File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mr. Morris about his boat in Lower Savage Island; Barbara Hinds talking about the journey to Pangnirtung; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Ross Peyton, Manager of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds interviewing Mr. Morris while he is hauling up an anchor before leaving Lower Savage Island for Pangnirtung, Nunavut. Hinds asks Morris about sailing conditions. The interview is followed by Barbara Hinds talking about the journey to Pangnirtung on the Rupertsland and the firing of a cannon at Pangnirtung.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Ross Peyton, the Hudson's Bay Company manager in Pangnirtung. Peyton talks about the economy and whaling industry at Pangnirtung.
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 interviewing Max Budgell, a northern service officer in Port Burwell. Budgell talks about the char fishery co-op and the journey to Sept-Iles.
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 George Koneak. During the interview Koneak tells a story about when his family was going hungry.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording children singing the alphabet and other songs in school; children yelling while playing in a water hole; children singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"'; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Joan Ryan, a school teacher in George River, about what it’s like to teach up North.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Mrs. Dodds talking to her daughter Marion over a two-way radio; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Mrs. Sam Dodds in Fort Chimo about about teaching Inuit women to cook with new foods and make handicrafts.
Item is a recording of Mrs. Sam Dodds talking to her daughter Marion over a two-way radio. Marion is at school in George River. They talk about cookies and boots that Marion would like to have sent to her.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mrs. Sam Dodds in Fort Chimo, Quebec. Mrs. Dodds talks about teaching Inuit women to cook with new foods and make handicrafts.
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 Frobisher Bay general contractor Bryan Pearson; and Barbara Hinds' Interview with Mr. Graves about carpentry and other vocational training at Apex Hill school.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Bryan Pearson, a general contractor in Frobisher Bay. Pearson tells a story about a disaster while baking bread. He also talks about the challenges of building houses in Frobisher Bay.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mr. Graves, the principal of the school in Frobisher Bay. Graves talks about woodworking and other vocational training at the rehabilitation centre in Apex Hill. The recording includes sounds of students working in the wood shop.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mrs. Sam Dodds. Mrs. Dodds talks about when she first got married and moved up north to Port Harrison. She also talks about the challenges of living up north, including food, receiving visitors, and schooling.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Marion Dodds, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dodds. Marion tells Hinds about her school in George River.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Max Budgell. Budgell talks about the aging population of Port Burwell, the challenges of living there, the fishery, and other topics.
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' 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.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Pierre Williamson, the chief air traffic controller at the Frobisher Bay airport. Williamson talks about the runway at the airport, emergencies, power failures, and his work week. The interview is followed by the sound of a helicopter from an icebreaker called the John A. MacDonald, which is in Frobisher Bay.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mr. Challace about what signals from a weather balloon indicate. Signals from the weather balloon can be heard in the background.
File contains two spiral-bound diaries kept by Barbara Hinds between June 30, 1960 and July 9, 1960. The diaries records her activities in Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit, Nunavut).
Item is one spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between June 21, 1960, and June 30, 1960. The diary records her activities in Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit, Nunavut).
File contains two spiral-bound diaries kept by Barbara Hinds between July 13, 1960 and August 9, 1960. The diaries record Hinds' activities during a visit to Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq), Quebec.
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between July 13, 1960, and July 24, 1960. The diary records Hinds' activities during a visit to Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq), Quebec.
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between July 21, 1960, and August 9, 1960. The diary records Hinds' activities during a visit to Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq), Quebec.
File contains two spiral-bound diaries kept by Barbara Hinds between August 25 and September 5. The diaries record Hinds' activities in Cape Dorset, Nunavut.
File contains a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between July 25 and July 31. The diaries record Hinds' activities during a visit to Ikkudliayuk Fjord.
File contains three spiral-bound diaries kept by Barbara Hinds between July 12 and August 25. The diaries records Hinds' activities during a trip to the eastern Arctic.
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between July 12 and August 18. The diary records Hinds' activities during a trip to the eastern Arctic.
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds from August 18, August 20 and October 13. The diary records Hinds' activities during a trip to the eastern Arctic.
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds from August 9 to August 25. The diary records Hinds' activities during a trip to the eastern Arctic.
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.