Series comprises records created and collected by Richard Apostle documenting his work in the Marginal Work World Research Program, an interdisciplinary and long-term examination of employment and work settings in the Maritime provinces carried out through the Institute of Public Affairs, Dalhousie University. Richard Apostle's research focused on two projects: the General Segmentation Survey, which involved the collection and analysis of private sector employment data across the Maritimes; and the longitudinal Morphology Survey, which sampled low-wage establishments across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and included managerial personnel and employee interviews. Record types include secondary readings and notes; datasets; agreements; recorded interview and transcripts; manuscripts and published papers; meeting records; and correspondence and memoranda.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Kutaw. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village modern.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Joko. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village traditional.
Series consists of records created and collected by Richard Apostle documenting his study of work experiences and career development in the information services field and the emergence of technology. Record types include manuscripts, surveys, a grant application, and correspondence.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for several villages. File includes two hand-drawn maps and several lists of names.
Series comprises records created and collected by Richard Apostle in the course of his study of the impact of individual quotas on the fishing industry in the Maritimes. Record types include transcripts of interviews with fishermen, completed surveys, draft manuscripts, notes, and secondary research materials.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Ilewo. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village modern.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Ikereku. File includes three hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village modern.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Ijeun-Lukosi. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village modern.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Ijeja Kenta. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village traditional.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Idi-Ori. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village.
File contains HOS calculations, a copy of a psychiatric questionnaire, and HOS source card with marginals. Also includes correspondence between Alice Longaker, Veronica Shaw, Laurel Hodgden, and Jane Murphy discussing coding and psychiatric data.
File consists of interview transcriptions. Subjects are Japanese civilians recounting their experience of the atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
File contains correspondence with or about Pendleton Herring. Also includes a program for the Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, information on the Social Sciences Research Council, a questionnaire submitted by the Select Committee of the House of Representatives, and a rail service schedule.
File includes interview notes; Don Clairmont, "Work Innovations in a Public Sector Organization: A Case Study"; excerpts from "Halifax Commission on City Government Special Report"; Don Clairmont, "Squad Visits: An Overview"; and an excerpt of an introduction to community policing written by the Chief of Police.
File contains one blank copy of the final fourth draft of the social data questionnaire for community respondents. Questionnaire is in both English and Yoruba.
Subseries includes Jane Murphy's fieldnotes and personal journals from June to September, 1963. Also includes compilations of respondents' answers to open-ended questions about education and the role of women in their communities.
File contains seven completed feedback forms from a manuscript reading of The Spotted Dog Last Seen and a document regarding gravestone-related comments from Judi Trainor at the Association for Gravestone Studies.
