Africville (Halifax, N.S.)

Records from the Africville relocation project

Subseries
1890-1977

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

Subseries contains records created during a study of the forced migration of residents of Africville. The study was sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Public Welfare, in association with the Department of National Heath and Welfare, and conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill for the Institute of Public Affairs (project number 552-21-2). Records in this subseries primarily document the research activities of Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill that led to the publication of the 1971 Africville relocation report. Materials include genealogical information on former residents of Africville, responses to a questionnaire run by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill , interview files, newspaper clippings, sound recordings, correspondence, and other material.

Photograph of men playing baseball in Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 2
File
[ca. 1948]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains two copies of a photograph of a group of men playing baseball near the railroad tracks in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("'Impromptu Recreation' pg. 3-22).

C. R. Brookbank

Photograph of houses in Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 4
File
[before 1948]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photograph of a group of houses and sheds in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("Almost Like a Rural Community" pg. 3-21).

C. R. Brookbank

Photograph of children picking blueberries near Africville

PC1, Box 44, Folder 12, Item 1
Item
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a group of children picking blueberries in a field near Halifax's Africville neighborhood.

Photograph of a boarded-up house in Africville

PC1, Box 44, Folder 14, Item 2
Item
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a boarded-up house in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The house is next to train tracks.

Photograph of a fire in Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 3
File
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photograph of several fire fighters on the scene of a fire in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("Fire in Africville" pg. 3-23). The photograph is courtesy of The Mail-Star.

Photograph of a well in Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 5, Item 2
Item
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a sign near some houses in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The well has a sign that says "Please boil this water before drinking and cooking." The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("The Wells" pg. 3-24).

Photographs of children playing near homes in Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 6
File
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs of children playing outside near homes in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photographs were used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("Africville Homes" pg. 3-26).

Bob Brooks Illustrative Photography

Photograph of the Seaview African Baptist Church

PC1, Box 42, Folder 9
File
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photograph of the Seaview African Baptist Church in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photograph shows a group of children running across the rain tracks behind the church. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("The Seaview African Baptist Church" pg. 4-22).

Bob Brooks Illustrative Photography

Photographs of train tracks through Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 11
File
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs of the train tracks running Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photographs were used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("Trains and Africville" pg. 5-6a).

Bob Brooks Illustrative Photography

Photographs of children picking blueberries near Africville

PC1, Box 44, Folder 12
File
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs of children picking blueberries in a field near Halifax's Africville neighborhood.

Bob Brooks Illustrative Photography

Photograph of children picking blueberries near Africville

PC1, Box 44, Folder 12, Item 2
Item
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a group of children picking blueberries in a field near Halifax's Africville neighborhood.

Photograph of a demolished building in Africville

PC1, Box 44, Folder 14, Item 1
Item
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the remains of a demolished building in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. There are lines of drying laundry in the background.

Photograph of two people at a well in Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 5, Item 1
Item
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of two people lifting the cover on a well in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The well has a sign that says "Please boil this water before drinking and cooking." The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("The Wells" pg. 3-24).

Photograph of a person walking by a well in Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 5, Item 3
Item
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of an unidentified child walking by a well in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("The Wells" pg. 3-24).

Photograph of children playing outside in Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of children playing on a slide near homes in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("Africville Homes" pg. 3-26).

Photograph of children playing on swings in Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 6, Item 2
Item
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of three children playing on swings near homes in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("Africville Homes" pg. 3-26).

Photograph of a garbage dump near Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 7
File
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photograph of a garbage dump near Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("The Dump" pg. 3-27).

Bob Brooks Illustrative Photography

Photograph of children standing by a train in Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 12
File
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photograph of four children standing next to the train tracks as a train passes through Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("Africville Children and Trains" pg. 5-6b).

Bob Brooks Illustrative Photography

Photograph of the Seaview African Baptist Church

PC1, Box 44, Folder 13
File
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the Seaview African Baptist Church in Halifax's Africville neighborhood.

