Archives Catalogue

Drawing of fish detail on on the base of the Dalhousie University mace

2017-003, OS Folder 1, Item 1
Item
1949

Part of Drawings of the 1949 Dalhousie University mace

Item is a page with two drawings of the fish that adorns the base of the mace, an orthographic projection and bird's-eye view. The fish was a symbol employed to recognize the significance of fishing and the fisheries to Nova Scotia. The bird's-eye view has a seashell between the fish tails that was not incorporated into the mace carved by A.H. MacMillan.

Detail drawing of circular scene at the base of the Dalhousie University mace

2017-003, OS Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1949

Part of Drawings of the 1949 Dalhousie University mace

Item is a pencil drawing that shows Saunders' design for the circular scene carved into the base of the Dalhousie University mace. The design represents the "deep gutter between sky and sea" and a sea nymph "calling across the waves toward the setting sun in representation of the impulse that led navigators to sail westward to our shores."

Drawing of the shaft of the Dalhousie University mace

2017-003, OS Folder 1, Item 3
Item
1949

Part of Drawings of the 1949 Dalhousie University mace

Item is a pencil drawing by R.L. de C.H. Saunders of the shaft of the Dalhousie University mace. The shaft was carved with a simple grooved pattern that symbolizes the "roots put down by the early settlers, and the tall trees that first met their gaze."

Conical projection drawing of the Dalhousie University mace

2017-003, OS Folder 1, Item 4
Item
1949

Part of Drawings of the 1949 Dalhousie University mace

Item is a pencil drawing by R.L. de C.H. Saunders showing a conical projection the Dalhousie University mace.

Conical projection drawing of maple leaves carved into the head of the Dalhousie University mace

2017-003, OS Folder 1, Item 5
Item
1949

Part of Drawings of the 1949 Dalhousie University mace

Item is a pencil drawing by R.L. de C.H. Saunders showing a conical projection of maple leaves carved into the head of the Dalhousie University mace. The drawing includes measurements and other notes written in pencil.

Drawing of circlet of mayflowers carved into the head of the Dalhousie University mace

2017-003, OS Folder 1, Item 6
Item
1949

Part of Drawings of the 1949 Dalhousie University mace

Item is a pencil drawing by R.L. de C.H. Saunders showing his design for a circlet of mayflowers that carved into the head of the Dalhousie University mace. The mayflowers symbolize the province and the "flowering new civilization therein which led to the establishment of the university."

Drawing of a Scottish earl's coronet carved into the head of the Dalhousie University mace

2017-003, OS Folder 1, Item 7
Item
1949

Part of Drawings of the 1949 Dalhousie University mace

Item is a pencil drawing by R.L. de C.H. Saunders showing his design for the five-rayed coronet carved into the head of the Dalhousie University mace. The drawing includes measurements and other notes written in pencil. The coronet is included in the mace "in recognition of the University founder, the 9th Earl of Dalhousie." This part of the mace was carved into a piece of oak cut from the estate of the Earl of Dalhousie.

Drawing of the Celtic cross on the head of the Dalhousie University mace

2017-003, OS Folder 1, Item 8
Item
1949

Part of Drawings of the 1949 Dalhousie University mace

Item is a pencil drawing by Saunders showing his design for the sterling silver Celtic cross that decorates the head of the Dalhousie University mace. The drawing includes measurements and other notes written in pencil. The Celtic cross is set atop the cap of the coronet that forms the uppermost part of the mace's head.

Drawing of the Celtic cross on the head of the Dalhousie University mace

2017-003, OS Folder 1, Item 9
Item
1949

Part of Drawings of the 1949 Dalhousie University mace

Item is a pencil drawing by Saunders showing his design for the sterling silver Celtic cross that decorates the head of the Dalhousie University mace. The drawing includes measurements and notes written in pencil. The Celtic cross is set atop the cap of the coronet that forms the uppermost part of the mace head. This drawing shows the University motto "Ora et Labora" and the five points of the coronet surrounding the cross.

