Special Collections

Since its beginning in 1912 the Library has been a depository of highly specialized and general literature and artifacts concerning many aspects of agricultural education, agricultural technology, research and extension in the Maritimes. Materials have been donated primarily by people associated with the College (20,000 items). The collection was formally established in 1983 in the Library (renamed the MacRae Library in 1990). A background history of the Agricola Collections can be read here.

Three rooms on the lower and uppermost level house the Agricola Collections. The Collections contain archival material such as old books, documents, maps, manuscripts, and photographs concerned with agriculture, science, natural resources in Atlantic Canada and Maritime literature. They also contain a large collection of nineteenth and early twentieth century farming and household implements and artifacts. The Agricola Collections may be viewed by arrangement with Library staff.

Selections from the Archives are on display throughout the year on the main level. Specialexhibits are prepared annually for the Alumni Homecoming Weekend in October.

Special Archives Collections Include: