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Halifax Regional Municipality (N.S.) Universities and colleges--Faculty--Research
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John Godfrey fonds

  • MS-2-575
  • Fonds
  • 1956-1987, predominant 1966-1986
Fonds consists of materials created or collected by Dr. John F. Godfrey while he was a professor at Dalhousie University and President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Material consists of correspondence, course material, lecture notes, videocassettes, shooting scripts and research for History 100 videos, manuscripts, notes, printed material of local history and locations, and meeting minutes and memos from committees, the Faculty of Arts and Science, and the History Department at Dalhousie University.

Godfrey, John F.

Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine fonds

  • UA-12
  • Fonds
  • 1863-1992, bulk 1950s-1970s

The fonds consists of records that document the administrative and operational activities of the Faculty of Medicine. These include general correspondence, minutes (faculty and departmental), financial records, reports, statistics, administrative relationships, program information, course materials, examination records, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, photographs as well as provide evidence of relationships with outside organizations.

Principally, the material is composed of records from the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Medicine. To facilitate access to the collection the materials have been organized into 17 different series.

Dalhousie University. Faculty of Medicine

Alexander Peter Reid fonds

  • MS-13-33
  • Fonds
  • 1857 - 1920
Fonds comprises correspondence with J.G. MacGregor and copies of published articles. Biographical and professional sketches are located in the case file.

Reid, Alexander Peter

Sue Campbell fonds

  • MS-2-770
  • Fonds
  • 1970-2010
Fonds contains records created and collected by Sue Campbell in the course of her work as a scholar and educator in philosophy and women's and gender studies, beginning with her MA thesis research. Record types include research and lecture notes; grant applications; conference materials; newsletters; teaching and course materials; correspondence; and manuscripts.

Campbell, Sue

Murray G. Brown fonds

  • MS-2-802
  • Fonds
  • 1970 - 2019
Fonds comprises Murray Brown's research and teaching-related records, including notes, annotated drafts of papers, presentations and reports, abstracts, correspondence, funding applications and reports, as well as administrative papers and employment records and contracts.

Brown, Murray G.

Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

  • MS-2-744
  • Fonds
  • 1938-2002, predominant 1969-2001
Fonds consists of records pertaining primarily to the professional activities of Elisabeth Mann Borgese, focusing on major organizations and projects with which she was affiliated from the beginning of her North American career in the 1940s. The collection includes correspondence, publications and drafts, administrative records, conference materials, sound and video recordings, research materials, photographs, and other materials.

Borgese, Elisabeth Mann

Photographs of vegetation in barrens and bogs of Nova Scotia

File contains 22 photographs taken by Bill Freedman between 1989 and 2001. Photographs show vegetation at the Murchyville bog (near Moose River, Nova Scotia), a Christmas tree lot in Lunenburg County, the barrens at Polly Cove (Halifax County), and examples of the endangered Geum peckii on Brier Island (Digby County).

Photographs of leaf damage cause by accidental emission of acidic particulates from the Tufts Cove generating station, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

File contains 28 photographs taken by Bill Freedman near the Tufts Cove Generating Station, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in August 1989. Photographs show damage to vegetation (Red oak, pumpkin, cucumber, and tomato) potentially caused by the accidental emission of acidic particulates from the generating station.

Photographs of the destruction caused at Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, by the Brown Spruce longhorn beetle

File contains 68 photographs taken largely by Bill Freedman (but also by Sweeney) at Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 2000. Photographs show aerial and up-close examples of the destruction wrought on the urban park by the invasive Brown spruce longhorn beetle, believed to arrive in the city via the nearby port.

John Frederick Miller fonds

  • MS-2-303, SF Box 44, Folder 24
  • Fonds
  • 1968
Fonds comprises correspondence and questionnaires for merchant seamen completed by Leo Corkum and Harry Delap. The questionnaires were completed in response to an appeal for research data in conjunction with Miller's project with the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England.

Miller, John Frederick, 1924-

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 #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 involving interviewees #146 and #147

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.

Research data involving interviewees #11 and #12

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.

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 #152

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.

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.

Research data involving interviewee #27

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.

Research data involving interviewee #151

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.

Research data involving interviewees #31 and #32

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.

Research data involving interviewees #137 and #138

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.

Research data involving interviewee #34

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.

Research data involving interviewee #35

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.

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.

Research data involving interviewee #142

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.

Case study notes and other materials

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.

Central City Data

File contains population tables, newspaper photocopies, development plans, minutes on public housing projects, and redevelopment project reports.

City Council meeting minutes (1852-1970)

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.

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.

Research data involving interviewee #67

File contains research data involving interviewee #67, 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 #67; an interview transcript; an application from the Housing Authority of Halifax; reports and correspondence related to interviewees #67; and an acquisition report sent to members of the sub-committee of Council on Africville and representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee.

Notes about demographic information and other material

File contains notes, mostly handwritten, about 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 notes include lists of the addresses, names, incomes, and other demographic information about families who were relocated from Africville; information from a past survey; facts about Africville; and other notes about Africville. Many of the notes are written on the back of discarded typed documents.

Research data involving interviewee #64

File contains research data involving interviewee #64, 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 #64; an interview transcript; an application from the Housing Authority of Halifax; reports related to interviewees #64; and a staff report from the mayor and the members of the sub-committee of Council on Africville.

Research data involving interviewee #73

File contains research data involving interviewee #73, 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 application for accommodation from the Halifax Housing Authority; reports related to interviewee #73; legal and real estate correspondence; and a staff report sent to members of the sub-committee of council on Africville and the representatives of the Human Rights Advisory Committee.

Employment Surveys

File contains five 11 page typed forms. Respondents identified by name, address and telephone. Four part document. Only part 3 have been filled in every form. Parts 2 and 3 are entitled Personal Interview - For the Unemployed.

Research data involving interviewees #81 and #82

File contains research data involving interviewees #81 and #82, 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 two responses to a questionnaire from the Africville Relocation Study; a transcript of an interview; and two reports related to interviewees #81 and #82.
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