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Melville Cumming fonds

MS-14-1
Fonds
[1876?]-1970

Fonds contains photographs of Melville Cumming, as well as addresses, research articles/manuscripts, and letters related to agriculture in Nova Scotia written by Melville Cumming. Other material consists of records that were created while Dr. Cumming served as the first principal at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1905-27. He was also an instructor animal husbandry, agronomy, bacteriology and public speaking, and also served as the Secretary of Agriculture for the province from 1907-25. Includes records from 1900-1970 comprised of photographs, certificates, articles, and speeches from the passing of Dr. Cumming.

Cumming, Melville

Notes on soils analysis and its interpretation

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 24
File
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

File contains 4 pages of textual record regarding recent method (of that time) for determining available nutrients in soils and soil analysis and its interpretation.

Address to graduating class of 1925

MS-14-1, Box 1, Folder 1
Item
1925

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is a speech to the 1925 graduating class of Nova Scotia Agricultural College.

NSAC’s 50th anniversary [speech]

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 9
Item
1955

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is a speech given by Melville Cumming for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College's fiftieth anniversary.

MS-14-1, 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.

MS-14-1, 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.

MS-14-1, Box 132, Folder 3
File
Aug 6, 1920 - March 1926

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

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.

Cumming article on the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

MS-14-1, MS-14 OVR Box 1, Folder 11, Item 1
Item
[192?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is an article written by Melville Cumming on the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture prepared for the Premier.

Cumming article for MacDonald College Magazine

MS-14-1, MS-14 OVR Box 1, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
1919

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is an article prepared for MacDonald College Magazine August 1919 by Melville Cumming.

Melville Cumming article "The Nova Scotia Agricultural College"

MS-14-1, MS-14 OVR Box 2, Folder 18, Item 1
Item
1927

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is an article written by Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal Melville Cumming for "The Herald" entitled "The Nova Scotia Agricultural College" from 1927.

Melville Cumming article "The Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, N.S."

MS-14-1, MS-14 OVR Box 2, Folder 18, Item 2
Item
1927

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is an article written by Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal Melville Cumming for MacDonald College Magazine entitled "The Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, N.S.", from May 1911.

Note on Nova Scotia's crop area

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a handwritten note by Dr. Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 11, Item 3
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a handwritten note by Dr. Cumming on course design

Fertilizer consumption Canada

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 11, Item 4
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Armistice day (1921) / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 12
Item
1921

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

A century of farm life and agriculture in Nova Scotia / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 16
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Cumming articles related to farming and agriculture

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 19
File
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

File contains four articles by Melville Cumming on farming, farm life, and agriculture.

One phase of a farmer's religion / [Melville Cumming]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 19, Item 3
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

An interest in the farm / [Melville Cumming]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 19, Item 4
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Agricola [speech]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 2
Item
[1918?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is a speech by Melville Cumming about John Young and the Agricola Letters.

Feeding farm animals / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 20
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Greater returns from livestock through pasture improvement / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 21
Item
1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Nova Scotia Agriculture College, Truro, N.S. / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 36
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Nova Scotia Agriculture College, Truro, N.S. (1927) / Melville Cumming, for the [Chronicle?] Herald, New Years, 1927

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 39
Item
1927

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Nova Scotia Agriculture College, Truro, N.S. (1927) / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 40
Item
1927

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Reminiscences and traditions

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 44
File
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

The resources of Nova Scotia

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 45
File
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

The resources of Nova Scotia with special reference to Its agriculture

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 46
File
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 textual record that consist of address given by Dr. Cumming before the Halifax, Truro, and other Canadian Clubs (no date).

Rural education

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 47
File
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

The rural problem

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 48
File
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Selling Nova Scotia strawberries in Boston and Montreal

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 49
File
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Agriculture / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 5
Item
1924

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

The sheep industry in Nova Scotia

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 50
File
Nov. 27, 1907

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Some achievements of Nova Scotia agriculture

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 51
File
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Steps necessary for a big development of Nova Scotia agriculture

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 52
File
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Steps necessary for a big development of Nova Scotia agriculture

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 53
File
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Tribute to Dr. W.H. Britain at the Banquet tendered him by the N.S.F.G.A. at Kentville (1926)

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 54
File
1926

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

The value of field and orchard crops in Nova Scotia 1923

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 55
File
1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 5 textual records, which consists of a research article, along with accompanying work which include newspaper article, research table, and correspondences. These records were written by Dr, Melville Cumming in 1923.

The value of field and orchard crops in Nova Scotia 1923

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 55, Item 1
Item
1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a manuscript for The Value of Field and Orchard Crops in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia agriculture in 1923

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 55, Item 2
Item
1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is an article for the Herald & Chronicle

Table of agricultural production

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 55, Item 3
Item
1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a production table for the article Value Field and Orchard Crops Nova Scotia.

Letter from M. Cumming to Chronicle enclosing the manuscript

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 55, Item 4
Item
Dec. 10, 1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a letter from Dr. Melville Cummings

Letter from M. Cumming to Chronicle with postscript and table

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 55, Item 5
Item
Dec.22, 1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a letter from Dr. Melville Cummings

The value of field and orchard crops in Nova Scotia 1924

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 56
File
1924

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 4 textual records, which consists of a research article, along with accompanying work which include newspaper article, research table, and a correspondence. These records were written by Dr, Melville Cumming in 1924.

The value of field and orchard crops in Nova Scotia 1924

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 56, Item 1
Item
1924

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a article

Covering letter from M. Cumming to The Family Herald and Weekly Star

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 56, Item 2
Item
Dec.18, 1924

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a letter from Dr. M Cumming

Agriculture in Nova Scotia in 1924

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 56, Item 3
Item
1924

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a manuscript

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 56, Item 4
Item
1924

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a table sheet for "The Value of Field and Orchard Crops in Nova Scotia in 1924"

Why cannot Nova Scotia farmers produce more home grown feeds?

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 57
File
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains Part I of a two-part textual record

Nova Scotia Agriculture problem [article] / Melville Cumming, for the Chronicle [Herald], New Years, 1927

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folders 41 & 42
Item
1927

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

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