Series includes reel-to-reel tapes and cassette tapes of recordings made by Barbara Hinds. The recordings include recordings from Hinds’ trips to the Canadian Arctic, recordings made for a TV series, and other recordings. Most of the recordings are interviews. The series also includes Barbara Hinds' tape recorder in its canvas carrying case.
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."
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.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with members of the Liverpool Amalgamation of Homing Pigeon Societies about Racing homing pigeons.
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.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Pierre Williamson, air traffic controller; sounds from a helicopter; Barbara Hinds' interview with Mr. Challace (uncertain spelling) about weather balloons; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Wayne Wilson about weather balloons.
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 is a large research file about McNab's Island. The research material includes newspaper clippings of articles about McNab's Island by Barbara Hinds and others; "A Prelimiary Survey of the Natural History of McNab's Island Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia" prepared by the staff of the Nova Scotia Museum; typed drafts of articles and cutlines; three maps of McNab's island; pamphlets and newsletters from the Friends of McNabs Island Society; an annual report and newsletters from Halilfax Harbour Cleanup Inc.; and correspondence about excessive traffic with shorthand notes written on the back. File also contains proof sheets, negatives and photographs from McNab's Island.
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 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.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Bob Green, from the rehabilitation centre in Frobisher Bay. Green talks about education and training programs at the rehabilitation centre.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Ross King, who works for Northern Labrador Affairs. King talks about what his work entails and Inuit people living in Labrador.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mrs. Delouite, the Guide commissioner for the Brownies and Girl Guides in Frobisher Bay. 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.
Item is a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mr. Eccles (or possibly Elcot). Mr. Eccles talks about teaching music to a group of teachers and how playing music and playing in a band benefits children.
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 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 an unidentified man speaking Inuktitut; two unidentified men speaking over a radio; Barbara Hinds' interview with Mrs. Dodds about living in the North; Barbara Hinds' interview with Mrs. Dodds' daughter Marion about her school at George River; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Max Budgell.
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.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Joan Cotton. Cotton talks about why she came to Labrador from England, her work in Makovik, taking care of children at a school in North West River, and what it's like to live in Labrador.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds interviewing Mr. Eccles (or possibly Elcot) about teaching music to children with special needs. The recording is on two parts.
Item is a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mr. Eccles (or possibly Elcot). Mr. Eccles talks about the benefits of music education for handicapped children.
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.
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.
