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Collision in the Arctic correspondence

Item is correspondence about the manuscript Collision in the Artic from Anne Perrie, Editorial Department of the MacMillan Company of Canada Limited to Miss Hinds.

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 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.

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.

Recording of an interview with George Koneak

Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with George Koneak. Koneak talks about a period of time when his family was going hungry and about a measles epidemic in the 1950s.

Recording of Barbara Hinds telling a story about the Anglican church at Cape Dorset

Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds telling a story about an Anglican church that she attended in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories. The story is about an Inuit man named Putuguk (uncertain spelling) who built the church, how the missionary Mike Gardner came to Cape Dorset, how his son Kananginak bought the organ for the church, and how Hinds ended up playing organ at the church.

Recording of an interview with Pierre Williamson

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.

Recording of an interview with Mr. Challace

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.

Recording of an interview with Bob Green

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.

Recordings of interviews with pilots in Fort Chimo, Quebec

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.

Recording of an interview with Max Budgell

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.

Recording of an interview with Mrs. Sam Dodds

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.

Recording of an interview with Mr. Graves

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.

Recording of an interview with Bryan Pearson

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.

Recording of an interview with Bryan Pearson

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.

Recording of an interview with Red Peterson

File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Red Peterson, the trading manager at the Hudson's Bay Company in Cape Dorset. The interview is about fur trading and walrus hunting in Frobisher Bay.

Recording of an interview with Madge Allured

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.

Recording of an interview with Father Pieters

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.

Recording of an interview with Max Budgell

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.

Recording of an interview with Alan Innes-Taylor

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.

Recording of an interview with Mrs. Elinor Coakley

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.
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