File contains a reprint of a newspaper article in the Truro Daily News on Feb. 15, 1965. The original article was titled "Opening of Provincial Agricultural College: at Bible Hill, Truro, NS Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1905".
File contains a photograph album of photographs taken at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College taken and collected by the donor Ed Munroe, [NSAC] class of 1941. There are 34 b&w photographs of student life on the NSAC campus, there are also and invitations to the 1940 and 1941 NSAC graduation dances.
File contains negative photographs of the August 1976 Nova Scotia Agricultural College Open House. There are 4 sets of negatives, they include people sitting at tables outdoors around a field in 1970s era clothing, people watching a marching pipes and drum band, some of the photographs feature the campus barn and silos in background, one shows Clydesdale horses pulling a wagon with approx. 8 people seated.
File contains photographs and lists of students enrolled at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in 1948. Depicted are classes for first year degree classes, second year degree classes, the groups were divided into those from Nova Scotia and those from the Maritimes, and those outside the Maritimes. Photos are numbered #1-#5, coordinating with pages #5-15 (some duplicates)
File contains photographs and negatives depicting of drainage work being done, presumably at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Featured are people working in the drainage ditches, equipment used, and vehicles.
File contains photographs of buildings and structures on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus including silos, barns, water towers, the stock judging pavilion, and the poultry supply house building.
File contains photographs depicting Nova Scotia Agricultural College buildings. Shown also are individuals posing before dedication plaques naming buildings on campus.
File contains photographs of Nova Scotia Agricultural College buildings, such as Cumming Hall, Longley House, the Horticultural Building, Trueman House, barns, gardens, and grounds in 1957.
File contains 5 photographs taken during the All Canada Sheep Classic in Brandon, Manitoba, including photographs of the Nova Scotia sheep booth, sheep in a pen, people holding sheep, and sheep being sheared.
File contains 32 photographs of Nova Scotia Agricultural College graduations, Autumn Assembly, and other events. Includes group shots, as well as the procession to the gym in front of one of the residences led by a bagpiper. Some photographs feature alumni and William (Bill) Jenkins.
File contains 22 photographs of Nova Scotia Agricultural College graduations and Autumn Assembly. Includes group shots, as well as the procession to the gym in front of one of the residences.
File contains 23 photographs of Nova Scotia Agricultural College graduations, Autumn Assembly, and other events. Includes group shots, as well as individuals, and the procession to the gym led by several bagpipers.
File contains photographs of a chicken barbeque event on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Campus. The first such event was held on July 2, 1951, followed by barbeques in 1952. 1953 and 1954 with 3000 to 5000 people in attendance. The barbeques were sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing and the Nova Scotia Farmers' Association to promote the newly expanding broiler chicken industry.
File contains 4 negative prints of a Nova Scotia Agricultural College building prior to demolition, possibly the Principals house. The building was dormer roofed, 2 story (+ attic) building with 4 front bay windows, covered front stairs with veranda above, and side porch visible. Rear view has a lean-to porch and small side entry. The photograph is dated Feb 14, 1977.
File contains two photographs of the Ayrshire field day [at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College] in 1948, one photograph has inscribed on the back: "Micmac [sp?]" Shubenacadie, [sp?]
File contains photographs of buildings and structures on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus including silos, barns, water towers, and the poultry yard and poultry supply house building.
File contains photographs of buildings and structures on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus including the dairy building, and Haley Institute as well as the bookstore and athletic centre.
File contains photographs of buildings and structures on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus including residences Trueman, Chapman, and Fraser House, the MacRae Library, crops and structures near the Horticultural Building.
File contains photographs of buildings and structures on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus including Haley, the Dairy building, a BBQ on campus [195-?], extension engineering, residences, and the athletic centre [Langille].
File contains 2 photographs of what appears to be College Royal or the Winter Fair at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The photographs showcase exhibition skills of showmanship and judging of cattle.
File contains three photographs, two of E.L. Eaton with the wooden chains and board he carved and mounted and one close up photograph of the board with wooden chains. The photographs were taken in 1983 of the work done in 1981.
File contains photographs of the interior and exterior of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College library that was built in 1982, and 1983 library staff and librarians. There are also portraits of past librarians and students. From 1913-1939 the NSAC library collection was housed on bookshelves of a small room adjacent to the office of the Professor of English. From 1939-1968 Principal Lyman Chapman improved the library arrangements by rearranging space previously occupied by the janitor’s quarters on the top floor of the administrative building, later named Cumming Hall; they provided tables, newspapers, magazines, books, reference books and textbooks. Between 1968-1982 the library was housed in the Cox Institute, the library was given space to the west of the stairwell on the lower level. The library added a microfiche reader during this time. In the 1980s a new building for library services became the first priority when the degree program was approved. Official opening of the new library was graduation day May 1983, and the library was named the MacRae library in 1990.
File contains photographs of buildings on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus. Included are The MacRae Library with the NSAC Botanical Weed Garden out front, a postcard of the campus ca.1913, the Athletic Centre, Collins Horticulture building and header house, and the residences.
File contains photographs of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Depicted are groups of people on campus, in front of buildings, and various events such as the signing of the agreement between NSAC and Dalhousie University granting joint degrees, and what could possibly be the Winter Fair (College Royal) in front of the pavilion that was on campus.