University presidents

MS-14-1
Fonds
[1876?]-1970

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.

Cumming, Melville

Letters concerning Dr. Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 126, Folder 10
File
1900-1909

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains a 2 letters, a reference letter and a general correspondence.

Photograph of Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, PB Box 1, Folder 39
Item
1905-1927

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is a photograph of Melville Cumming, first principal of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.

Melville Cumming photographs

MS-14-1, PB Box 9, Folder 4
File
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains photographs of Dr.Melville Cumming during different periods of his life.

Cumming in group photo

MS-14-1, PB Box 9, Folder 4, Item 10
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a black and white of Dr. Cumming with a priest and 3 other gentlemen, potentially on the steps of Cumming Hall. Photo was taken by Slaunwhite.

Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, PB Box 9, Folder 4, Item 2
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is black and white portrait taken by the Sponagle Studios, Truro, N.S.

Young Cumming

MS-14-1, PB Box 9, Folder 4, Item 3
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is black and white portrait taken by Burgess & Son, Guelph.

Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, PB Box 9, Folder 4, Item 4
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is black and white portrait taken by Climo, Halifax

Cumming in Miami, Florida

MS-14-1, PB Box 9, Folder 4, Item 5
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a black and white of photograph, with a stamp on back saying "Miami News Services. Hamilton Wright Jr. – Executive Editor. City Hall, Miami, Florida. Phone 3-4431, Cable. Hamwright. ‘Feature News from a Feature City’. This photograph released to you GRATIS on behalf of the city of Miami, Fla. for editorial use only. Do not use for advertising purposes without written permission"

Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, PB Box 9, Folder 4, Item 6
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a black and white of photograph taken by Sponagle, Truro, NS.

Melville Cumming age 27 years

MS-14-1, PB Box 9, Folder 4, Item 7
Item
June 1903

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a black and white of photograph taken by Hurndall, Guelph

Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, PB Box 9, Folder 4, Item 8
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a black and white of photograph taken by Climo, Halifax

Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, PB Box 9, Folder 4, Item 9
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a black and white of photograph taken by Climo, Halifax

Melville Cumming group photograph

MS-14-1, PB-OVR Box 10, Folder 5, A25-26
File
1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 photograph of Melville Cumming in a group photo taken at the Truro Golf Club. Taken by Sponagle, Truro, on July 30th, 1923.

Photographs of Nova Scotia Agricultural College principals from 1905 to 1985

UA-43
Subseries
1905-1985

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Subseries contains 16 photographs of principals of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1905 to 1985.

Photographs depicting Nova Scotia Agricultural College buildings, barns, and grounds

UA-43, PB Box 25, Folder 5
File
[1905?] - [2007?]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains photographs depicting Nova Scotia Agricultural College buildings.

UA-43, PB Box 40, Folder 4
File
[1966]-[1967]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains four photographs related to the building, naming and opening of Nova Scotia Agricultural College residence Chapman House from 1966-1967. In the first photograph is shown individuals turning the sod for Chapman House, Nova Scotia Agricultural College: L-R: [D.L. Parker], Deputy minister, Hon. I.W. Akerley, Minister NSDAM [Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing], Dr. Wm Jenkins, Principal [NSAC]. Shown in the second photograph is Lyman T. Chapman, the college's 3rd principal, who was a special guest at the opening ceremony for Chapman House. In the photograph he is depicted reading the inscription on the plaque which is installed inside the main entrance. Photo by the Nova Scotia Information Service. The third photograph shows the construction of Chapman House. The fourth photograph is the opening of Chapman House.

Photographs depicting Nova Scotia Agricultural College buildings

UA-43, PB Box 40, Folder 5
File
[1905?]-[1999]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains photographs depicting Nova Scotia Agricultural College buildings. Shown also are individuals posing before dedication plaques naming buildings on campus.

