File contains a position paper from the Africville Action Committee; a summary of progress and plan for completion from the Africville relocation study; a research diary from Dennis W. Magill; a memorandum from the Dalhousie Institute of Public Affairs; a page of handwritten notes; and a list of political and administrative questions.
File contains compiled demographic data about African Nova Scotians living in Africville and elsewhere in Haifax. The data is presented in the form of handwritten tables and maps. The data is from a study was conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill in the late 1960s.
File contains five pages of what appear to be photocopied address labels and nineteen pages of photocopies of handwritten notes on addresses in Africville. Information includes owner, number of rooms, condition, type and number of chimneys.
File contains photocopies of city council minutes and reports related to the Africville Relocation Program, including detailing Albert Rose's report. File also contains correspondence.
File contains undated handwritten documents (early-1970s) serving as tables regarding outstanding claims (dollar figures and calculations) as a result of the Africville Relocation Project: 1. Homeowners with additional claims, 2. Squatters, 3. Renters with claims, 4. Property claims, 4 (continued). Homeowners with land.
File contains materials relating to the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's participation in various research projects. Materials include one copy of survey questions for a 2005 study on gender and aggression conducted by Dr. Nancy Bartlett of Mount Saint Vincent University and associated correspondence; one invitation to participate in a study on nursing care for lesbians during childbirth, conducted by Lisa Goldberg of Dalhousie University, associated correspondence, and 1 copy of the project's research proposal; 1 package of information regarding a study on homophobia and heterosexism in undergraduate medical education, conducted by Dr. Frank Blye of Dalhousie University, and associated correspondence.
File contains a transcript of the second half of Don Clairmont's interview with Peter MacDonald. File also includes brief interview summaries and contact information from several participants in the Africville Relocation Study.
File contains notes and manuscripts written by Alexander Murchison and Norris Turner between 1972–1975 reviewing child guidance clinics and group homes in Nova Scotia. File also contains the June 1973 issue of the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers Newsletter, with articles by Norris Turner , Patricia Hardy, Ernie Rafuse, F.M. Fraser, Martin M. Dolan, Linda Isitt, and Barrie R. MacFarlane.
File contains two spiral bound stenographer's notebooks containing handwritten notes about history and Halifax landmarks. Some of the notes are written in shorthand.
File contains one spiral bound stenographer's notebook containing handwritten notes about heritage properties and other topics. Some of the notes are written in shorthand.
File contains three spiral bound stenographer's notebooks containing handwritten notes about Halifax landmarks, including the court house, St. George's church, waterfront buildings, West House, Brunswick Street, the old post office, and Province House. Some of the notes are written in shorthand.
File contains notes, mostly handwritten, about 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 notes include lists of the addresses, names, incomes, and other demographic information about families who were relocated from Africville; information from a past survey; facts about Africville; and other notes about Africville. Many of the notes are written on the back of discarded typed documents.
File contains information regarding meetings about Africville Relocation (with date, location, purpose of, comments related to, and further interviewing information), as well as facsimiles of corresponding news clippings related to
File contains a draft manuscript written likely in the early-1970s (definitely after 1967) by William F. Dawson, about the area around Jacob Street in downtown Halifax, bulldozed to make way for the Scotia Square project (the Jacob Street area was deemed a waterfront slum). The manuscript discusses the parallels between the demolition of Jacob Street and that of Africville.
File contains interview transcripts and outlines pertaining to the Africville Relocation Study, conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill in the late 1960s on the forced migration of residents of Africville. File includes an outline for an interview with Dr Fogo, an interview between Dennis Magill and former Alderman Peter Richards (December 1, 1969), an interview between Magill and Alderman Sullivan (December 5, 1969), an interview between Magill and Alderman James Connolly (December 12, 1969), an interview between Magill and Mayor Allan O'Brien (November 13, 1969), an interview between Donald Maclean and Mr Fred Brodie (January 15, 1970), an interview between Magill and Maclean (November 13, 1969), an interview between Magill and Fran MacLean (November 13, 1969), an interview between Magill and George Davis (December 12, 1969), an interview between Magill and Lloyd Shaw (December 11, 1969), and summaries of interviews between Harry Wells and Jules Oliver, Buddy Day [sic -- Daye] (July 24 and 29, 1969).
File contains interview transcripts and research diary entries compiled by Dennis Magill and Don Clairmont during their research in compiling the Africville Relocation Study, written in the late-1960s on the forced migration of residents of Africville. File includes several transcripts of interviews conducted by Dennis Magill and Don Clairmont with Peter MacDonald, questions between Dennis Magill and Guy Henson about a meeting with Albert Rose, research diaries about meetings with D.A. Fry, Alexa McDonough and others, and a summary of an interview with F.R. MacKinnon.
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].
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 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 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 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 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 two photographs from the groundbreaking of the rehabilitation hospital in Halifax; typed cutlines that accompany the photographs; correspondence with the Canadian Paraplegic Association and Arthur H. Shears; an article called "A Concept of Rehabilitation" by Herbert S. Talbot; several typed drafts of newspaper articles about the rehabilitation centre; a pamphlet about the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre; and a document called "Preliminary Report on Planning for Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Center and Faculty of Allied Health Professions Dalhousie University." The file also includes newspaper clippings from the Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star of articles written by Barbara Hinds about the rehabilitation centre.
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 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 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.
Includes copies of "Seen any buses lately? A Dartmouth handbook on public transit", the Transportation Information Paper "Where Do We Go and How Shall We Get There", and handwritten research notes.
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 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 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 among Dennis Magill, Donalt Clairmont, Guy Henson, Donald Maclean, Kell Antoft, and others, regarding the Africville Relocation Study.