Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant, two inhabitants of McNab's Island. They are standing between rows of plants in a garden in front of a large wooden house.
Item is a contact sheet with proofs of two photographs taken on McNab's Island. One photograph shows three women and two men sitting on a bench or a dock. The other photograph shows an unidentified woman bending over a bag on a rocky shoreline.
Item is a contact sheet with proofs of two photographs on an unidentified girl with braids and a floral dress. She is sitting on the back of a truck .The photographs may have been taken on or near McNab's Island.
Item is a photograph of an unidentified woman looking through binoculars at a wooden pier on McNab's Island. There are trees around the shore and another shore with a house visible in the distance.
Item is a booklet titled "A Preliminary Survey of the Natural History of McNab's Island, Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia." The survey was prepared by the staff of the Nova Scotia Museum with the cooperation of the Nova Scotia Bird Society, the Dalhousie Biology Club, and the Nova Scotia Research Foundation. The survey outlines the geology, vegetation, and animal life on McNab's Island, with accompanying maps of the island. The booklet contains some handwritten notes.
Item is a newspaper article entitled "Barbara Hinds Reports From McNab--An Island Caught In The Crossfire," published over two pages in the March 2, 1967 issue of the Mail-Star. The article is about the history of McNab's Island, its inhabitants, and its potential future. The article includes photographs of old cannons, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant, who are two inhabitants of the island. The photographs were taken by Barbara Hinds.
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.
Item is a map of McNab's Island and Lawlor Island in the Halifax Harbour. The map is photocopied with some details that were possibly penciled in. The map shows which areas of the islands are owned by the Navy or are privately owned.
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.
Item is a letter from Terry J. Simms, a senior engineer with Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. to Barbara Hinds. The letter was sent to Hinds along with several other documents from Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc.
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 reproduction of a newspaper article written by Barbara Hinds called "Doctor of the Year honours go to H. C. (Curly) Still." The article is accompanied by a photograph of Still.
File contains a letter from Edward Gibbon; a handwritten article about St. Michael and All Angels, where Lady Frances Wentworth was buried; and a photocopied sheet of information about St. Michael and All Angels.
File contains a newspaper clipping of an article called "Indians seek help to survey oyster potential" and a section from the Canada Gazette part II, volume 104, number 5, which is about the Fisheries Act.
File contains negatives of photographs of a class outing for handicapped students; a photograph of a country house; a proof sheet of photographs of a helicopter and a water plant; a booklet called "Facts about the reclamation and recycling of glass containers in Canada"; a pamphlet called "How to buy land in Nova Scotia"; a booklet called "Endangered wildlife in Canada"; a photocopy of a list of ideas for articles; typed drafts of articles; rough handwritten and typed notes; and a memorandum from the Canadian Women's Press Club.
File contains newspaper clippings of articles from Barbara Hinds' birdwatching column in the Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star. The column is called "Bird Watch." The articles date from August 8 1999 to December 31 2000. Some of the clippings have dates written on them in pencil.
File contains a newspaper clipping of an article called "Catbird sighting highlight of Halifax County bird tally." The article was written by Barbara Hinds for the January 4, 1986 issue of the Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star.
File contains newspaper clippings of articles from Barbara Hinds' birdwatching column in the Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star. The column is called "Bird Watch." The articles date from January 3 1992 to December 17 1993.
File contains newspaper clippings of articles written by Barbara hinds for the Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star. The articles date from 1965 to 1977 and are about local interest stories, Halifax news, Hinds' travels, medicine, Dalhousie University, conservation, animal welfare, historic buildings, and other topics. Some of the clippings are undated. The file also includes a typed draft of an article, a photograph of a fishing boat, a photograph of a church, a photograph of Barbara Hinds, and a photograph of Norman Bowman and his dog Princess.
File contains two pages from the October 7, 1987 issue of the Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star, which contain an article by Barbara Hinds called "Archivist makes medical history in Nova Scotia." The article is accompanied by a photograph of Henry Owen McInerny, a medical archivist.
File contains two newspaper clippings of articles written by Barbara Hinds for the Chronicle-Herald about sewage disposal in Cole Harbour. The articles were published on December 3, 1970 and January 12, 1971.
File contains three newspaper clippings of articles written by Barbara Hinds for the Mail-Star about people from Eskasoni First Nation. The articles were published between June 22, 1974 and July 10, 1974.
