Geoffrey Secord collection

Custodial History: 

Donated by Geoff Secord to the SRSC in July 2012.

Start Date: 
1953
GMD: 
graphic material
textual record
Access Restriction: 

No restrictions on access.

Description Level: 
Fonds
End Date: 
1955
Date Range: 
1953-1958, [ca. 1970], 1983
Repro Restriction: 

No restrictions on use.

Conservation: 

Basic conversation performed during processing.

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 (1922-2017) was a doctor in the Northwest Territories from 1953-1955. He lived in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.

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: 
srsc

Geoffrey Secord correspondence

GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1956
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1956
Date Range: 
1956
Language: 
English and Inuktitut
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of textual record. - 3 letters

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Correspondence to Geoffrey Secord

GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1954
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1956
Date Range: 
[1954-1956]
Language: 
Inuktitut
Physical Description: 

0.03 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Martyrdom of Stephen

GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1956
Date Range: 
[1950-1956]
Language: 
Inkutitut
Physical Description: 

0.2 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Geoffrey Secord correspondence

GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1954
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1958
Date Range: 
1954-1958
Language: 
Inuktitut
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Correspondence about Jim Rex

Language: 
All material in English.
GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1954
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1954
Date Range: 
1954 March 27
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Geoffrey Secord correspondence

GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[195-]
Language: 
Inuktitut
Physical Description: 

0.1 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Correspondence

GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[195-]
Physical Description: 

0.1 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Correspondence to Koodloo Tapitia Ateinook Lazaloosee from Geoffrey Secord

Language: 
All material in English.
GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[195-]
Physical Description: 

0.1 cm of textual record

Notes: 

Correspondence is printed on Department of National Health and Welfare letterhead.

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Weather charts

Creator: 

Geoffrey Secord

GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1955
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1956
Date Range: 
1955-1956
Physical Description: 

0.1 cm of graphic material

Notes: 

The weather charts created by Geoffrey Secord plot the temperature in Pangnirtung, N.W.T.

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

The arctic news

Publication: 
Age Publications Limited
Language: 
All material in English.
GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1955
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1955
Date Range: 
1955
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

The arctic news

Publication: 
Age Publications Limited
Language: 
All material in English.
Creator: 

Diocese of the Arctic

GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1959
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
1959
Physical Description: 

0.2 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

The arctic news

Publication: 
Age Publications Limited
Language: 
All material in English.
Creator: 

Diocese of the Arctic

GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1962
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1962
Date Range: 
1962
Physical Description: 

0.2 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Greeting card

Language: 
All material in English.
GMD: 
textual record
graphic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[195-]
Physical Description: 

0.2 cm of textual record and graphic material. - 1 card

Notes: 

Card features a picture of a "Canadian Eskimo sculpture"

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

The book of wisdom for eskimo

Creator: 

Northwest Territories and Yukon Services Lands and Development Services Branch, Department of Mines and Resources

GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1949
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1949
Date Range: 
1949
Language: 
English and Inuktitut
Physical Description: 

2.5 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Pitseolak : pictures out of my life

Publication: 
Montreal : Design Collaborative Books
Standard No: 
ISBN 019-540191-3
Creator: 

Dorothy Eber

GMD: 
textual record
graphic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[195-]
Language: 
English and Inuktitut
Physical Description: 

4 cm of textual record and graphic material. - 1 book

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

The eskimo world

Publication: 
Society for Arts Publications
Volume: 
XXVIII
Issue: 
6
GMD: 
textual record
graphic material
Start Date: 
1971
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1972
Date Range: 
1971 December - 1972 January
Physical Description: 

2.5 cm of textual record and graphic material. - 1 magazine

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Children of the north

Publication: 
Montreal : Optimum Publishing Company Limited
Standard No: 
ISBN 0-88890-095-3
Language: 
All material in English.
Creator: 

Fred Bruemmer

GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1979
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1979
Date Range: 
1979
Physical Description: 

2 cm of textual record. - 1 book

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Maps of the Northwest Territories showing health services and related data

Language: 
All material in English.
Creator: 

Research Division, Department of National Health and Welfare

GMD: 
cartographic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1950
Date Range: 
1950
Physical Description: 

0.2 cm of cartographic material

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Map of Nunavut

Language: 
All material in English.
Creator: 

Canadian Geographic

GMD: 
cartographic material
Start Date: 
1999
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1999
Date Range: 
1999
Physical Description: 

0.2 cm of cartographic material. - 1 map

Notes: 

Nunavut was officially recognized as a territory in 1999.

