Fonds is comprised of Richard (Dick) Morton’s Nova Scotia Agricultural College certificates; photographs (including the NSAC 1952 graduating class photo); a copy of The 50th anniversary of 4-H in Nova Scotia; newspaper clippings; a certificate of recognition and appreciation on Richard Morton’s retirement; Mr. Morton’s obituary; notes of condolence; two personal accounts from friends/colleagues, including Memories of Dick Morton, by Robert Murray, Class of 1952; and an untitled and anonymous poem dated 1978.
Item is a photograph of the 1951? class A of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. There are 12 men in 2 rows facing camera smiling, the front row is seated.
File contains photographs of a chicken barbeque event on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Campus. The first such event was held on July 2, 1951, followed by barbeques in 1952. 1953 and 1954 with 3000 to 5000 people in attendance. The barbeques were sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing and the Nova Scotia Farmers' Association to promote the newly expanding broiler chicken industry.
Item is a photograph of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College College Royal in 1950. There is a group of people in front of the pavilion and Dr. [Melville] Cumming is in the foreground.
Item is a photograph of 4 people seated at a dinner table in suites. Handwritten on the reverse: K. [Kenneth] Cox - Principal, NSAC, Dr. D MacLaughlin - President O.A.C., Dr. M. Cumming - Principal emeritus NSAC, W. MacLennan - Pres. St. [spelling?] - NSAC. 1949.
File contains Nova Scotia Agricultural College farm class photos from 1948-1949. Photo taken outside of a wooden shingled building with pane windows. Photos have been cut and reattached as composites originally. Staples have been removed for preservation.
