File contains a photograph of an empty construction lot in Halifax, possibly on the former site of Africville. The photograph was used in Donald Clairmont's "Africville Relocation Report" ("New Land Usage" pg. 5-2a).
File contains a photograph taken at a reunion of Africville residents at Seaview Park. The photograph shows a large crowd of people sitting in rows of folding chairs in the park.
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).
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).
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).
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).
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.
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).
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.
Item is a photograph taken on the former location of Halifax's Africville neighborhood. The photograph shows a dump truck parked in an empty lot near the shore.
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.
File contains facsimiles of Africville students' register of attendance, general register, and summary statistics, containing data between 1890 and 1951.
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 consists of a catalogue for the exhibition 'Paintings by Guido Molinari', organized by Dalhousie Art Gallery for circulation through the Atlantic Provinces Art Circuit (APAC). The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie in 1972.
The catalogue contains a photograph of Molinari, a biography, a catalogue of works, and an artist statement.
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 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, 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 ca. 50 newspaper clippings, predominantly from Halifax newspapers, pertaining to Black human rights issues at the same time as the Africville Relocation Project.
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
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.
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 is an audio reel containing an interview with Faith Nolan on her albums Africville and Sistership. Hosted by Carol Millett of CKDU's radio program Women's Time, the interview contains recordings of her songs "Emancipation Day" from Africville and "Oh Freedom" from Sistership. The interview was aired in November 1986 and was rebroadcast March 8, [1987] at 3 pm; March 18, [1987]at 6 pm; May 30, [1987] at 4 pm; and November 25, 1997 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.
File is an audio reel containing an interview with researcher Dwayne Provo about an exhibition on Africville at Mount Saint Vincent University in October 1988. Provo spoke with CKDU's Lisa Monk about the exhibition. The interview aired August 29, 1988 and was rebroadcast July 21, 1989 on The Evening Affair.
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 correspondence from the City Manager and the Housing Authority of Halifax regarding the purchase of properties during the Africville Relocation.
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 blank application for municipal social assistance, application for accommodations, and Halifax Housing Authority inspectors' report forms.
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.