Friday 9 November 2012

Inuit of Pangnirtung, Nunavut..1953-1958


Photos by Geoffrey Secord.


More photos taken by Geoffrey Secord while he served as a doctor from 1953 to 1958 in Pangnirtung can be viewed on the following site.



Pangnirtung
 (or Pang, also Pangniqtuuq, in syllabics: ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ) is an Inuit hamletQikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, located on Baffin Island. The population was 1,325 in 2006, Pangnirtung is situated on a coastal plain at the coast of Pangnirtung Fjord, a fjord which eventually merges with Cumberland Sound...read more.

Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958 


Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958 

Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958 

Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958 

Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958 


Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958 

Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958 
Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958 

Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958 


Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958 

Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958
Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958
Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958

Pangnirtung Photo by Geoff Secord taken between 1953-1958

Photos from the Geoffrey Secord collection 

Description
Start Date: 
1953
End Date: 
1955
Date Range: 
1953-1958, [ca. 1970], 1983
Physical Description: 
30 cm of graphic material and textual record. - ca. 240 kodachrome slides : col. and b&w. - 3 maps. - 8 books. - 24 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
Arrangement: 
Thematically by item type, chronologically within type.
History Biographical: 
Geoff Secord was a doctor in the Northwest Territories from 1953-1955.
Scope Content: 
Collection comprises photographic material, weather graphs, correspondence, maps, and publications relating to the Canadian Northern Arctic. All material was collected by Geoff Secord between 1953-1955 during his time in the Arctic.
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Admin
Custodial History: 
Donated by Geoff Secord to the SRSC in July 2012. SRSC agreed to provide digital copies of all the material once it was scanned. The SRSC will also look into having the Inuktitut language material translated. If successful in translating material - SRSC will provide translations to Geoff.
Conservation: 
Basic conversation performed during processing.


Maps of Pangnirtung in Nunavut.