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.
Item is a photograph of a woman named Lipitia who is wearing a traditional white parka with embroidery. Lipitia is holding a sealskin stretched on a wooden frame. The photograph was taken on Baffin Island in the Northwest Territories.
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 photographic slide depicting two men standing on a boat. The men are wearing coats and holding rifles. One of the men is named Oshaweetuk. The photograph was taken in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).
Item is a photographic slide depicting several people and dogs grouped around a tent. The photograph was taken from a distance in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).
Item is a photographic slide depicting Barbara Hinds reclining with her eyes closed next to a woman identified as Kangnanginak's wife. The photograph was taken in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).
Item is a photographic slide depicting a boy named Angaco who is leaning toward a woman and smiling. The photograph was taken in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).
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.
Item is a photographic slide depicting a doll made from fur, posed on a pile of snow. The doll is from Port Burwell, Northwest Territories (now Killiniq, Nunavut).
Item is a photographic slide depicting a handmade fur doll posed on some snow. The doll was photographed in Port Burwell, Northwest Territories (now Killiniq, Nunavut).
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 photograph showing a man named Henry Annatok wearing a white parka with fur trim and a sailor's cap while smoking a pipe. The photograph was taken in Port Burwell, Northwest Territories.
Item is a photograph of a group of children who are lined up outside of their school. The children and wearing parkas and some of them are looking at the camera.
Item is a photograph of a boy wearing a white parka with fur trim and holding a carving of a seal. The photograph was taken in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories.
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 photographic slide of several children facing away from the camera, perhaps watching a event. The children are in a room with buntings hanging from the ceiling. The photograph is dark.
Item is a photographic slide showing three men standing by a truck that has "Canada Northern Affairs and National Resources" written on the door. One of the men is opening the door.
