Item is a photograph of H.W. Smith and a group of students sitting on a set of steps outside a building, they are dressed in suit and ties. Also seen are a young person and several dogs. H.W. Smith was the first lecturer appointed to the newly created Agriculture course at the Provincial Normal School in 1885. The School of Agriculture, later known as the College of Agriculture. Smith was instrumental in the merger of the School of Agriculture and the Provincial Farm in Bible Hill to create the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (1905-2012). Smith taught at the NSAC until approximately 1924.
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.
File contains two volumes related to agriculture. 1. Catalogue of trotting stock belonging to A.J. Alexander, Woodburn Farm, Spring Station, Woodford County Kentucky. 1885. - first five pages have dried water stains. 2. An album of first prize winners in classes and groups, international [shorthorn cattle] / American Short-horn Breeders' Association. 1914.
Collection contains graphic materials of the students, staff, and faculty of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. There are also photographs of the campus landscape and buildings and also the School of Agriculture or the College of Agriculture as it was originally known. Subseries' include aerial views, animals, buildings, campus events, students, staff, faculty and principals of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College between 1885-2015, as materials may be associated with the Provincial farm or School of Agriculture (pre-1905).
Series contains photographs of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus, which includes buildings and landscapes, residences, barns, athletic complex, library, etc. There are photographs from the ground, panoramic, and aerials shots, taken between 1889-2007.
File contains photographs of Provincial farm buildings, or School of Agriculture buildings, and early Nova Scotia Agricultural College buildings, including the original science building which stood from 1898-1932.
Item is a photograph of Longley House. This residence was on the Blanchard property when it was purchased by the College in 1886. It was used as the residence for college principals on the campus of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The reverse has in handwriting: "the first house built for college president, at top of hill on College Road, right hand side going up".
Item is a photograph of Longley House. This residence was on the Blanchard property when it was purchased by the College in 1886. It was used as the residence for college principals on the campus of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The reverse has in handwriting: "the first house built for college president, at top of hill on College Road, right hand side going up".
Item is a photograph of Longley House with trees in front of it. This residence was on the Blanchard property when it was purchased by the College in 1886. It was used as the residence for college principals on the campus of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The reverse has in handwriting: "the first house built for college president, at top of hill on College Road, right hand side going up".
File contains photographs of School of Agriculture buildings, and early Nova Scotia Agricultural College buildings, including the original science buildings, one which stood from 1898-1932 and the other from 1914-1946.
Item is a photograph of a person holding the lead line of a horse. It may have been taken on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus with Longley house in the background. Longley house was the original farm house that stood on campus when the property was purchased for the School of Agriculture Farm in 1889. It was removed from campus in 1957. It was at one point the home of Fred Fuller, the first manager of the Provincial farm, and later was occupied by professor Smith, head of the School of Agriculture.
File contains photographs of staff and faculty, and probably principals, of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, as well as Ministers of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing. They are posing in front of stones laid at the naming ceremonies of buildings on campus. There are also people in front of building plans, receiving silver places with Cumming Hall engraved on them, and sitting in excavators breaking ground on campus.
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.
Fonds consists of reports and studies on Nova Scotia farming and marketing between 1924-1990. Series are comprised of papers, reports, correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, and signs created and collected by Gordon Kinsman during his Nova Scotia berry research. Materials focus on blueberries, strawberries, the strawberry industry, berry box making, berry shipping, general agriculture, the history of agriculture, dairy, creameries, direct marketing of blueberries and apples, exhibitions in Nova Scotia, the Maritimes, and Canada between 1924-1993.
Series contains papers, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reproductions of articles, photographs, and signs created and collected by Gordon Kinsman during his research of berries, specifically strawberries, the strawberry industry, berry box making, and blueberries in Nova Scotia between 1891 and 1993.
Item is a photograph album of the Digby Horticulture project. There are aerials, harvesting, grading strawberries, and loading for transport from 1966-1968.
File contains photographs of Provincial farm buildings and early Nova Scotia Agricultural College buildings, including the original science buildings from 1898-1932.
