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Institute of Public Affairs fonds Nova Scotia File
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Meetings on Africville relocation

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

Research data involving interviewee #149

File contains research data involving interviewee #149, 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 #149; an interview transcript; income and rental records; an application from the Housing Authority of Halifax; and reports related to interviewee #149.

Questionnaire - Blank Africville relocation questionnaire for relocation official

File contains a blank "Questionnaire 1: For Relocation Official" form, used during the Africville Relocation Study, used to interview 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. The questionnaire was used to make up the coding manual.

Questionnaire - coding sheets

File contains a handwritten key for coding the data gathered through the questionnaires filled out by human subjects of the Africville Relocation Study, documenting the forced migration of residents of Africville. The study was conducted by Don Clairmont and Dennis Magill in the late 1960s.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewee #88

File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewee #88, 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 conducted by Dennis Magill with Peter MacDonald, an interview summary, facsimile Halifax Housing Authority documents, and other research materials.

Relocation Questionnaire 2 - Code #009

File contains the "Africville Relocation Questionnaire" 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. Interviewer: Paul Hartigan.

Relocation Questionnaire 2 - Code #041

File contains the "Africville Relocation Questionnaire" from interviewee #41, 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. Interviewer: A. Dixon.

Relocation Questionnaire 2 - Code #049

File contains the "Africville Relocation Questionnaire" from interviewee #49, 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. Interviewer: A. Dixon.

Relocation Questionnaire 2 - Code #072

File contains the cover page for the "Africville Relocation Questionnaire" from interviewee #72, 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. Interviewer: J. Guth. Cover only; questionnaire not present.

Research data involving interviewee #121

File contains research data involving interviewee #121, 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 questionnaire response from a relocation official about interviewee #121; interview transcripts; and reports about interviewees #90 and #121.

Research data involving interviewee #124

File contains research data involving interviewee #124, 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 legal and real estate correspondence; the questionnaire response of interviewee #124; interview transcripts; reports related to interviewees #4, #6, #110, #111, #112, #123, #124, #125, and #126; and an acquisition report sent to members of the Sub-Committee of Council on Africville and the Representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee.

Research data involving interviewee #125

File contains research data involving interviewee #125, 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; and reports related to interviewees #125 and #124.

Research data involving interviewee #123

File contains research data involving interviewee #123, 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 questionnaire response from a relocation official about interviewee #123; interview transcripts; and reports about interviewees #4, #6, #110, #111, #112, #123, #124, #125, and #126.

Research data involving interviewee #1

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.

Articles on Blacks in Nova Scotia

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".

Research data invoving interviewee #36

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.

Correspondence and other papers about the Africville relocation study

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.

Correspondence - National Commission on Human Rights

File contains correspondence from the Canadian Labour Congress, National Commission on Human Rights, regarding housing and employment matters, to two residents of Africville who were later 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 agenda from Halifax city council meeting and draft of a report.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewees #98 and #99

File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewees #98 and 99, 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 interview summaries, the transcript of an interview between Dennis Magill and Peter MacDonald, and facsimiles of Halifax Housing Authority documents.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewees #28 and #139

File contains the questionnaire #1 responses for interviewees #28 and 139, 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.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewees #94 and #95

File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewees #94 and 95, 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 facsimile Halifax Housing Authority documents.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewee #91

File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewee #91, 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, as well as facsimiles of Halifax Housing Authority documents.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewee #5

File contains the questionnaire #1 for interviewee #5, a human subject who participated in a study on the forced migration of residents of Africville. File also contains facsimile documents and correspondence from the Halifax Housing Authority, regarding the interviewee's premises.

Research data involving interviewees #92 and #93

File contains research data involving interviewees #92 and #93, 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 reports about interviewees #27, #92, #93, #128, and #140; the questionnaire responses of interviewee #92 and #93; notes about interviews; interview transcripts; staff reports and acquisition reports sent to members of the Sub-Committee on Africville and Representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee; appraisal reports; and legal and real estate correspondence

Manuscript - Last days of Jacob Street

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.

Research data involving interviewee #150

File contains research data involving interviewee #150, 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 #150; reports related to interviewee #150; income and rental records; and applications for accommodation from the Housing Authority of Halifax.

Population Data

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.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewees #46 and #47

File contains the questionnaire #1 responses from interviewees #46 and 47, 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 other research materials.

Relocation Questionnaire 2 - Code #004

File contains questionnaire number 2 of interviewee #004, 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. Interviewer: left blank.

Relocation Questionnaire 2 - Code #052

File contains questionnaire number 2 involving interviewee #52, 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. Interviewer: J. Guth

Harry Wells' interviews with Nova Scotia black leaders

File contains transcripts of interviews conducted by Harry Wells in 1969 and 1970 with prominent black Nova Scotian leaders and activists. Includes transcripts of interviews with William Pearly Oliver, Donald Douglas Skeir, Gus Wedderburn, Carlyle W. Warner, Delmore "Buddy" Daye, Vernon Johnston, Clyde Bishop, Eugene Williams, and others.

Appraisal Reports for properties 89, 90, and 140.

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.

Research data involving interviewee #21

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.

Research data involving interviewee #37

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.
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