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Robert A Murray fonds

  • MS-14-26
  • Fonds
  • 1868-2000
Fonds contains records created and collected by Robert Murray relating to the history of the berry varieties grown in Nova Scotia, primarily cranberries and strawberries. Records relate to small fruits and weed research. There is a series for agricultural artifacts.

Murray, Robert

Walking wheel

Item is a walking wheel handmade from rock maple around 1875-1880, probably in Northern Colchester County. It was acquired from an old farm house in East Earltown, Nova Scotia.

New Brunswick fruit salesman's catalogue

Item is a travelling fruit salesman's catalog used for showing the varieties offered by a nursery. Contents : Sussex Nursery, Kings County, New Brunswick. Lithographer : J. W. Thompson and Co, Rochester New York. ca.1876-1891.
Nurserymen's coloured plates were produced by J. W. Thompson and Co. of Rochester, New York. J. W. Thompson and Co. operated by John Wrigley Thompson (b. 1826 England ; d. 1900 New York) between 1876 and 1891.
For more information: http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2397 University of Rochester Library Bulletin: Volume XXXV • 1982 Nineteenth-Century Rochester Fruit and Flower Plates* --KARL SANFORD KABELAC

Cumming in group photo

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.

Melville Cumming fonds

  • MS-14-1
  • Fonds
  • [1876?]-1970
Fonds contains photographs of Melville Cumming, as well as addresses, research articles/manuscripts, and letters related to agriculture in Nova Scotia written by Melville Cumming. Other material consists of records that were created while Dr. Cumming served as the first principal at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1905-27. He was also an instructor animal husbandry, agronomy, bacteriology and public speaking, and also served as the Secretary of Agriculture for the province from 1907-25. Includes records from 1900-1970 comprised of photographs, certificates, articles, and speeches from the passing of Dr. Cumming.

Cumming, Melville

Nova Scotia government documents and a reproduction of a catalogue related to agriculture

File contains five volumes related to agriculture. Titles include:
1. A reproduction of "A catalogue of the whole of the live and dead farming stock comprising 13 young and active cart horses.... steam engine.... also part of the household furniture.... which will be sold by Messr. W. Brown & Co. on Tuesday and Thursday September 28th and 30th, 1880... by direction of the trustees of the late Mr. Lasenby, who are giving up the Farm at Michaelmas. No. 1078. At head of cover "Charteridge, Chesham"
2. Herb garden : seeds for your herb garden / by Beatrice A. Clark. With authoritative books on herbs, a bifold cardstock with seed samples. Published by the Cypress Press ca. 1937.
3. Rothamsted Experimental Station : guide to the experimental farm -- Lawes Agricultural Trust. 1947.
4. Genetics of some new type foxes / C.K. Gunn. 1945. Publication / Dominion of Canada, Dept. of Agriculture ; no. 768. Technical bulletin / Dominion of Canada, Dept. of Agriculture ; no. 53.
5. Flax / William Saunders, Canada Department of Agriculture. 1896. Original issued in series: Bulletin / Dept. of Agriculture, Central Experimental Farm ; no. 25.

Livestock reference resources

Series consists of reference material relating to Maritime livestock shows, sales, and auctions, as well as livestock in Canada and in India. Subseries include materials covering beef cattle, dairy cattle and dairy practice, horses, sheep and goat, and swine published between 1880-2007.

Agricultural correspondence collection

  • MS-14-7
  • Collection
  • 1881-1979
Collection contains correspondence and an article, some are from Nova Scotia Agricultural College principals, or faculty, topics cover early education, the Canadian fruit trade, and trotting.

Milford W. Pierce fonds

  • MS-14-63
  • Fonds
  • 1883-1913
Fonds contains books, textbooks and government documents, and eight classroom notebooks kept by Milford Pierce during his studies at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (1905-1907), as well as a book dating to his year at Macdonald College (1912-1913).

