Archives Catalogue

MS-14-54, Box 126, Folder 27
Item
1903-1908

Item is a notebook with entries dating from 1903-1908 detailing the number of eggs laid and/or for what they were sold, as well as observations about hens. It was possibly kept by a woman in Sheffield, New Brunswick.

Rural Science School photograph

MS-14-55, PB Box 10, Folder 10
Item
1909

Item is a photograph of the Rural Science School in Truro, Nova Scotia in July or August 1909.

A boy from Cherry Hill / Garth Coffin

MS-14-62, SPC S 584.52 C64 2020
Item
2020

Item is "A boy from Cherry Hill" by Garth Coffin, former principal of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia. A Boy From Cherry Hill is a story of a lad who grew up in a warm and loving family on a small farm in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It recounts his experiences and highlights his good fortune through receiving the Eaton Agricultural Scholarship, attending university in both Canada and the U.S. and successful pursuit of a series of career opportunities leading back to the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) where his university studies began. Along the way, the memoir that spans eight decades includes international work and personal interests of the boy from Cherry Hill.

Milford W. Pierce fonds

MS-14-63
Fonds
1883-1913

Fonds contains books, textbooks and government documents, and eight classroom notebooks kept by Milford Pierce during his studies at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (1905-1907), as well as a book dating to his year at Macdonald College (1912-1913).

Agricultural values and wages from Little Harbor, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

MS-14-65, MS-14, Box 267, Folder 10
File
1928-1934

Part of George MacKenzie fonds

File contains a set of completed 'Agricultural values and wages' from James R. MacKenzie, crop correspondent from 1928-1934 for the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Statistics were gathered from Little Harbor, Pictou County, Nova Scotia.

Anne Bishop's Icelandic sheep in Nova Scotia collection

MS-14-59
Collection
April 11, 2010

Collection contains records for Icelandic sheep in Nova Scotia, presented by Anne Bishop April 11, 2010 to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the NS Icelandic Memorial Society.

A.E. Roland fonds

MS-14-32
Fonds
1971-2018

Fonds consists of an autobiography of A.E. Roland as well as an article published in a magazine regarding Roland's health in later years.

Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture records and photographs relating to special events on campus

Series
2013-2024

Part of Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture fonds

Series contains a record related to special events, celebrations, and workshops at Dalhousie University and the Faculty of Agriculture in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia. Records relate to anniversaries, exhibitions, community day, presidential installations, commencements, etc. from 2012 onward.

Harry Brown fonds

MS-14-119
Fonds
1949-1963

Fonds contains records created and collected by Harry Brown related to sheep in Nova Scotia and Canada. There are two series', one in the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers Limited, and the second includes records related to the exhibition and breeding of sheep, and Nova Scotia Sheep Breeders Association records. Records are meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, and memorandums.

Hope McPhee's notebook from the first Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

MS-10-9, SF Box 5, Folder 1
Item
1978

Item is a 56-page Hilroy scribbler with an illustration of a camp site and "CAMP SITE" written on the cover. The notebook contains Hope McPhee's recollections of meeting Roscoe Fillmore and stories about his life and career as a horticulturalist and political activist. Notes are written in pencil.

McPhee, Hope

Lest we forget : recalling good old days---and hopes not yet fulfilled / Loran Arthur DeWolfe

MS-14-133, MS-14, Box 303, Folder 7
Item
1958

Item is a book called Lest we forget by Loran Arthur DeWolfe
It is a history and reminiscence of the Normal College, or Summer School of Rural Science, which ran in Truro 1909-1930 and 1940-1942

Technical & vocational training in Agriculture / by Dr. W.A. Jenkins, Principal, Nova Scotia Agricultural College [paper]

MS-14-42, Box 303, Folder 15
Item
June 5, 1968

Part of William (Bill) Angus Jenkins fonds

Prince Edward Island Ark

MS-11-13, Box 14, Folder 10
File
1975-1976, 1978, 1981

Part of Ecology Action Centre fonds

File contains manuscripts, reports, and clippings collected by the Ecology Action Centre, related to the Solsearch Architects the New Alchemy Institute Ark project, constructed and operated in the late 1970s in Spry Point, Prince Edward Island, testing organic agricultural and environmental monitoring techniques.

Stone Throwing Easing Against Unique Island Ark : [clipping]

MS-11-13, Box 14, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
1979-06-01

Part of Ecology Action Centre fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a newspaper clipping from the Charlottetown Guardian from June 1, 1979, titled "Stone Throwing Easing Against Unique Island Ark", written by Roseanne McCabe.

Renewable Energy Technology in P.E.I. : How P. E. I. leads the nation : [clipping]

MS-11-13, Box 14, Folder 10, Item 7
Item
1978-05

Part of Ecology Action Centre fonds

Item consists of a clipping from the May-June 1978 issue of Perception, written by Bruce McCallum, titled "Renewable Energy Technology in P.E.I.: How P. E. I. leads the nation", updating progress on the Ark project in Spry Point, Prince Edward Island.

The foundering of the Ark : Once Canada's crowning symbol of small-is-beautiful technology, the Ark is closing its doors : [clipping]

MS-11-13, Box 14, Folder 10, Item 13
Item
1981-06-01

Part of Ecology Action Centre fonds

Item consists of a clipping from the June 1, 1981 issue of Maclean's, written by Silver Donald Cameron, titled "The foundering of the Ark : Once Canada's crowning symbol of small-is-beautiful technology, the Ark is closing its doors".

