File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Joan Stedman, Senior Nurse from the Surrey & Grenfell Mission Hospital in Nain, Labrador. Stedman talks about her work as the only nurse in Nain.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Reverend Michael Gardner, an Anglican missionary in Cape Dorset. Gardner talks about the difference that Christianity has made to Inuit people and how the church got their organ.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Abraham Ogpik about Inuit people being taught the "white man's ways" and the effect on their lives and culture; and Barbara Hinds interviewing Corporal Allen Crawford of the Frobisher Bay detachment of the RCMP about crime.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with George Koneak. During the interview Koneak tells a story about when his family was going hungry.
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 George Koneak. Koneak talks about polar bears, rigid frame and snow houses, fishing programs, and a measles epidemic.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Bob Green, superintendent of the Rehabilitation Centre in Frobisher Bay. Green talks about the history of the rehabilitation centre, the centre's workshops, a young man who was a resident of the centre, and other topics.
File contains a diary kept by Barbara Hinds between September 22, 1960 and October 22, 1960. The diary is typed or handwritten on loose pages of lined notepaper and records Hinds' travels in the eastern Arctic. The file also contains a list of names and birth dates of families in Cape Dorset as of March 10, 1960.
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 Barbara Hinds's interview with Miss Joyce MacKinnon, the home economics mistress at Frobisher Bay Federal Day School. MacKinnon talks about teaching Inuit people about "white man’s food."
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mrs. DeLouite, who is in charge of the Brownies and Girl Guides Frobisher Bay Pack. Mrs. Delouite talks about the girls in the Brownies and Girl Guides, particularly the Inuit girls, and their uniforms. She also talks about two girls, Annie and Lucy, who were selected to go to a Girl Guide camp down south. The interview is preceded by a short recording of a group of women and children talking, probably from a guide meeting.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Bob Green from a rehabilitation centre in Frobisher Bay; and Barbara Hinds' interview with George Koneak about a German measles epidemic.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Alma (or possibly Allie or Ellie) Houston in Cape Dorset. The interview is about Houston's life in the Arctic.
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 a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Father Pieters, an Oblate missionary in Davis Inlet. Father Pieters talks about about the population of Naskapi and others who live at Davis Inlet. He discusses poverty and the infant death rate.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with with Reverend Bill Peacock, who was a Moravian missionary for 26 years in Labrador. Peacock discusses the Inuit language and the way that the government has dealt with the Inuit people.
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 four photographs taken during a trip to the eastern Arctic. The photographs show a ship in Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador; an unidentified man; and a sled.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Robin Craven, an actor in Dawson City, about a musical stage performance called “Foxy.”
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds interviewing Alan Innes-Taylor. Innes-Taylor talks about how he came to Dawson City, his past employment as a police officer, gold mining, the Gold Rush Festival, and other topics.
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 Barbara Hinds talking about a seal hunt that she attended in 1960 Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories. The recording was made for a CBH radio program called "Agenda" and is introduced by an unidentified male announcer.
File contains a map of the Hudson Strait, including northern Quebec, Baffin Island, Ungava Bay, and Hudson Bay. The map shows the soundings in fathoms for this area. There is a patch attached to the centre of the map, either to repair a hole or to make a correction.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mrs. Elinor (Baker) Coakley at the Sunset Home in Dawson City. Coakley talks about her life in Dawson City, her past in Australia, and her past work. The interview is preceded by an introduction by Barbara Hinds.
File contains photographs, negatives, and proof sheets from Barbara Hinds' 1962 trip to the Yukon. Many of the photographs are portraits of people who Hinds met during her trip.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds telling a story about an Inuit woman named Emily who she met during her trip to Killiniq Island.
File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Jean Brain, Maxwell Cohen, Moira Dunbar, F.B. Fingland, John W. Holmes, Terence Armstrong, Neil C. Field, Diamond Jenness, Margaret Lantis, Trevor Lloyd, Michael Marsden, Raleigh Parkin, G.W. Rowley, Gordon W. Smith, Francess F.. Halpenny, R.J Sutherland, and others. File includes the Royal Bank of Canada monthly letter, vol. 46, no. 7, of July 1965, handwritten notes, and other materials related to the subject.
