This fonds consists of records related to theatre history in Nova Scotia which were collected by Best while researching his M.A. thesis. The fonds includes photographs and negatives of local theatres (including Neptune, the Orpheus, and the Capitol) and various programs, advertisements, and articles related to them. The fonds also includes photocopies of a series of articles Best wrote for the Halifax Mail Star on the history of theatre in Nova Scotia, as well as some other miscellaneous research notes. Photographic materials include 41 negatives and 62 printed photographs.
Fonds consists of: the correspondence and comments relating to Peter B. Waite's books "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 1 & 2", includes financial information relating to the publication; the interviews, analogues and correspondence relating to Peter B. Waite's book "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol.2" ; the research material for Peter B. Waite's "Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol.1.", including notes from the Dalhousie Gazette, President's reports, yearbooks, President's Office and departmental files and the private manuscripts of professors and administrators; photographs relating to Peter B. Waite's books "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vols. 1 & 2"; the manuscripts of Peter B. Waite's "Lives of Dalhousie University, Volume Two, 1925-1980" , including the table of contents, preface and introduction; Chapters 1-12; and the appendices; general correspondence of Peter B. Waite, covering the period 1949 to 1980. Includes a few clippings; academic files of Peter B. Waite, including correspondence; reports; examination questions; Dalhousie University Faculty Council meeting documents and various committee documents.; Peter B. Waite's book manuscript for "CANADA 1874-1896: ARDUOUS DISTINY"; photographs of Dalhousie University; and a personal diaries collection for the period 1925-1963, thought to be his mothers.
File contains Peter Waite's notes from an interview with Arthur Shears of December 27, 1995, as well as a copy of related correspondence between Waite and Shears of December 28, 1995.
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 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 research data involving interviewee #21, 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 includes the questionnaire response of interviewee #21; interview transcripts; copies of income and rental records and other documents from the Halifax Housing Authority; correspondence to and from P. J. MacDonald; a copy of a will; and a staff report sent to members of the Sub-Committee of Council on Africville and the Representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee.
File contains research data involving interviewee #37, 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 includes the questionnaire response of interviewee #37; interview transcripts; copies of an application for accommodation and other documents from the Housing Authority of Halifax; reports related to interviewee #37; and staff and acquisition reports sent to members of the Sub-Committee of Council on Africville and the Representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee.
File contains research data involving interviewee #151, 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 includes acquisition reports sent to members of the Sub-Committee of Council on Africville and the Representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee; the questionnaire response of interviewee #151; an interview transcript; reports related to interviewee #151; and an application for accommodation from the Housing Authority of Halifax.
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 research data involving interviewee #142, 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 includes the questionnaire response of interviewee #142; an interview transcript; an application from the Housing Authority of Halifax; and reports related to interviewees #46, #47, #85, #86, and #142.
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 research data involving interviewee #90, 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 includes a response to a questionnaire from the Africville Relocation Study; a transcript of an interview; an reports related to interviewees #90 and #121.
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 the transcript of an interview conducted by Dennis Magill with Mr. H. Bond Jones, a welfare officer for the city of Halifax, on October 7, 1969, regarding the Africville Relocation Project. File also contains the summary of an interview conducted with Jones in August of the same year, as well as a list of questions and facsimile newspaper clippings.
File contains the questionnaire #1 responses of interviewee #110, 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, summaries of meetings with the interviewee, and facsimile Halifax Housing Authority documents.
File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewee #60, 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 correspondence from the interviewee and the Halifax Housing Authority, as well as facsimiles of Housing Authority documents.
File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewees #24 and 25, two 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 the transcripts of two interviews between Dennis Magill and Peter MacDonald, and other research materials.
File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewee #107, 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 facsimile health and property acquisition documents, and typed research notes.
File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewees #74 and 75, two 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 an interview transcript, correspondence, and Sub-Committee on Africville documents regarding the acquisition of property #69.
File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewees #76 and 77, two 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 the transcript of an interview between Dennis Magill and Peter MacDonald, as well as facsimiles of Halifax Housing Authority documents, and other research material.
File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewees #61 and 62, two 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 the transcript of an interview between Dennis Magill and Peter MacDonald, as well as facsimiles of Sub-Committee of Council on Africville and Human Rights Advisory Committee documents.
File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewee #9, 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 an interview transcript, correspondence, and facsimiles of Halifax Housing Authority documents.
File contains the questionnaire #1 responses of interviewee #114, a Numbered file 114, 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 the questionnaire, correspondence regarding the acquisition of property #25, and the transcript of an interview about the case.
File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewee #59, 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 an interview transcript and facsimiles of Halifax Housing Authority documents.
File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewee #78, 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 an interview transcript, correspondence, and facsimiles of Halifax Housing Authority documents.
File contains the results of questionnaire #1 completed by interviewee #50, a human subject who participated in a study on the forced migration of residents of Africville. File also interview transcript, notes and research materials
File contains the transcripts of three interviews conducted by Dennis Magill with Peter MacDonald in July 1968, regarding the Africville relocation. The topics of these interviews are: 1. Community Organization and the Mechanics of Relocation; 2. The Relocation Process and the Problems of Relocation; 3. The Map of Africville.
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.