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Project Naming

photo collections

Private Collections

Private photographic collections that were digitized for the meetings between Nunavut youth and Elders

Richard Sterling Finnie

Richard Sterling Finnie (1906-1987) accompanied numerous expeditions to the North. His first voyage was aboard the CGS Arctic, under the command of Captain Bernier, in 1924. During the 1930-1931 expedition to the Western Arctic, Finnie filmed Dance of the Copper Eskimos. This collection contains photographs by Finnie as well as by other photographers.

Photograph of three Inuit men, Coppermine River area, Nunavut, 1928

Unidentifed men
Coppermine River area, 1928
e002342668
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Photograph of Shappa, an employee of the Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch, Department of the Interior, Cape Dorset (Kinngait), Nunavut, 1929

Shappa, an employee of the Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch, Department of the Interior
Cape Dorset (Kinngait), 1929
PA-101392
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Photograph of two young Inuit girls, Ruth Enoch and Sarah Ross, unknown location, Nunavut, 1929

Ruth Enoch and Sarah Ross
Unknown location, 1929
PA-100484
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Charles Gimpel

Photographer and modern-art dealer Charles Gimpel (?-1973) pursued an interest in Inuit art that resulted in numerous trips to communities in the Baffin (Qikiqtaaluk) and Kivalliq (formerly Keewatin) regions from 1958 to 1969. The photographs in this collection, depicting Inuit artists and daily life, were taken by Gimpel, Bryan Pearson and Lorne Smith.

Photograph of an Inuit man and a boy being pulled on a dog sled, unknown location, Nunavut, 1962

Boy and man on dog sled
Unknown location, 1962
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Photograph of an Inuit woman, Rosie Okpik, talking on the phone with her baby, Dennis Okpik, sitting on her lap and pulling on the cord, Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), Nunavut, April 1964

Dennis Okpik
and his mother, Rosie Okpik
Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), April 1964
e002394552
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Photograph of Inuit man, Kananginaq, holding his son on his lap, unknown location, Nunavut, 1968

Kananginaq with his son
Unknown location, 1968
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William Harold Grant

First World War veteran William Harold Grant (1901-1980) served as secretary to J.D. Craig, the officer in charge of the Eastern Arctic expedition of 1922. The photographer of these images is unknown, but it is highly possible that they were taken by Grant.

Photograph of Inuit man, Kaktoo, and his family in front of their tent, Craig Harbour, Nunavut, 1922

Kaktoo and family in front of their tent
Craig Harbour, 1922
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Photograph of two Inuit women and children with photographer William H. Grant on-board a ship, unknown location, Nunavut, 1922

Unidentified women and children with photographer William H. Grant
Unknown location, 1922
e002282912
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Photograph of two Inuit women standing on a rock, Pond Inlet, (Mittimatalik/Tununiq), Nunavut, September 1922

Unidentified women
Pond Inlet, (Mittimatalik/Tununiq) September 1922
PA-165735
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Donald Benjamin Marsh

Born in Middlesex, England, Donald Benjamin Marsh (1903-1973) arrived at Arviat (formerly Eskimo Point) at the age of 23 to set up an Anglican mission. In addition to his clerical duties, Marsh was also an amateur photographer and filmmaker. These photographs were all taken during his stay in Arviat during the mid-1930s.

Colour photograph of an Inuit boy wearing a parka with a fur collar, Arviat (formerly Eskimo Point), Nunavut, 1936

Unidentified boy
Arviat (formerly Eskimo Point), 1936
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Colour photograph of Inuit woman, Aheamuit, squinting in the sun, Arviat (formerly Eskimo Point), Nunavut, 1937

Aheamuit, Arloo tribe
Arviat (formerly Eskimo Point), 1937
e002282598
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Photograph of an Inuit woman and children cooking in their igloo, Arviat (formerly Eskimo Point) or possibly the Western Arctic, Nunavut, 1937

Unidentified woman and children in their igloo
Arviat (formerly Eskimo Point) or possibly the Western Arctic, 1937
e002282596
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Kryn Taconis

Photojournalist Kryn Taconis (1918-1979) was born in Holland and emigrated to Toronto in 1959. He became a special contributor to major Canadian magazines, and also worked for the National Film Board of Canada for three years. Taconis's photographs digitized for Project Naming feature Inuit from Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay) and Igloolik (Iglulik).

Colour photograph of a group of eight Inuit children playing on swings in a school playground, Igloolik (Iglulik), Nunavut, May 1965

Unidentified children in a school playground
Igloolik (Iglulik), May 1965
e004665285
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Colour photograph of an Inuit man wearing a hooded fur parka, Igloolik (Iglulik), Nunavut, May 1965

Unidentified man wearing a fur parka
Igloolik (Iglulik), May 1965
e004665297
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Colour photograph of a young Inuit mother carrying her infant in a baby-pouch, Igloolik (Iglulik), Nunavut, May 1965

Unidentified young mother and her baby
Igloolik (Iglulik), May 1965
e004665299
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Arthur H. Tweedle

Optometrist and amateur photographer Arthur H. Tweedle (1900-1976) served on voyages sponsored by the Canadian Institute for the Blind aboard the RMS Nascopie in 1945 and again in 1946. During these trips, he kept a journal and took black and white photographs and colour slides of Inuit. So far, only the black and white photographs have been digitized for Project Naming.

Photograph of Simeon Ayaruak, Chesterfield Inlet (Igluligaarjuk), Nunavut, August 15-18, 1945

Simeon Ayaruak
Chesterfield Inlet (Igluligaarjuk)
August 15-18, 1945
e002344265
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Photograph of Maryann Tattuinee standing beside a dock, probably Coral Harbour, Southampton Island, Nunavut, circa 1945-1946

Maryann Tattuinee
Probably Coral Harbour, Southampton Island,
ca. 1945-1946
e002344234
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Photograph of three Inuit women standing on the deck of a ship, Cape Smith, Nunavut, 1945

Unidentified women
Cape Smith, 1945
e002344260
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