Reports and publications created and collected by the Manitoba Sheep Association

MS-14-22, MS-14, Box 39, Folder 2
File
2002

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Nappan campaign material related to the Sheep Producers' Association of Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, MS-14, Box 46, Folder 5
Item
[19-]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of what is likely a house and other building through trees during the Sheep Breeders' Association of Nova Scotia's field day at Agnus Rouse's Farm in Debert, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 1, Folder 2, Item 1
Item
[19-]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of what is likely a barn during the Sheep Breeders' Association of Nova Scotia's field day at Agnus Rouse's Farm in Debert, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 1, Folder 2, Item 2
Item
[19-]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of a group of people standing in a field during the Sheep Breeders' Association of Nova Scotia's field day at Agnus Rouse's Farm in Debert, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 1, Folder 2, Item 3
Item
[19-]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of a person standing with a group of sheep in a pen during the Sheep Breeders' Association of Nova Scotia's field day at Agnus Rouse's Farm in Debert, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 1, Folder 2, Item 4
Item
[19-]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of two people standing with a framed item during the Sheep Breeders' Association of Nova Scotia's field day at Agnus Rouse's Farm in Debert, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 1, Folder 2, Item 5
Item
[19-]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of a group of sheep in a fenced field during the Sheep Breeders' Association of Nova Scotia's field day at Agnus Rouse's Farm in Debert, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 1, Folder 2, Item 6
Item
[19-]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of the Nappan experimental sheep farm

MS-14-22, PB Box 1, Folder 5
Item
1974

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of sheep in pen during the milk replace trials in Nappan, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 1, Folder 6
Item
[between 1970 and 1974]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of moving sheep at Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition grounds

MS-14-22, PB Box 2, Folder 1
Item
[198-?]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of Sheep Breeders Association of Nova Scotia's president Roy Evans, Lincoln Boswell and the champion market lamb at the Sheep fair

MS-14-22, PB Box 2, Folder 10
Item
1980

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of sheep in a pen, Cape Breton Development Corporation, Mabou, NS

MS-14-22, PB Box 2, Folder 2
Item
[197-?]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Item is a photograph of the Cape Breton Development Corporation's sheep pen in Mabou, NS.

Photograph of North County Cheviot & Suffolk sheep at Devco Sheep Farm, Cape Breton

MS-14-22, PB Box 2, Folder 3
Item
[197-?]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of sheep rations in Nappan, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 2, Folder 4
Item
[197-?]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of a Bluefaced Leicester ram photograph taken at Dr. Nettleton's Farm in Truro, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 2, Folder 5
Item
[197-?]

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of docks, boats, and buildings in the distance during the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 11, Item 1
Item
1999

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of what is likely a lighthouse on land in the distance during the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
1999

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of land in the distance during the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 11, Item 3
Item
1999

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of a lighthouse on land in the distance during the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 11, Item 4
Item
1999

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of land in the distance during the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 11, Item 5
Item
1999

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of docks and buildings during the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 11, Item 6
Item
1999

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of a plaque and yellow flowers during the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 11, Item 6
Item
1999

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of grass and sand with an island in the distance during the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 11, Item 7
Item
1999

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of eggs in a small nest in the grass during the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 11, Item 8
Item
1999

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of a person and two dogs on a dock next to lobster traps during the Purebred Sheep Breeders' Association tour to the Sheep Islands off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in June 1999

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 11, Item 9
Item
1999

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of a group of people with a sheep and a dog on Gull Island, in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 14, Item 1
Item
1996

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of a group of sheep standing on the rocks on Gull Island, in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 14, Item 2
Item
1996

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of a group of sheep standing on the rocks with a dog on Gull Island, in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 14, Item 3
Item
1996

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of a group of people with a group of sheep in a pen on Gull Island, in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 14, Item 4
Item
1996

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Photograph of a group of people shearing sheep in a pen on Gull Island, in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 14, Item 5
Item
1996

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Sheep on Gull Island (off Wedgeport, NS)

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 14, Item 6
Item
1996

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Item is a typed description of the sheep on Gull Island, in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, including information on the breed of sheep, the holding pen, movement on the island, and the work site on Gull Island, from 1996.