This file contains a reference letter from Dr. Melville Cumming's past employer, F.l. Fuller, who was then Superintendent of Farm & Provincial Agricultural Farms.
This item contains a letter to Dr. Melville Cumming from Keiler Mackay, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario written in May 25th, 1960. It writes about John Macrae’s role in WWI as Gunner of the Canadian Field Artillery and as a Medical Doctor in the Canadian Medical Unit. Attached to the is a newspaper clipping of Macrae’s poem “In Flanders Field"
This item is a published report on the meeting minutes of the special committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the agricultural conditions throughout Canada. Among the committee, was Melville Cumming who was attendee and provided evidence as capacity of Secretary of Agriculture.
This file contains 4 handwritten drafts of a manuscript, regarding methods for determining available nutrients in the soil, written by Melville Cumming.
This file contains 4 individually unrelated papers, 3 of which are titled “Livestock”, “Crop Production”, and "Farm and Crop Areas and Number of Farms.”
Item is a reproduction of the newspaper article "Agriculture in Nova Scotia", by M. Cumming, Principal of N.S.A.C. The article is from the Maritime Merchant in 1924.
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.
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".
Item is an article written by Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal Melville Cumming for "The Herald" entitled "The Nova Scotia Agricultural College" from 1927.
Item is an article written by Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal Melville Cumming for MacDonald College Magazine entitled "The Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, N.S.", from May 1911.
Item is a black and white of Dr. Cumming with a priest and 3 other individuals, potentially on the steps of Cumming Hall. Photo was taken by Slaunwhite.
Fonds consists of pamphlets, books and theses about grass and pastures, as well as records and teaching notes associated with a history of agriculture class taught by John Edward Shuh at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the early 1970s.
