Item is a photograph of Nova Scotia Agricultural College staff in the summer of 1971. Name transcribed on the reverse: Summer 1971 Douglas MacEachern, Stuart Smith, Ken Marchant, Ian Fraser, Parker Cox, Ruby (McCabe) MacKay, Mary MacDonald, Ed Shuh, Lucille MacKenzie.
Subseries contains scripts of plays depicting campus life, performed by students, staff, and faculty members of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in 1971.
Item contains an overview of registration, staff changes, scholarships and awards, technical and vocations courses, course changes, campus expansion, and events of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
Collection contains materials created and collected by the Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists. Series include biographies and photographs of notable Nova Scotia agrologists, many of whom were associated with the Nova Scotia Agricultural College or the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture.
File contains three photographs of people strawberry picking in a field and how to pack berry boxes properly. Two photographs are dated 1971, one is undated.
Item is a copy of the proceedings of the Pro-Ag-Ed-Atlantic conference, held May 6 & 7, 1971, at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Participants at the conference included approximately 100 people whose professions were directly related to agriculture and/or education. The purpose was to explore professional agricultural education in the Atlantic region. The conference was called by the Hon. William Gillis, N.S. Minister of Agriculture and Marketing. Perspectives and trends from Europe, U.S.A., and Canada were presented during the sessions.
File contains a satirical script (ca. 1971) for a play focused on student life, the academic calendar, and social interests of the day at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Topics include College Royal, sheep management, etc. It includes a list of actors: R. W. Hounsell (potentially NSAC faculty circa 1960s?); Ray Porth (NSAC Biology Faculty 1970-1980); J.S. (John) Bubar (NSAC Class ’50, and Plant Science faculty); Stuart Smith (NSAC Faculty 1964 to 1991; Len Eaton (NSAC Professor of Biology circa 1970’s and 1980’s (?); and, Gordon Delaney.
File contains the Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal's reports from 1971-1974 . They give an overview of registration, staff changes, scholarships and awards, technical and vocations courses, course changes, campus expansion, and events of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
File contains journal articles relating to blueberries, topics include weed variety, weed control, plant distribution, herbicides, etc., published between 1971-1985.
Item is an overview of registration, staff changes, scholarships and awards, technical and vocations courses, course changes, campus expansion, and events of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
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'.
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 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.
Subseries contains 20 publications by agricultural departments of various Canadian provinces relating to the sheep industry published between 1972-2003.
This file contains 5 publication relating to the sheep industry. It was published by Quebec's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food between 1972-1983.
Item is a Nova Scotia Agricultural College beanie hat made of blue and gold coloured felt. It has the letters “AC” adhered to it, and a ram head stitched on it. Tradition for decades was they were given to first year students (“frosh”) upon arrival at the NSAC for "Frosh", or orientation week and worn by freshman all week.
File contains various resources in agriculture, the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, those in attendance at the annual meeting, a planning guide for the committee, and communications from the University of Minnesota.
Item is a report on the Cuban trip of Nova Scotia Agricultural College delegate attended written by Dr. W.A. Jenkins, Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal. The trip was sponsored by C.U.S.O., M.I.N.E.D., and N.S.A.C. and was made in response to a request from the Cuban government to Canadian University Service Overseas. There was a schedule for the 5 week visit arranged by the Division of Agricultural Technical Education. The report includes 3 pages of recommendations to the Cuban government regarding their agricultural education infrastructure and an appendix of the work plan, or schedule of activities of the 5 week Cuba visit.
