File contains a reel-to-reel recording children singing the alphabet and other songs in school; children yelling while playing in a water hole; children singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"'; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Joan Ryan, a school teacher in George River, about what it’s like to teach up North.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of people applauding; Barbara Hinds commenting on the British as animal lovers; an unidentified man talking about the life expectancy of earthworms; sounds from a train station; voices from some sort of race or sports event; and a brass band playing God Save the Queen.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mrs. Sam Dodds in Fort Chimo, Quebec. Mrs. Dodds talks about teaching Inuit women to cook with new foods and make handicrafts.
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.
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 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' 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.
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 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.
File contains a series of short recordings about folk dancing. The recordings include music from a folk dancing competition; the Betty Jones Town Band; the U.N. choir rehearsing; Alpine horns; Swiss yodeling; the sound of Morris dancers from Lancashire performing; and Barbara Hinds interviewing two unidentified men about Morris dancing.
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 Mr. Challace about what signals from a weather balloon indicate. Signals from the weather balloon can be heard in the background.
File contains a cassette tape recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Dr. Alexander Leighton, a psychiatrist. The interview is about an investigation into the incidence of mental illness in western Nova Scotia. This is the fourth in a series of four interviews. The file also contains two typed scripts of intros and outros for two interviews with Dr. Leighton.
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 cassette tape recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Dr. Barry Ross, the head of the Department of Dermatology at the Dalhousie Medical School. This is the second in a series of four interviews. The file also contains a typed script of the intro and outro of the interview.
File contains a cassette tape recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Dr. Jock Murray, a doctor who researched multiple sclerosis. This is the third in a series of four interviews. The file also contains a typed script of the intro and outro of the interview.
File contains two reel-to reel tapes containing recordings of Barbara Hinds talking about the history of the church in Cape Dorset; a grade 2 reading lesson at a school in Frobisher Bay; students singing God Save the Queen; and Barbara Hinds interviewing Gordon Goward, a teacher in Frobisher Bay.
File contains a cassette tape recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Dr. John Szerb, a doctor from the Physiology Department at Dalhousie Medical School. The interview is about the effect of drugs on the bain in the late 1940's in Hungary. This is the first interview in a series of four. The file also contains a typed script of the intro and outro of the interview.
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.
Item is a reel-to-reel tape recorder used by Barbara Hinds. The tape recorder was made in Great Britain by Electric & Musical Industries. The case of the tape recorder is covered in dark green leather with dark green plastic and silver-coloured metal fittings. There is a set of keys tied to the handle. The tape recorder is in a khaki canvas carrying case with a flap that snaps closed and a webbing shoulder strap. There is a flap in the side of the bag for microphone cord. The microphone and its cord are tucked in the front of the bag next to the tape recorder. There are two luggage tags attached to the should strap. One tag is a cabin baggage tag from Nordair Ltd in Fort Chimo. The other tag is a plain tag with Barbara Hinds and George Koneak's names and towns written on it.
Series contains material written by Barbara Hinds and material collected by Barbara Hinds for the purpose of research. Written material includes drafts of articles, newspaper clippings of articles, cutlines, press releases, scripts, manuscripts, presentations, and other documents written by Barbara Hinds for the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star, the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, the Antiquarian Society, the Atlantic Advocate, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and other organizations. Research material includes newspaper clippings, photocopies, pamphlets, booklets, photographs, correspondence, and other documents.
File contains a floppy disk; diaries; correspondence; drafts of articles with corrections; photocopies of articles; newspaper clippings; a chart from a container ship; photographs; and papers about birding and history
File contains an article written by Barbara Hinds called "Sewers show scientist state of city's health, " which was published in the Mail-Star. The article contains an interview with Dr. Ken Rozee and Dr. Rudolph L. Ozere from Dalhousie University. The article is in the form of a newspaper clipping in two parts.
File contains typed drafts of articles about factory farming; a photograph of a man with cages full of chicks; two photographs of men struggling with bulls at a rodeo; correspondence from M. H. Sarty, the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing, the Canada Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Branch, and Joe B. Ternan; promotional flyers for chicken cages; and newspaper clippings about factory farming.
