seaview baptist Church easter service
Date: 1965
Photographer: Bob Brooks
Image courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives Reference no.: Bob Brooks Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1989-468 vol. 16
Audio: Seaview Baptist Church Easter Service
Audio courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives
Bob Brooks’ Photographic Portrait of Africville in the 1960s

Date: ca.1965 Photographer: Bob Brooks Image courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives Reference no.: Bob Brooks Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1989-468 vol. 16

Date: 23 August 1962
Photographer: Bob Brooks
Image courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives Reference no.: Bob Brooks Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1989-468 vol. 16

Date: 23 August 1962
Photographer: Bob Brooks
Image courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives Reference no.: Bob Brooks Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1989-468 vol. 16

Date: 1965
Photographer: Bob Brooks
Image courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives Reference no.: Bob Brooks Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1989-468 vol. 16

Date: 1965
Photographer: Bob Brooks
Image courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives Reference no.: Bob Brooks Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1989-468 vol. 16

Date: 1965
Photographer: Bob Brooks
Image courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives Reference no.: Bob Brooks Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1989-468 vol. 16
Africville Collection, Halifax Municipal Archives








Early history and landscapes of Africville area

Date: March 16, 1882
Artist: Henry Ash
Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada MIKAN no. 3028648

Date: 1842
Artist: Alexander Cavalié Mercer
Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada MIKAN no. 2834101

Date: 1840
Artist: Alexander Cavalié Mercer
Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada MIKAN no. 2834064

Date: 1837
Artist: Robert Petley
Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada MIKAN no. 2837359

Date: 1835
Artist: Robert Petley
Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada MIKAN no. 2837294

Date: 1793
Artist: Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada MIKAN no. 2895435
Henry Ash sketch of the area around Africville, 1890s

Africville History in Maps



Africville archives material, lynn jones collection








Africville Archaeology – Introduction
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here
Africville Archaeology – Ceramics
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here
Africville Archaeology – Porcelain
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here
Africville archaeology – stoneware
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here
Africville archaeology – bottle glass fragments
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here
Africville Archaeology – bottle glass whole
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here
Africville Archaeology – ARCHITECTURAL Glass
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here
Africville Archaeology – clay pipes
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here
Africville archaeology – buttons
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here
Africville archaeology – coins
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here
Africville Archaeology – faunal material
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here
Africville Archaeology – marble
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here
Africville Archaeology – flint ballast
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here
Africville archaeology – bulldozer tooth
Editing and transcription of audio courtesy of Ania Swiatoniowski, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University. Transcript of audio available here