File contains a diary kept by Barbara Hinds from September 6, 1965 to an unknown date. The diary is written in a small, six-ring binder with a plastic cover. The diary was kept by Hinds during a trip to Fort Chimo and other places in the eastern Arctic.
File contains 11 proof sheets of 116 photographs taken during a trip to northern Quebec taken by Barbara Hinds in 1965. The photographs were taken in Fort Chimo, Povungnituk, Sugluk, and Wakeham Bay. Most of the photographs are of residents of those towns. The photographs also show houses, churches, other buildings, construction sites, boats, and cars. Each proof sheet has a sheet of paper attached to it with descriptions of each photograph.
File contains a photograph of Alacee Qingalik, who was a co-star of the film Nanook of the North. The photograph shows Qingalik smoking and holding an ulu knife. The photograph was taken in Povungnituk, Quebec.
File contains a hand-drawn map of Northern Quebec. The map is a rough outline of the province with points that indicate official posts and regional surveys.
File contains a diary kept by Barbara Hinds from August 24, 1965 to September 5, 1965. The diary is written in a small, six-ring binder with a plastic cover. There are a few extra sheet of paper with notes written on them tucked into the back of the diary. The diary records one of Hinds' trips to Fort Chimo and other places in the eastern Arctic.
File contains prints and proofs of photographs taken during a trip to northern Quebec taken by Barbara Hinds in 1965. The photographs were taken in Fort Chimo, Wakeham Bay, Sugluk, and Povungnituk. The photographs include portraits, people at work, children playing, buildings, and scenery.
File contains negatives of photographs taken during a trip taken by Barbara Hinds to northern Quebec in September of 1965. The photographs were taken in Fort Chimo, Povungnituk, Sugluk, and Wakeham Bay. Most of the photographs are of people from these towns. The photographs also show churches, houses, other buildings, construction sites, cars, and boats.
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."
File contains letters from Murray Cunningham about a trip to Nova Scotia for students from the eastern Arctic, which took place from May 20 to May 30, 1972. The letters were sent to guests and hosts for the trip. The letters contain a list of the students participating in the trip, a schedule of events, and addresses and phone numbers of the hosts. Barbara Hinds was one of the hosts.
File contains 40 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at sites around Cape Bathurst and Cape Parry, near Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories. Photographs show examples of Saxifraga oppostifolia, Phlox sibirica, Primula borealis, Caloplaca elegans, among others. Also includes photographs from nearby sites Blackfly Lake and Malloch Hill.
File contains 45 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in the Smoking Hills region of Northwest Territories, taken between 1973 and 1993. Photographs show vegetation along the banks of the Horton River (near Smoking Hills).
File contains 176 photographs taken by Bill Freedman, in the Northwest Territories, on multiple visits from 1973 to 1986. Photographs show tundra scenes (of grave sites, frost polygons, oil spill clean-up sites, and the Native Games), from Tuktoyaktuk, Herschel Island, Cape Bathurst, Inuvik, and Cape Parry.
File contains 73 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at the sites of small, controlled, experimental oil spills near Tuktoyaktuk (Pingo, Point, Meadow, Lupin), predominantly from 1973 and 1974. Also includes some photos from similar experiments at Cape Parry. Photographs document experimentation of regrowth of vegetation in response to small-scale oil spills.
File contains 59 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Norman Wells, NT, between 1973 and 1974. Photographs show views of the Mackenzie River from Norman Wells, of small oil spill sites near Norman Wells, and flora of Norman Wells and nearby Jackfish Lake.
File contains 17 photographs taken by Bill Freedman, around Tuktoyaktuk and Norman Wells, between 1973 and 1974. Photographs show regrowth of Salix glauca, Betula glandulosa, Ledum palustre (among others).
File contains 51 photographs taken by Bill Freedman from locations around Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, between 1973 and 1986. Photographs show plants of the region.
File contains 20 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Harrowby Bay (near Tuktoyaktuk), from 1974 to 1975. Photographs document containment efforts after a small oil spill.