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MacRae Library Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds
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Records related to the finale event to celebrate the Nova Scotia Agricultural College's centennial anniversary

File contains ephemera from the finale event for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College's centennial anniversary held February 14, 2006. The event was held at the upper foyer in Cumming Hall at 2 pm.

Included are invitations and a booklet for the event.

Dr. Bernie MacDonald, Acting President of NSAC was to do the welcome, the presentation of the time capsule was done by Dean Emeritus Dale Ells, Mary McPhee, President NSAC Students' Union, and Bernie MacDonald, Acting President of NSAC. Presenting the NSAC centennial CD - A Family Portrait was Jim Goit, Executive Director of Development and External relations.

There are 5 greeting cards that feature black and white photographs, each of a different landmark on campus. They are blank inside with a written description and "NSAC celebrates 100 years and growing in 2005": They are:
1. NSAC Cox Institute - a close up of the stone sign and word Institute with spring/summer floral landscaping in front.
2. West-facing stacked windows, MacRae Library
3. Water fountain, bird bath, in memory of Harold and Dorothy McKean, Alumni Gardens
4. Circular cobblestone patio, Alumni Gardens
5. The impost of the entrance arch, Cumming Hall

Also included are a temporary tattoo and a fridge magnet as well as the 2005 NSAC graduate class composite.

Province of Nova Scotia : Nova Scotia Agricultural College review of operations 1991-92

File contains the Province of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Agricultural College review of operations 1991-92. The audit was performed by Roy S. Gunn, Deputy Auditor General, as indicated in the forward letter dated March 3, 1992. The letter was addressed to R.J. (Richard) Huggard, and cc'd to Dr. L.E. Haley, Principal (NSAC), and C. James, Executive Director of Administration.
Six selected areas of the College's operations were reviewed:
Financial management
Capital expenditures / projects
Fixed asset utilization and control
Personnel costs
Purchasing practices
Allocation and recovery of costs

Postcards of Bible Hill and Salmon River, Truro, N.S., and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and a reproduction of the postcard

File includes 2 postcards with a view of Bible Hill and Salmon River, Truro, N.S.. Including the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, one can see the top of Cumming Hall, the water tower, and electric wind mill generator. Presumably sent from NSAC students, post-dated 1912 & 1914, included as well is a reproduction of the postcard. One card was sent from Truro, Sept 13, 1912, from [Marg?] to Miss C. Maude Pines, Waterville, Kings Co. Nova Scotia. The other was sent from Nuttby, Sept 26, 1914 from [Eff?] to Miss Ruth E. Windrow, The Willows, New Ross, Lun [sp.] N.S.

Plant diversity meeting summary

File contains a meeting summary between staff of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Nova Scotia Museum, and Ross Farm Museum held at the Nova Scotia Museum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 17 June 1987. The meeting was about how to identify and understand historical crop varieties and educate the public about changes in plant material and the important of genetic diversity.

Picking apples - R9

Item is a photograph of apple picking at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, or elsewhere 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 R9.

Picking apples - R8

Item is a photograph of apple picking at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, or elsewhere 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 R8.

Picking apples - R7

Item is a photograph of apple picking at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, or elsewhere 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 R7.

Picking apples - R10

Item is a photograph captioned "Boardeaux mixture – dilute vs. concentrated – after settling 10 minutes. Vitriol poured (?) into line in each case", it may have been teken at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, or elsewhere 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 R10.

Photographs related to the building, naming, and opening of Nova Scotia Agricultural College residence Chapman House from 1966-1967

File contains four photographs related to the building, naming and opening of Nova Scotia Agricultural College residence Chapman House from 1966-1967. In the first photograph is shown individuals turning the sod for Chapman House, Nova Scotia Agricultural College: L-R: [D.L. Parker], Deputy minister, Hon. I.W. Akerley, Minister NSDAM [Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing], Dr. Wm Jenkins, Principal [NSAC]. Shown in the second photograph is Lyman T. Chapman, the college's 3rd principal, who was a special guest at the opening ceremony for Chapman House. In the photograph he is depicted reading the inscription on the plaque which is installed inside the main entrance. Photo by the Nova Scotia Information Service. The third photograph shows the construction of Chapman House. The fourth photograph is the opening of Chapman House.

Photographs of the principal's house on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus in spring

Items are a photograph and reproduction of the photograph of the principal's house on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus in March 1977. The siding is light coloured/ white, and there is snow covering the grass and leaves are gone on the shrubbery and trees. Some of the pavement is bare and there are two automobiles parked in front of the house.

Photographs of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

File contains photographs of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Depicted are groups of faculty, staff, students on campus, what could possibly be the Winter Fair (College Royal), judging, various animals and buildings on campus, classroom settings and the "Bed races" where students raced hogs to promote the industry.

Photographs of the first Nova Scotia Agricultural College Alumni Annapolis Valley tour in 1927

File contains 2 photographs of the first Nova Scotia Agricultural College Alumni Annapolis Valley tour in 1927.
Names hand written by Ernest A. Marshall:
Back Row: Don Ells, Alex S. Palmer, David Ells, McCuish, Ernest A. Marshall, JN C Desborough, Robert Marshall, Robert Longley, Joe Dand, Bill Turner, Irving Bishop, Norman Clark, Clifford Nichols, Gerald West, Max S. Ells
Center Row: Spittal. Edward S. Woodbury, Robert Bishop, Ralph Byd, Kenneth C. Marshall, Clarence FitzRandolph, Hartley Hutchinson, Whitney West, Allison D. Pichett, Westley Graves, Irving Turner, Karl White, George Cox, Stewart Nichols.
First Row: Dr. W. S. Balir, J. Louis Stoddart, Seymore M. Ward, Cecil Welton, Ray Miller, Foster M. Chute, Mojoo Ferguson, Dr. W.H. Brittain, J. Howe Cox, Warren Harris, John Rand.
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