Archives Catalogue

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 brief history of Nova Scotia Agricultural College brochure

UA-43, Box 1, Folder 27; UA-43, Box 12, Folder 13
File
[2004?]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a brochure titled "A brief history of Nova Scotia Agricultural College", no date. The forward is written by William A. Jenkins, NSAC principal between 1964-1972. The brochure is 17 pages, illustrated, some colour. Text by W.J. Hawkins ; art direction by Thomas J. Fennell, Nova Scotia Information Service ; photographs by Sherman Hines.
A Brief History . . . by W. J. Hawkins ; '-Memories – class of ’62 [does that mean the autobiographies were printed in – 2004?] ; Installation – President Florizone (Dal)

A Brief History of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College / text by W.J. Hawkins

UA-43-REF, Box 42, Folder 10
Item
[1970?]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College archival reference collection

A brief survey of some of the important breeds of cattle in India : part II / Indian Council of Agricultural Research

MS-14-REF, Box 25, Folder 1
File
1950

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

A cadastral report on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College / prepared by the Provincial Crown Lands Record Centre for the Department of Government Services.

UA-43, Box 7, Folder 10
File
1983

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains background on crown lands, land divisions, purchase records, information on the Nova Scotia Training School, copies of deeds and maps of various farms pertaining to the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.

A census of Nova Scotia's apple orchards / C.M. Collins

MS-14-REF, Box 4, Folder 16
File
1941

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

A century of farm life and agriculture in Nova Scotia / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 16
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

A century of agriculture in Nova Scotia / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 15
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

A checklist of Maritime provinces manufacturers of edge tools and other related products / Robin H. Wyllie

MS-14-REF, Box 3, Folder 3
File
1983

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

A chemical and physical study of the salt marshes of Nova Scotia / R.L. Rutherford

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 2
File
1911

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

A crop program for 1940 / Kenneth Cox

MS-14-REF, Box 14, Folder 23, Item 1
Item
1940

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Cox, Kenneth

A dairy barn study / S.P. Elliot and W.W. Jenkins

MS-14-REF, Box 12, Folder 7
Item
1951

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

A direction for Atlantic Universities in relation to new communications, information and instructional technologies in education : a report for the Association of Atlantic Universities / Donald Snowden

UA-43-REF, Box 30, Folder 9
Item
December, 1982

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College archival reference collection

A draw-bar dynamometer and its use in soil tillage experiments / G. Wallace Giles

MS-14-REF, Box 2, Folder 15
File
1935

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

A family portrait / Barry Stagg (lyrics) [2006]

UA-43, Box 12, Folder 4
File
[2006]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains the lyrics for A family portrait by Barry Stagg, written to commemorate Nova Scotia Agricultural College's centennial anniversary in 2006.

"A family portrait" CD

UA-43, AV Box 2, Folder 7, Items 3-4
Item
2006

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

A farmer in the district of Montreal

MS-14-REF, Box 3, Folder 9
File
1851

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

For the Back Settlements - on the general management of a farm. Henry Chubb and Co., Saint John.

A gnotobiotic bioassay for studying interactions between potatoes and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria / Kenneth L. Conn, Jerzy Nowak, and George Lazarovits, reproduction from : Canadian journal of microbiology (1997) v.43:801-808

UA-43-REF, Box 30, Folder 4, Item 8
Item
1997

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College archival reference collection

A graduation speech [Nova Scotia Agricultural College]

MS-14-2, Box 1, Folder 69
Item
May 1, 1974

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

A guide for young shepherds

Item
1811

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Author: Samuel Bard

A history of the Canard River dyke system / Brent Fox

MS-14-REF, Box 9, Folder 8
File
1990

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

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

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

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Cox, Kenneth

A history of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College / Kenneth Cox

MS-14-REF, Box 20, Folder 6-8
Item
1971

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College archival reference collection

Cox, Kenneth

A home study course in basic sheep production / Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing, and related correspondence from 1988

MS-14-22, MS-14, Box 46, Folder 9
Item
[19-]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

A home-made sprayer / H. Andison

MS-14-REF, Box 2, Folder 50
File
1957

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

A List of Students at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (1906-1963)

MS-14-2, Box 1, Folder 79
Item
1906-1963

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

A List of the [Nova Scotia Agricultural College] alumni members in action

MS-14-2, Box 1, Folder 78
Item
1918

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

A Look at the Forest Improvement Act / [Nova Scotia] Department of Lands and Forests

MS-14-REF, Box 12, Folder 15
File
[19-]

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

A manual of bee husbandry / Robert S. Filmer

MS-14-REF, Box 26, Folder 1, Item 7
Item
1941

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

A mirror of ourselves : a summary of the interviews with the members of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College : draft report

UA-43, Box 9, Folder 9
File
November 26, 1998

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains a copy of A mirror of ourselves : a summary of the interviews with the members of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College : draft report. It was prepared for the NSAC "Advance" workshop held in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, December 6-8, 1998. Prepared by Dr. Harvey Silverstein, Vice President, Concentrics Communications Canada. The purpose of the workshop was to bring together individuals from faculty, instructors, technicians, administration, staff and students to improve communications across campus.

A place in society / The Registrar, Nova Scotia Agricultural College