File contains a photocopy of a manuscript called "Collision in the Arctic," written by Barbara Hinds. There are corrections on the manuscript as well as separate pages of editing suggestions. The last three pages are originals, not photocopies. The file also includes correspondence about the manuscript from the MacMillan Company of Canada Limited, Rosemary, Shannon Perry, and Mike Eaton; comments and suggestions for photographs from Rosemary Gilliat Eaton; and a description of a 1960 visit to the eastern Arctic, as told to Michael Eaton by Barbara Hinds in 2008.
File contains two newspaper clippings of articles by Barbara Hinds about famine in Ethiopia; a list of members of the Emergency Committee for Ethiopian Relief; and correspondence with Robert L. Stanfield and Alvin Hamilton.
File contains a booklet of information about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Yukon Centennial; correspondence with P. J. Greenlaw and D. Snowden; handwritten notes about Labrador; typed notes from a visit to Stadacona in 1966; a typed draft of an article about fitness and a canoe trip; a photograph MacKenzie Porter at the luxury hunters' camp at Cape Dorset, taken by Rosemary Gilliat; a photograph of a boy learning to write at Frobisher School in 1960, taken by Rosemary Gilliat; and maps of the Yukon.
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 mailing information for magazines, schools, associations, and other organizations who requested to be on the mailing list for press releases from the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. Most of the information is in the form of correspondence from the organizations about changes of address. The correspondence includes letters from Sharon Acker; the American College of Surgeons; Atlantic Community Newspapers Association; the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Le Courrier médical; The Daily Gleaner; Dartmouth Free Press Limited; Future Health; IMS Communications Ltd; The Medical Business Journal; The Medical Post; Austin Rand; Reader's Digest Magazines Limited; Saturday Night; Self; Trimel Communications Inc.; Williams & Wilkins; and World Book, Inc.
File contains a letter from J. Aileen Hatherly to the editor of the Halifax Chronicle Herald; a letter from Susanne McGrath to Barabara Hinds; pages from the April 19, 1912 issue of the Daily Echo; and pages from the August 12, 1912 issue of the Recorder. The newspaper pages contains articles about the Titanic and they appear to have been sent to Hinds along with the letter from Hatherly.
File contains correspondence with Derek Mann; J. D. Hatcher; Robbie Shaw; Kingsley Brown; Peter C. Gordon; and Roselle Green. The file also includes a document about the information office at Dalhousie University; a statement of public relation philosophy adopted by Dalhousie University; a document called "The Crisis in Medical Research at Dalhousie University"; a photocopy of "Media Impact: A Quick Look Inside"; and a booklet by Derek Mann called "An ounce of PRevention: universities and public relations." The documents in this file are all related to Barbara Hinds' employment at the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine
File contains correspondence with Orest E. Ulan from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Frances MacDonald from the Canadian Magazine.The file also includes a photocopy of a parenting advice column that was attached to one of the letters.
File contains correspondence to Barbara Hinds from E. A. (Ted) Smith; Mr. Drabeson; the New England Grenfell Association; McClelland and Stewart Limited; the Department of Fisheries Canada; Hutchinson and Co. Publishers Ltd; The Norther; the Atlantic Advocate; Loue Alicie; and the Department of Citizenship and Immigration. The file also include a statement by the Hon. H. J. Robichaud, Minister of Fisheries, on the Atlantic Seal Fishery; and photographs of Elmer Gustafson, Captain Odin Hansen, Victor O'Brien, Charlie Hoddinott, Mr. Drabeson, Louis Roal, and Mr. and Mrs. Levi Dawe.
Series contains the research notes and diaries of Barbara Hinds. Most of the research notes are written in notebooks and are associated with a particular topic that Hinds wrote newspaper articles about. Some of the research notes are written in shorthand. Most of the diaries are written in notebooks and are logs of Hinds’ travels, especially her trips to the Canadian Arctic. The series also contains three books about shorthand that belonged to Hinds.
File contains one spiral bound stenographer's notebook containing handwritten notes from 1994 and 1997 bird surveys in Trafalgar. Each page contains a tally of birds for a certain area.
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.
Item is a photograph of Barbara Hinds sitting on a bench in front of a wall covered in vines. A leather bag is sitting next to her and she is wearing a white patterned dress. The photograph was taken in Hampshire, probably in the United Kingdom.
Item is a photograph of Barbara Hinds and an unidentified man standing in a gravel pit and using shovels. The photograph was taken near Dawson City, Yukon.
Item is a photograph taken near Dawson City, Yukon. The photograph is a double exposure photograph showing some equipment with a sign that says "Government Property" that is near a body of water, and a truck with crates loaded on it. One image is upside-down.
Item is a photograph of an unidentified man standing in the doorway of a building in Dawson City, Yukon. The building has an artificial brick design on the outside walls. The man is holding a small box.