This album, comprised of 105 pages on which 626 photographs are mounted, contains photos by S.J. Bailey from the Department of Mines & Resources as a member of the Eastern Arctic Patrol. Bailey took over as Superintendent of Education after McKinnon resigned in 1950. Members of the 1948 patrol included: Dr. H. Lewis and Dr. Amyot of the Dept. of National Health and Welfare, and H. Lamberton and S.J. Bailey of the Dept. of Mines & Resources. They travelled on the M.V. Regina Polaris, one of seven small boats used to take in freight and passengers of the Eastern Arctic Patrol during the 1948 season. Photos document the benefits of the "Family Allowance" program in the Arctic. 1949 photos detail the Spring Inspection Flight and especially the culture of the Belcher Island Inuit. Members of this expedition included: Doug Wilkinson (National Film Board), Dr. Carter Storr (temporarily hired by N.W.T. administration as a visual educationalist) and Dr. R.N. Simpson (Indian Health Services). The trip was largely made by airplane. 1950 was an examination of all the Day schools in the Northwest Territores, with Bailey acting as superintendent of education. This trip was made by airplane. It is noted in the album that the negatives for all the pictures are the property of the Information Services Division of the Department of National Health and Welfare. This album provides very detailed information to accompany the photographs.
The following places can be found in the album: Cape Dorset; Chesterfield Inlet; Churchill, Manitoba; Baker Lake, N.W.T.; Southampton Island; Fort Chimo; Ivujivik settlement; Arctic Bay; Pond Inlet; Pelly Bay; Baker Lake; Belcher Island settlement; Moose Factory, Ontario; Povungnetuk; Rymer Point; Perry River; Kittygazuit, abandoned settlement (aerial); Fort McPherson; McNeilly's Camp, Thunder River; Eskimo Point; Southampton Island; Port Harrison; Repulse Bay; Cape Smith; Wakeham Bay; Repulse Bay; Gulf of Boothia; Garry Lake; Beverly Lake District; Cape Hope islands; Richmond Gulf; Fort George; Holman Island; Read Island settlement; Tuktoyaktuk; Aklavik; Arctic Red River; Fort Good Hope; Fort Franklin; Fort Simpson; Fort Resolution; Parliament buildings, Ottawa; air base, Southampton Island; Marie River settlement; Hay River; Rocher River; H.B.Co. store in Yellowknife (interior); George's River.
The following events can be found in the album: playing handball, priest and Native children; domestic activities of Inuit women; Inuit woman using Singer sewing machine; unloading freight; issuing Family Allowances; canoe building; Natives playing game of chance; tagging fox; hunting square flipper; snow storm; Inuit men wrestling; teachers conducting classes; Inuit playing pool; drying caribou meat; teaching Inuit to read and write English; Inuit playing music, dancing, drum dancing; bannock experiment; extracting teeth; Inuit shooting rifle; seal hunting practices; cutting up a harp seal; Inuit shooting bow and arrow; erecting a day school in Arctic Red River; tour of Discovery Yellowknife Mine.
The following objects can be found in the album: "Regina Polaris"; kayak; Inuit dress (modern and traditional); grave of Mrs. M. Clay (husky attack, 1924); R.C.M.P. barracks; Family Allowances advertisement poster; Inuit tents, shacks (with interior views too); Inuit encampment; igloos; Native residential school, Fort George; drawing, by Jim Houston; meterological balloon; Inuit handicrafts; Industrial Home, Chesterfield Inlet; day schools in various settlements: Tuktoyaktuk, Fort's Franklin, Simpson, and Resolution, Hay and Rocher River; fishing and whale boats; fish nets; interior of chapel at Chesterfield; pablum; houses and dining hut supplied by American Air Base, Fort Chimo; Birnie's cairn; "The Norseman", plane; meterological and research buildings; types of parka; R.C.A.F. planes; Gulf Land Mines buildings; ivory carvings; mukluks; community hall, Fort McPherson; curling rink; mining equipment.
The following animals can be found in the album: huskies, dog sled teams; polar bears, in temporary captivity; white whales (caught); herring.
The following people can be found in the album: Captain Bannerman; Sam Ford, government interpreter; Inuit peoples; Oolooreak, daughter of Pitsulak; Dr. L. Amyot; S.J. Bailey, administrative officer; priests at schools; Natuk, Inuit girl raised by Anderson family; Cpl. McLaughlin, R.C.M.P., and family; Mr. and Mrs. Sigvaldasson;
Doug Wilkinson, National Film Board; Dr. Carter Storr, visual educationalist; Dave Croll, Arctic Wings engineer; Cst. van Blarcom; Ernest Herrodier, interpreter for E.A.P.; George Popp, independent fur trader; Mrs. Warren, secretary to Dr. Harper; Benjamin Abraham (Inuit) and Native wife; Jim Houston; first Inuit nun; William Joss; Angulalik and family; Pete Nichols, H.B.Co. post manager; Peter Nattit, graduate from Native residential school; Emma Gruben; teachers at day schools: Dorothea Robinson, Gladys LeDrew, Ethel Stewart, Mr. Coady, Sister Cecile Pedneault, Mr. Bowerman, Mr. Innis; Mr. and Mrs. T.M. Ryan; Mr. and Mrs. Bolten and family; Norm Byrne, consulting engineer; Dr. and Mrs. Moody; Father van de Velde; Dr. H. Lewis; H.R. Lamberton; Bishop Lacroix; Alan Scott, H.B.Co. post manager; Dr. R.N. Simpson, Indian Health Services; Gunnar Ingebrigtson; Mr. and Mrs. Heslop; Inuit boy and girl promised in marriage; George Wetaltuk, ivory carver and canoe builder; Sam Crow, post manager, and family; Johnnie and Darrell de Beau; Inuit children recovered from polio; Sic Sic, Inuit widow; Jorgan Klengenburg and family; Norman Ford; Erny Lyle, assistant at Spence Bay; Joe Coombs; Fred Carpenter; Cyril Wingnek, translator for E.A.P.; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Cameron, pilot for 1950 trip; Chief Coe; Ruth Blake; Peter Parker, local district administrator; Mr. and Mrs. Bleiler; Nina Michael and fiancée; Chief Freezy; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Anderson.
Print 1948-148-S.J.B. is missing "Mr. and Mrs. Sigvaldasson issuing Family Allowances at Cape Smith" (see negative).
