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 a six page typescript marked confidential, cross-referencing code numbers with the names of interviewees for the Africville Relocation Study..
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 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 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 research data involving interviewee #36, 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 #36; an interview transcript; income and rental records; applications from the Halifax Housing Authority; reports about interviewees #30 and #36; 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 #35, 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 two questionnaire responses from interviewee #35, one incomplete; an interview transcript; reports related to interviewee #35;and copies of handwritten notes.
File contains research data involving interviewee #34, 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 #34; interview transcripts; copies of an application for accommodation and other documents from the Housing Authority of Halifax; reports related to interviewee #34; 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 interviewees #137 and #138, 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 includes the questionnaire response of interviewee #137; an interview transcript; reports related to interviewees #137 and #138; and a staff report for the members of the sub-committee of Council on Africville and the Representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee.
File contains research data involving interviewees #31 and #32, 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 includes the questionnaire responses of interviewees #31 and #32; interview transcripts; income and rental records and other documents from the Housing Authority of Halifax; reports related to interviewees #31, #32, #37, and #143; and staff 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 research data involving interviewee #27, 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 #27; an interview transcript; reports related to interviewee #27, #92, #128, and #140; staff reports and acquisition reports sent to members of the Sub-Committee of Council on Africville and the Representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee; and legal correspondence.
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 #152, 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 reports about interviewee #152; an acquisition report 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 #152; income and rental records; copies of applications and reports from the Housing authority of Halifax; and copies of real estate and legal correspondence.
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 interviewees #11 and #12, 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 includes two responses to a questionnaire from the Africville Relocation Study; three interview transcripts; reports related to interviewees #11, #12, #13, #16, #19, #25, #50, #53, #110, #124, #132, #136, and #148; legal and real estate correspondence; staff reports sent to members of the sub-committee of council on Africville and the representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee; and other reports.
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 research data involving interviewees #146 and #147, 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 includes the questionnaire responses of interviewees #146 and #147; an interview transcript; applications and reports from the Housing Authority of Halifax; and reports related to interviewees #5, #146, and #147.
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 research data involving interviewee #1, 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 #1; an interview transcript; an application from the Housing Authority of Halifax; and a staff report sent to members of the Sub-Committee on Africville and Representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee.
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 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 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.
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.
File contains textual records pertaining to the history of pharmacy in Prince Edward Island, including magazine, journal and newspaper articles, research papers, notes, and lists.
Series comprises records generated through Susan Sherwin's committee activities, including writing reports, and provides context for her work on and with university committees and research associations, as well as for her engagement in university curriculum reform and advocacy of feminism and women's rights.
Subseries comprises files of meeting minutes, statistical data, studies, notes and reports produced by the President's Ad Hoc Committee on Comparability of Male and Female Academics, chaired by Susan Sherwin between 1975 and 1989.
