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Institute of Public Affairs fonds

  • UA-26
  • Fonds
  • 1890-1996

Fonds consists of textual records created and accumulated by various groups and organizations within the Institute of Public Affairs.. Records include articles, correspondence, minutes, memos, newspaper and magazine clippings, interviews, field notes, pamphlets and reports. Many of the documents pertain to the internal operations of the IPA.

The fonds also contains research proposals and reports related to energy, community growth, urban and rural development, labour studies, education, economic and industrial development, the medical sector and housing. There is significant work on the health, employment and economic status of African Nova Scotians.

The fonds also contains reference material kept by the IPA in its corporate library, which was used in the research and drafting of various reports.

Dalhousie University. Institute of Public Affairs

Reports of the Sub-Committee on Africville

File contains correspondence and reports of the Africville Sub-Committee regarding the possible acquisition and finalized purchase of several properites as part of the Africville Relocation. Properties discussed include #40, 47, 48, 49, 50, 58, 63, 64, 73, 78, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 125, 126, 130, 131

Settlement Sheets related to the Africville Relocation Project

File contains a five-page document outlining furniture allowance expenditures to Africville relocatees, a one page typed letter advising Members or the Sub-Committee of Council on Africville and the Representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee on the subject of Furniture Allowance as compensation for residents of Africville who do not own property, as well as a document entitled "Children’s Hospital Africville Residents" with a name column and an amount column (two pages, typed).

Settlements to persons not in Africville at time of relocation

File contains legal and real estate correspondence about settlements for Africville properties that were owned by people who did not live in Africville at the time of relocation. The file includes staff reports sent to members of the Sub-Committee of Council on Africville and the Representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee; forms with information about amounts paid for settlements; some handwritten notes; and other related documents. Some of the correspondence and reports refer to interviewees #27, #29, #30, #45, #92, #101, #102, #128, #140, #144, and #145.

Transcript of an interview between Dennis Magill and interviewee 117

File contains the partial transcript of an interview conducted by Dennis Magill with interviewee #117, a human subject who participated in a study on the forced migration of residents of Africville. There is evidence that part of the interview transcript may be missing, as there is damage to the upper left corner where a staple once was.

Research data involving interviewee #127

File contains research data involving interviewee #127, 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 #127; interview transcripts; and copies of an application for accommodation and other documents from the Housing Authority of Halifax.

Research data involving interviewee #128

File contains research data involving interviewee #128, 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; income and rental records from the Halifax Housing Authority; reports about interviewee #128; legal and real estate correspondence; a staff report about a possible acquisition; and an agreement of purchase and sale.

Research data involving interviewee #131

File contains research data involving interviewee #131, 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; reports and notes about interviewee #131; and a staff report about a possible acquisition.
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