Item is copy 1 of a photograph of the newly constructed Chapman House student residence at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the 1960s. There are 2 people approaching the building. A late 1960’s era car is parked at the curb. it appears to have been taken in the summertime.
Item is copy 2 of a photograph of the newly constructed Chapman House student residence at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the 1960s. There are 2 people approaching the building. A late 1960’s era car is parked at the curb. it appears to have been taken in the summertime.
File contains four photographs related to the building, naming and opening of Nova Scotia Agricultural College residence Chapman House from 1966-1967. In the first photograph is shown individuals turning the sod for Chapman House, Nova Scotia Agricultural College: L-R: [D.L. Parker], Deputy minister, Hon. I.W. Akerley, Minister NSDAM [Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing], Dr. Wm Jenkins, Principal [NSAC]. Shown in the second photograph is Lyman T. Chapman, the college's 3rd principal, who was a special guest at the opening ceremony for Chapman House. In the photograph he is depicted reading the inscription on the plaque which is installed inside the main entrance. Photo by the Nova Scotia Information Service. The third photograph shows the construction of Chapman House. The fourth photograph is the opening of Chapman House.
Subseries consists of summary reports of the different livestock breeds and a history of the Holstein Friesian herd at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College farm created in 1965 and 1984.
File contains hand-written summaries of the animal herds at Nova Scotia Agricultural College [ca. 1900] to 1965. Records describe breeds of cattle: Guernsey, Jersey, Ayrshires, Herefords, and Holsteins; breeds of sheep: Scottish Blackface, Shropshire, and Hampshire; and horses: light horses, and Clydesdales. These descriptions include when and how many were purchased, herd book and individual animals name and numbers, and stud book records. The summaries also include details of two disease events that affected herd-wide health including 'Bovine Tuberculosis' and 'contagious abortion'. Mention is made of the conferring of a 'Superior Breeding Certificate' on Farm Superintendent, Archibald MacMillan. The summaries also make mention of the Nova Scotia Animal Breeders Coop Ltd with reference specifically to dairy cattle.
File contains a reprint of a newspaper article in the Truro Daily News on Feb. 15, 1965. The original article was titled "Opening of Provincial Agricultural College: at Bible Hill, Truro, NS Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1905".
File contains the digital scans of 7 pages from Vernon Kelly's photograph album. Mr. Kelly graduated from NSAC in 1965; the sheets contain photographs of himself and life on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus .
Item is a photograph in a series of 8, of the newly constructed student residence Trueman House at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the 1960s. They were taken from various angles of the front of the building facing quad. There were late 1960’s model cars parked at front of building. 6 seem to have been taken in the summer; 2 appear to have been taken in the winter (no snow).
File contains 7 photographs of C.A. Douglas' retirement. They are all stamped "Photo by Pridham Studio, Truro, N.S.". Charles Douglas was Deputy Minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing. Douglas also served as Assistant Agricultural Representative in Pictou, Agricultural Representative in Hants County, Assistant Director and, later, Director of Extension, and as Director of Livestock. Was inducted into the Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1979. https://www.dal.ca/diff/aahf/inductees/charles-douglas.html
File contains photographs of Nova Scotia Agricultural College students and faculty. Photographs were taken within buildings (laboratories, barns, library, machinery shed, and mess hall), and outdoors on campus at various spaces including farm yard, residences, and fields. These were taken approximately in the 1960's and 1970's
Item is an internal, wide-angle photograph of a newly constructed lecture theatre (potentially in the Cox building?) at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the 1960s.
Item is a photograph of the external view of newly built [plant or equipment storage?] building at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the 1960s. Image portrays vertical metal cladding in alternating colours, an incinerator stack to one side; and storage of animal floats in car park. Potentially Vimy Road running behind building.
Item is a photograph in a series of 8, of the newly constructed student residence Trueman House at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the 1960s. They were taken from various angles of the front of the building facing quad. There were late 1960’s model cars parked at front of building. 6 seem to have been taken in the summer; 2 appear to have been taken in the winter (no snow).
Item is a photograph in a series of 8, of the newly constructed student residence Trueman House at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the 1960s. They were taken from various angles of the front of the building facing quad. There were late 1960’s model cars parked at front of building. 6 seem to have been taken in the summer; 2 appear to have been taken in the winter (no snow).
File contains a final draft titled "Report of the Committee to study the Farm Courses of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College", by Mr. Kenneth Cox in 1960. Also included are a draft copy, meeting minutes, correspondence, farm class tour survey, recommendations, and other related materials.
Fonds consists of photographs, campus publications, newspaper clippings, patches and a class ring collected by Evans Estabrooks while attending the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1960-1962. There is also correspondence, photographs, and a copy of “Memories, Then and Now: Autobiographies of the Class of 1962,” which was created by Alumni Relations for the 40th and 50th year class reunions.
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"