Item is a reproduction of a photograph of the original building on the property of the Provincial Farm/School of Agriculture which burned down in 1898. This became the site of the Nova Scotia College of Agriculture, Harlow Institute is now on site. There is an octagonal swine barn that was built by students 1891 and was removed before 1913.
Fonds consists of objects, manuscripts, and published works that were collected by Peter Hamilton. Peter was a Nova Scotia Agricultural College alumni, NSAC faculty member, and Registrar of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College for 10 years. Included is a stethoscope that was used for cattle, a Nova Scotia Agricultural College mug, and a blue knit NSAC pullover sweater. The published books and booklets include topics such as livestock husbandry (swine, cattle, poultry), feeding, judging and general agriculture. Most of the publications are Canadian and US government documents, a few textbooks were also included.
Item is a photograph of the original building on the property of the Provincial Farm/School of Agriculture which burned down in 1898. This became the site of the Nova Scotia College of Agriculture, Harlow Institute is now on site. There is an octagonal swine barn that was built by students 1891 and was removed before 1913.
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 photographs of students, staff, and faculty in classrooms, and barns at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. There are reproductions of photographs of the travelling dairy school wagon and the travelling dairy class, reprinted from the NS annual agriculture reports, around 1904-06. There is also photographs of Dave Adams giving instruction in the old Pavilion behind Cumming Hall, a Government Farm Team and their wagon in Truro's Natal Day parade, September 14, 1897, and a person in a suit and bowler hat in front of a green house.
File contains three Nova Scotia government documents and reports related to agriculture between 1898 and 1930. Titles include "Game Laws, Nova Scotia 1919", "Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturalists List of Members 1930", and "Nova Scotia : its agricultural resources" by B. W. Chipman, Secretary for Agriculture, 1898.
File contains four volumes related to agriculture. Titles include "The Catalogue of Albert H. Merrill [1912] of Danvers, Massachusetts (horse - pacers and trotters)", "Seaweed as a Fertilizer" by L.C. Harlow, "Report of a visit to Great Britain and the continent of Europe in the winter of 1897-98" by Duncan McEachran, published by the authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa, August 1898, and Campineology : the story of the living egg machines / by J. Fred N. Kennedy [1914] related to campine chickens.
Series contains over 200 glass negative and lantern slides photographs depict apples and orchard practice. There are also copy negatives and contact prints that were made at a later unknown date. Most of the . Notes on some of the sleeves of the negatives suggest that they date from the period 1898-1907. Fred C. Sears taught at the Horticultural School in Wolfville which operated from 1894-1904 and then took up a position as Professor of Horticulture at NSAC from 1905-1907. In 1907 he accepted a position as Professor of Pomology at the Massachusetts Agricultural College. It was there in 1914 that he wrote a textbook entitled Productive Orcharding. The book is illustrated with photographs akin to those in this collection. One photo is the same as one in the collection, but from a different angle. It seems likely that many photographs illustrating the book were taken in Nova Scotia, probably Wolfville. Sears dedicated his book to Robert W. Starr, a close friend and former president of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Association. Also contains: - 120 b&w 5" x 7" prints made from the glass slides, - "'An Apple a Day' : a collection of photographs" exhibit catalogue produced for a 1998 display. - A copy of the [MacRae Library] "Library Trust Fund Update", vol.9:no.1. July 1998.
Fonds includes published and unpublished papers, correspondence to and from Fred Sears between 1905-1907 while he was Professor of Horticulture at Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The glass negative, lantern slides, and copy negatives and contact prints depict apples and orchard practice around the Agricultural campus and Nova Scotia. Notes on some of the sleeves of the negatives suggest that they date from the period 1898-1907.
Fonds contains records that belonged to William Henry Peers and Daniel George Peers, including books related to agricultural equipment, guernsey cattle, and a soil test for their home in Head of Wallace bay (RR#1 Wallace Bridge).
Series contains sketches of a farm at Valley Station [Nova Scotia], a woodlot in Truro, N.S., Truro Market and properties in Truro of T.G. McMullen and others, and some coal and iron areas in Kemptown, surveyed by J.K. Eaton, D.C.L.S. Series is arranged chronologically from 1899 to 1911.
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.
