File contains a reel-to-reel recording of sounds from a seal hunt; Barbara Hinds talking about the seal hunt; and Barbara Hinds talking to Bob Green and other men from the seal hunt.
Item is a recording of pigeons cooing. A man's voice can be heard occasionally in the background. The pigeons are connected to the Liverpool Amalgamation of Homing Pigeon Societies.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Corporal Allen Crawford from the Frobisher Bay detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Crawform talks about crime in Frobisher Bay and issues with Inuit people and alcohol consumption.
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 from a meeting of the Brownies and Girl Guides Frobisher Bay Pack. The reel includes recordings of Brownies singing songs and playing games; girls reciting the Brownie oath; girls being enrolled as Girl Guides and saying the Guide promise; and Barbara Hinds interviewing Annie and Lucy, two Girl Guides who were selected to go to summer camp in Quebec.
Item is a recording made by Barbara Hinds during a seal hunt that she attended in Frobisher Bay. The recording also includes sounds from the boat; snow buntings singing; Hinds talking to Bob Green about the boat and hunting
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Max Budgell, the northern service officer for the Department of Northern Affairs in Port Burwell. Budgell talks about how he traveled to Port Burwell.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds's interview with Mr. Belleville, a regional engineer for the national department of health and welfare. Belleville talks about waste disposal in Frobisher Bay.
Item is a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Phil Sacré of the Carter Construction Company. Mr. Sacré talks about construction of a new runway at an airport. The interview is preceded by rumbling sounds from the airport construction. The interview is followed by a recording of a man talking over a radio and requesting permission to blast.
Item is a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds talking to three Inuit children. Hinds asks the children questions about their names, games that they like to play, and school. The recording also includes children singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and "Frère Jacques" in English, French, and Inuktitut.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Gordon Braley from the St. Felicien Air Service in Fort Chimo. Braley tells stories about flying in the north.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mrs. Samuel Dodds about the difficulties of living in the north. During the interview, Dodds talks about diet, receiving visitors, and schooling.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Keith Robinson, the facilities manager of the Frobisher Bay airport. Robinson is from Winnipeg. He talks about the history of the airport, airport operations, and employing Inuit people.
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.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Madge Allured, the post master in Frobisher Bay. Allured talks about how she became the post master, how mail is delivered in the north, unusual things that are sent in the mail by Inuit people, and other topics.
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.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of a CBC discussion panel about economic development. The speakers include McDermott, Higgins, Scanlon, Greer, Kirkbride, and Rein.
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 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."
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mrs. Sam Dodds about her wedding in the Arctic. The interview was recorded in Fort Chimo around the time of Mrs. Dodd's 14th wedding anniversary.
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.
Item is a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Joan Ryan, a teacher in George River. Ryan talks about how the community was built, her students, and her teaching career. The interview is accompanied by a recording of children singing; a recording of a school lesson; and Barbara Hinds talking about the school.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mr. Belleville, who works in sanitation somewhere in the Canadian Arctic. Mr. Belleville talks about sewage disposal.
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 recording of Barbara Hinds talking to an unidentified man who is unloading a barge at Apex Hill, near Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories; sounds from the barge; Barbara Hinds talking to a girl who is carrying supplies; and Barbara Hinds talking about the barge and warehouse.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Glen Hecking (or possibly Hacking or Hancock), a clerk for the Hudson's Bay Company store in Frobisher bay, Northwest Territories. Hecking talks about how supplies are shipped to Frobisher Bay.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Jacques Dumas about the challenges of being a pilot in the north. The recording is proceeded by sounds from an airplane.
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.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Pierre Williamson, the chief air traffic controller at the Frobisher Bay airport. Williamson is from Vancouver, British Columbia. The interview is preceded by a recording of Williamson talking over a radio while working at the airport.
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.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Ken, a pigeon racer in Liverpool, England. Ken talks about what it's like to keep pigeons, training pigeons, and how pigeons find their way home.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with George Clark, somewhere in the eastern Canadian Arctic. Clark talks about seal hunting and the danger of shrinking seal populations. The recording is preceded by a short recording of Barbara Hinds describing a seal hunt that she attended.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds interviewing several different people in the United Kingdom about the Beatles. Hinds interviews two unidentified men, and a third man named Mr. Taylor about the success of the Beatles. Hinds also interviews a group of young women who are waiting before a Beatles concert.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Abraham Ogpik in Frobisher Bay. Ogpik talks about Inuit people being taught to adapt to white people's lifestyle and the effects on Inuit culture.
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.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Bryan Pearson, a general contractor in Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories. Pearson talks about how he came to the north, employing Inuit people, his past jobs, 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 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.
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.