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Provincial conservation, recreation association compiles chronological history of controversial McNabs Island : [article from the Mail Star]

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 51
Item
December 24, 1965

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a page from the December 24, 1965 issue of the Mail-Star. The page features an article called "Provincial Conservation, Recreation Association Compiles Chronological History of Controversial McNabs Island." The articles was compiled by F. J. Kelly, the chairman of the research committee of the Nova Scotia Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Association.

Not a waste of money : [letter to the editor from the Mail Star]

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 53
Item
[196-?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a newspaper clipping with two short columns. One column is a letter to the editor by M. J. Harvey called "Not A Waste Of Money." This letter is in reference to another letter by Floyd Day about the future of McNab's Island. The second column is called "Nose for News" and is from the Christian Science Monitor. The clipping is from the Mail-Star.

Typed notes about McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 60
Item
September 8, 1966

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a collection of notes about McNab's Island that are typed on blue paper with corrections written in pencil. The notes are about the history of the island.

The rucksack : Newsletter of the Friends of McNabs Island Society

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 63
Item
1992

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item consists of two copies of the Autumn 1992 issue of the Rucksack, the newsletter of the Friends of McNabs Island Society.

Friends of McNabs Island Society

Clean currents : Number 3

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 68
Item
1992

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is issue number 3 of Clean Currents, a newsletter from Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc., published in Autumn 1992. The newsletter is about sewage treatment in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc.

Clean currents : Number 5

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 72
Item
1993

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is issue number 5 of Clean Currents, a publication from Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. The issue was published in spring/summer 1993. The issue is about harbour cleanup, a proposed sewage treatment plant near McNab's Island, and the environmental assessment.

Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc.

Annual report 1992-1993

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 73
Item
1993

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is the 1992-1993 annual report from Halifax harbour Cleanup Inc. The report is an overview the company's activities related to a proposed sewage treatment plant near McNab's Island, including financial statements. The report is in the form of a large booklet and contains several illustrations.

Wheelchair awareness day : blisters, anger, understanding : [newspaper article in the Mail-Star]

MS-2-130, Box 6, Folder 5, Item 5
Item
November 14, 1975

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is the front page from the November 14, 1975 issue of the Mail-Star. The page features an article titled "Wheelchair Awareness Day: blisters, anger understanding." There is a second article on the page about Wheelchair Awareness Day, titled "Sackville Street like a ski run," written by Barbara Hinds. The articles are accompanied by photographs of Mrs. Constance Glube and Barbara Hinds using wheelchairs.

General information, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 7
Item
[195-]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item consists of an outline of general information related to the original Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, drafted by Arthur Shears in the late-1950s.

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.

Letter to Anne from Barbara Hinds

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 11, Item 27
Item
April 23, 1993

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a handwritten letter from Barbara Hinds to someone named Anne, possibly Anne West. The letter is about a layout, possibly for a newspaper article, and a rededication that is related to the Halifax Public Gardens. There is a second piece of paper with the letter, with contact information for Anne West on it.

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.

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.

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.

McNab's Island : [map]

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 57
Item
[1966?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photocopied map of McNab's Island. The map has been coloured with coloured pencils to indicate different regions of the island. The map also includes several handwritten annotations about the history of the island. There are more notes written on the back of the map.

To protect & preserve : McNabs Island : [pamphlet]

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 62
Item
[after 1988]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a pamphlet published by the Friends of McNabs Island Society. The pamphlet is called "To Protect and Preserve: McNabs Island." The pamphlet is about how the area is threatened by a proposed sewage plant. It appears that a membership form that was included with the pamphlet has been detached.

Friends of McNabs Island Society

Letter from C. Burton Coutts to Mayor Moira Ducharme and members of City Council

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 65
Item
July 5, 1992

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a letter from C. Burton Coutts for the Citizens Committee, Allan Street Residents to Her Worship Mayor Moira Ducharme and members of City Council. The letter is about abnormal and excessive traffic on Monastery Lane and Allan Street. The letter also has notes written in shorthand on the back of it.

Coutts, C. Burton

Facts you should know about harbour cleanup : [pamphlet]

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 66
Item
after 1991

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a pamphlet published by Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. called "Facts you should know about harbour cleanup." The pamphlet provides information about harbour cleanup and a planned sewage treatment plant near McNab's Island.

Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc.

Community annual report 1991 1992

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 71
Item
1992

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a community annual report for 1991-1992 published by Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. The report is about a proposed sewage treatment plant near McNab's Island in Halifax Harbour, including projected costs of the plant.

Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc.

Clean currents : Number 4

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 75
Item
1993

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is issue number 4 of Clean Currents, a publication of Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. The issue was published in Winter 1993. The issue is about their harbour cleanup project, environmental assessment, and a sewer consolidation program.

Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc.

Photograph of Duncan Coates and Alex Fok lifting Larry Richards in a wheelchair

MS-2-130, Box 6, Folder 5, Item 2
Item
November 1975

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item consists of a photograph of Duncan Coates, Professor Larry Richards, and Alex Fok, as well as two copies of a cutline that describes the photograph. The photograph shows Coates and Fok hoisting Richards, who is sitting in a wheelchair, down the stairs. The photograph was taken at the Nova Scotia School of Architecture during Wheelchair Awareness Day in 1975.

Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography Limited

Photograph of Constance Glube sitting in a wheelchair at a desk

MS-2-130, Box 6, Folder 5, Item 3
Item
November 1975

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Constance Glube, a city administrator, sitting in a wheel chair at her desk. The photograph was taken on Wheelchair Awareness Day in 1975.

Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography Limited

Photograph of Barbara Hinds sitting in a wheelchair in a bathroom stall

MS-2-130, Box 6, Folder 5, Item 4
Item
November 1975

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Barbara Hinds sitting in a wheelchair and demonstrating how the wheelchair cannot fit through the door of a bathroom stall. The photograph was taken on Wheelchair Awareness Day in 1975.

Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography Limited

Typed script of the intro and outro of an interview with Dr. Jock Murray

MS-2-130, Box 14, Folder 12, Item 1
Item
February 16, 1981

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Photograph of Tom Risley, Don Curren, Arthur Shears and other unidentified people at the ground turning ceremony for the opening of the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 1
Item
1975

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item consists of a black & white photograph (processed by Wamboldt-Waterfield), of the March 1975 ground turning ceremony undertaken by Premier Gerald Regan for the construction of the new Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre. People identified in the photograph include Tom Risley (in the wheelchair on the left-side of the picture), Don Curren (in the wheelchair in the middle of the picture), and Dr. Arthur Shears (director of the new Rehabilitation centre, standing at the far right of the picture).

The Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 6
Item
[195-]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item consists of a promotional pamphlet created by the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Council (M.A. Wilson, President at the time) titled "The Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre", about the opening of and services provided by the original rehabilitation centre, opened in the late-1950s under the leadership of Arthur Shears.

Photograph of a plaque in memory of Inspector Fitzerald in the Halifax Public Gardens

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 11, Item 10
Item
1962

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a plaque that was erected in the Halifax Public Gardens in memory of Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald. The plaque was erected by the Gardens Commission and is mounted on a stone railing.

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.

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.

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.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant

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

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant, two residents of McNab's Island. They are standing together in front of their house.

Proofs of two photographs from McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 4
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a contact sheet with proofs of two photographs taken on McNab's Island. The photographs show tombstones and a field with tall grass.

Photograph of a dirt road

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 6
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a negative of a photograph of a dirt road on McNab's Island. The road is surrounded by trees.

Photograph of Ernest Arthur Farrant working in his garden

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 10
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 Mr. Farrant standing in a garden in front of a house

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 15
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Ernest Arthur Farrant standing between rows of plants in a garden in front of a large wooden house. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Proofs of two photographs of a shoreline on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 17
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 and unidentified man standing on a rocky shoreline near some wooden structures. The other photograph shows some abandoned buildings or boats by a rocky shoreline.

Proofs of two photographs of abandoned structures on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 19
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 abandoned stone foundation or wall. The other photograph shows an abandoned and broken wooden staircase.

Photograph of five people walking through a field on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 28
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of five unidentified people walking through a field surrounded by trees on McNab's Island. Some industrial looking buildings are visible in the distance.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 29
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant, two residents of McNab's Island. They are sitting together in front of a building.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant with lettuce and a pitchfork

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 33
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant standing by a garden next to a large wooden house on McNab's Island. Mrs. Farrant is holding a head of lettuce and Mr. Farrant is leaning on a pitchfork.

Photograph of Mrs. Farrant with hollyhocks

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 34
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant wearing a floral dress and standing next to some hollyhocks. She is standing near a house on McNab's Island.

Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a plaid shirt

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 49
Item
February 17, 1967

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of an unidentified man wearing a plaid shirt. He is standing on a boat, which is possibly a ferry to McNab's Island. The photograph is cup into an uneven rectangle.

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