Nova Scotia Archives Finding Aid - Bridglal Pachai fonds (2003-034, 2009-037, 2014-035) Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.1 Printed: June 30, 2017 Language of description: English Nova Scotia Archives 6016 University Ave. Halifax Nova Scotia B3H 1W4 Telephone: (902) 424-6060 Fax: (902) 424-0628 Email: [email protected] http://archives.novascotia.ca/ https://memoryns.ca/index.php/bridglal-pachai-fonds Bridglal Pachai fonds Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 3 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Arrangement .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Series descriptions ........................................................................................................................................... 4 - Page 2 - 2003-034, 2009-037, 2014-035 Bridglal Pachai fonds Summary information Repository: Nova Scotia Archives Title: Bridglal Pachai fonds ID: 2003-034, 2009-037, 2014-035 Date: 1895-2010, predominately [194-]-2008 (date of creation) Physical description: 4.94 m of textual records and graphic material. Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note Bridglal “Bridge” Pachai, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., D.C.L., is a respected educator, historian and author, born in Umbulwana, Natal, South Africa on November 30, 1927. He was educated in Ladysmith and graduated from the University of South Africa with his Ph.D. in 1963. He taught at universities in Ghana and Malawi, then moved with his wife Leela and children to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1975 to teach history at Dalhousie University until 1977 when he became Director of Saint Mary’s University’s International Education Centre from 1977 to 1979. In September 1979 he took up the post of Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the newly established University of Sokoto, Nigeria. After six years he moved back to Halifax and served as Executive Director for the Black Cultural Centre of Nova Scotia, 1985 to 1989, then for Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, 1989 to 1994. He visited South Africa during its transition from apartheid to democracy, in 1991 and 1995. In 1998 he taught for a year in The Gambia. During his career he was general editor of the “Peoples of the Maritimes” book series for Four East Publications, lectured, wrote 17 books and published numerous articles on Blacks in Canada and in Nova Scotia, South Africa, multiculturalism and human rights education. His books include “Beneath the Clouds of the Promised Land Volume 1 1600-1800” (Black Educators Association of NS, 1987) and “Volume 2 1800-1989" (Lancelot Press, 1991), “Peoples of the Maritimes: Blacks" (Four East Publications 1987, 1993), “Historic Black Nova Scotia" (Nimbus 2006), and two autobiographies “My Africa, My Canada” (1989) and “Accidental Opportunities” (Roseway 2007). For his dedication, his leadership and his experience in improving race relations and working towards greater appreciation of the Canadian cultural mosaic he was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2000. Scope and content Fonds consists of correspondence, certificates, essays, papers, speeches, photographs, research and subject files, newspaper clippings, manuscripts of published books and articles, reports and other Nova Scotia Archives Page 3 2003-034, 2009-037, 2014-035 Bridglal Pachai fonds documentation from universities and associations with which Dr. Pachai was involved. The research files and photographs were used in his books, for consulting work and for speaking engagements as Executive Director of the NS Human Rights Commission and the Black Cultural Centre. Subjects include racism in schools and the workplace, multiculturalism, human rights, the history of African Nova Scotian individuals and institutions, and biographies of prominent members of the Black community up to 2005. Also includes articles on history of Malawi, an unpublished biography of Dr. William P. Oliver, and special event programs and newsletters from the Black Cultural Centre. The contents of the fonds document his academic career, private life, research interests and varied social and community involvements. Notes Title notes Immediate source of acquisition Donated to the Nova Scotia Archives by Dr. Pachai in 2003, 2009 and 2010. Arrangement The fonds is arranged alphabetically and/or chronologically. Conditions governing use Copyright held by donor. Finding aids "File list