Documents related to agriculture

File contains two volumes related to agriculture.
1. Catalogue of trotting stock belonging to A.J. Alexander, Woodburn Farm, Spring Station, Woodford County Kentucky. 1885. - first five pages have dried water stains.
2. An album of first prize winners in classes and groups, international [shorthorn cattle] / American Short-horn Breeders' Association. 1914.

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

Strawberry industry - N.S., Gordon Kinsman papers

File contains Gordon Kinsman's papers and records related to the strawberry industry in Nova Scotia from 1891-1958. Records include strawberry history newspaper mentions from the Kentville Star in 1891, and the Truro Daily News from 1895-1901. Included is information on strawberry production in Nova Scotia, the distribution of strawberries around the province and export to Boston and Montreal, Masstown Strawberry Growers Co-operative Ltd. (1946-1958) production and sales. A reproduction of the article "Strawberry boxes : Messers, Lewis & Sons" from the Truro Daily News, v.4:no.157, Saturday, July 7, 1894. A reproduction of the article "Strawberries" from The Busy East, 1917 about shipping strawberries in 1868. It also has information on blueberries shipped to Boston from Nova Scotia in the 1870s. A reproduction of a photograph "Picking strawberries in Yarmouth", from The Down East (1910-1917). Includes picture of picking strawberries in the Valley, with several handwritten notations about the crates and boxes in the photograph - NOTE - Dalhousie University Archives, Reference files: Dalhousie history, Price, H.B.A. Valley Farm in NS Date 1928-29; reprinted from the Dalhousie Review, Vol VIII, 1928-29, page 165, Box/File: MS-1-REF 117.19. Memorandum from an Agricultural representative, Truro, N.S., March 9, 1962, re: strawberry containers in 1964 were to be shipped in single layers to prevent bruising and damage to the berries, noted that 1960/61 growers ran short on boxes and crates, it is recommended to order more ahead of time next year. There is correspondence from an Agricultural representative, Dale Ells, Markets Representative, N.S. Department of Agriculture, Truro, N.S., September 5, 1963, re: Berries to Boston; 12 qy vs 32 qt for shipping: Boston finds 12 qt of higher quality, less damage to berries, more marketable. There's additional correspondence from Gordon Kinsman to Mrs. Thelma Pepper, May 29, 1986, re: Mrs. Pepper prepared an exhibit of photographs for the MacDonald Historical Museum. Beaver Brook strawberry sales, typed, "Digby" in ink, 1968, in two pieces, the old tape fell off. There was also a photocopy of a business card for Herrett's woodworking, specializing in boxwood and custom sawing - Springhill, N.S. and a sample of cellophane that was used on top of quart boxes between the 1920-1970s.

Gordon Kinsman fonds

  • MS-14-14
  • Fonds
  • 1891-[1999?]
Fonds consists of reports and studies on Nova Scotia farming and marketing between 1924-1990. Series are comprised of papers, reports, correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, and signs created and collected by Gordon Kinsman during his Nova Scotia berry research. Materials focus on blueberries, strawberries, the strawberry industry, berry box making, berry shipping, general agriculture, the history of agriculture, dairy, creameries, direct marketing of blueberries and apples, exhibitions in Nova Scotia, the Maritimes, and Canada between 1924-1993.

Kinsman, Gordon Barss

Gordon Kinsman's berry research records

Series contains papers, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reproductions of articles, photographs, and signs created and collected by Gordon Kinsman during his research of berries, specifically strawberries, the strawberry industry, berry box making, and blueberries in Nova Scotia between 1891 and 1993.

Peter Hamilton fonds

  • MS-14-27
  • Fonds
  • 1892-2004
Fonds consists of objects, manuscripts, and published works that were collected by Peter Hamilton. Peter was a Nova Scotia Agricultural College alumni, NSAC faculty member, and Registrar of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College for 10 years. Included is a stethoscope that was used for cattle, a Nova Scotia Agricultural College mug, and a blue knit NSAC pullover sweater. The published books and booklets include topics such as livestock husbandry (swine, cattle, poultry), feeding, judging and general agriculture. Most of the publications are Canadian and US government documents, a few textbooks were also included.

Hamilton, Peter

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