Item consists of a typescript copy of an article prepared by Carleton Stanley discussing the "disgracefully large proportion of Halifax houses [that] may be called 'slum dwellings'" and the general poor state of "housing conditions in Halifax", stating that "Halifax [...] would seem to have had very little town planning" and condemning city contractors for their construction of subpar "so-called houses". The piece was submitted to Mr. Gaul of the Halifax Chronicle.

Item consists of a collection of comments, likely compiled by R.A. Cluney in 1965, stemming from a staff report to Halifax City Council related to an application from Dalhousie University to rezone some areas of its South End holdings as part of the Campus Development Plan.