Archives Catalogue

Register of farmers' cattle and sheep marks in Chester, Nova Scotia

MS-2-464, SF Box 42, Folder 4
Item
1813-1921

Item is a register of farmers' sheep and cattle marks, recorded by successive town clerks in Chester Municipality. Includes descriptions, diagrams, famers' names, dates, and the names of the recorder.

Chester Municipality.

Photograph of Fred and Joe Blakeney on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 37, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of Fred and Joe Blakeney standing in a tilled vegetable garden near Main Station on Sable Island.

Letter from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith

MS-2-69, SF Box 18, Folder 22
Item
1823

Item is a letter (1823) from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith, requesting that two barrels of Pictou oatmeal be shipped to Quebec on the next available vessel as a sample of Smith's produce.

Smith, W., fl. 1823

Prisoners of War at experimental farm at Nappan, Nova Scotia - clearing the forest

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1919]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Prisoners of War at experimental farm at Nappan, Nova Scotia - harvesting corn

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Prisoners of War at experimental farm at Nappan, Nova Scotia - up after clearing the land of forest

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 10, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Brochure for the Lindwood Farms second Aberdeen Angus promotion sale, August 7, 1961

MS-4-135, Box 205, Folder 21
Item
1961

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item consists of a brochure listing the lineage of the heifers for sale at Northfield Farms in Hants County, Nova Scotia.

Correspondence from John Cyril (Chris) Snape to Oland and Son Limited concerning a loan for $145.60

MS-4-135, Box 205, Folder 23
Item
1953

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item consists of a witnessed letter stating that John Cyril (Chris) Snape was borrowing money from Oland and Son Limited to speed up the settlement from National Thrift Corporation Savings Plan after the National Thrift Corporation went bankrupt.

Photograph of an unidentified farm in [Prince Edward Island?]

MS-4-180, Box 15, Folder 349
Item
June 1957

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Carleton Stanley's address at the 1933 Nova Scotia Farmers' Association Annual Meeting

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 47
Item
24 January 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address at the annual meeting of the Nova Scotia Farmers' Association, at the Halifax Hotel, January 24, 1933, discussing the relation between economics and agriculture.

Carleton Stanley's address delivered to a meeting of the Women's Institute, Truro

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 6
Item
4 November 1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley at a meeting of the Women's Institute in Truro, Nova Scotia, dated November 4, 1931. Includes discussions on agriculture, the machinery industry, and economics.

Pesticide safety [video] / Ian Blenkhorn, Marion MacRae, Cathy Deveau, Mark Tracey

UA-43, AV Box 4, Folder 6
Item
[199?]

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Nova Scotia Agricultural College class of 1944 lectureship Feb. 11, 1986 lecture "Foods of animal origin, cholesterol and health" by Germain J. Brisson.

UA-43, Box 1, Folder 31
Item
1986

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Memories : then and now : autobiographies of the class of '62 [1962] : a look at the past 42 years [Nova Scotia Agricultural College]

UA-43, Box 12, Folder 14
Item
[2004]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a book titled Memories : then and now : autobiographies of the [Nova Scotia Agricultural College]class of '62 [1962] : a look at the past 42 years. It includes the memoirs of professor Ian Fraser, the reprint of the "Class of '62 pip dream, 35 autobiographies, photographs, and an "In Memoriam" section.

Correspondence from the University of New Brunswick re: the Nova Scotia Agricultural College's centennial anniversary in 2005

UA-43, Box 12, Folder 6
Item
2005

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is correspondence regarding the Nova Scotia Agricultural College's centennial anniversary in 2005 bound in a red leather folio. The letter is signed John D. McLaughlin, President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of New Brunswick.

NSAC Centennial stickers : “I’m a proud alum. NSAC 100 Years & Growing”

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 22, Item 1
Item
2005

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a Nova Scotia Agricultural College Centennial anniversary sticker : “I’m a proud alum. NSAC 100 Years & Growing”. Blue with image of Cumming Hall and cupola.

NSAC Centennial stickers exhibit opening program

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 22, Item 2
Item
2005

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is the Nova Scotia Agricultural College centennial anniversary exhibit official opening program. “The Colchester Historical Society Museum salutes the Nova Scotia Agricultural College as it celebrates a century of service.” Has an insert which details some early and more recent NSAC yells.

NSAC Centennial exhibit opening speech notes by Dale Ells

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 22, Item 3
Item
2005

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a copy of the opening remarks of the exhibit “NSAC : 100 Years and Growing” by Dale Ells, exhibit Planning Committee. February 4, 2005. Discussing history, centennial, and museum exhibits.

Reproductions of Nova Scotia Agricultural College class yells

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 22, Item 5
Item
2005

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a copy of Nova Scotia Agricultural College yells. Class yell 1915 ; college yell 1915 ; college yell 2005; an early yell ; a recent yell ; hockey yell c. 1950 ; centennial yell c. 2005.

Photocopy of a newspaper article “Museum exhibition spans 100 years at NSAC – Number of events planned to celebrate NSAC’s centennial”

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 22, Item 6
Item
2005

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a newspaper clipping dated February 5, 2005 from the Truro Daily News captioned “Museum exhibition spans 100 years at NSAC – Number of events planned to celebrate NSAC’s centennial”.

Photocopy of a newspaper article “New index will help locate information about agricultural college”

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 22, Item 7
Item
2005

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a newspaper clipping dated February 5, 2005 from the Truro Daily News captioned “New index will help locate information about agricultural college”, regarding the index created by Janelle Brenton for Dale Ells' "An illustrated history of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College".

Photocopy of a newspaper article "Agricultural College builds on a future based on its past”

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 22, Item 8
Item
2005

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a newspaper clipping dated January 22, 2005, from the Colchester County News titled "Agricultural College builds on a future based on its past”. The article discusses buildings named after people who have been “at the helm of administering the Bible Hill college during the past century”.

A history of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College / by Kenneth Cox ; foreword by W.A. Jenkins

UA-43, Box 3, Folder 3
Item
Sept. 1965

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Cox, Kenneth

Photograph of Ayrshire cow, "Annie Laurie", owned by the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, OVR PB Box 11, Folder 5
Item
[1905?]-[1959?]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a black and white photograph of the famous Ayrshire Cow "Annie Laurie", twice winner of first prize in milk test Guelph Ontario, owned by the [Nova Scotia] Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia (45 x 52 cm). No date.

Nova Scotia Agricultural College at the corn competition at the Windsor Exhibition

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 18, Item 34
Item
[1905-1999]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a photograph of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College at the corn competition at the Windsor Exhibition in the early to mid- 20th century.

Kenneth Cox (1946 - 1964)

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 18, Item 36
Item
[1946 - 1964]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a photograph of Kenneth Cox. In 1937, Dr. Cox moved to Truro, Nova Scotia, where he accepted an appointment as Provincial Agronomist and Professor of Agronomy at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. These two roles were continued until 1946. In 1941 he was also appointed Vice-Principal of the College and Farm Director. He held the position of Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal from 1946 - 1964.

Nova Scotia Agricultural College field day featuring Cumming Hall photograph

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 18, Item 37
Item
[1905?]-[1999?]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Nova Scotia Agricultural College building - government experimental farm photograph

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 18, Item 38
Item
[1905?]-[1999?]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Nova Scotia Agricultural College - Gram House (Home Ec) (principal’s house) photograph

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 18, Item 39
Item
[1905?]-[1979?]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Nova Scotia Agricultural College - field day Cumming Hall photograph

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 18, Item 40
Item
[1905?]-[1999?]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Photograph of a Nova Scotia Agricultural College building, view of front corner taken in 1977

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 38, Item 1
Item
1977

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a negative print of a Nova Scotia Agricultural College building prior to demolition, possibly the Principals house taken in 1977. The view is of the front corner: view of dormer roofed, 2 story (+ attic) building with 4 front bay windows, covered front stairs with veranda above, and side porch visible.

Photograph of a Nova Scotia Agricultural College building, view of front corner taken in 1977

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 38, Item 2
Item
1977

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a negative print of a Nova Scotia Agricultural College building prior to demolition, possibly the Principals house taken in 1977. The view is of the front corner: view of dormer roofed, 2 story (+ attic) building with 4 front bay windows, covered front stairs with veranda above, and side porch visible.

Photograph of a Nova Scotia Agricultural College building, view of the rear opposite corner taken in 1977

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 38, Item 3
Item
1977

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a negative print of a Nova Scotia Agricultural College building prior to demolition, possibly the Principals house taken in 1977. The view is of the rear opposite corner view of the dormer roof building. In the rear there is also a lean-to porch and small side entry. Two 1970’s era cars parked on each side view. Clearly a winter scene.

Photograph of a Nova Scotia Agricultural College building, view of the rear opposite corner taken in 1977

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 38, Item 4
Item
1977

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a negative print of a Nova Scotia Agricultural College building prior to demolition, possibly the Principals house taken in 1977. The view is of the rear opposite corner view of the dormer roof building. In the rear there is also a lean-to porch and small side entry. Two 1970’s era cars parked on each side view. Clearly a winter scene.

Photograph of a map of the Caribbean