewes from the Annapolis Valley.

During the 1950s and 1960s, Edith and Gernot belonged to the provincial sheep farmers' association, which later became the Sheep Producers Association of Nova Scotia (SPANS). Between 1973-1983 she was an active promoter of the Nova Scotia sheep industry through SPANS sheep fairs and served as the association's director during the mid-1980s. In 1981 she was appointed Western Director of the Nova Scotia Wool Marketing Board, a position she held until 1993. In addition, she maintained an interest in the Purebred Sheep Breeders Association of Nova Scotia.

Edith continued to farm and raised sheep after the death of her husband in 1993, working with her son, Manfred, and her daughter, Margaret, until her own death in 2009.

Custodial history

Materials were created and collected by Edith Zillig from 1987 on and donated to the MacRae Library Archives in multiple donations since 1989 by Edith Zillig, Margarete Zillig, Peter Hamilton, Roy MacKenzie, The Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association of Nova Scotia, and others.

Scope and content

Collection contains records created or collected by Edith Zillig related to sheep, the sheep breeding industry, and wool between 1811-2005. Records types include published and unpublished papers, correspondence, reports, pamphlets, booklets, monographs, magazines, newsletters, photographs, filmstrips, recipes, and artifacts.

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Original Collection code was 96EZ.
Records donated in several accessions: Accession numbers A1989-001, A1989-002. A1990-001. A1991-001. A1993-001. A1995-001, A1996-001, A1997-001, A1999-049, A2001-001, A2002-001, A2003-001, A2004-002, A2006-001, A2007-019, A2007-020, A2019-012, A2021-010, 2023-013, A2024-036.

Arrangement

Established: July 1996 ; processed and arranged by Barry Cull and Shelley Lawrence. Additional material processed by Cathy MacDonald in the Summer 2004, by R. Mallov in 2019-2020, and by J. MacIsaac in 2021.

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  • English

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There are no access restrictions on these materials. All materials are open for research.

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Materials do not circulate and must be used in the MacRae Library. Materials may be under copyright. Contact departmental staff for guidance on reproduction.

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