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Nova Scotia Agricultural College class of 1942 students

File contains 2 photographs of students and faculty or instructors from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, there are men in hats on the steps of Cumming Hall or the Science Building (?). They are wearing warm clothing, gloves, sweaters, scarves. There is also a photograph of 8 men standing in a wooden fenced enclosure looking at a pig; two men with pieces of wood in their hands, four men with books under their arms, all wearing bowler hats.

Nova Scotia Agricultural College students, 1942-1943

File contains 8 photographs of students from the classes of 1942 and 1943, and faculty or instructors, from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. There are men on the steps of Cumming Hall or the Science Building (?), near wooden fenced enclosures, and wooden fences, as well as near a greenhouse on campus.

Nova Scotia Agricultural College students, 1942-1943

Item is a photograph of 5 men, students from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in bowler hats on steps of Cumming Hall or Science Building (?). Annotated on reverse: Back row, L-R : Unnamed, “Milligan”; Centre: “Vernon Heighton” ; Front row, L-R : “William “Bill” Chaft ; Charles Ash”.

Photograph of the "Chemical lab, Science Bldg 1914"

Item is a photograph of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College chemistry lab in the Science building in 1914. The lab is filled with countertops and stands, with all manners of lab equipment and supplies. The room appears well lit and to have wooden floors and wooden cabinets in the back of the room with glass doors.

Photograph of five students holding dairy cattle at the 1944 College Show at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

Item is a photograph of five students wearing white jackets and dark pants, they're outside holding dairy cattle at the 1944 College Show at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The event was also called the Winter show, or later College Royal. The event allowed students to showcase their exhibition skills of showmanship and judging.

Photograph of professor H.W. Smith and a group of students

Item is a photograph of H.W. Smith and a group of students sitting on a set of steps outside a building, they are dressed in suit and ties. Also seen are a young person and several dogs. H.W. Smith was the first lecturer appointed to the newly created Agriculture course at the Provincial Normal School in 1885. The School of Agriculture, later known as the College of Agriculture. Smith was instrumental in the merger of the School of Agriculture and the Provincial Farm in Bible Hill to create the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (1905-2012). Smith taught at the NSAC until approximately 1924.

Photograph of Colchester County Farmers' Association short course (womens)

Item is a photograph of four people doing maintenance on a Singer sewing machine for a Colchester County Farmers' Association short course or Home economics short course that was likely held at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. They are doing maintenance on, or cleaning, a Singer sewing machine that is laid out with other machinery parts on a newspaper on a table. The participants are dressed in semi formal wear; dresses and hats.

Photograph of four people in suits standing outdoors in front of a [Nova Scotia Agricultural College] brick building holding dedication plaques

Item is a photograph of four men, three are holding plaques dedicated to buildings on campus. Cumming Hall, named in honour of Melville Cumming (first principal of NSAC), Trueman House in honour of John M. Trueman (professor of animal husbandry and principal at NSAC), and Harlow Institute, in honour of L.C. Harlow (professor of chemistry and soils and principal at NSAC).

Photograph of an official handing a silver tray to a recipient, Vern MacKay [at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College]

Item is a photograph of an official handing a silver plate/tray engraved with Cumming Hall to a recipient, name tag says Vern MacKay [at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College]. It may be the class with the highest attendance at each gathering of Alumni for that year as it looks similar to the tray in the photograph of a tray being awarded to the winning 1944 class in 1974, see page 215 of Dale Ells' 1999 book, Shaped through service : an illustrated history of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.

Agricola Archives Historic Collections Committee report : 1986 - 1987

File contains the Historic Collections Committee Report : 1986-1987, by Peter Sanger, Chairman of Historic Collections Committee. 1987. The report documents the acquisitions purchased or donated to the Agricola Archives Collections; activities of the Agricola Archives in support of campus academics and the collection itself.

Sanger, Peter

Records relating to agricultural heritage preservation and presentation, and the Agricola Archives

File contains records related to agricultural history and agricultural heritage preservation through books, static and living history museums, and agricultural art and artifacts. Also included is correspondence with the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Library, Office of the Principal, and the Nova Scotia Department of Education – Museum complex.
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