File contains a draft report prepared by the Development Department of the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia, outlining the type, age and condition of housing stock, the relative cost of housing, residential densities, special housing and special problems related to housing in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the mid-1960s.
File contains the transcript of an interview conducted by Dennis Magill with George Davis, Human Rights Committee Member, Africville Advisory Subcommittee Representative, on December 12, 1969.
File contains correspondence from the City Manager and the Housing Authority of Halifax regarding the purchase of properties during the Africville Relocation.
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.
