Subseries contains records that were created and used in the partnership project with the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) and the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander (Columbia) in the development of a 'Training Program in Sustainable Agriculture' at UFPS for both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The program ran between 1997 and 2002. The Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander (UFPS) was asked to play a key role in “El Salto Social”, the social leap forward, in the Santander region of Colombia. New curricula was to be introduced at UFPS, faculty being upgraded and new extension and outreach programs being established with the assistance of NSAC through this project. Other project partners were the Universidad de la Republica Uruguay (URU) of Uruguay and Saint Mary’s University (SMU). This was an Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) University Program for Cooperation in Development (UPCD) Tier 2 project led by NSAC. NSAC Personnel involved were Norman Goodyear, Bonnie Waddell, Sam Asiedu, and Leanne French.
Fonds contains textual material, photos, artifacts, slides, paintings, and a video cassette created by the School of Agriculture, the College of Agriculture, and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, between 1892 and 2012. Series include records of an administrative nature, departments on campus, buildings, photographs, student and faculty records, events, curriculum, and the institutions history.
File is a time capsule created by the Class of 2012, the last class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College before its merger with Dalhousie University. The capsule contains approximately 50 articles deposited by graduating students, including pictures, a bottle of wine made at the college, frosh beanies, written memories, a synopsis of NSAC and banquet programs. The project was initiated by Matthew Lawless, co-chair of the graduating class, Jonathan Waugh and Jessica Dowe, and the capsule was built by NSAC engineering technician Chris Nelson.
File contains an early 20th century photograph with a partial view of the frame yard at the horticultural building of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. A wooden shingled building and greenhouse can be seen in the background.
File contains a photograph and a reproduction of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College's principal's house circa 1910. It was built in 1908 and was removed in 1978 as the site was selected for the new dining hall, later named Jenkins Hall.
Series contains photographs, documents, flyers, scripts, and audio recordings of special events, celebrations, and workshops at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Records relate to Founders day, anniversaries, exhibitions, dramas, open houses, commencements, etc. between 1928-2006.
Series contains records, books, photographs, and a time of capsule, of past students and their involvement in a variety of activities at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College as well as updates and autobiographies after graduation. Subseries include athletic sporting events, student councils, and convocation events, employment statistics, etc., between 1905-2012.
Item is a photograph of a man standing in a greenhouse looking at the camera surrounded by lush foliage, ferns and flowers. Annotated on reverse: “G951, Vernon Heighton – NSAC 1942” .
Subseries contains records relating to students athletics at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Included is a photograph of the 1945-1946 Nova Scotia Agricultural College hockey team and a photocopy of a newspaper article including the same photo and a caption with regard to a reunion of the Truro and District Hockey League that took place May 9, 1992 [?] at Keddy's.
Item is a photograph taken from level of the ping pong table at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. It is an action view with a man at the other end of the table, ball in midair. Blurry image of opponents partial hand and ping pong paddle.
Item is a photograph of four men, two are playing ping pong , one is seated observing , and one is standing observing. The photograph was taken inside a room at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
Item is a photograph of 10 Nova Scotia Agricultural College students posed outdoors in front of Cumming Hall or the Science Building. They are dressed warmly. Annotated on reverse: “Back row – Left to Right Stuart Westcott, William Chaft, Charles Ash “Standing at back”. Front Row – Left to Right: David Milligan, Emerson Hennigar, Ronald Gillespie, Arthur Perlin, Augustine Joy, Vernon Heighton, Steven Tucker.
File contains 8 photographs of students from the classes of 1942 and 1943, and faculty or instructors, from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. There are men on the steps of Cumming Hall or the Science Building (?), near wooden fenced enclosures, and wooden fences, as well as near a greenhouse on campus.
Item is a photograph of 5 men, students from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in bowler hats on steps of Cumming Hall or Science Building (?). Annotated on reverse: Back row, L-R : Unnamed, “Milligan”; Centre: “Vernon Heighton” ; Front row, L-R : “William “Bill” Chaft ; Charles Ash”.
