Item is "A boy from Cherry Hill" by Garth Coffin, former principal of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia. A Boy From Cherry Hill is a story of a lad who grew up in a warm and loving family on a small farm in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It recounts his experiences and highlights his good fortune through receiving the Eaton Agricultural Scholarship, attending university in both Canada and the U.S. and successful pursuit of a series of career opportunities leading back to the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) where his university studies began. Along the way, the memoir that spans eight decades includes international work and personal interests of the boy from Cherry Hill.
Subseries contains handouts of events and activities relating to Open House, later renamed Community Day, events at the Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture in 2023.
Collection contains textual material about Dalhousie University's Faculty of Agriculture from the time of their creation when the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and Dalhousie University merged in 2012. Series include strategic plans, academic calendars, and events on the Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture campus..
Series contains records regarding events at the Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture campus after 2012. It has two subseries'; convocation and induction ceremonies.
Series contains a record related to special events, celebrations, and workshops at Dalhousie University and the Faculty of Agriculture in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia. Records relate to anniversaries, exhibitions, community day, presidential installations, commencements, etc. from 2012 onward.
Item is a copy of the booklet Bringing worlds together : Dalhousie's campaign for transformational change : case for support. A brochure for the university’s new $750-million fundraising campaign beginning at Dalhousie University. Dalhousie will invest in enhanced and new programs, supports, and facilities with far-reaching impacts. For example, the university plans to create more scholarships to ensure that every qualified student has the financial support they need for a Dalhousie education. There were events launch events held at Dalhousie’s Student Union Building in Halifax Tuesday (April 2) and in Bible Hill in the Student Learning Commons of the MacRae Library Thursday (April 4).
Fonds contains graphic and textual material created by Dalhousie University's Faculty of Agriculture from the time of its establishment when the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and Dalhousie University merged in 2012. Series' include photographs and records related to events held on the faculty of Agriculture campus.
File contains the first term examination for the 'agronomy' course, senior class, dated January 27, 1938, and the examination for the 'animal husbandry' course dated October 14th, 1937. Both we administered by Dr. Stan Curtis at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
File contains the Atlantic Agricultural Lenders School manual. Outlined are facts about commodities such as dairy, fur, potato and vegetable industry of Atlantic Canada. Government programs, policies and industry contacts by commodity are also discussed along with a handbook of unincorporated farms.