Reproductions of photographs of Nova Scotia Agricultural College principals from 1905-1964

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 33
File
1905-1964

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains five b&w reproductions of photographs of past principals of Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1905 to 1964. Included are: Melville Cumming – 1905 to 1927 ; John Main Trueman – 1927 to 1936 ; Leslie C. Harlow – 1940 to 1941 ; C. Eric Boulden – 1941 to 1946 ; Kenneth Cox – 1946 to 1964.

Reproduction of a photograph of Melville Cumming - 1905 to 1927

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 33, Item 1
Item
[between 1905 and 1927]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Reproduction of a photograph of John Main Trueman - 1927 to 1936

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 33, Item 2
Item
[between 1927 and 1936]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Reproduction of a photograph of Leslie C. Harlow - 1940 to 1941

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 33, Item 3
Item
[between 1940 and 1941]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Reproduction of a photograph of C. Eric Boulden - 1941 to 1946

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 33, Item 4
Item
[between 1941 and 1946]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Reproduction of a photograph of Kenneth Cox - 1946-1964

UA-43, PB Box 1, Folder 33, Item 5
Item
[between 1946 and 1964]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Photographs of Nova Scotia Agricultural College principals from 1905 to 1964

UA-43, PB Box 19, Folder 3
File
1905-1964

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Photograph of C. Eric Boulden (1941-1946)

UA-43, PB Box 19, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
[between 1941 and 1946]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Photograph of Kenneth Cox (1946-1964)

UA-43, PB Box 19, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
[between 1946 and 1964]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Photograph of John M. Trueman (1927-1936)

UA-43, PB Box 19, Folder 3, Item 3
Item
[between 1927 and 1936]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Photograph of Leslie C. Harlow (1940-1941)

UA-43, PB Box 19, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
[between 1940 and 1941]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Photograph of Lyman T. Chapman (1936-1940)

UA-43, PB Box 19, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
[between 1936 and 1940]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Photograph of Kenneth Cox (1946)

UA-43, PB Box 19, Folder 3, Item 6
Item
1946

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Photograph of Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal (1927 to 1936) and alumni John Main Trueman

UA-43, PB Box 2, Folder 32
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Photograph of Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal and principal emeritus

UA-43, PB Box 40, Folder 30
Item
1949

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

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.

The inauguration of Carleton W. Stanley as President of Dalhousie University : Programme of Ceremonies, Capitol Theatre, Halifax, Friday, October 9, 1931

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 18, Item 2
Item
1931

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of issue number 4 of the Dalhousie University Bulletin, a special inauguration number celebrating the appointment of Carleton Wellesley Stanley as the new President of Dalhousie University. Includes the text of speeches by The Right Honorable R.B. Bennett (Canadian Prime Minister, and Governor of Dalhousie), G. Fred Pearson (Chairman of the Board of Governors), A. Stanley Mackenzie (President Emeritus), and Carleton W. Stanley (newly-appointed President).

Kerr, Alexander - Programs and speeches

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20
File
1945-1963

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File includes a program for the Inauguration of Alexander E. Kerr as President of Dalhousie University (November 13, 1945); "Education" (delivered on CBC September 29, 1946); "The Significance of the Reformed Church Tradition for Modern Education" (1948); and other addresses delivered during his Kerr's tenure.

The inauguration of Alexander E. Kerr as President of Dalhousie University : programme of ceremonies, The Gymnasium, Tuesday, November 13, 1945

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 1
Item
1945 November

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of a programme of events celebrating the inauguration of Alexander Enoch Kerr as the new President of Dalhousie University, November 13, 1945. Includes the text of speeches by D.L. Sutherland (President of the Council of the Students), Dean Vincent C. MacDonald (University Senate), George J. Trueman (Chairmain for the Central Advisory Committee on Education in the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland), Lieutenant-Colonel K.C. Laurie (Chairman of the Board of Governors), and Alexander Kerr's inaugural address. Also includes a list of delegates from other institutions.

