Item is a first floor plan of the Macdonald Library as suggested (and perhaps drawn) by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie, who was president of Dalhousie from 1911-1931.
Fonds contains photographs of Melville Cumming, as well as addresses, research articles/manuscripts, and letters related to agriculture in Nova Scotia written by Melville Cumming. Other material consists of records that were created while Dr. Cumming served as the first principal at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1905-27. He was also an instructor animal husbandry, agronomy, bacteriology and public speaking, and also served as the Secretary of Agriculture for the province from 1907-25. Includes records from 1900-1970 comprised of photographs, certificates, articles, and speeches from the passing of Dr. Cumming.
File contains clippings of newspaper announcements and reports of Carleton Stanley's public addresses. There are also copies of his opening address at Dalhousie in 1933; an offprint of a 1932 article on Cretan art based on Stanley's lecture to the Montreal Art Association; and a copy of the University of Maine's 1935 commencement ceremonies at which Stanley spoke.
Collection consists of a typed transcript of a CBC Radio Broadcast titled "Voice of the Pioneer: Norman Archibald MacRae MacKenzie" and the contents of a scrapbook about a bust of MacKenzie at the University of British Columbia.
Item consists of typed notes prepared by Carleton Stanley, discussing European economic concerns in the post-war years, providing the basis for a submission to the Dalhousie Gazette, dated October 27, 1931.
File includes correspondence, clippings, and a copy of Hicks' speaking outline at the Canadian Association of University Development Officers conference held in Ottawa on 7-9 April 1975.
Item is a glass plate of a drawing of Rev. Thomas McCulloch, D.D. The drawing by Arthur Lismer itself is based on a painting of McCulloch by Daniel Munro. The drawing was commissioned and used for history books on Dalhousie University, like One hundred years of Dalhousie 1818-1918 (1920), and Daniel Cobb Harvey's, An introduction to the history of Dalhousie (1938).
Item is a photograph of 4 people seated at a dinner table in suites. Handwritten on the reverse: K. [Kenneth] Cox - Principal, NSAC, Dr. D MacLaughlin - President O.A.C., Dr. M. Cumming - Principal emeritus NSAC, W. MacLennan - Pres. St. [spelling?] - NSAC. 1949.
File contains a photograph of the first annual dinner of the Dalhousie Club of New York. The dinner was attended by President Arthur Stanley MacKenzie and Archibald MacMechan. Photograph was taken by Standard Flashlight Company Inc.
File contains a photograph taken during the first conference on Maritime university federation, held on July 7, 1922 at the Macdonald Memorial Library at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows J. S. Bagnall; Rev. A. Cohoon; W. P. Copp; F. E. Wheelock; D. A. MacRae; J. E. Read; S. E. Smith; President B. C. Borden; H. Murray; W. M. Tweedie; W. E. Thompson; Major; G. S. Campbell; E. W. Todd; H. P. Jones; H. E. Mahon; Major John Murphy; President A. S. Mackenzie; J. T. Burchell; Senator F. B. Black; President G. B. Cutten; D. Macgillivray; Brother Cornelia; Judge T. S. Rogers; Chief Justice R. E. Harris; Lieutenant Governor M. Grant; Eliza Ritchie; Archbishop C. L. Worrell; H. McInnes; J. A. Walker; C. H. Mitchell; G. F. Pearson; E. C. Whitman; Rev. J. W. McCOnnell; T. W. Murphy; Rev. H. E. Thomas; O. P. Goucher; President T. S. Boyle; Rev. C. W. Rose; and W. W. Judd standing on the front steps of the library.
Item is a full-body photograph of Norman MacKenzie posing on the University of British Columbia campus, with a smaller image of his head in the upper right corner.
File contains photographs depicting Nova Scotia Agricultural College buildings. Shown also are individuals posing before dedication plaques naming buildings on campus.
