File contains photographs of students, staff and faculty in classrooms, labs, and outdoors at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. There are also hockey and basketball team, short course, and Winter show/College Royal photographs.
File contains photographs depicting Nova Scotia Agricultural College buildings. Shown also are individuals posing before dedication plaques naming buildings on campus.
File contains results from a survey on attitudes in forestry issues of Nova Scotia. The paper details the demographics, forest use, forest problems and sustainability of the forest.
File contains photographs of buildings and structures on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus including residences Trueman, Chapman, and Fraser House, the MacRae Library, crops and structures near the Horticultural Building.
File contains research papers on impacts of subsidy programs in Nova Scotian Agriculture, potato research in Canada, rural community development in Colchester County Nova Scotia, household using of information technology, and the Amherst Initiative for Healthy Adolescent Sexuality
File contains an early 20th century photograph of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus. The view is towards Cumming Hall, the old water tower, several green houses, barns, house and the principals house are visible.
File contains selected papers from the fourth, fifth, and sixth Colloquium of the Rural Research Centre. Topics include community economic development, value of agricultural production characteristics, global climatic change, converting urban waste, the culture of tobacco farming in Southern Ontario, and perceptions of quality of life in Atlantic Canada.
File contains photographs of staff and faculty, and probably principals, of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, as well as Ministers of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing. They are posing in front of stones laid at the naming ceremonies of buildings on campus. There are also people in front of building plans, receiving silver places with Cumming Hall engraved on them, and sitting in excavators breaking ground on campus.
File contains a pamphlet inviting registration to Spring Landscape Design courses : a Wednesday evening series with John Higgins. Held from April 8 - May 13, 1998 the series included sessions on : Trees and shrub planting Decks Garden pools Garden rooms Modern artful gardening A touch of classic horticulture
File contains the report NSAC [Nova Scotia Agricultural College] Web planning/development : guidelines/policy / by the Ad hoc Committee on Web Policy & Resources for Dr. Garth Coffin. The committee was created at the Principal's request in August 1997 to examine and evaluate options concerning the NSAC's web presence.
File contains reproductions of journal and conference articles published by Nova Scotia Agricultural College faculty and staff in various publications covering topic such as mineral contents of organically grown potatoes, vegetable crop production, rhizobacterium, jack pine breeding, and circumboreal forests in climate change.
File contains three copies of the VHS cassette "Nova Scotia Agricultural College : Atlantic Canada's best kept secret". Produced by Nova Scotia Communications, an investigator in the guise of a New York private detective, flies into Halifax International Airport, travels to Truro, and investigates the Truro campus. He discovers a wide range of programs as well as modern facilities where students can pursue their studies.
File contains an overview of registration, staff changes, scholarships and awards, athletics and events of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Including teaching and innovation, student/alumni excellence, Agri-food leadership, Nova Scotia Agricultural College around the world and breaking new ground.
File contains the Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal's ad hoc Committee on computer resources report from January 1998 to Dr. Garth Coffin. The committee was established by the principal in March 1997 with a mandate to review the College's current computer resources, assess the needs for the next three years, and make recommendations arising from its review. Computer resources were delineated as hardware, software, and personnel.
File contains a copy of A mirror of ourselves : a summary of the interviews with the members of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College : draft report. It was prepared for the NSAC "Advance" workshop held in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, December 6-8, 1998. Prepared by Dr. Harvey Silverstein, Vice President, Concentrics Communications Canada. The purpose of the workshop was to bring together individuals from faculty, instructors, technicians, administration, staff and students to improve communications across campus.
