Archives Catalogue

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folder 4
File
1995-2012

File contains handwritten and typed research notes compiled by Freedman and others, documenting bird counts at McNab's Island, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, between the years 1995 and 2012. File also contains correspondence.

Correspondence related to the Sable Island Preservation Trust

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 13
File
2004-2009

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains correspondence to and from Freedman regarding topics related to Sable Island and the Sable Island Preservation Trust.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency documents relating to the Brown spruce longhorn beetle

MS-2-789, Box 31, Folder 5
File
2000-2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains correspondence to and from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, as well as governmental information sheets .

Sable Island groundwater analysis : [draft manuscript and data sets]

MS-2-789, Box 30, Folder 5
File
2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains Maxxam and Stantec reports relating to water analysis samples taken from several locations on Sable Island. File also includes draft manuscript compiled by Freedman, for Jacques Whitford Stantec Limited.

Brown spruce longhorn beetle task force : [draft manuscripts and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 31, Folders 2-3
File
2000-2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains minutes and notes from meetings of the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle Task Force, managing the response to the infestation of the pest in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. File also contains draft presentations, notes, and summaries.

Correspondence relating to the Brown spruce longhorn beetle : [correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 31, Folder 4
File
2000-2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains correspondence from Freedman and others regarding containment of the pest in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Correspondence is to and from Christopher Majka, Jon Sweeney, Ken Harrison, Stephen King, and others.

Journal and newspaper articles relating to the Brown spruce longhorn beetle : [draft manuscripts and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folders 2-3
File
2000-2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains facsimiles of newspaper articles relating to the containment of the Brown spruce longhorn beetle infestation of Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Otto Wettstein's draft report "On breeding Tetropium fuscum" (for Public Works and Government Services Canada), S. Balazy's draft "The fungus Cephalosporium (Acrostalagmus) lecanii Zimm. as a pathogen of beetle larvae", L.M. Hanks's "Influence of the larval host plant on reproductive strategies of cerambycid beetles", Zenon Capecki's "The occurrence of Tetropium Kirby (Cerambycidae, Coleoptera) and their parasites in Poland", J. Sweeney, L. Humble, and E. Allen's "Assessment of the Bruks chipper for phytosanitary production of chips free of live Tetropium spp. and other insects", Christopher Majka and Jan Klimaszewski's "Phloeocharis subtilissima Mannerheim (Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae) and Cephennium gallicum Ganglbauer (Scydmaenidae) new to North America: a case study in the introduction of exotic Coleoptera to the port of Halifax, with new records of other species", and other Brown spruce longhorn beetle reports and articles.

Other studies on Point Pleasant Park and the Brown spruce longhorn beetle : [manuscripts and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folder 1
File
1995-2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains manuscript reports dealing with the health of Point Pleasant Park and the containment of the Brown spruce longhorn beetle. File contains the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources "1994/95 Spruce Beetle Damage Survey" (Mike LeBlanc and Bob Guscott), the "Point Pleasant Park Forest Health Survey, June 8-10, 2000" (Guscott), two draft manuscripts of "Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle" (Plant Health Risk Assessment Unit, Science Division; September 1999 and June 2000), the Halifax Regional Municipality "Point Pleasant Park, Park and Urban Forest Master Plan" (November 18, 1998), and other fact sheets (Friends of Point Pleasant Park and Environment Canada) and presentation drafts.

Brown spruce longhorn beetle : an invasive forest pathogen in the Halifax Regional Municipality : [draft manuscript and transparencies]

MS-2-789, Box 31, Folder 1
File
[early-2000s]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains a draft manuscript written by Freedman in the early 2000s. File also contains transparencies of the same report, including some colour photograph facsimiles.

Photographs of vegetation in barrens and bogs of Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 6
File
1989-2002

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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).

Airphoto assessment of changes in plant cover on Sable Island, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscripts]

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 13
File
1996-2001

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains two draft reports by Freedman, tracking changes of Sable Island vegetation, in 1996 and 2001.

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

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 13
File
2000

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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.

Research notes related to tree counts at locations in Fairview and South End Halifax

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 9
File
[1990s?]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains handwritten research notes of tree counts at select street locations throughout South End Halifax and Fairview, Nova Scotia.