Photographs of demolished or boarded-up buildings in Africville

PC1, Box 44, Folder 14
File
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs of a demolished building and a boarded-up house in Halifax's Africville neighborhood.

Bob Brooks Illustrative Photography

Photograph of the Halifax Harbour and Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 8
File
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains two copies of a photograph of Halifax Harbour as seen from Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photograph also shows an electrical tower and rail lines. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("The View from Africville" pg. 3-28).

Bob Brooks Illustrative Photography

Photographs of wells in Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 5
File
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs of wells in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photographs were used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("The Wells" pg. 3-24).

Bob Brooks Illustrative Photography

Photograph of a train running through Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 11, Items 1-2
Item
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item consists of two copies of a photograph of a CN train passing through Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("Trains and Africville" pg. 5-6a).

Photograph of a train running through Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 11, Item 3
Item
[between 1950 and 1959]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a CN train passing through Halifax's Africville neighborhood.

Progress reports regarding the Africville Relocation Program

UA-26, Box 102, Folder 13
File
1954-1968

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains correspondence and reports of the Housing Policy Review Committee, as well as reports to members of the Sub-Committee of Council on Africville and the Representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee about the progress of the Africville Relocation Program.

Welfare assistance to Africville residents

UA-26, Box 43, Folder 2
File
[196-]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains forms documenting welfare payment to some residents of Africville.

Central City Data

UA-26, Box 10, Folder 1
File
1960-1970

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains population tables, newspaper photocopies, development plans, minutes on public housing projects, and redevelopment project reports.

Housing and Welfare Applications

UA-26, Box 102, Folder 11
File
[196-]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains blank application for municipal social assistance, application for accommodations, and Halifax Housing Authority inspectors' report forms.

Family trees of Africville residents

UA-26, Box 19, Folder 20
File
[196-]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains six large folding family trees of Africville residents. The family trees are printed on several sheets of paper that are taped together.

Photograph of a meeting taking place in a bedroom in Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 13
File
August 22, 1962

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph taken during a meeting Alan Borovoy, Human Rights Lawyer. The meeting is taking place in a bedroom in a house in Africville. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("Crucial Meeting" pg. 6-13).

Bob Brooks Illustrative Photography

Research materials related to the Africville Relocation Study

UA-26, Box 93, Folder 18
File
[1962-1964]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains research materials and notes related to the Africville Relocation Study, including facsimiles of reports by W.P. Oliver, newspaper clippings, and handwritten mid-19th century genealogical information.

City Council meeting minutes (1852-1970)

UA-26, Box 88, Folder 1
File
1962-1970

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains facsimiles of Halifax City Council minutes on subjects pertaining to the Africville, used as research materials for the Africville Relocation Study, undertaken by Donald Clairmont and Dennis Magill. File also contains correspondence related to the Relocation Study.

Survey of Africville Homes completed by the city.

UA-26, Box 102, Folder 9
File
[1962?]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains facsimiles of city records related to surveys of Africville homes. File includes a key, relating property numbers to the purported owner of the property, and is arranged by those within the Industrial Mile, and those outside the "Expropriated Area".

Photograph of a meeting at the Seaview African Baptist Church

PC1, Box 44, Folder 5
File
1962

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photograph taken at a meeting at the Seaview African Baptist Church in Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photograph shows several people sitting in the church pews while an unidentified person speaks to them.

Bob Brooks Illustrative Photography

Africville meetings

UA-26, Box 102, Folder 7
File
1962-1968

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains typescripts of City Hall minutes, regarding Africville Relocation topics. Each set of minutes is 1-2 typed pages. File also contains meeting of the Halifax Advisory Committee on Human Rights.

Transcript of an interview between Dennis Magill and Dr. Fogo

UA-26, Box 85, Folder 7
File
1962-1969

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the transcript of an interview conducted by Dennis Magill with Dr. Fogo, August 14, 1969. File also contains facsimiles of correspondence regarding a potential outbreak of paratyphoid B due to contaminated wells in Africville, as well as handwritten research notes.

