Item is a newspaper article entitled "Barbara Hinds Reports From McNab--An Island Caught In The Crossfire," published over two pages in the March 2, 1967 issue of the Mail-Star. The article is about the history of McNab's Island, its inhabitants, and its potential future. The article includes photographs of old cannons, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant, who are two inhabitants of the island. The photographs were taken by Barbara Hinds.
Item consists of clippings related to the career of Arthur Shears and his work with the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, drawn from the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star, between 1977 and 1990.
Item consists of five newspaper clippings of articles written by Barbara Hinds for the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star related to the construction and operations of the new Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, under Arthur Shears' direction, written between 1975 and 1977.
Item consists of three typed cutlines for photographs taken on McNab's Island. The cutlines describe a pier on McNab's Island and Mrs. Farrant, an inhabitant of the island. Two of the cutlines are the same. The cutlines are typed on thin paper with corrections written in pencil.
Item consists of a newspaper clipping from the May 29, 1976 Halifax Mail-Star written by James Scott titled "Land-locked ark will be scientists' home", about the opening of the New Alchemy Institute Ark in Spry Point, Prince Edward Island.
Item is a newspaper clipping with two short columns. One column is a letter to the editor by M. J. Harvey called "Not A Waste Of Money." This letter is in reference to another letter by Floyd Day about the future of McNab's Island. The second column is called "Nose for News" and is from the Christian Science Monitor. The clipping is from the Mail-Star.
Item is a page from the December 24, 1965 issue of the Mail-Star. The page features an article called "Provincial Conservation, Recreation Association Compiles Chronological History of Controversial McNabs Island." The articles was compiled by F. J. Kelly, the chairman of the research committee of the Nova Scotia Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Association.
Item consists of typed draft manuscript material related to Barbara Hinds articles about the construction and operation of the new Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, written for the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star between 1975 and 1977.
Item is the front page from the November 14, 1975 issue of the Mail-Star. The page features an article titled "Wheelchair Awareness Day: blisters, anger understanding." There is a second article on the page about Wheelchair Awareness Day, titled "Sackville Street like a ski run," written by Barbara Hinds. The articles are accompanied by photographs of Mrs. Constance Glube and Barbara Hinds using wheelchairs.