Africville File 10

Africville File 10

 

Recent Submissions

  • Author Unknown (Publisher Unknown, 1993)
    This research paper strives to "analyze the legal and political process of the destruction of the Africville community, the purchase of the homes and land of Africville, and the relocation of the families of Africville by ...

  • MacGregor, Wendy (Unknown, 1993)
    This material for the launch of “The Spirit of Africville” (1st ed.) spans five pages and includes MacGregor’s press notice about the upcoming book launch. It also contains brief notes about the book’s contributors and ...

  • Unknown author (Unknown, 1993)

  • Author Unknown (Unknown, 1993)
    A Nova Scotia fact sheet, prepared presumably by the Wentworth-Colley Research Bureau in advance of the G-7 Summit, asserts that some future residents of Africville previously inhabited the Spanish Shoal in District 1 ...

  • Clarke, George Elliott (New Maritimes, 1993-05)
    An extended review of ‘Remember Africville,’ a 1991 National Film Board video production by Shelagh Mackenzie, 34 minutes.

  • National Film Board (Nation Film Board, 1991-09-21)
    Two discrete material sets include an invitation card to the Halifax premiere of 'Remember Africville' at Queen Elizabeth High School on September 21, 1991, and a program outlining the evening's scheduled activities.

  • The Africville Genealogy Society, The Black Cultural Centre, The National Film Board, Atlantic Centre, and The Art Gallery, Mount Saint Vincent University (Mount Saint Vincent University, 1989-11-04)
    Program from 'The Spirit of Africville,' an event held on November 4, 1989, at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, NS. Includes a reproduction of Ruth Johnson's 'Church Scene, Africville 1949'.

  • Woods, David (Voices Black Theatre Ensemble, 2015)
    Program from the Voices Black Theatre Ensemble's production of “Once – Africville Stories,” held at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax, NS, from September 3 to September 13, 2015.

  • The Africville Geneology Society (The Africville Geneology Society, et al., 1991-04-18)
    Notice of a public information meeting on April 18, 1991, to discuss the proposed road through Seaview Park (site of Africville).

  • Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia (Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, 1991)
    Pages 1, 3, and 5 of this newsletter feature materials on Africville, including its history and celebration.

  • Author unknown (Canada Employment & Immigration Commission, 1989)
    Marginalia indicate that this profile of Lynn Jones was featured in the January 1989 office newsletter for the Canadian Employment and Immigration office in Halifax, NS. The contents highlight Ms. Jones’ recent trip to ...

  • Author unknown (Public Relations Office, Mount Saint Vincent University, 1988-09-19)
    The article discusses the federal government’s approval of a $10,400 grant for the initial funding phase of a proposed travelling exhibition by the Mount Art Gallery.