Correspondence to stakeholders of the Institute of Man and Resources Ark project

MS-11-13, Box 14, Folder 10, Item 11
Item
1981-04

Part of Ecology Action Centre fonds

Item consists of correspondence sent to stakeholders of the Institute of Man and Resource's Ark project at Spry Point, Prince Edward Island, in April 1981, announcing the cessation of the project and the transfer of the facility back to the Canadian Government.

The Ark Project, Spry Point, P.E.I. : The Year In Review : [periodical]

MS-11-13, Box 14, Folder 10, Item 23
Item
1981-01

Part of Ecology Action Centre fonds

Item consists of a periodical on the Prince Edward Island Ark Project, created by the Institute of Man and Resources, dated Janaury 1981, outlining activities at the facility in 1980.

Agriculture and forestry: combining political economy political ecology

MS-11-13, Box 46, Folder 8
File
1986

Part of Ecology Action Centre fonds

RS/41/1986/005

Numbers of University Students Enrolled in Agricultural Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Food Chemistry and Honors Chemistry

MS-1-Ref, Box 135, Folder 3, Page 3
Item
1956 Dec

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Chemistry in Canada

Account journal and letter of Charles Tupper Logan

MS-2-38, SF Box 15, Folder 4
File
1926-1928, 1943

File consists of one journal of daily accounts (1926-1928) and a letter of appointment to the School Board of Cumberland County (1943).

Logan, Charles Tupper, 1867-1961

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.

Draft livestock development programme 1968-1973 / Ministry of Agriculture & Lands, Hope [Jamaica] [book]

MS-14-57, MS-14, Box 138, Folder 13
Item
July, 1968

MS-14-66, MS-14 Box 222, Folder 12
File
1965-1968

File contains textual records related to terracing crops in Nova Scotia that were created and collected by E.A. Olafson, Chief Conservationist, Atlantic Region. Records include correspondence, reports and publications.

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.

Lindwood Farms herd of ayrshires

MS-4-135, Box 176, Folder 20
File
1958 - 1960

Part of Oland and Son fonds

File contains photographs of the prize winning herd of Ayrshire cattle, included in the photographs : Hillhead Shamrock; Brownies Boy; Snowflake; Bonhams; Glengarry Lou; Regal Lou and Suncrest Lovely Pet (first prize winner for 1958-60.

Lindwood Farms angus cattle

MS-4-135, Box 176, Folder 22
File
1965

Part of Oland and Son fonds

File includes photographs of the Aberdeen Atlantic Winter Fair.

David Reid Photograph Collection

PG-2-202, PB 5, Folders 1-13
Collection
1931

Collection includes aerial photographs of Halifax, Parrsboro, Amherst, Annapolis Royal, Kentville, Clarence, and Weymouth area. Variant title: Richard McCully Aerial Photograph Collection.

Reid, David

Agriculture/Forestry/Policy/Nova Scotia

UA-26, Box 100, Folder 8
File
1974-1975

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

Dep’t of Lands and Forests – Annual Reports

Agriculture/Forestry/Special Aspects/Woodlots

UA-26, Box 98, Folder 12
File
1982

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

The small woodlot owner in the N.S. forestry sector

Agriculture – demand and production analysis

UA-26, Box 20, Folder 10
File
1964

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

Voluntary Economic Planning report.

Photograph of docks, boats, and buildings in the distance during the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 11, Item 1
Item
1999

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photographs from the Pictou County Exhibition Sheep Day, in August 1994

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 12
File
1994

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

File contains 2 photographs of events at the Pictou County Exhibition Sheep Day in 1994, including sheep calling, fitting, and showing contests.

Photograph of a group of people on a ferry during the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
1999

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of a group of people on a ferry during the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 15, Item 3
Item
1999

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Government of Canada publications related to sheep

Series
1878-2003

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Series contains publications related to agriculture and wildlife issued by the Government of Canada between 1878-2003. It is arranged into two subseries: Agriculture Canada and Miscellaneous Departments.

Serials, journals, and newsletters related to sheep and wool collected by Edith Zillig

Series
1930-2002

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Series contains periodicals, journals, newsletters, and magazines related to sheep and wool research, breeds, farming, and industry, published between 1930-2002.

Newspaper, newsletter, article clippings, and reproductions from serials related to sheep and wool collected by Edith Zillig

Series
1960-1975

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Series contains newspapers, magazines, clippings, reproductions, and a scrapbook relating to sheep and wool.

Sheep and wool photographic, video, and audio records

Series
[1900?]-2002

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Series contains photographs, film reels, video tapes, film reels, cassette tapes, paintings, and textual records relating to sheep between 1940-2002. The series is arranged into 2 subseries: photographs and films.

Photographs of the field day at Bill Mathewson's Farm

MS-14-22, PB Box 1, Folder 1
File
[19-]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

File contains 14 photographs of various activities during the field day at Bill Matthewson's Farm.

Photographs of the Northumberland Cooperative 20th Anniversary, September 21st, 2002

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 10
File
2002

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

File contains 6 photographs of members, including Edith Zillig, of the Northumberland Cooperative at the cooperative's 20th anniversary celebration, in 2002.

Photographs of the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association Tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999