Item is a Nova Scotia Agricultural College 'College royal' pin. The pin is round, and is blue and gold in colour. It says “Do your best for it’s success” and features a ram head. Attached to the pin are gold ribbons with 'NSAC – 1972'.
File contains 38 Nova Scotia Agricultural College trophies and plaques that were awarded during College Royal, also known as the Winter Fair from approximately 1905 to 2012.
Item is a framed arrangement of the Commemorative postage stamp and accompanying textual material created for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College's centennial anniversary and given to Peter Sanger.
Series contains records relating to committees on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus. Included are guidelines/policy and reviews by the committees in 1998.
Subseries contains Nova Scotia Agricultural College programs and invitations relating to convocations from 1992-2007, files also include a newspaper clipping.
File contains pamphlets and a newspaper clipping from the 1999 and 2001 Nova Scotia Agricultural College convocation ceremonies and an article regarding the 2004 convocation.
Subseries contains files including speech notes, and audio recordings of the 1974, 1993-1995 graduation convocation ceremonies held at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
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”.
Series contains records relating to curriculum at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1937 to 2004. It is divided into 4 subseries, correspondence, courses, statistics, and records related to the review of education.
Subseries contains summaries of vocational programs at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College between 1990-1995. Including the number of students enrolled in statistical courses, cancelled courses, and guest lectures from outside the Atlantic Region.
File contains a Nova Scotia Agricultural College Department of Plant Science evaluation trials report with an overview of field crop trials cereal grains, as well as the results from protein crops, pulses, forages, turf, vegetables, potatoes and other field crops. The report details the interaction between fertilizers, yields, seed size and quality.
File contains a Nova Scotia Agricultural College Department of Plant Science research report of an overview of field crop trials cereal grains, as well as the results from protein crops, pulses, forages, turf, vegetables, potatoes and other field crops. The report details the interaction between fertilizers, yields, seed size and quality.
Subseries contains annual reports of Nova Scotia Agricultural College departments, including engineering, grounds/gardens divisions, and Department of Plant Science between 1913-1996.
Subseries contains records that were created and used in the partnership project with the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) and the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander (Columbia) in the development of a 'Training Program in Sustainable Agriculture' at UFPS for both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The program ran between 1997 and 2002. The Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander (UFPS) was asked to play a key role in “El Salto Social”, the social leap forward, in the Santander region of Colombia. New curricula was to be introduced at UFPS, faculty being upgraded and new extension and outreach programs being established with the assistance of NSAC through this project. Other project partners were the Universidad de la Republica Uruguay (URU) of Uruguay and Saint Mary’s University (SMU). This was an Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) University Program for Cooperation in Development (UPCD) Tier 2 project led by NSAC. NSAC Personnel involved were Norman Goodyear, Bonnie Waddell, Sam Asiedu, and Leanne French.
Series contains records relating to agricultural extension services and campus research project records at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1972-2006. Record types include textual records, photographs, posters, video cassettes, computer media, correspondence, conference programs, maps, books and newspapers. Subseries' include the Columbia project, field trial reports of the Nova Scotia Crop Development Institute, and Nova Scotia Agricultural College Department of Plant Science reports.
Subseries contains records pertaining to the facilities and infrastructure of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, as well as construction and renovation of buildings on campus between 1912-1986. Record types include reports, designs, architectural plans and blueprints, and correspondence.
File contains topics in infrastructure capabilities for agricultural air quality management as well as an overview of the wild blueberry industry of Nova Scotia.
Subseries contains lecture series notes, publications, papers, books, and reprinted articles featured in national and international journals that were authored by Nova Scotia Agricultural College staff, faculty, and students between 1980-2006.
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.
File contains an overview of the fox production short course held at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Topics covered include vaccinations, nutritional diseases, setting up a fox ranch, basic fox genetics, feed and water analysis, tattooing foxes, farm management for the fox producer, and info on the Canadian Fox Breeders Association.
File is a time capsule created by the Class of 2012, the last class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College before its merger with Dalhousie University. The capsule contains approximately 50 articles deposited by graduating students, including pictures, a bottle of wine made at the college, frosh beanies, written memories, a synopsis of NSAC and banquet programs. The project was initiated by Matthew Lawless, co-chair of the graduating class, Jonathan Waugh and Jessica Dowe, and the capsule was built by NSAC engineering technician Chris Nelson.
Item is Set No.4 of the building / architectural plans for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Head House (greenhouse) building architectural plans, October 1, 1913. Job No. B.19 by Andrew R. Cobb - Arch - Halifax. 5 sheets. Handwritten in ink in the upper left corner on sheet no. 1: "Please refer to the awarded contract dated November 5th, 1913 [sp] W.K. Murray?
Subseries consists of summary reports of the different livestock breeds and a history of the Holstein Friesian herd at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College farm created in 1965 and 1984.
Subseries contains records relating to horticulture and landscape architecture of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus. Records include the working plan of plots, list of perennials, and tables of dates of sowing, plowing and working in vegetables plots for seasons between 1913-1916.
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.
File contains an early 20th century photograph with a partial view of the frame yard at the horticultural building of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. A wooden shingled building and greenhouse can be seen in the background.
Collection consists of tools, artifacts, textiles, photographs, pencil sketches, pamphlets, posters, and a video cassette that were collected by Nova Scotia Agricultural College staff through their travels via partnerships with universities and organizations around the world up to the year 2000. Materials reflect agricultural and rural traditions from the areas they were collected in. The artifacts were collected from and photographs taken in Kenya, The Gambia, Ghana, Ethiopia, The Sudani, New Guinea, Angola, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Czechoslovakia, Melanesia, Columbia, The Caribbean, and Jamaica.
File contains the Nova Scotia Agricultural College newsletter from the NSAC International Affairs office from 2001-2008. Topics include foreign study, foreign students, and agricultural development projects.
