Records are comprised of program guides and promotional brochures for the Great Northern Arts Festival, an annual summer event held in Inuvik. The event features fine arts, arts and crafts and music by northern and southern artists.

Records consist of nine stories from Pangnirtung written in syllabics; and one file containing results of a questionnaire on the value of the magazine 'Inuttituut.' The sound recordings contain an interview with Markoosie and traditional Inuit songs and games.

This accession consists of records from the Investment and Economic Analysis division of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment. The records document various areas the division was involved with including arts and fine crafts, Agricultural Products Marketing Council (egg marketing), contracting with the Gwich'in Tribal Council, and business development. The records include correspondence, briefing notes, speaking notes, reference material, Art and Fine Crafts Marketing Strategy Options, copies of the Agricultural Products Marketing Act and Regulations, appointments to the NWT Egg Producers, Investment and Economic Analysis Division Annual Report 2004/2005, GNWT/Gwich'in Tribal Council Memorandum of Understanding Evaluation Framework Indicators (2004) and Evaluation Report (2007), and Canada-NWT Cooperation on International Business Development Memorandum of Understanding.

The accession consists of records from the Investment and Economic Analysis division of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. The records document various areas the division was involved with, including the establishment of the Business Development and Investment Corporation, arts and culture strategy, Northern innovation, the diamond industry, and manufacturing strategy. The records include correspondence, briefing notes, meeting and workshop materials, agreements, survey results, presentation slides and speaking notes, financial records, reports, planning documents, Decision papers, and reference material.

This accession consists of records relating to the establishment of the Business Development and Investment Corporation (BDIC) and NWT Arts rebranding and activities. BDIC records include correspondence, meeting materials, copies of the Act and draft Regulations, review materials, organizational charts, lists of functions affected by BDIC and implementation tasks, and a communication plan. NWT Arts records include Logo Branding Program Guidelines and a presentation.

This fonds consists of approximately 54,000 black and white negatives, postcards and prints, and one file of text that encompasses Hans Heinrich Maximilian (Henry) Busse's professional photographic work.

7909 images have been given full item description. Of these, the stock file consists of 4909 images that Busse may have considered important or saleable and these were arranged alphabetically by subject by the Museum of the North. Images in the stock file feature a wide range of subjects including animals, boats, bush pilots, aircraft, Dene, Inuit, and mining operations. There are also images of Coppermine (Kugluktuk), Cambridge Bay, Port Radium, Eskimo Point (Arviat), Fort Rae (Behchoko), Lac la Martre (Whati), Hay River, Fort Smith, Fort Resolution, Fort Reliance, Yellowknife and Aklavik. Another 3000 images have been selected from the entire collection and given full item description. Additional subject matter includes Yellowknife social events, weddings, sports teams and games, church activities, Yellowknife businesses, and school events. The remainder of the photographic material is as Busse left it, as photo order envelopes. These images have been rehoused, noting any information on the original envelope, and describing the number and content of the images. A large proportion of these images are studio portraits of Yellowknife residents.

The textual material consists mainly of correspondence from Busse's customers found in the photo order envelopes, as well as three certificates for photograph contest awards from 1958-1960.

An additional accession provided by an anonymous donor contains 42 prints and postcards of Aboriginal people, mostly from the Eastern Arctic.

Some photographs may be the work of Busse's business partner, Gerhard (Gerry) Reimann, or of other studio assistants.

Records include a file on the development of an arts and crafts strategy (co-lead with the Department of Education, Culture and Employment) and a file on territorial parks usage statistics.

This accession consists of one NWT Arts Council poster.

This fonds consists of 79 colour photographs that were in an album compiled by members of the Sanavisak Guild in Pine Point. The accession also contains the minutes of a meeting held on September 8, 1965 to discuss the formation of the guild; two guild newsletters, one from March 1982 and the other from 1983; and the programme for the guild's 10th Anniversary dinner and dance. The photographs document many of the activities of the Sanavisak Guild in Pine Point between 1969 and 1984. The majority of the images are well identified. Activities depicted include craft and bake sales, Christmas parties and floats decorated by the guild for the annual Pine Days parade and celebrations.

Records include photographs of Didi Woolgar, artist. Most date from the 1950s.

Records include NWT Arts Council meeting minutes and funding recommendations for Artistic Projects for 1996/97 and 1997/98.

Many of the records were created by the division's predecessors, the Museums/Heritage and Cultural Affairs divisions of the Department of Culture and Communications. Records include policy development files, reports on funding and training for community heritage organizations, exhibit storylines, NWT Arts Council reports, and minutes from the Exhibit Committee, Marketing Committee, and from a divisional strategic planning meeting.

Records consist of reports relating to a trade show and a business mission, as well as background information relating to an arts strategy and an arts policy.

Records include one file on arts strategy in the Northwest Territories, and one file of a program review of the NWT Community Futures Development Corporation.

Records document the evaluation process of a funding proposal submitted by the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre. Additionally, files contain a report produced by the division regarding the Open Sky Artist's Festival in Fort Smith.

Records are from the Central Registry file system and contain files from the following program areas: Economic and Industry and Industry and Commerce Series (62 block). The files relate to Arts and Crafts and Industry Projects.

This accession consists of one 17x25 cm mounted black and white portrait photograph of Wilf McNeil, a Fort Smith wood carver.

This fonds consists of approximately 22 centimeters of textual material and 19 photographs generated by the Northwest Territories Arts and Crafts Council. Included in this material are files of correspondence dated from 1975-1988, material related to a funding proposal submitted to the Department of Economic Development and Tourism, budget information, minutes of council meetings, the council's constitution and by-laws, material from the 1980 AGM in Inuvik and a copy of the Federal cultural policy review. In addition, there is material related to other Arts and Crafts organizations such as the Canadian Craft Council, Canadian Council on the Arts, Inuvik Arts and Crafts Society, Yellowknife Guild of Crafts and the Native Women's Association of the Northwest Territories. There are also copies of magazines containing articles related to the council, newspaper clippings, membership information, reports on various conferences, eight copies of "Artisan News" from 1978-1980, copies of the NWT Arts and Crafts Council Newsletter from Spring 1979 and Spring 1980, information about the design of the logo for the organization and records related to awards and exhibitions. The photographs depict arts and crafts workshops held in Inuvik and the founding members and Board of the Northwest Territories Arts and Crafts Council.

Records include photographs taken by Georgie Stone in the process of preparing a magazine article on northern artists. Featured are two Inuvialuit carvers, Iyak (Fred Trimble) and Rex Goose, and one Inuit graphic artist, Peter Ragee of Cape Dorset. Images depict the artists while carving and drawing, and finished works.

This fonds consists of approximately 3280 photographs in both slide and print format, 18 audiocassettes, 1 audio reel, which was copied to 1 sound CD, 6 cm of text and 2 film reels in 8 mm format. The records document Frank Gonda's life in various northern communities. The cassette recordings appear to be interviews with elders or carvers from Pelly Bay. The textual files document Gonda's attempts to create curriculum for art to be used in schools in the Northwest Territories and his efforts to obtain a Masters degree from the University of Alberta.