Series contains material written by Barbara Hinds and material collected by Barbara Hinds for the purpose of research. Written material includes drafts of articles, newspaper clippings of articles, cutlines, press releases, scripts, manuscripts, presentations, and other documents written by Barbara Hinds for the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star, the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, the Antiquarian Society, the Atlantic Advocate, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and other organizations. Research material includes newspaper clippings, photocopies, pamphlets, booklets, photographs, correspondence, and other documents.
File contains a the September 6, 1966 issue of The Norther, a publication from the Northwest Territories. The cover of the issue features a photo story by Barbara Hinds called "When the Tide Comes In: Effects of Nouveau Quebec on Eastern Eskimos."
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.
Item is a collection of notes about McNab's Island that are typed on blue paper with corrections written in pencil. The notes are about the history of the island.
Item consists of two pages of typed notes titled "Lost Patrol." The notes contain information about Francis J. Fitzgerald's extended family, Corporal Dempster's rescue patrol, and Fitzgerald's lost patrol.
Item consists of three pages of typed notes about Francis J. Fitzgerald and the Lost Patrol. The pages are made up of several pieces of paper glued together.
Item consists of five pages of typed notes about Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald and the Lost Patrol. There are many corrections written on the notes in pencil.
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 a pamphlet published by the Friends of McNabs Island Society. The pamphlet is called "To Protect and Preserve: McNabs Island." The pamphlet is about how the area is threatened by a proposed sewage plant. It appears that a membership form that was included with the pamphlet has been detached.
File contains a photocopy of a typed draft of an article called "The San Rafael's last trip round Cape Horn." Corrections were made on the draft before it was photocopied.
Item is the Autumn 1993 issue of The Rucksack: Newsletter of the Friends of McNabs Island Society. The newsletter is edited by Anne Marie Feetham. The newsletter includes some photographs taken on the island and information about membership and meetings.
File contains a newspaper clipping of a letter from a column called "The People Say." The letter is by Norman MacDonald and is called "Worldly Things."
Item consists of a promotional pamphlet created by the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Council (M.A. Wilson, President at the time) titled "The Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre", about the opening of and services provided by the original rehabilitation centre, opened in the late-1950s under the leadership of Arthur Shears.
File contains a manuscript called The First 40 Years: Women in Medicine at Dalhousie University, written by Barbara Hinds on behalf of Enid MacLeod, with corrections by Hinds.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of an unidentified radio program; and Barbara Hinds talking about taking baths in British bath tubs. The recording is preceded by a short recording from an unidentified radio program.
Item is a clipping of a newspaper article written by Barbara Hinds titled "Take Chains Off Elephant In New Home." The article was probably published in the Chronicle Herald or Mail Star in 1967. The article is about the poor living conditions of Balakrishnan, an elephant brought to Nova Scotia by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant.
Series includes reel-to-reel tapes and cassette tapes of recordings made by Barbara Hinds. The recordings include recordings from Hinds’ trips to the Canadian Arctic, recordings made for a TV series, and other recordings. Most of the recordings are interviews. The series also includes Barbara Hinds' tape recorder in its canvas carrying case.
File contains 40 slides of photographs taken by Rosemary Gilliat during a trip to the eastern Canadian Arctic with Barbara Hinds in 1960. The photographs were taken in Cape Dorset, George River (Kangiqsualujjuaq), Port Burwell (Killiniq), and other locations in the eastern Canadian Arctic. The location of many of the photographs is not indicated. The slides show rock formations, vegetation on the tundra, Inuit sculptures, and other Inuit handicrafts.
File contains 73 slides taken in northern Quebec in 1965 and 1966. The photographs were taken in Fort Chimo, Sugluk, Ivujivik, Deception Bay, Povungnetuk, and other locations in northern Quebec, although most slides are not labeled with locations. The photographs show residents of these places, the surrounding landscapes, aerial views, buildings, and boats. The file also contains slides from other dates that may have been taken in Halifax or in other locations.
File contains 100 slides of photographs taken in Labrador in 1961. The slides show people fishing, portraits, buildings, boats, scenery, and Barbara Hinds herself. Most of the slides have descriptions written on them. The file also includes 17 slides taken in an unknown location in 1970, which show Barbara Hinds skating and working outdoors in the winter.
File contains 116 photographic slides taken by Rosemary Gilliat during a 1960 trip to the eastern Canadian Arctic with Barbara Hinds. The photographs in this file were taken in George River (Kangiqsualujjuaq), Port Burwell (Killiniq), Ikkudliayuk Fjord, and Cape Dorset. The photographs show the residents of the towns that they visited, buildings in the towns, the surrounding landscape, forms of transportation, and Barbara Hinds herself.
File contains 130 photographic slides taken by Rosemary Gilliat during a 1960 trip to the eastern Canadian Arctic with Barbara Hinds. The photographs in this file were taken in Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories (now Iqaluit, Nunavut). The photographs residents of the area, ice floes in the bay, buildings in the town, the surrounding landscape, and Barbara Hinds herself. Some of the photographs were taken in Sylvia Grinell Territorial Park and the Inuit community of Apex.
