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 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 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.
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 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.
File contains 31 photographic slides taken by Rosemary Gilliat during a 1960 trip to the eastern Canadian Arctic with Barbara Hinds. The photographs in this file were taken in Fort Chimo, Québec (now Kuujjuaq, Québec). The photographs show residents of Fort Chimo, the landscape of the area, and Barbara Hinds herself.
File contains 116 photographic slides taken by Rosemary Gilliat during a 1960 trip to the eastern Canadian Arctic with Barbara Hinds. The photographs in this file were taken in George River (Kangiqsualujjuaq), Port Burwell (Killiniq), Ikkudliayuk Fjord, and Cape Dorset. The photographs show the residents of the towns that they visited, buildings in the towns, the surrounding landscape, forms of transportation, and Barbara Hinds herself.
Item is a photographic slide depicting two dolls from Fort Chimo, Quebec. The dolls both have carved faces and traditional Inuit clothes made out of fur. One doll is a man and one doll is a woman. The dolls are posed outdoors against some white stone.
File contains photographs of sleds, dogs, George Koneak, and four other unidentified men. The photographs were taken during trips to the eastern Canadian Arctic taken by Barbara Hinds around 1960 and 1961.
Item is a photograph of George and Joanna Koneak sitting with an older woman and five children. George and Joanna are each holding one of the children.
Item is a photographic slide showing several children walking near the school in George River, Quebec. The school consists of several small tents and buildings on the tundra. A note written on the slide frame reads "G. R. School."
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 photographic slide depicting three small duck figurines made out of fur, which are posed in a row in the snow. The figurines are from Sugluk, Quebec.
Item is a photographic slide depicting three goose figurines made out of fur, which are posed on some snow. One of the figurines is much smaller than the other two. The figurines are from Sugluk, Quebec.
File contains 11 proof sheets of 116 photographs taken during a trip to northern Quebec taken by Barbara Hinds in 1965. The photographs were taken in Fort Chimo, Povungnituk, Sugluk, and Wakeham Bay. Most of the photographs are of residents of those towns. The photographs also show houses, churches, other buildings, construction sites, boats, and cars. Each proof sheet has a sheet of paper attached to it with descriptions of each photograph.
Item is a photograph of a young man wearing a coat with fur trim on the hood and rickrack trim on the sleeves. The young man is looking through a telescope. The photograph was taken somewhere in northern Quebec.
Item is a photograph of a young man wearing a coat with fur trim on the hood and rickrack trim on the sleeves. The young man is looking through a telescope. The photograph was taken somewhere in northern Quebec.
File contains two copies of a photograph of five young boys posing for a picture together. One of the boys has his arms around the others and three of the boys are wearing captain's hats. The photograph was taken in Fort Chimo, Quebec.
