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Nova Scotia Agricultural College Cumming Hall extension contract

File contains the contract for the extension construction on Cumming Hall, the administration and classroom building on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus to be completed on or by November 24, 1912. The contract describes the work to be done, and the materials to be used in the additions and alterations to Agricultural College from the drawings and superintendence of Andrew R. Cobb, Architect, Halifax, N.S. “Set no. 5”.

Nova Scotia Agricultural College Horticultural building architectural plans 1912

File is reproductions of the architectural plans for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Horticultural building, August 2nd, 1912. Set A8. Scale 1/8":1'-0". Andrew R. Cobb - Arch - Halifax. 2 sheets. Handwritten in white ink in the lower right corner on sheet no. 1 is illegible. The horticultural building was later named Collins Horticulture Building.

Contract for the construction of the Head House to the greenhouse on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus

File contains the contract for the construction of the headhouse to greenhouse at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College between W.K. Murray (contractor) and Department of Public Works including modifications to specifications. The contract is dated November 5, 1913. Signed by "? Cobb" Architect; "E. H. Armstrong" Commissioner for Public Works and Mines; and "W.K. Murray" contractor.

Glenn Stephen Ells exams

  • MS-14-47, MS-14, Box 134, Folder 5
  • File
  • December 1913 - March 1915
File contains 25 exam papers likely taken by Glen Stephen Ells between the junior and senior year (1913-1915) for subjects associated with agriculture at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The exam papers are mostly typed and cover a range of topics from entomology, dairy, animal husbandry, commercial law, mathematics, and English literature. The exams are annotated and scribbled over and appear to mainly belong to one student Glen Stephen Ells. One exam paper in particular shows strategy planning for a hockey game on the reverse of which Ells was a team-member.

Ells, Glenn Stephens

Written account of Henry Ford's donation to the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

File contains an account, unsigned but believed to have been written by Dr. Melville Cumming, in regards to the donation of a tractor by Henry Ford to the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in 1917. Mr Ford had previously met then Premier the Honorable George H Murray and was introduced to Melville Cumming, Secretary for Agriculture and Principal of NSAC (1905-1927). There are annotations on the first page "Thanks very much - Len" and on the second page "He was here I understand on a trout fishing exhibition (expedition?)."

Panoramic photograph of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus taken in 1921

File contains a panoramic photographic print of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1921. Printed on the back : "Mrs. Mathew [sic Matthew] Frizzell". Removed a piece of a receipt taped to the back of the photograph during processing; it may have been used to indicate cropping when an enlargement was made to hang behind the circulation desk of the MacRae Library. The receipt and description card are attached to the accession form in the case file. The blown up panoramic shot still hangs in the staff work area on Level 1 of the MacRae Library as of April 2020.

Melville Cumming group photograph

This file contains 1 photograph of Melville Cumming in a group photo taken at the Truro Golf Club. Taken by Sponagle, Truro, on July 30th, 1923.
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