Inventory of ecological values on McNab's Island, Halifax County : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 1
File
1996

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript compiled by Freedman and others in the Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, prepared for Parks Canada.

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 6
File
1995

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains raw data notes compiled by Sean Love and Barb O'Neil and collected by Freedman, documenting tree counts at eight sites in Point Pleasant Park and eight sites in Fleming Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, in early May 1995.

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 8
File
[1995]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains handwritten notes regarding biomass equations, and applying the equations to house redesign in Halifax.

Tree biomass and carbon storage in selected urban areas of Halifax, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 7
File
[1995]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by Barbara O'Neil and Sean Love, for Freedman, heavily annotated by Freedman. File also contains a manuscript of a similar study undertaken in Chicago.

Aquatic effects of restoration of a water-control structure on the outflow of Webber Lake, Halifax County, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 27, Folder 2
File
1992-1993

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft report written by Freedman with Paul Mandell, prepared for Sackville Hydro Power Inc., care of L.E. Powell and Company, Ltd., Engineers and Builders. File also includes correspondence, data and maps.

Final report to Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. on vegetation and soil survey :[ draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folder 5
File
1991

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript report compiled by Freedman and others for the consultancy firm Jacques Whitford Environment Ltd. File also contains a large folding facsimile map and annotated tables of flora from sites on McNabs Island.

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

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 4
File
1989

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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.

Biological survey of Conrad Island, N.S. : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 7
File
[1988?]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscripts written by Freedman and J. Stewart for the Nova Scotia Bird Society. File also contains supplemental articles, correspondence, photographs and negatives. Conrad Island is near Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Vegetation and phytogeography of Sable Island, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 9
File
1982-1985

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript by Freedman, with P.M. Catling and Z.Lucas, for Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, volume 34, parts 3-4. File also contains the draft manuscript entitled "The vegetation of Sable Island", as well as correspondence and photo negatives.

Comparison of the characteristics of an acidic eutrophic, and an acidic oligotrophic lake near Halifax, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 8
File
1984

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman, with J. Kerekes, G. Howell, and P. Clifford, for the Water Pollution Research Journal of Canada, volume 19, number 1. File also includes reviewer comments and data sets. The two lakes surveyed are Drain Lake and Little Springfield Lake.

Status of the Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, in Halifax and Lunenburg Counties, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 2
File
1983

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with Erick Greene, for Canadian Field-Naturalist, volume 100, number 4. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.

Photographs of the flora, fauna, and buildings on Sable Island, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10
File
1981-1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 77 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, over several visits between 1981 and 1982. Photographs show vegetation, brackish ponds, aerial surveys, wild horses, as well as some of the researchers. File also includes 3 transparencies.

Lead and zinc contamination of roadside soil and vegetation in Halifax, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 20, Folder 7
File
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript of an article written by Freedman and J.M. Dale for the Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, volume 32. File also includes two hand-drawn charts and correspondence.

Survey of aquatic macrophytes in three lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : 1981 progress report : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 6
File
1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript report written by Freedman and C. Stewart, for the Canadian Wildlife Service via the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies and the Department of Biology, Dalhousie.

Correspondence regarding permissions for the Africville Relocation Study

UA-26, Box 90, Folder 6
File
1969-1974

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains correspondence relative to obtaining permissions to use articles and photographs for the Africville Relocation Study.

Correspondence and memorandums regarding the Africville Relocation Study

UA-26, Box 85, Folder 21
File
1970-1973

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains correspondence among Dennis Magill, Donalt Clairmont, Guy Henson, Donald Maclean, Kell Antoft, and others, regarding the Africville Relocation Study.

Copies of CBC radio program "Between Ourselves They Endured"

UA-26, Box 118, Folder 3
File
[1971?]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains two audio reels ( ¼ in. tape) containing recordings of "They Endured"

Transcript of an interview between Dennis Magill and Marvin Burke

UA-26, Box 85, Folder 1
File
1969-1971

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the transcript of an interview conducted by Dennis Magill with Marvin Burke, November 23, 1971, on the subject of the Easter Sunrise Service in Africville. File also contains a partial interview transcript between Magill and Bob Grant, as well as a question sheet.

