File contains a photocopy of "A Brief History of the Coloured Baptists of Nova Scotia" by P. E. McKerrow. The front cover says "ARCHIVES COPY _ NOT TO BE REMOVED." The book was used as research material during a study on the forced migration of residents of Africville conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill in the late 1960s.
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).
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.
File contains parts 1 and 2 of the Africville Relocation Questionnaire response of interviewee #116, 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 contains parts 1 and 2 of the Africville Relocation Questionnaire response of interviewee #28, 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. The interviewer was Jacques de Verteuil.
File contains the Africville Relocation Questionnaire response of interviewee #45, 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. The interviewer was Frank Hartigan.
File contains an appraisal of lots 89 and 90 in Africville by Stailing Real Estate Service addressed to Mr. C. D. Smith, Supervisor Property Division, City Hall. Five page typed letter that includes photographs of appraised properties. Annotated. - Report from DeWolf Real Estate for lots 89 and 90 in Africville. Annotated. Two pages typed letter + two pages photo reproductions. File also contains a report from Stailing for lot 140. Three page letter with photo reproduced. Addressed to Mr. C. D. Smith, Supervisor Property Division, City Hall. - Report from DeWolf Real Estate for lot 140 addressed to Mr. C. D. Smith. Supervisor Property Division, City Hall. Two typed pages annotated. Annotated.- Request for appraisal from C.D. Smith to Stailing for lot 140. One typed page. - Request for appraisal from C.D. Smith to DeWolf for lot 140. One typed page, heavily annotated.
File contains copies of published articles and drafts of unpublished articles related to African-Canadian life in Nova Scotia and Canada. File includes selections from "Negro Settlement in Canada, 1628-1965", "Negroes in Canada" (by Harold H. Potter), notes from McKerrow's "A Brief History of the Coloured People of Nova Scotia", "Negro Settlement in British Columbia, 1858-1871" (by James William Pilton), "The Canadian Negro: A Historical Assessment", "From Slavery to the Ghetto: The Story of the Negro in the Maritimes" (by H.A.J. Wedderburn", and "Negroes in Nova Scotia: Bibliography".
File contains two audio reels (0.7 cm tape), recorded by Marvin Burke, documenting black music in Nova Scotia. Tapes include recordings of The New Road Community Group (March 21, 1967), The Easter Sunday Sunrise Service at Seaview Baptist Church (March 26, 1967), and Seaview Baptist Church, Africville (May 21, 1967).
File contains research notes, some correspondence, draft chapters (de Roche on "The Question of the Origin of the Africville Settlement", as well as "The Intercolonial Railway).
File contains papers related to Bernard MacDougall and Margaret Beaton, two interviewers who were involved in case studies of Africville families. The case studies were part of a study on the forced migration of residents of Africville. The study was conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill in the late 1960s. The papers include typed notes; notes about the selection of 20 families used in the case studies; letters sent to interviewers involved in the case studies; a list of households; and the interviewers' recorded impressions of Africville before and after interviewing.
File contains a photocopy of a hand-written document entitled "The chain of land conveyances at Africville on Campbell Road", and includes grant and partial land ownership histories.
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.
File contains a six page typescript marked confidential, cross-referencing code numbers with the names of interviewees for the Africville Relocation Study..
File contains correspondence from the Canadian Labour Congress, National Commission on Human Rights, regarding housing and employment matters, to two residents of Africville who were later human subjects 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 agenda from Halifax city council meeting and draft of a report.
File contains correspondence among Dennis Magill, Donalt Clairmont, Guy Henson, Donald Maclean, Kell Antoft, and others, regarding the Africville Relocation Study.
File contains correspondence between researchers and other people involved 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. Items include correspondence between employees at the Institute of Public Affairs at Dalhousie University (including Dennis Magill and Donald Clairmont) and people from the Halifax Department of Welfare, the Office of the City Manager of Halifax, the family court for the County of Cape Breton, the National Harbours Board, Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Halifax Herald Limited, the University of Toronto School of Social Work, and the Canadian Special Senate Committee on Poverty. The file also contains memorandums from the Institute of Public Affairs; research diaries and notes about interviews; a letter template; an invitation list and list of attendees for a meeting for the Africville relocation study; classification categories for Africville Typology; and a blank questionnaire for the study.
File contains correspondence related to the publication of the Africville Relocation Report, draft tables and contents, and the transcript of a radio interview with Archie Dixon, Don Clairmont, and Gus Wedderburn.
File contains photograph layouts and correspondence regarding the Africville relocation report published in 1971 by the Institute of Public Affairs. File also contains one 8 x 10 in. photograph.
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.
File contains correspondence related to the Africville Relocation Study. The study was conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill in the late 1960s. Correspondence is addressed to and from Clairmont and Magill, from the Institute of Public Affairs, and the Department of Public Welfare.
File contains type-written progress reports and research diary notes compiled by Dennis Magill for submitting to Guy Henson, regarding preliminary work on the Africville Relocation Study.
File contains draft genealogical tables implementing code names for the six main Africville families. File also contains correspondence related to the genealogical table project from Magill to other researchers on the Africville Relocation Study.
File contains correspondence related to the acquisition of the Seaview Baptist Church property as part of the Africville Relocation, and its subsequent demolition.
File contains five 11 page typed forms. Respondents identified by name, address and telephone. Four part document. Only part 3 have been filled in every form. Parts 2 and 3 are entitled Personal Interview - For the Unemployed.
File contains summaries of interviews undertaken by Henry Wells, with human subjects forcibly removed during the Africville Relocation. File contains information about conversations with interviewees #2, 5, 21, 88, 89, 117, and 118.
File contains blank application for municipal social assistance, application for accommodations, and Halifax Housing Authority inspectors' report forms.
File contains facsimiles of Halifax Housing Authority documentation related to several of the interviewees of the Africville Relocation Study, conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill in the late 1960s. File also includes real estate inspection reports. File includes information regarding interviewees #37, 73, 121, 124, and 129.
File contains correspondence from the City Manager and the Housing Authority of Halifax regarding the purchase of properties during the Africville Relocation.
File contains transcripts of interviews from a study on the forced migration of residents of Africville. The study was conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill in the late 1960s. The transcripts are from interviewees #2, #5, #21, #27, #34, #88, #90, #103, #104, #117, #118, #121, and #128; people from the Halifax department of welfare; and other unidentified interviewees. The file also contains photocopies of newspaper articles.
File contains interview summaries and field notes taken related to the Africville Relocation Study. File includes: memorandum, notes, research diary, correspondence, field notes (many of which are handwritten) and research materials.
File contains a 4 page typescript of Political-Administrative Questions (page 4 is dedicated to questions for Alderman Connolly, Alderman Sullivan and Alderman Doyle); a 2 page typescript of questions intended for a city administrator identifies as P.J.M. (likely Peter J. MacDonald); a 2 page typescript of questions intended for H.B. Jones, Welfare Officer, City of Halifax; a 2 page typescript for interview with activist (George Davis?); and a 2 page typescript for interview by Denis Magill with Alexa [McDonough].