available.":https://novascotia.ca/archives/lists/bridglal-pachai-fonds.pdf Other notes • Publication status: Published • Physical description: Graphic materials include: 554 original photographic prints, 70 copy prints, 13 digital prints, 1 published photograph, 227 slides, 11 audio cassettes, 7 vhs video cassettes, 2 maps, and 3 computer disks (CDs) containing 89 digital images. Series descriptions Ref code Title Dates Access status Container 2003-034/001-01 File - Ladysmith Government Indian December 1952 Secondary School magazine, Volume 6 2003-034/001-02 File - Ladysmith Government Indian December 1953 Secondary School magazine, Volume 7 2003-034/001-03 File - Sacrificium - Windsor High School December 1957 Nova Scotia Archives Page 4 2003-034, 2009-037, 2014-035 Bridglal Pachai fonds 2003-034/001-04 File - Sacrificium - Windsor High School December 1959 December 2003-034/001-05 File - Sacrificium - Windsor High School November 1964 2003-034/001-06 File - Archives Year Book for South 1963 African History - "The history of the "Indian Opinion 2003-034/001-07 File - The emergence of the question 1961 of the South African Indian as an international issue 1860 - 31st May 1961 / Bridglal Pachai 2003-034/001-08 File - University of South Africa [after 1958] promotional pamphlet 2003-034/001-09 File - University of Natal graduation 30 March 1963 ceremony program 2003-034/002-01 File - Mahatma Gandhi in South 5 November Africa and the birth of the Sayagraha 1960 Movement: 1893-1914 /Bridglal Pachai 2003-034/002-02 File - Twenty-two years of Indian March 1962 technical education in Pietermaritzburg / "Reflections on technical education 2003-034/002-03 File - Mahatma Gandhi and his South 1962 African Journal, the "Indian opinion 2003-034/002-04 File - Africa Quarterly : "South African October- Indians and citizenship: a historical December 1964 survey: 1855-1934 2003-034/002-05 File - Samuel Josiah Ntara: writer and [ca. 1964] historian / B. Pachai / Blantyre, Malawi : Hetherwick Press Ltd. 2003-034/002-06 File - Indentured Chinese immigrant [after 1964] labour on the Witwatersrand goldfields / B. Pachai 2003-034/002-07 File - India Quarterly: "Indentured January-March Chinese immigrant labour on the 1965 Witwatersrand goldfields 2003-034/002-08 File - Transactions of the Historical 1965 Society of Ghana: "An outline of the history of municipal government at Cape Coast 2003-034/002-09 File - Africa Quarterly: "Constitutional April-June 1966 progress in Malawi 2003-034/002-10 File - Proceedings of the Central Africa September 1966 Historical Association Conference 2003-034/002-11 File - The South African Indian question 1967 and the international ramifications in the nineteenth century / B. Pachai 2003-034/002-12 File - Africa Quarterly: "University January-March education in Malawi 1967 2003-034/002-13 File - In the wake of Livingstone July 1967 and the British administration: some considerations on commerce and Christianity in Malawi / B. Pachai / Vol. XX, No. 2. / Hetherwick Press Ltd. Nova Scotia Archives Page 5 2003-034, 2009-037, 2014-035 Bridglal Pachai fonds 2003-034/002-14 File - The South African Indians: internal 1967-1973 and external policies, 1859-1907 / B. Pachai. 2003-034/002-15 File - Mahatma Gandhi and his reform [after 1967] movements in South Africa, 1893-1914 / B. Pachai. 2003-034/002-16 File - United Nations and Southern 1968 Africa / B. Pachai 2003-034/002-17 File - The Malawi diaspora and elements 1968-1969. of Clements Kadalie / B. Pachai for the Central Africa Historical Association / Local series pamphlet no. 24 2003-034/002-18 File - Scottish missions in Malawi [after 1968] and early manifestations of African discontent / B. Pachai 2003-034/002-19 File - Africa Quarterly: "Gandhi and July-September his South African Journal, the "Indian 1969 opinion 2003-034/002-20 File - Seminar: Indians abroad: Asia & 1969 Africa, conference program 2003-034/002-21 File - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi / 1969 B. Pachai / Blantyre, Malawi: High Commission of India 2003-034/002-22 File - The state and the churches in [after 1970] Malawi during early protectorate rule / B. Pachai 2003-034/002-23 File - Society of Malawi Journal: "The January 1971 story of Malawi capitals: old and new: 1891-1969 2003-034/002-24 File - The general elections: historical 1971 background / Vol. 24, No. 1. / Blantyre, Malawi: Hetherwick Press Ltd. 2003-034/002-25 File - Early history of Malawi: "Ngoni 1971 politics and diplomacy in Malawi: 1848-1904 2003-034/002-26 File - History