Archives Catalogue

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 12
Item
[1967?]

Item is a cutline written by Barbara Hinds to accompany a photograph of Sankunni, an Indian mahout or elephant keeper. There are two copies of the cutline, one on yellow paper with corrections written in pencil.

Photograph of Sankunni

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 13
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Sankunni, a mahout or elephant keeper from India. He is wearing a turban or headscarf and a jacket.

Proof sheet of photographs from McNab's Icland

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a contact sheet with proofs of 12 photographs taken on McNab's Island. The photographs show Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant, other unidentified people, cannons, the landscape, and other scenery from the island.

Photograph of a blackberry bush

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 5
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a negative of a photograph of a blackberry bush. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant standing in a garden in front of a house

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 14
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

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.

Proofs of two photographs of people on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 16
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

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.

Proofs of two photographs of an unidentified girl with braids

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 18
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

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.

Photograph of an unidentifed woman looking at an old wooden pier

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 24
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

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.

Photograph of trees on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 25
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a row of trees by a forest on McNab's Island.

Photograph of a broken gate on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 26
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a broken wooden gate surrounded by trees and other plants. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of a small house on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 31
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a small house on McNab's Island. It is surrounded by a field of small plants and larger trees.

Photograph of old machinery on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 35
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a large cannon or some other kind of machinery on McNab's Island. It is next to a stone wall and surrounded by vegetation.

Barbara Hinds reports from McNab : An island caught in the crossfire : [article in the Mail-Star]

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 56
Item
March 2, 1967

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

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.

Articles and research material about the San Rafael

MS-2-130, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1967-2000

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains correspondence with Bill from Shipowners Assurance Management Ltd, A & C Black Ltd, ; a photocopy of "Big battles with the Sea: Twenty-Seven Days in Open Boats" by H. J. Shepstone; pages from "Our Sure Shield! About the Day's Work in the Navy" by J. S. Margerison; typed drafts of "The other boat" and "San Rafael's last trip round Cape Horn"; photocopies of drafts of "Ol'd Grandpa" and "The other boat"; a bibliography and research material for a talk given to the Antiquarian Society called "Aids to Navigation"; a typed draft of a talk for the Antiquarians called "Survival in the Roaring Forties" which is about the San Rafael; and a photocopy of "Saga of the 'San Rafael.'"

Photograph of Sankunni with Balakrishnan the elephant

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 3
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Sankunni with an elephant named Balakrishnan. Sankunni is the mahout, or keeper, or Balakrishnan. Both Sankunni and the elephant were brought to East River, Nova Scotia by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant.

Photograph of Balakrishnan the elephant shackled on a truck

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of an elephant named Balakrishnan who is chained on the bed of a truck in Chester, Nova Scotia. He has a blanket draped over his back. The elephant was brought to Nova Scotia by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant.

Photograph of crates and railroad tracks behind a fence

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 6
Item
November 2, 1967

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a warehouse with wooden crates around it. The warehouse is next to train tracks and behind a chain link fence.

Photocopy of draft about brass rubbings

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 8
File
1967

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains a photocopy of a draft of an article about brass rubbing.

Photograph of an unidentified man driving a boat

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 9
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of an unidentified man wearing a plaid shirt. He is standing on a boat with a hand on the steering wheel. The boat is possibly a ferry to McNab's Island.

Photograph of the tombstones of Peter, Joanna, and John Henry McNab

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 12
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of two tombstones from the McNab family in a graveyard on McNab's Island. The first tombstone says "Erected / In Memory of / The Hon [?] Peter McNab / Died 1st June 1817 / Aged 80 Years." The second tombstone says "This Stone is Erected / in the Memory of / Mrs Joanna McNab / Wife of Peter McNab Esq. / who departed this life / 30th[?] May 1827 Aged 61 Years / And / John Henry / Son of / Peter and Joanna McNab / who departed this [life] / June [?] Aged 18 [Years]."

Photograph of the tombstone of Peter McNab

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 13
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a tombstone in a graveyard on McNab's Island. The tombstone says "In Memory of / Peter McNab Esq. / Who Died / October 6, 1856, / Aged 63 Years." The stone is a pale colour and there are some other tombstones behind it.

Proofs of two photographs taken on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 20
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a contact sheet with proofs of two photographs taken on McNab's Island. One photograph shows an unidentified woman looking through binoculars at a wooden pier. The other photograph shows a small abandoned shed.

Photograph of a group of people walking on the shore on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 27
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of six unidentified people walking on a rocky shore toward some trees. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of Ernest Arthur Farrant digging potatoes

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 32
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Ernest Arthur Farrant holding a potato while leaning on a shovel or a hoe. He is standing in a small garden on McNab's Island.

