Collection contains materials related to agriculture, which includes related organizations, industries, education, machinery, research, products, livestock, harvesting, management, crops, etc. These were published between 1846-2007.
Fonds consists of two farm ledgers (1894-1936 and 1899-1906); one farm inventory (1899); one notebook containing estate inventories and administrative accounts (1837-1875); one notebook containing a weather diary (1949); and minutes from two Master of Rights Lodge meetings held in 1931.
Fonds consists of Theodore Ross's correspondence concerning agricultural and personal matters, Dalhousie's centenary and capital campaign, and student residents at Pine Hill.
File contains two indentures evidencing the sale of lands in Pictou County. The first indenture (dated 1875) records a land sale from Robert Moran to John Ives Meagher. The second indenture (dated 1876) records a sale from Alexander and Sarah A. McKenzie to John Ives Meagher.
Item is a register of farmers' sheep and cattle marks, recorded by successive town clerks in Chester Municipality. Includes descriptions, diagrams, famers' names, dates, and the names of the recorder.
Fonds comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his personal, academic, and professional activities as a jurist, judge, and professor. Records include those related to Macdonald's involvement with Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Records types include correspondence; meeting minutes and agendas; research materials; photographs; newsletters; newspaper clippings; manuscripts; and off-prints.
Item is a letter (1823) from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith, requesting that two barrels of Pictou oatmeal be shipped to Quebec on the next available vessel as a sample of Smith's produce.
Fonds consists of Leslie E. Haley's materials regarding his professional activities, researches, and involvement with the Science Council of Canada, the Gambia project, Nova Scotia Department of Education's Biology Task Force, and the Summer Science Institute. Fonds includes reports, correspondence, financial records, booklets, and other textual records.
File contains 40 photographs taken by Gene Fortney, Vince Zelazny, Dave Patriquin, David Gautier, and M. Willison (and collected by Bill Freedman), in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, in 1999. Photographs show agricultural scenes, such as hayfields near Calgary, strip cropping in Saskatchewan, soybean growing in Nova Scotia, and grape growing in southern Ontario.
File contains photographs of the prize winning herd of Ayrshire cattle, included in the photographs : Hillhead Shamrock; Brownies Boy; Snowflake; Bonhams; Glengarry Lou; Regal Lou and Suncrest Lovely Pet (first prize winner for 1958-60.
Item consists of a witnessed letter stating that John Cyril (Chris) Snape was borrowing money from Oland and Son Limited to speed up the settlement from National Thrift Corporation Savings Plan after the National Thrift Corporation went bankrupt.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address at the annual meeting of the Nova Scotia Farmers' Association, at the Halifax Hotel, January 24, 1933, discussing the relation between economics and agriculture.
Item consists of a typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley at a meeting of the Women's Institute in Truro, Nova Scotia, dated November 4, 1931. Includes discussions on agriculture, the machinery industry, and economics.
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.
File is a time capsule created by the Class of 2012, the last class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College before its merger with Dalhousie University. The capsule contains approximately 50 articles deposited by graduating students, including pictures, a bottle of wine made at the college, frosh beanies, written memories, a synopsis of NSAC and banquet programs. The project was initiated by Matthew Lawless, co-chair of the graduating class, Jonathan Waugh and Jessica Dowe, and the capsule was built by NSAC engineering technician Chris Nelson.
Fonds contains textual material, photos, artifacts, slides, paintings, and a video cassette created by the School of Agriculture, the College of Agriculture, and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, between 1892 and 2012. Series include records of an administrative nature, departments on campus, buildings, photographs, student and faculty records, events, curriculum, and the institutions history.
Series contains minutes, financial records, correspondence, student lists, reports, banquet programs, and newspaper clippings from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Alumni Association from 1905-1983.
File contains 2 audio compact discs and 2 CD-ROMs used in the finale event for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College's centennial anniversary held February 14, 2006. The event was held at the upper foyer in Cumming Hall at 2 pm.
File contains textual and graphic records related to the Nova Scotia Agricultural College centennial anniversary exhibit at the Colchester Historical Museum and materials related to other activities associated with the centennial celebrations from 2005.
File contains a reprint of a newspaper article in the Truro Daily News on Feb. 15, 1965. The original article was titled "Opening of Provincial Agricultural College: at Bible Hill, Truro, NS Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1905".
File contains correspondence to Peter Hamilton, registrar of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, from R.B. Hutt, producer of CBC's Land & Sea. Dated Feb. 28, 1980 ; includes response, March 19, 1980.