File contains 7 photographs of C.A. Douglas' retirement. They are all stamped "Photo by Pridham Studio, Truro, N.S.". Charles Douglas was Deputy Minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing. Douglas also served as Assistant Agricultural Representative in Pictou, Agricultural Representative in Hants County, Assistant Director and, later, Director of Extension, and as Director of Livestock. Was inducted into the Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1979. https://www.dal.ca/diff/aahf/inductees/charles-douglas.html
File contains a photograph album of photographs taken at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College taken and collected by the donor Ed Munroe, [NSAC] class of 1941. There are 34 b&w photographs of student life on the NSAC campus, there are also and invitations to the 1940 and 1941 NSAC graduation dances.
File contains two scrapbooks, or memory books, created to reflect the activities of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Nova Scotia Veterinary Medical Association from 1952 to 1984. The auxiliary dismantled in the mid 1980s; former member Joan MacAulay created these scrap books in May of 2014 to acknowledge the work and friendship auxiliary members had.
File contains Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers Limited annual shareholders meeting records. Records include meeting minutes, balance sheet, and statement of loss for 1949.
File contains Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers Limited annual shareholders meeting minutes, etc. Also included is correspondence and minutes of the annual meetings of the Nova Scotia Sheep Breeders Association and Directors and Committee meeting of the Nova Scotia Sheep Breeders Association. The file also includes correspondence to and from Mary E. Black, Director of Handicrafts, NS Department of Trade and Industry, regarding the Nova Scotia Tartan in commissioned mural of the Four seasons of wool. The period covered is 1952-1954.
File contains correspondence from F. G. Gale (Grayburn Farms, Waterville QC) regarding jersey cattle dated July 12, 1927, and from Lee Boyce (Elm Hill Farm, Mass., U.S.A.) regarding jersey cattle dated November 10, 1927.
File contains various office copies of report manuscripts related to dairy production, farming, the strawberry enterprise, potato production, poultry, and the marshlands in the Maritime provinces.
File contains various office copies of report manuscripts related to Nova Scotia apples, farm business, general farm accounts, sheep, co-operative ownership of farm equipment, farm machinery co-operatives, and farming in Newfoundland.
File contains various office copies of report manuscripts related to Maritime blueberries, sheep, potatoes, and Newfoundland farming, and milk production.
File contains select reports from the Nova Scotia Voluntary Economic Planning, agriculture sector meeting held December 11, [1962], at the NSAC, Truro. Highlights of the agenda : - The philosophy and method of planning - Chairman, Hon. E.D. Haliburton; - The introduction of planning for the Nova Scotia economy - Premier R.L. Stanfield; - The purpose and methods of economic planning - Hon. G.I. Smith; - Potential markets in industrial planning - Hon. E.A. Mason; - The effect of economic planning on the general economy - Prof. W.Y. Smith; - The effect of economic planning on agricultural development in European countries - F.W. Walsh; - Symposium - discussing trends in agriculture and the significance of economic planning to agriculture; - Organizing the Agricultural sector for planning - Chairman S.E. Lewis; - Organization of commodity work groups; - Assembling of work groups: dairy, general livestock, horticultural, field crops, and poultry
File contains further reports from the Nova Scotia Voluntary Economic Planning, agriculture sector meeting held December 11, [1962], at the NSAC, Truro. Highlights of the agenda : - The philosophy and method of planning - Chairman, Hon. E.D. Haliburton; - The introduction of planning for the Nova Scotia economy - Premier R.L. Stanfield; - The purpose and methods of economic planning - Hon. G.I. Smith; - Potential markets in industrial planning - Hon. E.A. Mason; - The effect of economic planning on the general economy - Prof. W.Y. Smith; - The effect of economic planning on agricultural development in European countries - F.W. Walsh; - Symposium - discussing trends in agriculture and the significance of economic planning to agriculture; - Organizing the Agricultural sector for planning - Chairman S.E. Lewis; - Organization of commodity work groups; - Assembling of work groups: dairy, general livestock, horticultural, field crops, and poultry
