Item is a book titled "Former Premier: memoirs of the honorable E.C. Drury," published in 1966. First page contains inscription: “to my long time friend Melvine [Melville] Cuming, E.C Drury. Within the book folds, contains newspaper clippings of the passing of E.C Dryrrt
Fonds includes published and unpublished papers, correspondence to and from Fred Sears between 1905-1907 while he was Professor of Horticulture at Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The glass negative, lantern slides, and copy negatives and contact prints depict apples and orchard practice around the Agricultural campus and Nova Scotia. Notes on some of the sleeves of the negatives suggest that they date from the period 1898-1907.
Series includes papers and correspondence to and from Fred Sears written between 1905-1907 while professor of horticulture at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
Series contains over 200 glass negative and lantern slides photographs depict apples and orchard practice. There are also copy negatives and contact prints that were made at a later unknown date. Most of the . Notes on some of the sleeves of the negatives suggest that they date from the period 1898-1907. Fred C. Sears taught at the Horticultural School in Wolfville which operated from 1894-1904 and then took up a position as Professor of Horticulture at NSAC from 1905-1907. In 1907 he accepted a position as Professor of Pomology at the Massachusetts Agricultural College. It was there in 1914 that he wrote a textbook entitled Productive Orcharding. The book is illustrated with photographs akin to those in this collection. One photo is the same as one in the collection, but from a different angle. It seems likely that many photographs illustrating the book were taken in Nova Scotia, probably Wolfville. Sears dedicated his book to Robert W. Starr, a close friend and former president of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Association. Also contains: - 120 b&w 5" x 7" prints made from the glass slides, - "'An Apple a Day' : a collection of photographs" exhibit catalogue produced for a 1998 display. - A copy of the [MacRae Library] "Library Trust Fund Update", vol.9:no.1. July 1998.
File contains photographs Walsh took or collected of cattle, calves, and horses, including: - "Ray holding his grade calf, first prize at Pictou" - Lady Margaret of Glencoe - Set of negatives - "Pasturage for breeding animals - Farm F.A.[?] Walsh Moncton RR#2"
File contains photographs Walsh took of: -Lawrencetown fair -W.A. MacDonald - Pictou - noon feeding - 1925 -W.A. MacDonald's - Pictou - 1925 - Showing Roy and Arnold with their pigs -Judging team - Judique - 1924 -S.B. Bentley 1926 negatives -Sow and litter on pasture, taken Apoqui 1919 -Helen Chisholm sow - 1924 - North Grant -1st-3rd Club class - Maritime Winter Fair
Fonds contains correspondence from Dr. Frederick Waldemar (Waldo) Walsh to Dr. A. H. Harrington, regarding the Fruit and Vegetable Marketing Co-operative Organization in Nova Scotia in 1963. There are two series, one for certificates of Dr. Walsh, and another series for photographs taken at different events such as 4H events, Department of Nova Scotia Agriculture and Marketing conferences, retirement gatherings, and schools, while Walsh was a professor of Animal Husbandry [at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College] and sheep and swine promoter. Photos were taken and collected between 1910-1963.
Series contains Dr. Frederick Waldemar (Waldo) Walsh photographs from different events such as conferences, retirement gatherings, and schools taken and collected between 1910-1963. Other photographs were taken and collected by Waldo Walsh of Nova Scotia Boy's and Girls Clubs in the early 1920s when Walsh was a professor of Animal Husbandry [at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College] and sheep and swine promoter. Places include Mabou, Pictou county, Annapolis (Lawrencetown) and Yarmouth; Lottie Austin and some Beaton's and Rankins may be in the Mabou pictures .
Series contains contains Garden Guide Radio transcripts from 1980-1998. Garden Guide Radio created / hosted by the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. It is unclear where it aired on, possibly CBC Radio. Files are arranged chronologically.