Item is a photograph of 7 men, Nova Scotia Agricultural College students. They are standing on a curb with a fence immediately behind them. There are power/telegraph poles and cleared fields visible into the distance behind. Rear of photo annotated : “1942 NSAC Left to Right Vernon Heighton ; Ronald Gillespie ; Augustine Joy ; William Chaft ; Arthur Chisolm sic [Chisholm] (1943 class) ; Emerson Hennigar ; Stuart Westcott”.
Item is a photograph of 11 Nova Scotia Agricultural College students posed outside Cumming Hall or Science Building (?). 6 at the rear, 5 in front, students dressed as for autumn or spring, no leaves on shrubs. Reverse of pic annotated “ 1942 NSAC” “Back row, Left to Right: Martin McKinnon (1941 Class) ; Stuart Westcott ; William Chaft ; Lily Cameron ; Augustine Joy ; Charles Ash” “Front Row, Left to Right : Vernon Heighton ; Arthur Perlin ; Emerson Hennigar ; Ronald Gillespie ; Steven Tucker”.
Item is a photograph of 8 Nova Scotia Agricultural College students. They are standing in a fenced enclosure with a pig. All are wearing bowler hats and looking at the pig, 2 men have pieces of wood in their hands, 4 men have books under their arms. Reverse of photo is annotated “Bowler Hats on sale at Youll’s Drygoods where [unintelligible] bowler hats on sale”.
File contains 46 photographs of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College students, principals, student life, buildings and campus. The photographs include the NSAC hockey team, Aggies hockey team, horses, faculty, basketball team, classrooms, residence construction, farms and barns, convocation, campus buildings, NSAC principals.
File contains two? b&w photographs of the NSAC Winter Show, held 23 March 1944, and a farm meeting held at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College around 1943-1944.
File contains a b&w photograph titled "RCAF? NSAC 1943- meeting hen or new men NSAC 1943", perhaps a Royal Canadian Air Force event held at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
File contains a b&w photograph of Nova Scotia Farm Association meeting, held on January 16, 1944. Presumably held at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The Association changed its name to the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture in 1946.
File contains two? b&w photographs of the NSAC Winter Show, held 23 March 1944, and a farm meeting held at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College around 1943-1944.
Item is a photograph of orchards and trees in Nova Scotia in the early 20th century. Photograph is a reproduction of a glass slide that may have been taken by Nova Scotia Agricultural College professor Fred C. Sears, original R1.
Item is a photograph of orchards and trees in Nova Scotia in the early 20th century. Photograph is a reproduction of a glass slide that may have been taken by Nova Scotia Agricultural College professor Fred C. Sears, original R2.
Item is a photograph of orchards and trees in Nova Scotia in the early 20th century. Photograph is a reproduction of a glass slide that may have been taken by Nova Scotia Agricultural College professor Fred C. Sears, original R3.
Item is a photograph captioned "Apple at Halifax – from fountain(?)" in Nova Scotia in the early 20th century. Photograph is a reproduction of a glass slide that may have been taken by Nova Scotia Agricultural College professor Fred C. Sears, original R4.
Item is a photograph captioned "Dick Starr’s bull" in Nova Scotia in the early 20th century. Photograph is a reproduction of a glass slide that may have been taken by Nova Scotia Agricultural College professor Fred C. Sears, original R5.
File contains a panoramic photographic print of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1921. Printed on the back : "Mrs. Mathew [sic Matthew] Frizzell". Removed a piece of a receipt taped to the back of the photograph during processing; it may have been used to indicate cropping when an enlargement was made to hang behind the circulation desk of the MacRae Library. The receipt and description card are attached to the accession form in the case file. The blown up panoramic shot still hangs in the staff work area on Level 1 of the MacRae Library as of April 2020.