File contains Gordon Kinsman's papers and records related to the strawberry industry in Nova Scotia from 1891-1958. Records include strawberry history newspaper mentions from the Kentville Star in 1891, and the Truro Daily News from 1895-1901. Included is information on strawberry production in Nova Scotia, the distribution of strawberries around the province and export to Boston and Montreal, Masstown Strawberry Growers Co-operative Ltd. (1946-1958) production and sales. A reproduction of the article "Strawberry boxes : Messers, Lewis & Sons" from the Truro Daily News, v.4:no.157, Saturday, July 7, 1894. A reproduction of the article "Strawberries" from The Busy East, 1917 about shipping strawberries in 1868. It also has information on blueberries shipped to Boston from Nova Scotia in the 1870s. A reproduction of a photograph "Picking strawberries in Yarmouth", from The Down East (1910-1917). Includes picture of picking strawberries in the Valley, with several handwritten notations about the crates and boxes in the photograph - NOTE - Dalhousie University Archives, Reference files: Dalhousie history, Price, H.B.A. Valley Farm in NS Date 1928-29; reprinted from the Dalhousie Review, Vol VIII, 1928-29, page 165, Box/File: MS-1-REF 117.19. Memorandum from an Agricultural representative, Truro, N.S., March 9, 1962, re: strawberry containers in 1964 were to be shipped in single layers to prevent bruising and damage to the berries, noted that 1960/61 growers ran short on boxes and crates, it is recommended to order more ahead of time next year. There is correspondence from an Agricultural representative, Dale Ells, Markets Representative, N.S. Department of Agriculture, Truro, N.S., September 5, 1963, re: Berries to Boston; 12 qy vs 32 qt for shipping: Boston finds 12 qt of higher quality, less damage to berries, more marketable. There's additional correspondence from Gordon Kinsman to Mrs. Thelma Pepper, May 29, 1986, re: Mrs. Pepper prepared an exhibit of photographs for the MacDonald Historical Museum. Beaver Brook strawberry sales, typed, "Digby" in ink, 1968, in two pieces, the old tape fell off. There was also a photocopy of a business card for Herrett's woodworking, specializing in boxwood and custom sawing - Springhill, N.S. and a sample of cellophane that was used on top of quart boxes between the 1920-1970s.
File contains records related to berries, and the berry industry in Nova Scotia. There is correspondence from Gordon Kinsman to Joleen dated March 8, 1991. There are photographs of berry boxes, baskets and crates used in Nova Scotia, various reports and also correspondence related to berry crops, locations in Nova Scotia, their management and practices, and equipment used. Also included is the History of the blueberry industry in Nova Scotia, black and white photographs of the blueberry industry from the 1970s, shipping box blueprints, cards and tags used in blueberry boxes exported to the United States, Boston and New York from the 1930s-1980s, and black and white and colour photographs of people picking and enjoying blueberries.
File contains two strawberry signs. One says: "Beaver Brook Farms - Strawberries - Three Suns - Digby, Nova Scotia (12 pint boxes)". The other is a strawberry picking sign, it shows the "right and wrong way to pick berries". Neither are dated.
File contains correspondence from Gordon Kinsman to R.A. Murray re: the Digby Horticultural project, fruit and vegetable container catalogues, and reproductions of articles related to berry and apple packaging, topics cover strawberry and raspberry, and blueberry.
File contains Gordon Kinsman's papers and records related to the Burgess Basket Company, Newport Station, and a reproduction of an article titled "Hardwood hard to find for new company" / E and M Burgess Enterprises (hants County) from "Forest Times" 5, November, 1991.
File contains Gordon Kinsman's papers and records related to the Hantsport Basket Company. They include a reproduction of from "The Busy East", June 1916: page 61, "Hantsport, on the Avon" by Rev. A.B. Dickie Hantsport, page 62 "Hantsport Fruit Basket Co. Ltd., page 64 an advertisement for Hantsport Fruit Basket Company Limited. The file also contains a reproduction of a Kentville advertisement "Apple Blossom festival" November, page 21, May, 1936, ad for Hantsport Fruit Basket company. Also included is a reproduction of an article "An excursion to opportunity" by H.M. Hatt, from "Port & Province", September 1936, page 12 (3 pages), regarding Hantsport Fruit and Basket Company and founder D.W. Murray.
File contains black and white photographs of Nova Scotia Agricultural College staff and Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing staff in 1944.
File contains three photographs of people strawberry picking in a field and how to pack berry boxes properly. Two photographs are dated 1971, one is undated.
File contains meeting minutes of the Nova Scotia Grain and Forage Commission. Interfiled in minutes are other item types including : -Copy of budget estimates November 1977; -Copies of job advertisement and employment details (ex. Secretary/ Manager of Grain Commission) November 1977; -Copy of correspondence re: Proposed budgets from NS Dept of Ag and Marketing sent to Board members October 20, 1977; -Copy of memorandums re: Confirming job interviews for Secretary/ Manager of Grain Commission role December 7, 1977; -Copy of Report on the Canada Grains Council Annual Meeting in Ottawa April 3&4, 1979 (appears to be an internal report from NS Grain Commission members Dechman and Peill on their attendance at National meeting on NS Grain Commission letterhead)
File contains records related to the Nova Scotia Grain Marketing Board, the Grain and Forage Commission, and the Forage Council, and their formation of a joint board . Records have been filed in backwards chronology.
File contains records related to the Nova Scotia Grain Marketing Board, the Grain and Forage Commission, and the Forage Council, and their formation of a joint board . Records have been filed in backwards chronology.