Dalhousie University : the post-war years, 1945-1963 : President's Convocation address, May 16, 1963, and highlights of the development of the period, by Faculties

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 2
Item
1963

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr at the May 6, 1963 Dalhousie University Convocation ceremonies, about Dalhousie's growth and development in the post-war years (coinciding with Kerr's tenure as President). Item also contains reports submitted by individual faculties about their developments under Kerr's presidency. Includes reports submitted by H.B.S. Cooke (Dean, Faculty of Arts), H.E. Read (Dean, Faculty of Law), C.B. Stewart (Dean, Faculty of Medicine), J.D. McLean (Dean, Faculty of Dentistry), W.R. Trost (Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies), F.R. Hayes (Director, Institute of Oceanography), E.A. Electa MacLennan (Director, Faculty of Health Professions), J.G. Duff (Director, College of Pharmacy), Arthur H. Shears (Director) and Robert M. MacDonald (Dean-elect, School of Physiotherapy), Guy Henson (Director, Institute of Public Affairs), J.P. Wilkinson (University Librarian), K.D. Gowie (Director, Physical Education), and Bruce G. Irwin (Director, Alumni Association).

Some famous lawyers and their contributions to theology : a lecture to the students of the Law Faculty, Dalhousie University, November 12, 1962

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 3
Item
1962 November 12

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of an offprint containing the text of a lecture delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to students of the Faculty of Law on November 12, 1962.

Education : an address delivered over CBC on Sunday, September 29th, 1946

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 4
Item
1946 September 29

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered on C.B.C. by President Alexander Enoch Kerr on Sunday, September 29th, 1946, discussing the importance of making available post-secondary education opportunities for service men and women returning from the Second World War.

The significance of the Reformed Church tradition for modern education

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 5
Item
1948

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to the Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the Alliance of Reformed Churches, held in 1948 in Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, about the integration of Reformed Church/Calvinist principles into modern educational methods.

Anniversaries in Geneva, 1959

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 6
Item
1959

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of an offprint from the Summer 1959 issue of the Dalhousie Review (pages [208]-218), containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr about the the recent celebration of three different anniversaries related to the life and activities of John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland in the sixteenth century.

The future of the individual : the Samuel N. Robertson Memorial Lecture

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 7
Item
[1950]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of an offprint from Volume 30, Number 2 of the Dalhousie Review (1950), containing the text of the first Samuel Napier Robertson Memorial Lecture, delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr.

The Inauguration of Carleton W. Stanley as President of Dalhousie University : Programme of Ceremonies

MS-1-Ref, Box 13, Folder 5, Item 1
Item
October 9, 1931

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is a programme of ceremonies from the inauguration of Carleton W. Stanley as president of Dalhousie University. The event took place on October 9, 1931 at the Capitol Theatre in Halifax.

Dalhousie University Bulletin: Inauguration number

MS-1-Ref, Box 13, Folder 5, Item 2
Item
October 1931

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of two copies of the Dalhousie University Bulletin, Inauguration Number (#4), dated October 1931, from the inauguration of Carleton W. Stanley as president of Dalhousie University. The bulletin contains the program of the event, a photograph of Stanley, transcriptions of addresses given at the event, and a list of delegates from other universities.

Congratulatory scrolls/certificates from various universities to Dalhousie on the occasion of presidential inaugurations and other events

MS-1-Ref, OS Folder 1
File
1896 - 1964

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Speech given by K.C. Laurie, Chairman of the Board of Governors, on the occasion of Alexander Kerr's installation

MS-2-153, Box 4, Folder 1
File
1945

Part of Alexander E. Kerr fonds

Norman Archibald MacRae MacKenzie papers

MS-2-185
Collection
1972 - 1976

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.

MacKenzie, Norman Archibald MacRae, Hon.

Photograph of Norman Mackenzie bust by sculpture Jack Harman