Unidentified audio reel

UA-26, Box 118, Folder 2
File
[1971?]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains one audio reel ( ¼ in. tape), possibly containing interviews with or by social worker Marvin Burke, regarding the Africville relocation.

Photocopies of extracts from Registry of Deeds

UA-26, Box 86, Folder 1
File
[1971]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains facsimiles of handwritten notes detailing information from the registry of deeds of Africville properties.

Photocopies of extracts from Registry of Deeds

UA-26, Box 114, Folder 8
File
[1971]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains photocopies of Africville deed information. File also contains correspondence from John E. de Roche to the Institute of Public Affiars.

UA-26, Box 114, Folder 10
File
[1970]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains draft genealogical tables implementing code names for the six main Africville families. File also contains correspondence related to the genealogical table project from Magill to other researchers on the Africville Relocation Study.

Chain of land conveyances at Africville on Campbell Road

UA-26, Box 109, Folder 6
File
[1970?]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains a photocopy of a hand-written document entitled "The chain of land conveyances at Africville on Campbell Road", and includes grant and partial land ownership histories.

Relocation Questionnaire 3 - Code #30-39, #41-67 & #133

UA-26, Box 96, Folder 4
File
[1970?]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the questionnaire #3 responses from interviewees #30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, and 133, 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.

Central City Data

UA-26, Box 10, Folder 1
File
1960-1970

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

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

Interview outlines

UA-26, Box 109, Folder 7
File
[1970?]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains a 4 page typescript of Political-Administrative Questions (page 4 is dedicated to questions for Alderman Connolly, Alderman Sullivan and Alderman Doyle); a 2 page typescript of questions intended for a city administrator identifies as P.J.M. (likely Peter J. MacDonald); a 2 page typescript of questions intended for H.B. Jones, Welfare Officer, City of Halifax; a 2 page typescript for interview with activist (George Davis?); and a 2 page typescript for interview by Denis Magill with Alexa [McDonough].

Relocation Questionnaire 3 - Code #113-152

UA-26, Box 96, Folder 6
File
[1970?]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the questionnaire #3 responses from interviewees #113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 136, 137, 140, 141, 142, 143, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 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.

City Council meeting minutes (1852-1970)

UA-26, Box 88, Folder 1
File
1962-1970

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

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.

Relocation Questionnaire 3 - Code #1-28 & #139

UA-26, Box 96, Folder 3
File
[1970?]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File includes questionnaire #3 responses from interviewees #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 139, 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.

Relocation Questionnaire 3 - Code #72-112 & #135

UA-26, Box 96, Folder 5
File
[1970?]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the questionnaire #3 responses from interviewees 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 100 ,111, 112, and 135, 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.

Outstanding claims stemming from the Africville Relocation Project

UA-26, Box 96, Folder 7
File
[1970?]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

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.

Welfare assistance to Africville residents

UA-26, Box 43, Folder 2
File
[196-]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains forms documenting welfare payment to some residents of Africville.

Summary of an interview with Al Borovoy

UA-26, Box 85, Folder 11
File
[1969?]

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the summary of an interview, likely conducted by Dennis Magill, with Al Borovoy, Director, Canadian Civil Liberties Associations, in Toronto on November 14th, regarding the Africville relocation.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewee #113

UA-26, Box 77, Folder 11
File
1964-1969

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the questionnaire #1 responses of interviewee #113, 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, and correspondence regarding the acquisition of dwelling #73.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewees #115 and #116

UA-26, Box 102, Folder 5
File
1966-1969

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the questionnaire 1 responses from interviewees #115 and 116, 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 conducted by Dennis Magill with Peter MacDonald, interview summaries, and facsimile real estate documents.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewee #13

UA-26, Box 81, Folder 16
File
1964-1969

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the questionnaire 1 responses from interviewee #13, 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 interview transcript, Sub-Committee on Africville documents, and facsimile documents related to the potential acquisition of buildings 110 and 111.

Questionnaire 1 responses from interviewee #63

UA-26, Box 88, Folder 10
File
1964-1969

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the questionnaire #1 responses of interviewee #63, 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 facsimile Halifax Housing Authority documents.

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