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1936-1990 (Creation)
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- Girl Guides of Canada. Northwest Territories Council
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1.3 m of textual material and other material
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Administrative history
Until 1964, all Girl Guides of Canada activities in the Northwest Territories were under the jurisdiction of either the Alberta Council that controlled Girl Guide activities in the Western Arctic, or the Quebec Council that oversaw activities in the Franklin and Keewatin Districts. In 1965, after lobbying from Local Guiding Associations within the Northwest Territories and the Yukon, the Girl Guides of Canada organization created the Yukon and Northwest Territories Council, which assumed responsibility for all guiding activities throughout the Northwest Territories and Yukon.
In 1965, there were 64 groups of guides and\or brownies in the Northwest Territories and Yukon with a combined membership of 1,200. In 1966, the Yukon Territory was organized into one division with two districts and the Northwest Territories divided into three divisions: Mackenzie Division, Franklin Division and Keewatin Division. By 1968, the Yukon Division was still organized into two administrative districts, which had a combined membership of 350. The Northwest Territories Division had been sub-divided into eight districts with a combined membership of 1,356. The Northwest Territories districts were: Yellowknife, Great Slave Rapids, Southern Slave, Arctic Circle, Nunakput, Keewatin, Frobisher Bay and Baffin.
In 1974, the Yukon and Northwest Territories Council was divided into two distinct entities, the Yukon Council and the Northwest Territories Council. At that time, the Northwest Territories Council reorganized its districts, creating four new administrative divisions: Great Slave, Eastern Arctic, Midnight Sun and Keewatin. In 1983, the Keewatin Division was renamed the Central Arctic Division. In 1985, the Nunakput Division was created. In 1986, the Northwest Territories Council organized its activities into five administrative divisions: Kivaliq, Midnight Sun, Nunakput, Great Slave Lake and Eastern Arctic. In 1988, the Northwest Territories Council reorganized its divisions again, creating the Eastern Arctic, South Great Slave, North Great Slave, Kivaliq, Midnight Sun and Kitikmeot Divisions. In 1990, the Northwest Territories Council again reorganized its administrative body, creating the following divisions: Eastern Arctic, North Great Slave, South Great Slave, Kitikmeot and Midnight Sun.
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This fond consists of 1.3 meters of textual material, 472 photographs, 2 film reels, 3 audio reels and 3 DAT audiocassettes. The records were created by the Girl Guides of Canada, Yukon and Northwest Territories Council, the Northwest Territories Council, and Local Associations throughout the Northwest Territories that were affiliated to these two councils. The records, which date from 1936 to 1990, have been divided into four series: textual, photographs, moving images and sound recordings.
The textual records, which date from 1961 to 1990, include Minutes of Meetings (1972-1990), Reports (1961-1989), Newsletters (1966-1990), Regional Administration Files (1966-1982), Alphabetical File System (1965-1987), Northwest Territories Council Executive Correspondence (1967-1978), Northwest Territories Council Programme Files (1967-1989), Chronological Correspondence Files (1966-1984). Also included are some records generated by local district associations and divisions such as the Midnight Sun Division, the Keewatin Central Arctic Division, the Matonabbee District Council, the Slave Rapids District Council, the Eastern Arctic Division and the Yellowknife District Council. The records document the development of guiding programmes in the Northwest Territories. They also document the relationship between the Northwest Territories Council, the various Divisions and Local Associations in the Northwest Territories and the National Headquarters of the Girl Guides of Canada in Ottawa. Subjects include guiding programmes and activities in the north; trips to territorial, national and international camps by girls and leaders; and training programmes for guide leaders and guides, pathfinders and brownies. There is also information on the annual fund-raising event - the Girl Guide Cookie Week, and the operation of the Distribution Store located in Yellowknife.
The photographic records include 472 photographs many of which were located in community file folders and miscellaneous envelopes. The photographs document brownie and guide meetings, enrollment ceremonies, trips to national and international guiding events, guide camps in the Northwest Territories, Annual General Meetings of the Northwest Territories Council and training sessions for guide\brownie leaders. There are also a number of images of special events such as the 65th and 70th Anniversary Celebrations of the Girl Guides of Canada.
The fonds also includes two reels of 8 mm films taken in 1971 during a trip to Ottawa; 3 original master sound cassetes, 3 DAT audiocassettes and 3 audio reels which contain sound recordings that document the activities of guide and brownie packs, a training session and campfire for leaders, and an Inuktitut version of the Brownie law, promise and story. The sound recordings were produced at Pangnirtung, Fort McPherson, Broughton Island, Coppermine, Cape Dorset and Yellowknife.
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One sound recording in inuktitut.
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Access only with permission of the Girl Guides.
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Finding aid available.
Associated materials
A large number of artifacts, (guide badges, buttons, pins, t-shirts, sashes, labels, first issue postal stamps and 75th Aniversary souvenirs have been forwarded to the Curatorial Section of the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.
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Physical description
This fonds includes: 1.3 meters of textual material; 472 photographs; 2 film reels: 8 mm. ; 3 audio reels; 3 sound cassettes and 3 DAT audio cassettes.
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Copyright held by the Girl Guides of Canada.