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.
Item is a speech by Melville Cumming on September 16, 1957 address delivered on the occasion of the official opening of the men’s residence, Trueman House, and the naming of Cumming Hall, and the Harlow Institute.
Series contains photographs, documents, flyers, scripts, and audio recordings of special events, celebrations, and workshops at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Records relate to Founders day, anniversaries, exhibitions, dramas, open houses, commencements, etc. between 1928-2006.
Item is the program for the 2nd annual Nova Scotia Agricultural College class of 1944 lectureship "Directions for sustainable agriculture" by Freeman L. McEwen, Ph.D. Dean, Ontario Agricultural College. The lecture was held January 28, 1987 in Alumni Theatre, Cumming Hall.
Item is a copy of the opening remarks of the exhibit “NSAC : 100 Years and Growing” by Dale Ells, exhibit Planning Committee. February 4, 2005. Discussing history, centennial, and museum exhibits.
File contains records created by the Nova Scotia Agricultural College 75th Anniversary Committee. Records include committee minutes, correspondence, agenda, program, speech notes and cover the period from July 1979 – Feb. 1980.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of a speech delivered by President John Forrest on April 25, 1893 at the Dalhousie College Convocation ceremonies.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of a speech delivered by President Arthur Stanley Mackenzie at the September 1905 Dalhousie University Convocation ceremonies.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered by President Carleton Stanley to the freshman class of Dalhousie University, September 24, 1931.
Item consists of issue number 4 of the Dalhousie University Bulletin, a special inauguration number celebrating the appointment of Carleton Wellesley Stanley as the new President of Dalhousie University. Includes the text of speeches by The Right Honorable R.B. Bennett (Canadian Prime Minister, and Governor of Dalhousie), G. Fred Pearson (Chairman of the Board of Governors), A. Stanley Mackenzie (President Emeritus), and Carleton W. Stanley (newly-appointed President).
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered by President Carleton Stanley at the opening of the 1938-1939 session, Dalhousie University, October 4, 1938.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered by President Carleton Stanley at the opening of the 1942-1943 session, Dalhousie University, October 6, 1942.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered by President Carleton Stanley at the opening of the 1944-1945 session, Dalhousie University, October 5, 1944.
Item consists of a facsimile of the text of an address delivered by President Carleton Stanley at the opening of the 1933-1934 session at Dalhousie University, October 5, 1933.
Item consists of a facsimile of the text of an address delivered by President Carleton Stanley at the opening of the 1937-1938 session at Dalhousie University, October 21, 1937.
Item consists of a facsimile of the text of an address delivered by President Carleton Stanley at a Special Convocation ceremony at a Dalhousie University Reunion event, August 17, 1938. Item originally appeared in Volume 2, Number 1 of the Second Series of The Alumni News, pages 9 and 16.
Item consists of a facsimile of the text of an address delivered by President Carleton Stanley at May 16, 1939 Dalhousie University Convocation ceremonies.
File includes a program for the Inauguration of Alexander E. Kerr as President of Dalhousie University (November 13, 1945); "Education" (delivered on CBC September 29, 1946); "The Significance of the Reformed Church Tradition for Modern Education" (1948); and other addresses delivered during his Kerr's tenure.
Item consists of a programme of events celebrating the inauguration of Alexander Enoch Kerr as the new President of Dalhousie University, November 13, 1945. Includes the text of speeches by D.L. Sutherland (President of the Council of the Students), Dean Vincent C. MacDonald (University Senate), George J. Trueman (Chairmain for the Central Advisory Committee on Education in the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland), Lieutenant-Colonel K.C. Laurie (Chairman of the Board of Governors), and Alexander Kerr's inaugural address. Also includes a list of delegates from other institutions.
Item consists of the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr at the May 6, 1963 Dalhousie University Convocation ceremonies, about Dalhousie's growth and development in the post-war years (coinciding with Kerr's tenure as President). Item also contains reports submitted by individual faculties about their developments under Kerr's presidency. Includes reports submitted by H.B.S. Cooke (Dean, Faculty of Arts), H.E. Read (Dean, Faculty of Law), C.B. Stewart (Dean, Faculty of Medicine), J.D. McLean (Dean, Faculty of Dentistry), W.R. Trost (Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies), F.R. Hayes (Director, Institute of Oceanography), E.A. Electa MacLennan (Director, Faculty of Health Professions), J.G. Duff (Director, College of Pharmacy), Arthur H. Shears (Director) and Robert M. MacDonald (Dean-elect, School of Physiotherapy), Guy Henson (Director, Institute of Public Affairs), J.P. Wilkinson (University Librarian), K.D. Gowie (Director, Physical Education), and Bruce G. Irwin (Director, Alumni Association).
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of a lecture delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to students of the Faculty of Law on November 12, 1962.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered on C.B.C. by President Alexander Enoch Kerr on Sunday, September 29th, 1946, discussing the importance of making available post-secondary education opportunities for service men and women returning from the Second World War.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to the Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the Alliance of Reformed Churches, held in 1948 in Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, about the integration of Reformed Church/Calvinist principles into modern educational methods.
Item consists of an offprint from the Summer 1959 issue of the Dalhousie Review (pages [208]-218), containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr about the the recent celebration of three different anniversaries related to the life and activities of John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland in the sixteenth century.
Item consists of an offprint from Volume 30, Number 2 of the Dalhousie Review (1950), containing the text of the first Samuel Napier Robertson Memorial Lecture, delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr.
Item is an inaugural lecture delivered by chemistry professor George Lawson at the opening of the third summer session of Dalhousie College's medical faculty.
File contains two inaugural addresses delivered by James DeMille at convocation ceremonies of Dalhousie College. The first inaugural address was delivered on November 4, 1873 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, Vol. 6, No. 1 (November 15, 1873). The second inaugural address was delivered at convocation in 1878 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, New series Vol. 4, No. 1 and No. 2 (November 23, 1878 and December 7, 1878).
File contains the valedictory address delivered by Alexander Howard MacKay at convocation on April 30, 1873. The address was published in the Dalhousie Gazette, Vol. 5, No. 10 on May 3, 1873.
Item consists of a facsimile of an "original communications" article submitted to the February 1872 issue of the Canada Medical Journal (Vol. 8, No. 9) by A.P. Reid, previously read before the Halifax Medical Society on February 6th, 1872, titled "The Uses of Pus in the Animal Economy".
Item consists of an article submitted by A.P. Reid to the Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science (Vol. IV, Part II), read before the Institute on January 10th, 1876, titled "Natural History and the Fisheries".
Item consists of a facsimile of an address by Dr. A.P. Reid, submitted to the September 1910 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. XXII, No. 9), and read at the Annual Meeting of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia, held in Yarmouth on July 6th, 1910, titled "Treatment of Pneumonia Sixty Years Ago".
Item consists of a facsimile of an address read by A.P. Reid before the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science on January 13th, 1890, titled "Stirpiculture, or, The Ascent of Man".
Item consists of an article submitted by A.P. Reid to the August 1904 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol, XVI, No. 8; in the Original Communications section), titled "The Public Health Act of Nova Scotia". The article was also read by Reid before a meeting the Maritime Medical Association on July 7th, 1904.
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