This file contains 4 handwritten drafts of a manuscript, regarding methods for determining available nutrients in the soil, written by Melville Cumming.
This file contains a reference letter from Dr. Melville Cumming's past employer, F.l. Fuller, who was then Superintendent of Farm & Provincial Agricultural Farms.
This item contains a letter to Dr. Melville Cumming from Keiler Mackay, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario written in May 25th, 1960. It writes about John Macrae’s role in WWI as Gunner of the Canadian Field Artillery and as a Medical Doctor in the Canadian Medical Unit. Attached to the is a newspaper clipping of Macrae’s poem “In Flanders Field"
This item is a black and white of photograph, with a stamp on back saying "Miami News Services. Hamilton Wright Jr. – Executive Editor. City Hall, Miami, Florida. Phone 3-4431, Cable. Hamwright. ‘Feature News from a Feature City’. This photograph released to you GRATIS on behalf of the city of Miami, Fla. for editorial use only. Do not use for advertising purposes without written permission"
This item is a black and white of Dr. Cumming with a priest and 3 other gentlemen, potentially on the steps of Cumming Hall. Photo was taken by Slaunwhite.
This file contains 4 individually unrelated papers, 3 of which are titled “Livestock”, “Crop Production”, and "Farm and Crop Areas and Number of Farms.”
This file contains 57 pages of handwritten notes by Dr. Melville Cummings with recordings from 1920-1926. These papers consist of notes from faculty meetings from 1920-1924, notes regarding 1925 Farm course, and notes on student;s behavior and performance and progress in debate. Pages of note include one piece of paper defining wealth, and another titled " “T___(?) year debate, Dec 18, 1925” City life vs. country life.
Item is a letter written by James Baxter to President McKenzie (Arthur Stanley), written in Chatham on 2 November 1917 on letterhead from the Dominion of Canada Quarantine Station of the Public Health Branch of the Department of Agriculture. The letter refers to Baxter's attendance at both the Presbyterian seminary in Truro and Dalhousie College in Halifax in the 1850s and 1860s, and mentions enclosed course tickets and notebooks.
Series consists of Reverend Robert Murray's correspondence and records regarding his involvement with the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes and his participation in a farewell dinner on the R.M.S. Aurania.
Series consists of Isaac Rayne's personal records, including promissory notes, a deed, correspondence, family records and other textual records. There are also two locks of his son George's hair, presumably from his early childhood.
File contains handwritten notes on the life and death of Captain Rayne and Jane Eliza Collupy; the marriage certificates of Captain Isaac Rayne and Jane Collupy, Isaac Rayne and Mary Ann Wei, and Robert Weir and Barbara Leach; and the birth certificates of George Rayne, Isabella Elizabeth Rayne and Robert Weir Rayne.
