Archives Catalogue

List of premiums offered by the New Brunswick Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Home Manufactures and Commerce

MS-14-9, MS-14 Box 4, Folder 5
Item
April 10, 1851

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Reproduction of the etching “Oxen Ploughing” by Rosa Bonheur and P. Moran

UA-43, OVR PB Box 18, Folder 6
Item
1880

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Item is a George Barrie Publisher (original). Copy by Mike & Gail Hopper, Waverley, NS, no date.

Sketch of farm at Valley Station [Nova Scotia]

MS-14-9, AV 9, Drawer 6, Folder 12
Item
January 19, 1899

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Item is a sketch of a farm at Valley Station [Nova Scotia], surveyed for Mary Christie, January 19, 1899, by J.K. Eaton, D.C.L.S.

Typed transcription of the farm diary of Zabud MacKay (Malagash)

MS-14-9, MS-14 Box 5, Folder 10
Item
April 12 - 0ct. 27, 1900

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Sketch of a woodlot in Truro, Nova Scotia

MS-14-9, AV 8, Drawer 4, Folder 12
Item
December 26th, 1903

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Item is a sketch of a woodlot Truro, Nova Scotia, surveyed for Indian Department, Ottawa, December 26th, 1903, by J.K. Eaton, D.C.L. Surveyor. It also shows the lands of Thomas B. Smith, R.H. Smith, and Henry Waller. The scale is 1":400 chains.

Sketch of some coal and iron areas in Kemptown, Colchester County, Nova Scotia

MS-14-9, AV 8, Drawer 1, Folder 15
Item
October 4th, 1905

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Item is a sketch of a survey of some coal and iron areas in Kemptown, Colchester County, Nova Scotia. It was surveyed for A.H. Learnment, et al., October 4th, 1905 by J.K. Eaton D.C.L.S. Scale 1":40.00 chains. Also shown are adjacent properties of J.H. McKay, Maple Leaf Prospecting Co., and J. McNaughton.

Double sided survey, Truro, Nova Scotia

MS-14-9, AV 8, Drawer 2, Folder 7
Item
June 3, 1905 - September 11, 1906

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Item is a double sided sketch of surveys. One side of the page has on the right, in ink, a sketch of Truro Market Property, surveyed for John A. McKenzie & Sons, June 3, 1905. Scale 1: 20 chains. The McKenzie house and Market are on Havelock street and Prince Street. Also shown are edging adjacent properties Allan Loughead and G.O. Fulton on Inglis Street. There is a blank space in the middle of the page and on the left is depicted Beaver Dam Brook passing through the properties of James Hennigar, Henry Miller, McLearn, Patterson, McCulloch, and nearby Dodds, Underwood, Robert Barr and Scott, and Russel Brook. There are pencil annotations as well. The other side shows sketched in ink the property of T.G. McMullen, Prince Street East, Truro, Nova Scotia. The ink notation says "known as the Craig Hat Factory. September 11, 1906. By J.K. Eaton, D.C.L.S. Scale 1":30'". Shows Prince Street crossing Munroe Street, along Brook to W. Archibald's line, the properties of Estate Samuel Rettie, Alvin Fulmore's lot. In pencil: "Sketch of same surveys made at Debert Station, for Charles [McElmon?] January 12, 1906, this sketch made May 30th, 1906.

Photographs of people from the Marshville, Kentville, West Wentworth, Tatamagouche, and Malagash regions of Nova Scotia

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6
File
[1890]-1910

Part of Farm and rural life collection

File contains photographic prints of people and communities in Nova Scotia.

Photograph of Marshville class picture of 1910

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 16
Item
1910

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Maps, surveys, and sketches of farms in Nova Scotia

Series
1899-1911

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Series contains sketches of a farm at Valley Station [Nova Scotia], a woodlot in Truro, N.S., Truro Market and properties in Truro of T.G. McMullen and others, and some coal and iron areas in Kemptown, surveyed by J.K. Eaton, D.C.L.S. Series is arranged chronologically from 1899 to 1911.

