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Photograph of Barbara Hinds sitting on the ground and lacing ice skates

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 5, Item 109
Item
1970

Item is a photographic slide depicting Barbara Hinds wearing a blue coat and sitting on the ground while lacing up ice skates. The photograph was taken in an unknown location in 1970.

Photograph of Barbara Hinds skating on a pond

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 5, Item 111
Item
1970

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting Barbara Hinds wearing a blue coat and skating on a frozen pond. The photograph was taken in an unknown location in 1970.

Photograph of a small dock in an unidentified town

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 5, Item 112
Item
1970

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting a dock and buildings on the shore of an unidentified body of water. There are also buildings on the opposite shore of the water. The photograph was taken in an unknown location in 1970.

Photograph of Barbara Hinds standing by the window of a white house

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 5, Item 114
Item
1970

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting Barbara Hinds wearing a blue coat and neck scarf and standing next to window outside a white house. The photograph was taken in an unknown location in 1970.

Photograph of Barbara Hinds chopping wood

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 5, Item 116
Item
1970

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting Barbara Hinds wearing a blue coat and chopping firewood outdoors with an axe. The photograph was taken in an unknown location in 1970.

Life of an Eskimo : welfare cheques and high-stake card games

MS-2-130, Box 8, Folder 4
File
1970

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains a page from the March 28, 1970 issue of the Globe and Mail. The page contains an article called "Life of an Eskimo: Welfare cheques and high-stake card games" by Malcom Reid.

Notes about the Warner case

MS-2-130, Box 6, Folder 18
File
1970

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains six spiral bound stenographer's notebooks containing handwritten notes about the Warner case. Some of the notes are written in shorthand.

Photograph of Barbara Hinds skating on a pond

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 5, Item 101
Item
1970

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting Barbara Hinds wearing a blue coat and skating on a frozen pond. The photograph was taken in 1970 in an unknown location.

Photograph of Barbara Hinds with a small stepladder outside of a white house

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 5, Item 105
Item
1970

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting Barbara Hinds wearing a blue coat and holding a small wooden stepladder. Hinds is outdoors next to a white house and there is snow on the ground. The photograph was taken in an unknown location in 1970.

Photograph of Barbara Hinds carrying a small stepladder outside of a white house

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 5, Item 108
Item
1970

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting Barbara Hinds wearing a blue coat and holding a small wooden stepladder. Hinds is standing outdoors by a white house. The photograph was taken in an unknown location in 1970.

Photograph of Barbara Hinds standing by the window of a white house

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 5, Item 117
Item
1970

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photographic slide depicting Barbara Hinds wearing a blue coat and a neck scarf and holding some kind of tool next to a window outside of a white house. The photograph was taken in an unknown location in 1970.

Clippings related to wait times and overcrowding at the original Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 9
Item
1969

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item consists of clippings of articles written in 1969 by Barbara Hinds for the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star about wait times and overcrowding issues at the original Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre.

Correspondence with Frances MacDonald and others

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 15
File
1969

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

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.

Correspondence between Barbara Hinds and Arthur Shears

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 10
Item
1969

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item consists of a typed letter from Arthur Shears to Barbara Hinds, dated March 6, 1969, about editorial suggestions related to Hinds' coverage of the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre.

Christmas cards

MS-2-130, Box 8, Folder 20
File
1960-1969

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains ten Christmas cards sent to Barbara Hinds by Edgar, Anne Bruce, Jennifer Joynes, the YWCA, Joan Ryan, Alice, Louise, Martha Koneak and family, Peter, and Maggie. Many of the cards have Inuit art on them.

Newspaper clippings and other material about the Anil elephant

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3
File
1967-1968

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and drafts of articles about Balakrishnan, an elephant who was brought to East River, Nova Scotia in 1967 as a advertising gimmick by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant. The file also includes the original copy and photocopies of an anonymous letter from an employee of the Anil plant.

Paper about St. Michael and All Angels, correspondence, and information sheet

MS-2-130, Box 6, Folder 13
File
1968

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

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.

Anil elephant drops dead : [newspaper article]

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 14
Item
[1968?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a clipping of a newspaper article by an unidentified author titled "Anil Elephant Drops Dead." The article is about the death of Balakrishnan, an elephant brought to East River, Nova Scotia by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant.

Balakrishnan dies of blood infection at East River : [newspaper article]

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 15
Item
[1968?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a clipping of a newspaper article by Barbara Hinds titled "Balakrishnan Dies Of Blood Infection At East River." The article was probably published in the Chronicle Herald or Mail Star in 1968. The article is about the death of Balakrishnan, an elephant brought to East River, Nova Scotia by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant. The article is accompanied by a photograph of Balakrishnan and his keeper, Sankunni.

Preliminary report on planning for Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Center and Factuly of Allied Health Professions, Dalhousie University

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 8
Item
1968

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item consists of a report created by Norman A. Brady & Associates (consultants in health facilities planning) about the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, dated November 21, 1968.

Legislature will be asked to police animal imports : [newspaper article]

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 11
Item
[1968?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a newspaper article by an unidentified author titled "Legislature Will Be Asked To Police Animal Imports." The article is about an animal welfare bill proposed by the Halifax Women's Auxiliary of the Kindness Club, led by Margaret Stanbury.

Letter from an anonymous writer to Barbara Hinds

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 9
Item
March 1, 1968

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a letter sent to the Chronicle-Herald for Barbara Hinds by an anonymous employee of the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant. The letter details the poor living conditions of Balakrishnan, an elephant that was brought to East River, Nova Scotia by the Anil plant.

A hero for centennial : [photocopy of an article in the Atlantic Advocate]

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 11, Item 21
Item
August 1967

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photocopy of "A Hero for Centennial" by Barbara Hinds, published in the August 1967 issue of the Atlantic Advocate. The article is about Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald. The article includes several photographs.

Photograph of Balakrishnan the elephant

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

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of an elephant named Balakrishnan standing on a pile of straw by some trees. The elephant was brought to East River, Nova Scotia by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant.

Photograph of Sankunni sitting on a pile of straw

MS-2-130, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Sankunni sitting on a pile of straw between some trees in East River, Nova Scotia. Sankunni is the mahout, or keeper, of an elephant named Balakrishnan.

Cutlines for photograph of Sankunni

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

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

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.

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.