Archives Catalogue

Kenneth Cox (1946 - 1964)

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 18, Item 36
Item
[1946 - 1964]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is a photograph of Kenneth Cox. In 1937, Dr. Cox moved to Truro, Nova Scotia, where he accepted an appointment as Provincial Agronomist and Professor of Agronomy at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. These two roles were continued until 1946. In 1941 he was also appointed Vice-Principal of the College and Farm Director. He held the position of Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal from 1946 - 1964.

A book of farmcraft / Michael Greenhill and Evelyn Dunbar

MS-14-REF, Box 24, Folder 9
File
1946

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Cumming's research papers

Subseries
1946-1956

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Subseries contains reports and books that relate to the field of research of Dr. Melville Cumming, mainly agriculture.

Lieutenant Colonel A. (Arthur) W. MacKenzie fonds

MS-14-40
Fonds
1946-1969

Fonds contains a transcript of the 1969 interview with Jack Hawkins and Lieutenant Colonel A. (Arthur) W. MacKenzie, former Minister of Agriculture for Nova Scotia and a photograph of MacKenzie from 1946.

MacKenzie, Arthur Whittier

Photograph of the view over Truro from campus featuring homes and farmland in 1946

UA-43, PB Box 21, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1946

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Text of valedictory by Keith Russell for the May 1946 graduation commencement ceremony held at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, Box 1, Folder 16
File
May, 1946

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Grain binder adjustments / R.P. Frey and Evan A. Hardy

MS-14-REF, Box 2, Folder 14
File
1946

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

1947 advanced farm class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, OVR PB Box 18, Folder 1
File
1947

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains a b&w photograph of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College advanced farm class in 1947.

Photograph of G.K. Samis, Southdale, St. Thomas, Secretary Manager of the Canadian Turkey Federation

MS-14-8, PB Box 25, Folder 9
Item
[1948-1954]

Part of Canadian agriculture collection

1948-1949 farm classes at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, PB Box 20, Folder 14, Items 1-4
File
1948-1949

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

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.

George C Retson fonds

MS-14-13
Fonds
1948-[1976]

Fonds consists of reports and publications, most written by George Retson, related to the economics of farming in Canada. Topics include strawberries, apples, dairy, milk, hogs, poultry, livestock production, and others, across mainly Atlantic Canada between 1948-1976.

Retson, George Clifford

Disk plows and their operation / I.F. Reed

MS-14-REF, Box 2, Folder 16
File
1948

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

1948-1949 farm classes at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, PB Box 2, Folder 41, Items 1-2
File
1948-1949

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

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.

The overhauling and operation of the combine

MS-14-REF, Box 2, Folder 23
File
1949

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

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.

Making and feeding grass and legume silage in Nova Scotia / J. E. Shuh

MS-14-10, MS-14, Box 5, Folder 21, Item 1
Item
1949

Part of John Edward Shuh fonds

Item is Publication 1005 of the Department of Agriculture and Marketing, Halifax, N.S.

Jean Mason Pell fonds

MS-14-3
Fonds
1949-1971

Fonds contains Jean Mason Pell's broadcast scripts for The Gillans, a dramatic radio serial about a farming family produced for the Maritime version of CBC's Farm Family, which aired from 1941-1971. It was written by Norman Creighton and Kay Hill until 1949, when Jean Pell took over as the scriptwriter until the serial's final season in 1971. Scripts for the program, which aired every weekday, are arranged in chronological order; the occurrence of "emergency scripts," which were substituted when one or more characters were unable to perform, resulted in some episode numbers being skipped or numbered out of order.

Pell, Jean

Walter V. Grant fonds

MS-14-131
Fonds
1949-1963

Fonds consists of records that were collected by Walter V. Grant. They include a report on farming in Canada in 1949 and a series comprised of reports from the 1963 Nova Scotia Voluntary Economic Planning, Forestry Sector meetings.

Principles of tractor plow adjustment / E.G. Webb

MS-14-REF, Box 2, Folder 38
File
1950

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Nova Scotia Agricultural College E.S. Archibald Testimonial Scholarship 1950 correspondence and receipt

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 1
File
1950

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Fertility and productiveness of Nova Scotia soils

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 128, Folder 5
File
1950

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains a 15 page manuscript by Melville Cumming

Farm trailers, wagons and racks / W. Kalbfleisch, J.M. Armstrong, D.J. Cooper, and A.I. Magee

MS-14-REF, Box 2, Folder 12
File
1950

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Cost of operating farm machinery (Eastern Canada) / W. Kalbfleish

MS-14-REF, Box 2, Folder 28
File
1950

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

A brief survey of some of the important breeds of cattle in India : part II / Indian Council of Agricultural Research

MS-14-REF, Box 25, Folder 1
File
1950

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

1951 farm class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, PB Box 2, Folder 40, Item 1
Item
1951

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

1951 farm class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, PB Box 2, Folder 40, Item 2
Item
1951

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

When to hire and when to own farm equipment on New England dairy farms / G.E. Frick and S.B. Weeks

MS-14-REF, Box 2, Folder 27
File
1951

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Mower repairs and adjustments / W. Kalbfleisch

MS-14-REF, Box 2, Folder 39
File
1951

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

General purpose farm elevator / Albert S. Mowery and Frank. Anthony

MS-14-REF, Box 2, Folder 52
File
1951

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Definition of characteristics of seven breeds of cattle of All-India importance / Indian Council of Agricultural Research

MS-14-REF, Box 25, Folder 2
File
1951

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

1951 advanced farm class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, PB Box 2, Folder 40, Item 3
Item
1951

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

1951? class A of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, PB Box 20, Folder 13, Item 1
Item
[1951?]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

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.

Chapter 13-17

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 131, Folder 2
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Chapter 1-6

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 131, Folder 4
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Chapter 16-18

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 132, Folder 1
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Agriculture in Nova Scotia (revised copy 1952)

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 8, Item 1
File
1952

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains a hand written notes of Agriculture in Nova Scotia by Dr. Melville Cumming.

Water-soluble and liquid fertilizers

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 21, Item 2
Item
1952

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a scientific paper written by M.S. Anderson of the Untied States Department of Agriculture in 1952

Chapter 1-6

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 126, Folder 25
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Chapter 7-11

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 131, Folder 5
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Chapter 19-20

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 132, Folder 2
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Agriculture in Nova Scotia [manuscript]

Subseries
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Subseries contains chapters of the revised 1952 manuscript, "Agriculture in Nova Scotia," written by Melville Cumming.

Chapter 12-15

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 131, Folder 6
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia Veterinary Medical Association Ladies auxiliary scrapbooks

MS-14-118, MS-14 Box 144, Folders 3 & 4
File
1952-1984

File contains two scrapbooks, or memory books, created to reflect the activities of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Nova Scotia Veterinary Medical Association from 1952 to 1984. The auxiliary dismantled in the mid 1980s; former member Joan MacAulay created these scrap books in May of 2014 to acknowledge the work and friendship auxiliary members had.

Chapter 7-12

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 131, Folder 1
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Chapter 18-21

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 131, Folder 3
File
[after 1952]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 manuscript of the 1952 revised copy of Agriculture in Nova Scotia.

Blade cultivators - their operation and adjustment / J.G. Kemp

MS-14-REF, Box 2, Folder 19
File
1952

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

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.

Cost charges for agricultural machinery (Western Canada) / J.L. Thompson and A. Wenhardt