Item consists of three typed cutlines for photographs taken on McNab's Island. The cutlines describe a pier on McNab's Island and Mrs. Farrant, an inhabitant of the island. Two of the cutlines are the same. The cutlines are typed on thin paper with corrections written in pencil.
Fonds contains records created and collected by Andrew Merkel, including correspondence with friends and associates such as Charles Bruce, Kenneth Leslie, and Robert Norwood; manuscripts; newspaper clippings; and copies of The Song Fishermens’ Song Sheet and The Order of Good Cheer.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Abraham Okpik about the problems facing Inuit people after being relocated to Frobisher Bay.
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.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds talking to Major Longan laughingly about what he'd like to say to the public and how he talks to his crew. The recording was made on Independence Day in 1960.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of a meeting of the Brownies and Girl Guides Frobisher Bay pack; Brownies and Girl Guides singing and playing games; Barbara Hinds' interview with Mrs. Delouite, the commissioner of the Brownies and Girl Guides; Barbara Hinds interviewing Mr. Belleville about waste disposal; Barbara Hinds interviewing Mr. Sacré from Carter Construction Company about runway construction at the airport; Barbara Hinds talking to children; and children singing.
Item is a recording from a meeting of the Brownies and Girl Guides Frobisher Bay pack. The recording includes Brownies and Girl Guides singing in English and Inuktitut; Mrs. Delouite talking; Brownies playing games; girls reciting the Brownie motto; girls being enrolled as Girl Guides; and Barbara Hinds talking to Annie and Lucy, who were selected to go to a Guide camp down south.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Panee (or possibly Pina) Elisapee, a 13-year-old girl from Cape Dorset. Panee was helping to carry bags of sugar from a barge in Apex Hill, near Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds telling a story about a man named Kilabuk Pik in Pangnirtung; Hinds talking to an unidentified man in Pangnirtung; Hinds talking about the journey to Pangnirtung on the Rupertsland; sounds from the Rupertsland; and Hinds talking to an unidentified man on the Rupertsland.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds describing a group of children playing in a water hole; sounds of children playing; Barbara Hinds talking about her visit with Keith Crow in George River; Keith Crow playing the guitar; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Keith Crow about shipping fish.
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 Barbara Hinds' interview with Keith Crow at George River. During the interview, Crow talks about a co-operative, plays his guitar, and talks about the difficulties with the freezer at the plant when the diesel engine failed.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Victor Marmin, a lecturer at a college in England. Marmin talks about his theories about how pigeons find their way home.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mr. Blanchard, a seal fisher somewhere in the eastern Canadian Arctic. Blanchard talks about what it's like to be a seal hunter and how they kill the seals.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Red Peterson, the trading manager at the Hudson's Bay Company in Cape Dorset. The interview is about fur trading and walrus hunting in Frobisher Bay.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mr. Graves, the principal of the school in Frobisher Bay. Graves talks about woodworking and other vocational training at the rehabilitation centre in Apex Hill. The recording includes sounds of students working in the wood shop.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds commenting on the British as animal lovers. She talks about how British people are concerned about animal welfare and how they love their pets. The recording is preceded by a short clip of people applauding.
Item is a series of short recordings which all appear to have been recorded in England. The recordings include and unidentified man talking about the life span of earthworms; sounds from a train station; sounds from a sporting event, possibly a horse race; and a brass band playing God Save the Queen.
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 a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Father Pieters, an Oblate missionary in Davis Inlet. Father Pieters talks about the population of Naskapi and others who live at Davis Inlet. He talks about babies, clan water, tents, and other topics. The label on the reel says that it is an interview with Mr. Phelps but the interview is a continuation of the one in MS-2-130, Box 11, Folder 6, which is with Father Pieters.
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 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 photograph showing Rosemary Gilliat, Bill Larmour from the Department of Northern Affairs, and Barbara Hinds sitting or standing on rocks on the tundra near Port Burwell, Northwest Territories. Gilliat is holding a camera and Hinds is carrying a tape recorder.
Item is a recording of Barabra Hinds' interview with Madge Allured, the post master in Frobisher Bay. Allured talks about the history of their post office, fish and seal meat in the mail, the Christmas rush, and a story about mail that was thrown overboard from a plane.
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.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds talking to a man unloading a barge at Apex Hill; Barbara Hinds talking about the HBC warehouse being stocked with sugar and other goods; Barbara Hinds interviewing an HBC clerk named Glen Hecking (or possibly Hancock); and Barbara Hinds interviewing a 13-year-old girl named Pina (or Panee) Elisapee about helping to stock the warehouse.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds interviewing Reverend Michael Gardner about the Anglican church in Cape Dorset; people singing hymns; Barbara Hinds talking about a journey to Pangirtung; Hinds talking to unidentified men in Pangnirtung; children playing in a water hole; Barbara Hinds interviewing Keith Crow; and Barbara Hinds interviewing Mrs. Sam Dodds in Fort Chimo.
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 contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Major Jess O. Longan (or Louyan); bushpilot Ken Dempster playing the melodion; Barbara Hinds' interview with Mr. Page about a laundry in Frobisher Bay; Barbara Hinds talking about a journey by boat near Rupertsland; and the sound of the wind.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds talking about the cost of transporting equipment; the sound of a church bell; and people singing a hymn at an Arctic Anglican church service.
File contains a reel-to-reel recording of sounds from a seal hunt; Barbara Hinds talking about the seal hunt; and Barbara Hinds talking to Bob Green and other men from the seal hunt.
Item is a recording of pigeons cooing. A man's voice can be heard occasionally in the background. The pigeons are connected to the Liverpool Amalgamation of Homing Pigeon Societies.
