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Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture reference collection

  • UA-48-REF
  • Collection
  • 2012-2023
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..

Nova Scotia Agricultural College archival reference collection

  • UA-43-REF
  • Collection
  • 1830-2012
Collection contains Nova Scotia Agricultural College archival reference materials including books, calendars, journals, magazines, DVDs, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings published between 1830-2012.

Nova Scotia Agricultural College

Agricultural archives reference collection

  • MS-14-REF
  • Collection
  • 1846-2007
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.

Farm and rural life collection

  • MS-14-9
  • Collection
  • 1851-2004
Collection consists of material related to farm and rural life. Including historical accounts of farm life and agricultural management in Nova Scotia. Series include graphic materials, maps, surveys, and sketches of farms in Nova Scotia, and reports and diaries related to farm and rural life. Series are arranged alphabetically and range between 1851-2004.

Canadian agriculture collection

  • MS-14-8
  • Collection
  • [1900?]-1984
Collection contains reports on the banning of pesticides and the development of Canadian agriculture, a photograph of a member of the Canadian Turkey Federation, and photographs of members of the agricultural industry and various events such as exhibitions and garden clubs.

Agricultural correspondence collection

  • MS-14-7
  • Collection
  • 1881-1979
Collection contains correspondence and an article, some are from Nova Scotia Agricultural College principals, or faculty, topics cover early education, the Canadian fruit trade, and trotting.

Jim Neary agriculture collection

  • MS-14-6
  • Collection
  • 1943-1986
Collection contains "Sheep have an important place in Nova Scotia Agriculture. Leaflet No. 9" and transcripts from broadcast #20 and #21 of "The Vanishing Flock". Also included are a variety of agricultural reports.

Anne Bishop's Icelandic sheep in Nova Scotia collection

  • MS-14-59
  • Collection
  • April 11, 2010
Collection contains records for Icelandic sheep in Nova Scotia, presented by Anne Bishop April 11, 2010 to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the NS Icelandic Memorial Society.

Tractor and farm equipment manual collection

  • MS-14-51
  • Collection
  • [19-]
Collection contains tractor and farm equipment manuals that were collected and used by staff of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College for equipment used on the campus in the 20th Century. Included with the manuals were approximately 100 black and white photographs of fields and crops that need to be inventoried.

Apple records collection

  • MS-14-5
  • Collection
  • 1941
Collection consists of documents related to apple farming, production, and utilization.

Farm Equipment Museum time capsule

  • MS-14-48
  • Collection
  • 2017
Collection consists of one time capsule that contains documents, realia, and photographs that were created by or about the Farm Equipment Museum located on the Provincial Exhibition grounds in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia. There is an inventory created by the Farm Equipment Museum and 2 keys; one key will be retained by the Farm Equipment Museum and the other key with Agricola.

Farm Equipment Museum

Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

  • MS-14-22
  • Collection
  • 1811-2005
Collection contains records created or collected by Edith Zillig related to sheep, the sheep breeding industry, and wool between 1811-2005. Records types include published and unpublished papers, correspondence, reports, pamphlets, booklets, monographs, magazines, newsletters, photographs, filmstrips, recipes, and artifacts.

Zillig, Edith

Susan Horne's home economists in agriculture collection

  • MS-14-20
  • Collection
  • 1928-1989
Collection contains research materials gathered by Susan Horne who was head of the Home Economics / 4-H Branch of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing. The records were used while she was writing "Home Economists in Agriculture 1913-1985."

Horne, Susan

Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists biography collection

  • MS-14-19
  • Collection
  • 1971
Collection contains materials created and collected by the Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists. Series include biographies and photographs of notable Nova Scotia agrologists, many of whom were associated with the Nova Scotia Agricultural College or the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture.

Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists

Atlantic Canada co-operatives collection

  • MS-14-18
  • Collection
  • 1900-2002, predominant 1950-1999
Collection consists of records with information about individual co-operatives and credit unions in Atlantic Canada, as well as documents from larger region-wide co-operative organizations. There is also a large section of general co-op literature about co-operation as a social movement, in Canada and around the world. There are published books, serials, brochures, reports, photographs and slides, maps, audio and visual material, and artifacts. The age of the materials ranges from the early 1900s up to 2002, the majority spans from the 1950s to the 1990s.