Archives Catalogue

Series consists of government reports and publications relating to agricultural issues, pastures, livestock, crops, dairy, etc., along with resources for active military service members and veterans, selective statistics and acts and regulations published between 1880-2006.

Canadian war orders and regulations / Wartime Prices and Trade Board. 1942

MS-14-REF, Box 11, Folder 1
File
1943

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Canadian war orders and regulations / Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Volume III. 1943

MS-14-REF, Box 11, Folder 3
File
1944

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Canadian government documents related to war and veterans

Subseries
1945-1947

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Subseries consists of Canadian government documents related to agriculture and war and veterans skillsets related to agriculture from 1945-1947.

Report of the wartime prices and trade board. January 1, 1944 to December 31, 1944. Dominion of Canada, Ottawa. 1945

MS-14-REF, Box 11, Folder 5
Item
1945

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Canadian Veterans land act and Canadian Legion Educational Services publication series

MS-14-REF, Box 27, Folders 9-10
File
1945

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

File contains a 1944 revised edition of the Canadian Veterans land act and six issues of the Canadian Legion Educational Services publication series. The text on the back of the series instructs students enrolled in courses to carry their textbooks with them while traveling overseas. Upon arrival at their new stations, they were encouraged to promptly connect with the Education Officer or Naval Schoolmaster. They were intended to travel with soldiers during the peak of World War II. They provide powerful insight into the hopes and dreams these students had for their futures.

Agricultural acts and regulations of Nova Scotia

Subseries
1939-1975

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Subseries contains agricultural acts and regulations in Nova Scotia from 1939-1975.

Environmental Protection Act. Chapter 6. 1973 Statues of Nova Scotia

MS-14-REF, Box 12, Folder 17
File
1973

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

The Marsh Act. Chapter 149.

MS-14-REF, Box 12, Folder 19
File
[19-]

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

An Act to Amend and Consolidate the Acts relating to [Nova Scotia] Agriculture and Marketing

MS-14-REF, Box 12, Folder 20
File
Mar. 15, 1939

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

An Act to Amend Chapter 4 of the Acts of 1939, The Agriculture and Marketing Act. [Nova Scotia] Chapter 39

MS-14-REF, Box 12, Folder 21
File
April 6, 1944

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

An Act to Provide for Regulating the Marketing of Certain Natural Products in the Province. [Nova Scotia] Chapter 10

MS-14-REF, Box 12, Folder 22
File
April 18, 1946

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Ag Info. [Agriculture info] / N.S. Dept. of Agriculture and Marketing

MS-14-REF, Box 7, Folder 17, Item 1
Item
April 23, 1979

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Agricultural Facts and Figures. No. 5. March 10, 1970

MS-14-REF, Box 7, Folder 17, Item 4
Item
March 10, 1970

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Vol. XXX No. 4 Aug. 9, 1963. Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing, Extension Service

MS-14-REF, Box 7, Folder 17, Item 7
Item
Aug. 9, 1963

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Vol. XXX No.5 Oct. 15, 1963. Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing, Extension Service

MS-14-REF, Box 7, Folder 17, Item 8
Item
Oct. 15, 1963

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Why cream tests vary and extracts from cream testing regulations / W. J. Bird

MS-14-REF, Box 16, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Bee keepers’ supplies for sale / Gordon S. Pineo

MS-14-REF, Box 16, Folder 1, Item 5
Item
1915

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Conserve what you have, how to ensure a good crop of sound potatoes / W.H. Brittain

MS-14-REF, Box 16, Folder 1, Item 8
Item
[19-]

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Great crops pf strawberries and how to grow them / R.M. Kellogg Co.

MS-14-REF, Box 16, Folder 1, Item 9
Item
1915

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

The care of cream for butter-making / George H. Barr

MS-14-REF, Box 16, Folder 1, Item 10
Item
1923

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

One half century of community pastures in Nova Scotia 1956 to 2006 / George MacKenzie

MS-14-REF, Box 19, Folder 2
Item
2006

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Item was published by the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Nova Scotia 4-H club news

MacRae Library Serials Collection
File
1961-1966

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Experimental Farm System Perpetual Calendar / Canada. Department of Agriculture [poster]

MS-14-REF, Box 13, Folder 13
Item
[1911-1919]

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Item is a poster titled Experimental Farm System Perpetual Calendar / Canada. Department of Agriculture. There is a dial that can be manually turned to reveal the "twelve months in the poultry yard" advice offered month by month. The Hon. Martin Burrell, Minister of Agriculture (1911 to 1917, and from 1917 to 1919) and J.H. Grisdale, Director. Undated.

Annapolis County Exhibition 1944 prize list

MS-14-REF, Box 27, Folder 12
Item
September 19-21, 1944

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Item is the prize list for the Annapolis County Exhibition to be held under the auspices of the Annapolis County Farmers' Association. Includes the tentative program for the exhibition to be held September 19-21, 1944.

The open hand : an epic poem dealing with the early settlement of Maine and New Brunswick, founded on tradition

MS-14-REF, Box 27, Folder 14
Item
1981

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Item is The open hand : an epic poem dealing with the early settlement of Maine and New Brunswick, founded on tradition by W. D. Kearney. First printed in 1864 at Presque Isle, Me. by W.S. Gilman, reprinted at Hartland, N.B. by Fred H. Stevens in 1920 and Observer Ltd. in 1926, this volume was reprinted in 1981 by Carle A. Rigby and Roderick Cummings, Hartland, New Brunswick.

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

MS-14-REF, Box 28, Folder 3
File
[1880]-1947

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

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.

Home economics reference resources

Series
1916-1982

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Series contains records related to home economics published between 1916-1982. Topics include methods of food preservation, and food storage, which include canning, sealing, and freezing, as well as publications for expectant and new mothers.

More about Canadian dehydration methods / C.D. Eidt

MS-14-REF, Box 4, Folder 24, Item 1
Item
1943

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Home drying of fruits and vegetables at home / B.J. Edwards and G.E. Strachan

MS-14-REF, Box 4, Folder 24, Item 3
Item
1982

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Drying of fruits and vegetables at home / Inez Prudent and Forrest B. Wright

MS-14-REF, Box 4, Folder 24, Item 4
Item
1943

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Records relating to vegetables and canning

MS-14-REF, Box 5, Folder 1
File
1934 & 1946

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

File contains 'Canadian vegetables for every day' and "The burpee way of home canning".

Canadian vegetables for every day / Edith L. Elliot

MS-14-REF, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 1
Item
1934

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Food preservation: canning reference resources

MS-14-REF, Box 5, Folder 5
File
1944-1958

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Ball blue book of canning and preserving recipes

MS-14-REF, Box 5, Folder 5, Item 1
Item
[19-]

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Reading matter recommended to mothers who want better babies / Better Babies Bureau of the Woman's Home Companion

MS-14-REF, Box 13, Folder 2, Item 1
Item
1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

How to build the Canadian house / Helen MacMurchy

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 4, Item 2
Item
1923

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

The Little Blue Books Series - Department of Health; Pub #12-16

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 5
File
1925-1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

File consists of Canadian Department of Health "The Little Blue Books Series" booklets #12-16. They offered advice on childcare and on the building and running of healthy, happy Canadian homes.

How we cook in Canada / Helen MacMurchy