Photograph of West Wentworth class picture of 1911

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 15
Item
June 16, 1911

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Sketch of property lying on the North side of the Intervale Road near I.R.C. Railway [Truro, Nova Scotia]

MS-14-9, AV 8, Drawer 1, Folder 17
Item
June 27, 1911

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Item is a sketch of the properties lying on the North side of the Intervale Road near I.R.C. Railway crossing known as the Allan Loughead field [Truro, Nova Scotia]. Surveyed for the Hon. W.F. McCurdy, of Baddeck, Cape Breton. Truro, N.S. June 27, 1911 [by] J.K. Eaton, D.C.L. Surveyor. Scale 1":30'. Also shown are the property of Gov. Experimental Farm, Queen Street East or Intervale Road, the center of Logan's Gully, and the proposed new street. Adjacent properties are Miller, Mrs. Maud Work, Mrs. Adelaide Nowlin, and Wm.E. Logan. There is a handwritten note in pencil under the Surveyors label.

Photograph of the Bible Hill School Garden in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia

MS-14-9, PB Box 26, Folder 3
Item
1914

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Item is a photograph of the Bible Hill School Garden in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia. The Bible Hill School was located on College Road in Bible Hill where the woodsman lot is located on the campus of the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, formerly the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The photograph is dated August 6, 1914. Initials "K.B.". Men, women and children working in the garden with hand tools, school featured in the background. Notation on the reverse of the photograph "Bible Hill School Garden. Truro NS. Aug 6. 1914."

Graphic materials related to farm and rural life

Series
1880-1914

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Series contains a painting, a reproduction of an etching, and a photographic print depicting various farm and rural life settings in Nova Scotia between 1880 and 1914.

Reproduction of Cape Breton and the Western Harvest Excursions 1890-1928 / A.A. MacKenzie

MS-14-9, MS-14 Box 4, Folder 7
Item
1985

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Item is a reproduction of Cape Breton and the Western Harvest Excursions 1890-1928 / A.A. MacKenzie, from "Cape Breton at 200: Historical Essays in Honor of the Island’s Bicentennial 1785 – 1985", pages 71-83. Published by University College of Cape Breton Press, Sydney, N.S. Original dated April 10, 1851, Fredericton, N.B.

Photograph of Hilda Rats sitting on a rock

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 6
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of men and women standing and sitting on a porch. "The Garden of Eden"

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 13
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of a young man from the Marshville area sitting in a chair

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of the head and shoulders of a young woman from the Marshville area

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 2
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of a woman standing beside a chair. Langille from Tatamagouche

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 9
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of a man and woman sitting

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 10
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of a group of men standing in the woods in winter

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 11
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of a man and woman standing

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of the head and shoulders of a young man

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 5
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of an elderly lady standing in a doorway

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 4
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of a man, wife and two young children. Langilles from Tatamagouche Mountain

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 7
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of a woman standing by the side of a house. Langille from Tatamagouche

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 8
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of a group of men standing in front of a pile of logs

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 12
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of Marshville school group outing

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 14
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of five men standing inside of a hardware store in Kentville, NS

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 6, Item 17
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Photograph of a family and horses standing in front of a house

MS-14-9, PB Box 35, Folder 15
Item
[19-]

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Farm and rural life collection

MS-14-9
Collection
1851-2004

Collection consists of material related to farm and rural life. Including historical accounts of farm life and agricultural management in Nova Scotia. Series include graphic materials, maps, surveys, and sketches of farms in Nova Scotia, and reports and diaries related to farm and rural life. Series are arranged alphabetically and range between 1851-2004.

Rural policy forum report and records related to a Rural Communities Impacting Policy meeting

UA-43, MS-14 Box 153, Folder 5
Item
June 2004

Part of Farm and rural life collection

Item is the Rural policy forum report : Rural Communities Impacting Policy. A community - university research alliance. February 26-28, 2004, prepared by Todd Barr and Malcolm Shookner, Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre at Dalhousie University. Prepared for: Rural Communities Impacting Policy Project, June 2004.
There are several other documents in the file, including the agenda and notes for Rural Communities Impacting Policy meeting to discuss Core funding for community development project and community development research findings.

Reports and diaries related to farm and rural life