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Cutlines for photographs from McNab's Island

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.

Not a waste of money : [letter to the editor from the Mail Star]

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.

McNab : Wildlife experts to air views : [newspaper article]

Item is a newspaper clipping from an unknown newspaper that contains two short articles. The first article is called "McNab: WIldlife Esperts To Air Views" and is about decisions related to the recreational use of McNab's Island. The second article is called "'A Bit Out Of The Ordinary'" and is about a court case against James Herbert Messervey that was sent to the Supreme Court. There is no author named for either article.

Photocopied map of McNab's Island

Item is a photocopied man of McNab's Island and Lawlor Island in the Halifax Harbour. The map indicates property lines, place names, and the location of houses and farms on the island. The photocopy is spread over two pieces of paper.

Photograph of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald

Item is a photograph of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald. He is wearing a uniform. Fitzgerald's head and shoulders have been outlined in liquid paper or white paint. There are a piece of translucent paper and a sticky note attached to the photograph.

Photograph of the Dempster patrol on return to Dawson City

Item is a photograph of the patrol led by Dempster after returning to Dawson City, Yukon. The photograph shows the patrol's sleds, with the sled dogs still harnessed and lying on the ground. Some dogs have collapsed from exhaustion. A large group of men are watching the sleds from a sidewalk. There is a piece of translucent paper attached over the photograph, with a sticky note on it. A typed cutline and two cutlines clipped from a newspaper are attached to the back of the photograph.

Photograph of the graves of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald and his party

Item is a photograph of the graves of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald and his party in McPherson, Northwest Territories. There are small headstones for Francis J. Fitzgerald, S. Carter, C. F. Kinney, and R. O. H. Taylor on either side of a large stone cross. There is a chain barrier around the graves.

Photograph of the graves of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald and his party

Item is a photograph of the graves of Francis J. Fitzgerald and the three other men in his patrol. The graves are located in McPherson, Northwest Territories. The graves include four smaller gravestones for Francis J. Fitzgerald, S. Carter, C. F. Kinney, and R. O. H. Taylor, as well as a large stone cross with the names of all four men. They are surrounded by a white picket fence. The photograph is covered with a piece of translucent paper and there is a sticky note on the front.

Photograph of a page from the diary of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald

Item is a photograph of a page from Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald's diary. The diary entry shown was written while Fitzgerald's patrol was traveling between McPherson, Northwest Territories and Dawson City, Yukon. The entry mentions that they had to eat one of their dogs. Some parts of the photograph are filled in the with off-white paint. A piece of translucent paper and a sticky note are attached to the photograph. A typed cutline describing the photograph is attached to the back.

Photograph of the will of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald

Item is a photograph of the will of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald, written with a charred stick not long before his death in the western Canadian Arctic. Parts of the photograph are filled in with off-white paint. A typed cutline and a cutline clipped from a newspaper are attached to the back of the photograph. A piece of translucent paper and a sticky note are attached to the front.

Photograph of Inspector W. J. D. Dempster

  • MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 11, Item 32
  • Item
  • Reproduced ca. 1993 (originally created ca. 1911)
  • Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Inspector W. J. D. Dempster, who led the search party to find Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald's lost patrol. Dempster is wearing a uniform. His head and shoulders have been outlined with liquid paper or white paint.

Photograph of the funeral of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald and his party

Item is a photograph taken at the burial of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald, S. Carter, C. F. Kinney, and R. O. H. Taylor at McPherson, Northwest Territories. The photograph shows a priest in white robes, a row of men with rifles, and several other people standing around the burial site behind a wooden fence. There is a piece of translucent paper and a sticky note attached to the photograph.

The Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre

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.

Photograph of George Koneak holding a leather rope

Item is a photograph showing George Koneak wearing embroidered boots and a red plaid shirt. The man is holding a coil of rope make out of leather. The photograph was taken somewhere in the eastern Canadian Arctic.

Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a uniform

Item is a photograph of an unidentified man in an American uniform standing in front of a building with corrugated steel walls. The photograph was taken in an unidentified location in the eastern Canadian Arctic.

Photograph of a white dog

Item is a photograph showing a light-coloured dog standing outdoors. The photograph was taken in an unidentified location in the eastern Canadian Arctic.

Photograph of Mosesee standing next to a boat

Item is a photograph of Mosesee wearing a parka and standing next to a small boat. The boat is sitting in shallow water next to an ice floe. The photograph was taken somewhere in the eastern Canadian Arctic.

Recording of an interview with Major Longan

Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds talking to Major Longan laughingly about what he'd like to say to the public and how he talks to his crew. The recording was made on Independence Day in 1960.

Recording of a Brownies and Girl Guides meeting

Item is a recording from a meeting of the Brownies and Girl Guides Frobisher Bay pack. The recording includes Brownies and Girl Guides singing in English and Inuktitut; Mrs. Delouite talking; Brownies playing games; girls reciting the Brownie motto; girls being enrolled as Girl Guides; and Barbara Hinds talking to Annie and Lucy, who were selected to go to a Guide camp down south.

Recording of an interview with Phil Sacré

Item is a recording of some rumbling sounds, probably from the airport; Barbara Hinds' interview with Phil Sacré from the Carter Construction Company about the construction of the new runway at the Frobisher Bay airport; men talking over a radio asking for permission to blast in a hill; and sounds from the blasting.
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