File contains a photograph of Barbara Hinds in a tunnel between Citadel Hill and the Halifax Harbour in 1976; a photograph of the floor of the tunnel; a paper by Barbara Hinds called "The Tunnels Under Halifax"; photocopies of an article written by Barbara Hinds for the Mail-Star entitled "Discovery of tunnel revives old legend of escape route to harbor"; and correspondence with Elsie Cameron. The file also includes newspaper clippings of articles called "Georges Island" by Cathy Shaw, and "Underground Halifax holds tourist potential" by Barbara Hinds.
File contains typed drafts of articles about Erwin Schroeder by Barbara Hinds; several copies of newspaper clippings from the Chronicle-Herald about Erwin Schroeder, some of which are mounted on paper; photocopies of newspaper articles about Erwin Schroeder; correspondence with Shipowners Assurance Management Ltd., Bull & Roberts, Inc., and The Observer; pages torn from the November 19, 1966 issue of Chemical Week; and a copy of the Canadian Concentrates Code.
File contains negatives, proofs, and prints of photographs related to Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald, including photographs taken around the time of his death in 1911 and more current photographs of the bridge and plaque dedicated to him in the Halifax Public Gardens. There are also some negatives showing a protest held by children in an unidentified location. The file also contains typed cutlines to accompany the photographs; typed drafts of articles about Inspector Fitzgerald; newspaper and magazine articles about Fitzgerald; a photocopy of a book called "Reports and Other Papers Relating to the McPherson-Dawson Police Patrol - Winter 1910-1911 - and the Death of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald and all Members of the Patrol"; request slips from the Public Archives of Nova Scotia; volume 27, number 1 of the RCMP Quarterly; and a letter from Hinds to Anne.
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.
Item consists of five pages of typed notes about Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald and the Lost Patrol. There are many corrections written on the notes in pencil.
Item consists of two pages of typed notes titled "Lost Patrol." The notes contain information about Francis J. Fitzgerald's extended family, Corporal Dempster's rescue patrol, and Fitzgerald's lost patrol.
Item consists of three pages of typed notes about Francis J. Fitzgerald and the Lost Patrol. The pages are made up of several pieces of paper glued together.
Item is a newspaper clipping of part of an article about Francis J. Fitzgerald, the Lost Patrol, and Fitzgerald's mother. Part of the article is missing. The date, author, article title, and newspaper name are unidentified, although it was probably published in a Halifax Newspaper.
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.
Item is section B (The Novascotian) from the February 5, 1993 issue of the Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star. The section features an article called "Lost patrol: Arctic hero died seeking help" by Barbara Hinds. The article is about Francis J. Fitzgerald and the Lost Patrol. The article features photographs of Fitzgerald and the Dempster rescue patrol.
File contains several newspaper clippings about Davis Inlet, by the Canadian Press, Beth Gorham, Ian Bailey, Peter Steele, Barbara Hinds, and Michael Valpy.
File contains a photograph of a man riding a bull at a rodeo; a photograph of a man with a cheetah; newspaper clippings of articles and letters to the editor about hunting, fishing, fur trapping, and animal farming; drafts of articles and cutlines about fur trapping; a pamphlet called "The new state trapping laws and how you can use them to help end animal suffering"; a summary of the Ontario regulations that apply to trapping and fur-dealing; the Game and Fish Act and the Endangered Species Act; a booklet from the Ontario Ministry of natural Resources called "The Beaver in Ontario"; a summary of hunting regulations; "Pity the Nation" by Lilla Harris; information about snares; correspondence with Mrs. D Edmond, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, the Saskatchewan Minister of Natural Resources, Sonia Grogono, the Nova Scotia Minister of Lands and Forests, Ronald Wallace, and Basil John; and a newsletter from the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies.
File contains typed drafts of articles written for the Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star, as well as newspaper clippings of some of the articles. The newspaper clippings include articles about animal welfare and medical practices. The clippings also include a special section from the Mail-Star called "A new frontier in the first against children's pain and suffering: The Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children." The drafts include articles about Eskimo families, bald eagles, Hinds' car, Arctic exploration, crime, Pierre Trudeau, and other topics.
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.
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.
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.