File contains 31 photographic slides taken by Rosemary Gilliat during a 1960 trip to the eastern Canadian Arctic with Barbara Hinds. The photographs in this file were taken in Fort Chimo, Québec (now Kuujjuaq, Québec). The photographs show residents of Fort Chimo, the landscape of the area, and Barbara Hinds herself.
File contains handwritten notes, partially in shorthand, written on lined loose leaf paper. The notes appear to be about court proceedings. The file also includes a report of the trial magistrate from the trial of Lorne Edward Pace, who stole a cake that belonged to the Government of Canada in 1964, and a county court docket from September 1964.
File contains an article written by Barbara Hinds called "Sewers show scientist state of city's health, " which was published in the Mail-Star. The article contains an interview with Dr. Ken Rozee and Dr. Rudolph L. Ozere from Dalhousie University. The article is in the form of a newspaper clipping in two parts.
File contains a map of the resources of northern Quebec. The map indicates the predominant species across the province, sites of mineral resources, sites of hydraulic resources, First Nations and Inuit communities, and airports or other routes for transportation.
File contains a paper written by Hinds for the Antiquarians called "Waverly, Its Gold and Its People"; images the Waverly Gold District that are mounted on numbered sheets of paper; photocopied research material; correspondence with T. Jock Murray; a paper called "Oscar Wilde - Wit, Poet, Playwright"; a document titled "Marble's Immigration Notes"; a booklet titled "Waverly Gold District" by the Nova Scotia Department of Public Works and Mines; a paper called "18th Century in N.S."; a clipping of a newspaper article called "Gold glitters amid dismal markets" by Wendy Stueck; handwritten notes; and printouts of library search results.
File contains typed drafts of articles by Barbara Hinds about herbicides and pesticides; a booklet of the 1967 Nova Scotia Weed Control Act; a booklet called "An Act to regulate the Sale of Products used in Controlling Agricultural Pests"; a newsletter called Science by the American Association for the Advancement of Science; an issue of The Young Naturalist, published by The Federation of Ontario Naturalists; copies of scientific articles; newspaper clippings; and correspondence with the Canada Department of Agriculture Research Branch and the United States Department of the Interior.
Item consists of several pages photocopied from a book titled "Reports and Other Papers Relating to the McPherson-Dawson Police Patrol - Winter 1910-1911 - And the Death of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald and All Members of the Patrol," published by the Royal North West Mounted Police in 1911 and republished in 1919. There is a blank action request form from the CBC stuck to the first page that says "Thank-You. Bruce."
Item is a reel-to-reel tape recorder used by Barbara Hinds. The tape recorder was made in Great Britain by Electric & Musical Industries. The case of the tape recorder is covered in dark green leather with dark green plastic and silver-coloured metal fittings. There is a set of keys tied to the handle. The tape recorder is in a khaki canvas carrying case with a flap that snaps closed and a webbing shoulder strap. There is a flap in the side of the bag for microphone cord. The microphone and its cord are tucked in the front of the bag next to the tape recorder. There are two luggage tags attached to the should strap. One tag is a cabin baggage tag from Nordair Ltd in Fort Chimo. The other tag is a plain tag with Barbara Hinds and George Koneak's names and towns written on it.
File consists of short clips of Barbara Hinds' interviews with pilots in Fort Chimo, Quebec. There are two men being interviewed on the recording but the reel is labeled with the names Michael Ross, Gordon Braley, and Jacques Dumas. The pilots tell stories about being pilots in the north. The recording is preceded by pilot talking over a radio.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Pierre Williamson, air traffic controller; sounds from a helicopter; Barbara Hinds' interview with Mr. Challace (uncertain spelling) about weather balloons; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Wayne Wilson about weather balloons.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Noah Groves about North West River; Barbara Hinds' interview with Joan Cotton about Inuit children and living in Labrador; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Ross King, from Northern Labrador Affairs.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interviews with Mrs. Sam Dodds and her daughter, Marion Dodds in Fort Chimo, Quebec. Mrs. Dodds talks about about her wedding in the Arctic. Marion Dodds talks about her school.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mike Bamblett, a barkeeper, and Albert Bentham, a theatre door keeper. The interviews are about working in Dawson City.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barabra Hinds' interview with Madge Allured, the post master in Frobisher Bay; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Don Sooley from Imperial Oil.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of sounds from an airplane; Barbara Hinds' interview with Jacques Dumas about the challenges of being a pilot in the north; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Gordon Braley about flying in the north.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds describing a seal hunt that she attended; Barbara Hinds interviewing George Clark about seal populations; and Barbara Hinds interviewing Mr. Blanchard being a seal hunter.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Captain Doug Creaser from the Department of Transport about shipping; Barbara Hinds' interview with Keith Robinson, the facilities manager of Frobisher Bay airport; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Pierre Williamson, chief air traffic controller in Frobisher Bay.