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Halifax Relief Commission
MG 36 · Fonds · 1917-1978

Consists of records documenting the commission's role in overseeing the expenditure of relief funds and the reconstruction of Halifax and Dartmouth following the 1917 Halifax Harbour Explosion. Records also document the work of the Halifax Relief Committee, which was superceded by the Commission in 1918.

Consists of six series:
• Appraisal Board minutes and other material
• Commissioners' correspondence, minutes and financial records
• Pension claims case files and other material
• Reconstruction committee case files and other material
• Architectural plans for the reconstruction of Halifax and related cartographic materials,
• Halifax Relief Committee minutes, and relief fund record books

Halifax Relief Commission