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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.

A boy from Cherry Hill / Garth Coffin

  • MS-14-62, SPC S 584.52 C64 2020
  • Item
  • 2020
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.

Milford W. Pierce fonds

  • MS-14-63
  • Fonds
  • 1883-1913
Fonds contains books, textbooks and government documents, and eight classroom notebooks kept by Milford Pierce during his studies at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (1905-1907), as well as a book dating to his year at Macdonald College (1912-1913).

Poultry notes

Item is 3 pages of handwritten notes of a member of the Nova Scotia Poultry Association. On the back of the pages have the printed words "Thirtieth Maritime Winter Fair November 7th, 1936 Amherst, Nova Scotia" and a seal stamp "Maritime Stock Breeders’ Association Inc."

Nova Scotia Agricultural College class of 1942 students in a wooden fenced enclosure

Item is a photograph of 8 Nova Scotia Agricultural College class of 1942 students, possibly instructors, standing in a wooden fenced enclosure looking at a pig; there are two men with pieces of wood in their hands, four men with books under their arms, all wearing bowler hats.

Nova Scotia Agricultural College students, 1942-1943

Item is a photograph of 10 Nova Scotia Agricultural College students posed outdoors in front of Cumming Hall or the Science Building. They are dressed warmly. Annotated on reverse: “Back row – Left to Right Stuart Westcott, William Chaft, Charles Ash “Standing at back”. Front Row – Left to Right: David Milligan, Emerson Hennigar, Ronald Gillespie, Arthur Perlin, Augustine Joy, Vernon Heighton, Steven Tucker.

Photograph of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College class of 1942

Item is a photograph of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College class of 1942. Nine students are standing outside in what appears to be winter in font of trees in warmer weather clothing.
Printed on the back of photograph:
left to right
Vernon Heighton, Stephen Tucker, Phyllis Wright (Class 43 [1943]), Emerson Hennigar, Lily Cameron, Augustine Joy, Chaless [spelling?] [Charles?] Ash, William Chaft, Ronald Gillespie.

Photograph of four students holding beef cattle at the 1944 College Show at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

Item is a photograph of four students wearing white jackets and dark pants. They are outside holding beef cattle at the 1944 College Show at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College; one student has a ribbon pinned to their chest. The event was also called the Winter show, or later College Royal. The event allowed students to showcase their exhibition skills of showmanship and judging.

Photograph of two students holding horses at the 1944 College Show at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

Item is a photograph of two students holding horses at the 1944 College Show at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The event was also called the Winter show, or later College Royal. The event allowed students to showcase their exhibition skills of showmanship and judging.

Photograph of the Honourable I.W. Akerkey, Minister of Agriculture and Marketing for Nova Scotia, turning the sod to start construction of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College residence Chapman House

Item is a photograph of the Honourable I.W. Akerkey, Minister of Agriculture and Marketing for Nova Scotia, in a bulldozer turning the sod to start construction of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College residence Chapman House. The crowd in the background is wearing convocation robes as the event took place following graduation. Further details to the story can be found in Dale Ells' account on page 136 in his book.
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