Archives Catalogue

File contains tables of dates of sowing, plowing, and working plans of vegetables plots for the 1915 season on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus. Created by James Allan, Superintendent of Horticulture.

1915 exhibition vegetable plot plan at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus

UA-43, Box 4, Folder 17
File
1915

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

1915 graduating class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, OVR PB Box 11, Folder 9
File
1915

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains a photograph of Nova Scotia Agricultural College faculty and graduating students in 1915.

1916 list of perennials grown at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, Box 4, Folder 19
File
1916

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Photocopied 1916 newspaper article re. Nova Scotia government agricultural policy

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 20
File
1916

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains a photocopy of a 9 June 1916 news item from The Pictou Advocate written by Robert H. MacKay, R. Henry Graham, and Robert M. MacGregor, "The Farmers Candidates," entitled "The Policy of the Government in Respect to AGRICULTURE is Centralized at the Provincial College and Farm at Truro."

The value of field and orchard crops in Nova Scotia 1923

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 55
File
1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 5 textual records, which consists of a research article, along with accompanying work which include newspaper article, research table, and correspondences. These records were written by Dr, Melville Cumming in 1923.

The value of field and orchard crops in Nova Scotia 1924

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 56
File
1924

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 4 textual records, which consists of a research article, along with accompanying work which include newspaper article, research table, and a correspondence. These records were written by Dr, Melville Cumming in 1924.

Melville Cumming articles

MS-14-1, MS-14 OVR Box 1, Folder 11
File
1919-1926

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

File contains two articles written by Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal Melville Cumming on the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and an article prepared for MacDonald College Magazine.

Cumming articles related to farming and agriculture

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 19
File
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

File contains four articles by Melville Cumming on farming, farm life, and agriculture.

Melville Cumming articles

MS-14-1, MS-14 OVR Box 2, Folder 18
File
1911 & 1927

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

File contains two articles written by Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal Melville Cumming, one from May 1911 published in MacDonald College Magazine, "The Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, N.S.", and one from 1927 for "The Herald" entitled "The Nova Scotia Agricultural College".

Photograph of attendees of the 1928 Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists meeting

UA-43, AV8 Drawer 5, Folder 2
File
1928

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

1933 graduating class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, OVR PB Box 10, Folder 16
File
1933

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains a b&w photograph of 1933 Nova Scotia Agricultural College graduating class.

The foundation of Nova Scotia Agriculture College / by C.E. Thompson

UA-43, Box 3, Folder 6
File
1932-1933

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

1936 graduating class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, OVR PB Box 10, Folder 6
File
1936

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains a b&w photograph of the 1936 graduating class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.

Meeting minutes, memorandums, and various records related to agricultural education

UA-43, Box 1, Folder 1
File
1942-1944

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Poultry plucking machine patent

MS-14-43, MS-14, Box 134, Folder 3
File
1944

File contains a poultry plucking machine patent that was issued on July 4th, 1944 to Angus Edward Banting, Truro, NS. Banting signed all his rights, title and interest of the invention over to the Department of Agriculture and Marketing of the Province of Nova Scotia.

Banting, Angus

Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus buildings and landscapes photographs taken in 1930 and 1946.

UA-43, PB Box 20, Folder 1
File
1930 & 1946

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Text of valedictory by Keith Russell for the May 1946 graduation commencement ceremony held at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, Box 1, Folder 16
File
May, 1946

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

1947 advanced farm class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, OVR PB Box 18, Folder 1
File
1947

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains a b&w photograph of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College advanced farm class in 1947.

Photographs of Ayrshire field day [at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College] in 1948

UA-43, PB Box 23, Folder 24
File
1940 or 1948

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

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?]

1948-1949 farm classes at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, PB Box 20, Folder 14, Items 1-4
File
1948-1949

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains Nova Scotia Agricultural College farm class photos from 1948-1949. Photo taken outside of a wooden shingled building with pane windows. Photos have been cut and reattached as composites originally. Staples have been removed for preservation.

1948-1949 farm classes at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, PB Box 2, Folder 41, Items 1-2
File
1948-1949

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains Nova Scotia Agricultural College farm class photos from 1948-1949. Photo taken outside of a wooden shingled building with pane windows. Photos have been cut and reattached as composites originally. Staples have been removed for preservation.

Nova Scotia Agricultural College E.S. Archibald Testimonial Scholarship 1950 correspondence and receipt

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 1
File
1950

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Fertility and productiveness of Nova Scotia soils

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 128, Folder 5
File
1950

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains a 15 page manuscript by Melville Cumming

Chapter 13-17

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 131, Folder 2
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Chapter 1-6

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 131, Folder 4
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Chapter 16-18

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 132, Folder 1
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Agriculture in Nova Scotia (revised copy 1952)

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 8, Item 1
File
1952

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains a hand written notes of Agriculture in Nova Scotia by Dr. Melville Cumming.

Chapter 1-6

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 126, Folder 25
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Chapter 7-11

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 131, Folder 5
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Chapter 19-20

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 132, Folder 2
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Chapter 12-15

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 131, Folder 6
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Chapter 7-12

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 131, Folder 1
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Chapter 18-21

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 131, Folder 3
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

1954 first year farm class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, PB Box 20, Folder 12
File
1954

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains a black and white photo of the 1954 farm class. Thirteen men are posed in three rows looking at the camera.

1955 first year degree class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, PB Box 20, Folder 11
File
1955

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains a black and white photograph of the 1955 first year degree class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. There are 30 students and people (29 men and 1 woman), mainly wearing double-breasted suits on the steps of a building at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.

1956 general class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College