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Peoples of the Arctic

Volume: 
163
Issue: 
2
Language: 
All material in English.
Creator: 

National Geographic

GMD: 
textual record
cartographic material
Start Date: 
1983
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1983
Date Range: 
1983
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of textual record and cartographic material

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Notebook belonging to Geoffrey Secord

Language: 
All material in English.
GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1955
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1955
Date Range: 
1955
Physical Description: 

0.5 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
001

Photographs of fishing and activities in the arctic

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1953
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1953
Date Range: 
1953
Image: 
Physical Description: 

0.5 cm of graphic material. - 24 photographs : b&w negatives ; 6 x 9 cm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of a medical trip, Christmas celebration, and activities in Pang

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1953
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1953
Date Range: 
1953
Image: 
Physical Description: 

0.2 cm of graphic material. - 11 photographs : col. slides (kodachrome) ; 35 mm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of activities in Pang and the Secord family

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1954
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1954
Date Range: 
1954
Image: 
Physical Description: 

0.5 cm of graphic material. - 29 photographs : col. slides (kodachrome) ; 35 mm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of activities and people in Pangnirtung

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1955
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1955
Date Range: 
1955
Image: 
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of graphic material. - 32 photographs : col. slides (kodachrome) ; 35 mm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of activities and people in the Arctic Circle, Baffin Island, and Pangnirtung

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
Creator: 

Geoffrey Secord

GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1953
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1954
Date Range: 
1953-1954
Image: 
Physical Description: 

1 cm of graphic material. - 25 photographs : col. slides (Kodachrome) ; 35 mm

Notes: 

Each slide is contained in a glass cover.

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of communities and the Secord family

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1954
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1956
Date Range: 
[1954-1956]
Image: 
Physical Description: 

0.2 cm of graphic material. - 20 photographs : col. slides (Kodachrome) ; 35 mm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of the Pang fiord, Christmas celebrations, church groups, and community activities

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1954
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1956
Date Range: 
[1954-1956]
Image: 
Physical Description: 

0.2 cm of graphic material. - 36 photographs : col. slides (Kodachrome) ; 35 mm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of people and activities in Pangnirtung

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
Creator: 

Geoffrey Secord

GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1954
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1956
Date Range: 
[1954-1956]
Image: 
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of graphic material. - 39 photographs : col. slides (Kodachrome) ; 35 mm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of arctic landscapes and community events

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1954
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1956
Date Range: 
[1954-1956]
Image: 
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of graphic material. - 40 photographs : col. slides (Kodachrome) ; 35 mm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of landscapes and the Secord family

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1954
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1956
Date Range: 
[1954-1956]
Image: 
Physical Description: 

0.2 cm of graphic material. - 21 photographs : col. slides (Kodachrome) ; 35 mm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of scenery in Pangnirtung

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1954
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1980
Date Range: 
1954, 1971-1980
Image: 
Physical Description: 

0.4 cm of graphic material. - 54 photographs : col. slides (Kodachrome) ; 35 mm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of fishing and dog sledding

GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[195-]
Physical Description: 

0.2 cm of graphic material. - 4 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of children and activities

GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[Reprinted 1970 (originally created 1950-1959)]
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of graphic material. - 8 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of people and activities in Pangnirtung

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[Reprinted 1970 (originally created 1950-1959)]
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of graphic material. - 8 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of children and scenery

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[Reprinted 1970 (originally created 1950-1959)]
Physical Description: 

0.2 cm of graphic material. - 6 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of people, buildings, and hunting

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[Reprinted 1970 (originally created 1950-1959)]
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of graphic material. - 8 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of scenery and the Secord family

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[Reprinted 1970 (originally created 1950-1959)]
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of graphic material. - 8 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of people, dog sledding, and boats

GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[Reprinted 1970 (originally created 1950-1959)]
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of graphic material. - 8 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of people and scenery

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[Reprinted 1970 (originally created 1950-1959)]
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of graphic material. - 8 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of people and scenery in Pangnirtung

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[Reprinted 1970 (originally created 1950-1959)]
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of graphic material. - 8 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of people and activities in Pangnirtung

Geographic Access: 
Pangnirtung (N.W.T.)
GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[Reprinted 1970 (originally created 1950-1959)]
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of graphic material. - 8 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002

Photographs of people, buildings, and the Arctic landscape

GMD: 
graphic material
Start Date: 
1950
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[Reprinted 1970 (originally created 1950-1959)]
Physical Description: 

0.3 cm of graphic material. - 8 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

rec_shelfloc: 
2012-026-002
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Geoffrey Secord collection
Container Number: 
002