Photograph of old cannons on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 36
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of seven old cannons sitting in two rows by a forest on McNab's Island.

Photograph of a wrecked boat or building on a shoreline

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 40
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of some wooden cabins, containers or boats that are broken. They are sitting between trees by a rocky shore.

Double exposure photograph of a graveyard

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 41
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a double exposure photograph of three tombstones. One of the tombstones belongs to Lewis Gibbens, the youngest son of James and Harriot McNab. The graveyard is probably located on McNab's Island. The second exposure shows some kind of small building with stairs, but the image is not clear.

Photograph of tall grasses by a forest

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 42
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of tall grasses and other plants growing near a forest.

Photograph of an old shed on a shore

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 46
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a small abandoned shed by a tree and other vegetation. The shed is near a body of water and is probably located on McNab's Island.

Photograph of an old wooden staircase

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 48
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of an old broken wooden staircase in a forest on McNab's Island.

Photograph of four bird watchers looking at a pile of wooden debris

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 50
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of four birdwatchers who are standing around a pile of wooden debris with notepads and binoculars. The photograph shows Molly Claydon, Phyllis Dobson, an unknown man, and Charles Allen, the former head of the School for the Blind.

Photograph of a shack

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
November 2, 1967

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a shack made of scraps of wood and other materials. The shack is surrounded by trees.

Proof sheet of photographs from McNab's Icland

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 3
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a contact sheet with proofs of photographs taken on McNab's Island. The photographs show Ernest Arthur Farrant gardening, other unidentified people, tombstones, a dirt road, and blackberry bushes.

Photograph of an unidentified woman tying a canoe to the roof of a car

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 7
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a negative of a photograph of an unidentified woman pulling on a rope that is holding a canoe on the roof of a car. The photograph was taken somewhere in Nova Scotia, possibly during a trip to McNab's Island.

Photograph of a graveyard on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 8
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a negative of a photograph of a small graveyard on McNab's Island. There are some tombstones and wooden crosses in the graveyard, which is surrounded by a low fence. The name "Peter McNab" is visible on one of the tombstones.

Photograph of Ernest Arthur Farrant working in his garden

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 11
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Ernest Arthur Farrant using a shovel or a hoe while working in his garden. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of an old wooden staircase on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 21
Item
February 17, 1967

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of an abandoned and broken wooden staircase in a forest. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of cannons on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 22
Item
February 20, 1967

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of seven cannons in two rows. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of an unidentified man resting on the ground

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 23
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of an unidentified man having a nap on the ground next to a pair of binoculars and a jacket. The photograph was probably taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of Mrs. Farrant

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 30
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Farrant wearing a floral dress and sitting on the front step of a house on McNab's Island. Her husband, Ernest Arthur Farrant, is standing next to her with his hand on her shoulder. His face is not visible.

Photograph of an unidentified girl with braids

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 37
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of an unidentified girl with braids and a floral dress. She is sitting on the back of a truck.

Photograph of an unidentified girl sitting on a truck

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 38
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of an unidentified girl with braids and floral dress. She is sitting on the back of a truck.

Photograph of an unidentified man walking on a shoreline

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 39
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of an unidentified man walking on a rocky shoreline. There are some wooden cabins or large containers sitting on the shore by a forest.

Research material about herbicides and pesticides

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 6
File
1967-1972

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains typed drafts of articles by Barbara Hinds about herbicides and pesticides; a booklet of the 1967 Nova Scotia Weed Control Act; a booklet called "An Act to regulate the Sale of Products used in Controlling Agricultural Pests"; a newsletter called Science by the American Association for the Advancement of Science; an issue of The Young Naturalist, published by The Federation of Ontario Naturalists; copies of scientific articles; newspaper clippings; and correspondence with the Canada Department of Agriculture Research Branch and the United States Department of the Interior.

Photograph of Sankunni

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 7
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Sankunni, a mahout or elephant keeper from India. He is wearing a turban and standing next to his elephant, Balakrishnan. Sankunni and Balakrishnan were brought to East River, Nova Scotia by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant.

Photograph of Sakunni with Balakrishnan the elephant

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 8
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Sankunni, a mahout or elephant keeper, and Balakrishnan, an elephant. Sankunni is wearing a turban and standing next to Balakrishnan with a hand on his tusk. The man and the elephant were brought to East River, Nova Scotia by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant.

Take chains off elephant in new home : [newspaper article]

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 10
Item
1967

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a clipping of a newspaper article written by Barbara Hinds titled "Take Chains Off Elephant In New Home." The article was probably published in the Chronicle Herald or Mail Star in 1967. The article is about the poor living conditions of Balakrishnan, an elephant brought to Nova Scotia by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant.