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1950's class I of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

Item is a photograph of students of the 1950's class I of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. There are 10 men in suit jackets facing the camera in two rows. The front row is sitting. There are 7 men in two rows facing camera in suit jackets.
Front row sitting. Annotated on reverse : “Students Complete Farm Training – When Graduation Exercises were held at the NSAC, among those receiving diplomas were students who were students of the Advanced Farm Class who have completed their course at the Institution. The class is shown above. Reading from left to right, are: Front Row: D. E. M. Fisher, R. R. #4, Amherst; G. W. Allen, Milton ; C. R. Levo, R. R. #1, Westville; G. L. Zwicker, R. R. #4, Bridgetown. Back Row: D. R. Barrett, Truro; J. J. Bowlby, Aylesford; L. G. Tattrie, River John. Mat Attached. W. J. MacLeod, Superintendent of Services.

Photograph of professor H.W. Smith and a group of students

Item is a photograph of H.W. Smith and a group of students sitting on a set of steps outside a building, they are dressed in suit and ties. Also seen are a young person and several dogs. H.W. Smith was the first lecturer appointed to the newly created Agriculture course at the Provincial Normal School in 1885. The School of Agriculture, later known as the College of Agriculture. Smith was instrumental in the merger of the School of Agriculture and the Provincial Farm in Bible Hill to create the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (1905-2012). Smith taught at the NSAC until approximately 1924.

Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

  • UA-43
  • Fonds
  • 1885-2012
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.

Nova Scotia Agricultural College

Photographs and audio visual materials of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1885 to 2015

Series contains graphic materials of the students, staff, and faculty of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. There are also photographs of the campus landscape and buildings and also the School of Agriculture or the College of Agriculture as it was originally known. Subseries' include aerial views, animals, buildings, campus events, students, staff, faculty and principals of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College between 1885-2015, as materials may be associated with the Provincial farm or School of Agriculture (pre-1905).

Photograph of a person holding the lead line of a horse on what may be the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus with Longley house in the background

Item is a photograph of a person holding the lead line of a horse. It may have been taken on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus with Longley house in the background. Longley house was the original farm house that stood on campus when the property was purchased for the School of Agriculture Farm in 1889. It was removed from campus in 1957. It was at one point the home of Fred Fuller, the first manager of the Provincial farm, and later was occupied by professor Smith, head of the School of Agriculture.

Photographs and newspaper clipping of Longley House, the residence for college presidents on the campus of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

Items are photographs and a newspaper clipping from the Truro Daily News of Longley House. This residence was on the Blanchard property when it was purchased by the College in 1886. It was used as the residence for college principals on the campus of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The reverse has in handwriting: "the first house built for college president, at top of hill on College Road, right hand side going up".

Photographs of Nova Scotia Agricultural College staff and faculty and Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture Ministers at building naming events

File contains photographs of staff and faculty, and probably principals, of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, as well as Ministers of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing. They are posing in front of stones laid at the naming ceremonies of buildings on campus. There are also people in front of building plans, receiving silver places with Cumming Hall engraved on them, and sitting in excavators breaking ground on campus.

Reproduction of a photograph of the original building on the property of the Provincial Farm/School of Agriculture

Item is a reproduction of a photograph of the original building on the property of the Provincial Farm/School of Agriculture which burned down in 1898. This became the site of the Nova Scotia College of Agriculture, Harlow Institute is now on site. There is an octagonal swine barn that was built by students 1891 and was removed before 1913.

Photograph of the original building on the property of the Provincial Farm/School of Agriculture

Item is a photograph of the original building on the property of the Provincial Farm/School of Agriculture which burned down in 1898. This became the site of the Nova Scotia College of Agriculture, Harlow Institute is now on site. There is an octagonal swine barn that was built by students 1891 and was removed before 1913.

Photographs of Nova Scotia Agricultural College students, staff, and faculty on campus and in classrooms

File contains photographs of students, staff, and faculty in classrooms, and barns at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. There are reproductions of photographs of the travelling dairy school wagon and the travelling dairy class, reprinted from the NS annual agriculture reports, around 1904-06. There is also photographs of Dave Adams giving instruction in the old Pavilion behind Cumming Hall, a Government Farm Team and their wagon in Truro's Natal Day parade, September 14, 1897, and a person in a suit and bowler hat in front of a green house.

Historical records relating to the Nova Scotia Agriculture College between 1904 and 2010

Series contains records relating to the history of the Nova Scotia Agriculture College and its relationship with agriculture in Nova Scotia and across the world. This includes early drafts for a university motto and crest, past principal's signatures, and contributions to the provincial government between 1904-2010. Subseries' includes History of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and agriculture in Nova Scotia. Record types found are textual files, reports, drawings, correspondence, books, and photographs.

Photograph of Cumming Hall

Item is a photograph of Cumming Hall. There is bare grass, leaves are still on the trees, and there are bushes and shrubbery partially obstructing, or covering, the lower windows on the front the building.

Records relating to the history of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and agriculture in Nova Scotia

Subseries contains records created by the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, records about the NSAC, and records pertaining to agriculture in Nova Scotia. Included are documents on educational resources, correspondence, memos, newspapers, clippings of articles, newsletters, new building plans, speech notes, a bound copy of "The history of the NSAC", agricultural education plans in the province, and the 75th anniversary committee file.
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