Fonds contains the personal papers, photographs and sound recordings of Barbara Hinds. The personal papers primarily comprise research material, article drafts, and newspaper clippings related to Hinds' journalism career, but also correspondence, research notes, diaries, maps and manuscripts. Sound recordings were largely created during Hinds' travels in the Canadian Arctic and include several interviews. Photographs include prints, slides, negatives and proof sheets, and were mostly taken in the Canadian Arctic, but also include research and personal photographs.
File contains 11 proof sheets of 116 photographs taken during a trip to northern Quebec taken by Barbara Hinds in 1965. The photographs were taken in Fort Chimo, Povungnituk, Sugluk, and Wakeham Bay. Most of the photographs are of residents of those towns. The photographs also show houses, churches, other buildings, construction sites, boats, and cars. Each proof sheet has a sheet of paper attached to it with descriptions of each photograph.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interviews with Mrs. Sam Dodds and her daughter, Marion Dodds in Fort Chimo, Quebec. Mrs. Dodds talks about about her wedding in the Arctic. Marion Dodds talks about her school.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of sounds from an airplane; Barbara Hinds' interview with Jacques Dumas about the challenges of being a pilot in the north; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Gordon Braley about flying in the north.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Mrs. Dodds talking to her daughter Marion over a two-way radio; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Mrs. Sam Dodds in Fort Chimo about about teaching Inuit women to cook with new foods and make handicrafts.
File contains two reel-to reel tapes containing recordings of people singing hymns; huskies barking and whining; and Barbara Hinds' interview with George Koneak about a period of time when his family didn't have enough food and a measles epidemic in the 1950's.
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.
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.
File contains two copies of a photograph of five young boys posing for a picture together. One of the boys has his arms around the others and three of the boys are wearing captain's hats. The photograph was taken in Fort Chimo, Quebec.
Item is a proof sheet with 8 photographs taken in Povungnituk and Fort Chimo, Quebec. The photographs show Alicee Qingalik; Canon James Clarke and Barry Roberts with a truck with Inuit children in the back; Alice building a house; and construction of a new federal school in Fort Chimo.
Item is a photograph of Alicie Berthé hammering something on the wall of her house in Fort Chimo, Quebec. She is wearing a tartan shawl and plaid dress.
Item is a photograph of two freight handlers named Charlie Saunders and Johnnie Berthé standing with a third unidentified man. The photograph was taken by the Koksoak River in Fort Chimo, Quebec.
Item is a photograph of a blind man named Jimmy Koneak who is sitting in front of his house in Fort Chimo, Quebec. His wife is standing next to him and he is holding an accordion. A child is looking through the window behind them.
Item is a photograph of a boy named Noah who is holding a younger boy named Billie Koneak on his lap. Billie is wearing a parka with a fur-trimmed hood. Noah is from Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories (now Iqaluit, Nunavut). The boys are sitting on the front step of the Koneaks' house in Fort Chimo, Quebec.
Item is a photograph of Bertrand Berthelot, the carpenter in chief at the construction of the provincial school in Fort Chimo, Quebec. Berthelot is standing with his hands on his hips in the frame of the unfinished building.
Item is a photograph of three men standing on a barge with a load of building supplies. One of the men is Charlie Saunders. The barge is on the Koksoak River near Fort Chimo, Quebec.
Item is a photograph of lumber being unloaded from a barge near Fort Chimo, Quebec. A crane from Quebec Steamship Lines Ltd is being used to unload the material.
Item is a photograph of Minnie Ananak, Jeannie Snowball, Jessie Koneak, and another girl. The unnamed girl is the daughter of an interpreter. The two women and two girls are standing together in Fort Chimo, Quebec.
Item is a photograph of Minnie Ananak and Jeannie Snowball standing in the doorway of Snowball's house in Fort Chimo, Quebec. Ananak has her arm around Snowball's shoulders.
Item is a photograph of Charlie Saunders and Canon James Clarke standing together in Fort Chimo, Quebec. Saunders is the president of the local council and Clarke is from the Anglican Church. Saunders is wearing a crocheted toque with a tassel.
Item is a photograph of a black dog sitting in front of a small, rough house in Fort Chimo, Quebec. There is various debris around the house and in the pond in front of it.
Item is a photograph of a boat called the Joan Ryan that was built in Newfoundland. The boat is sitting on the shore and supported with pieces of wood because a new engine is being fitted. There are two men on the boat. The photograph was taken in Fort Chimo, Quebec.
Item is a photograph of a girl named Victoria who is picking berries in Fort Chimo, Quebec. She is wearing a light-coloured headscarf. Barbara Hinds' camera bag is obstructing the image.
Item is a photograph of a man, possibly Gordon Braley, looking in the trunk of a Jeep belonging to the St. Felicien Air Service. It is parked next to a building with a sign for the air service on its roof. The photograph was taken in northern Quebec, probably Fort Chimo.
Item is a photographic slide depicting a doll wearing a traditional Inuit parka with beaded trim and fringe. The doll is posed in a patch of grass. The doll comes from Fort Chimo, Quebec.
File contains 73 slides taken in northern Quebec in 1965 and 1966. The photographs were taken in Fort Chimo, Sugluk, Ivujivik, Deception Bay, Povungnetuk, and other locations in northern Quebec, although most slides are not labeled with locations. The photographs show residents of these places, the surrounding landscapes, aerial views, buildings, and boats. The file also contains slides from other dates that may have been taken in Halifax or in other locations.
Item is a photographic slide depicting a woman named Livi holding a baby named Elenah who is wrapped in a red plaid shawl. Livi is smoking a cigarette. The photograph was probably taken in Fort Chimo, Quebec.
Item is a photographic slide depicting four boys building a playhouse or shed together out of assorted pieces of wood. One of the boys is named Jackie.
Item is a photograph of George Koneak with his wife (Joanna Koneak) and five children. George and Joanna are each holding one of the children and they are sitting in a group.
Item is a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Marion Dodds, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dodds. Marion talks about the school she attended in George River, Quebec. The interview was recorded in Fort Chimo, Quebec.