Map of Africville

UA-26, Oversize Folder 1
Item
1962

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

Item is a map of the Africville Area Land Ownership and Buildings, drawn by P.E.J. on July 26, 1962, for the Halifax City Planning Office, at a scale of 1" = 100'. Verso map also contains an inked list of property numbers, some crossed out and others checked off.

Reports of the Sub-Committee on Africville

UA-26, Box 102, Folder 20
File
1963-1965

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains correspondence and reports of the Africville Sub-Committee regarding the possible acquisition and finalized purchase of several properites as part of the Africville Relocation. Properties discussed include #40, 47, 48, 49, 50, 58, 63, 64, 73, 78, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 125, 126, 130, 131

Aerial photograph of North End Halifax

PC1, Box 42, Folder 1, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1964]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is an aerial photograph of Halifax's North End, including Africville. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("'In' But Not 'Of' The City" pg. 3-20).

Correspondence regarding the potential acquisition of property in Africville

UA-26, Box 43, Folder 1
File
1964-1967

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains photocopies of correspondence related to the potential acquisition of several properties in Africville, including properties 20, 41, 42, 43, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 63, 64, 110, 111, 127, and 128.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewee #113

UA-26, Box 77, Folder 11
File
1964-1969

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the questionnaire #1 responses of interviewee #113, a human subject who participated in a study on the forced migration of residents of Africville. The study was conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill in the late 1960s. File also contains the transcript of an interview, and correspondence regarding the acquisition of dwelling #73.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewee #13

UA-26, Box 81, Folder 16
File
1964-1969

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the questionnaire 1 responses from interviewee #13, a human subject who participated in a study on the forced migration of residents of Africville. The study was conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill in the late 1960s. File also contains interview transcript, Sub-Committee on Africville documents, and facsimile documents related to the potential acquisition of buildings 110 and 111.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewee #63

UA-26, Box 88, Folder 10
File
1964-1969

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the questionnaire #1 responses of interviewee #63, a human subject who participated in a study on the forced migration of residents of Africville. The study was conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill in the late 1960s. File also contains the transcript of an interview between Dennis Magill and Peter MacDonald, as well as facsimile Halifax Housing Authority documents.

Aerial photograph of Africville

PC1, Box 42, Folder 1, Items 3 & 7
Item
[ca. 1964]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains two copies of an aerial photograph of Halifax's Africville neighborhood, looking toward the Halifax Harbour. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("'In' But Not 'Of' The City" pg. 3-20).

Aerial photographs of North End Halifax

PC1, Box 42, Folder 1
File
[ca. 1964]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains aerial photographs of Halifax's North End, including Africville. The photographs were used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("'In' But Not 'Of' The City" pg. 3-20).

Bob Brooks Illustrative Photography

Aerial photograph of North End Halifax

PC1, Box 42, Folder 1, Items 1 & 5
Item
[ca. 1964]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains two copies of an aerial photograph of Halifax's North End, including Africville. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("'In' But Not 'Of' The City" pg. 3-20).

Aerial photograph of North End Halifax

PC1, Box 42, Folder 1, Items 2 & 4
Item
[ca. 1964]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains two copies of an aerial photograph of Halifax's North End, including Africville. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("'In' But Not 'Of' The City" pg. 3-20).

Abstract of Title documents relating deeds of Africville properties

UA-26, Box 102, Folder 17
File
[196-]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains facsimiles of "Abstract of Title" documents pertaining to properties at Africville, with deed and boundary information.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewee #129

UA-26, Box 102, Folder 6
File
1965-1969

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewee #129, a human subject who participated in a study on the forced migration of residents of Africville. The study was conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill in the late 1960s. File also contains the transcript of an interview conducted by Dennis Magill with Peter MacDonald, facsimile Halifax Housing Authority documents, and other research materials.

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