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  • Here are entered works relating to localities or communities in which people live.

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    231 Archival description results for Human settlements

    202 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
    N-1992-114 · Accession · 1959-1967

    This accession consists of photographs of Yellowknife and the surrounding area. Images include mine headframes and buildings, the Frank Channel and Yellowknife River bridges, parachutists, and a 1967 Canada Day Parade in Yellowknife.

    Johnson, North S.
    Scarborough Company
    N-1992-037 · Accession · 1908, copied [197-]

    This accession consists of two black and white copy photographs of maps entitled "Survey of the Western Part of the Dominion of Canada". Various information, such as estimated populations of Manitoba, Mackenzie District, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Yukon and British Columbia in 1907, is printed around the borders of these maps.

    Seright, Yvonne
    N-1992-141 · Accession · [1937-1938]

    This accession consists of 11 black and white photographs featuring people, a camp at Yellowknife, the connecting of Yellowknife's first electrical wires, and the first gold brick poured at Yellowknife.

    Seright, Yvonne
    N-1999-002 · Accession · 1997-1998

    Records include photographs taken by taken by Roberta McGregor when she was the adult educator at Sambaa K'e (Trout Lake). Photographs may have been used in "community book". There are a variety of scenic shots, community activities & handicrafts. Edward Jumbo is the man preparing a birch log for snowshoes making and working on preparation of tobaggon boards. The birch bark baskets were made by Norma Jumbo.

    McGregor, Roberta
    N-2007-009 · Accession · 1969-[199-]

    Records include photographs relating to water, sanitation, infrastructure, construction and engineering projects in the Northwest Territories. The primary photographer was James Cameron, a engineer who worked on various projects across the North. Featured communities include Aklavik, Tsiigehtchic, Enterprise, Edzo, Fort McPherson, Fort Providence, Fort Resolution, Fort Smith, Hay River, the Hay River Reserve, Uluhaktok, Inuvik, Kakisa, Whati, Norman Wells, Paulatuk, Pine Point, Rae, Gameti, Wekweti, Trout Lake, Tuktoyaktuk and Yellowknife. The colour slides, identified by community, have short captions on their respective slide mounts.

    Lennie family fonds
    23 · Fonds · [1910?-1970?]

    This fonds consists of 880 original photographic negatives and 59 copy negatives taken between 1910-1970. The images include the communities of Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyatuk, Inuvik and Aklavik, as well as DEW line stations BAR 2 and BAR C.

    Lennie (family)
    Lindberg family fonds
    117 · Fonds · [1940?-1963?]

    This fonds consists of 135 photographs copied from two albums compiled by the Lindberg family. The photographs were taken during the 1940s and 1950s and show Lindberg family members, communities along the Liard River including Fort Nelson, B.C., Fort Liard and Fort Simpson, freighting and ferry operations.

    Lindberg (family)
    Mary Saich fonds
    112 · Fonds · 1940-[1942]

    This fonds consists of 291 photographs and 6.2 cm of textual material. There are images of Aklavik and the surrounding area, as well as images that document Mary Saich's trip to Tuktoyaktuk. In addition, there is one scrapbook compiled by Mary Saich; one notebook that includes historical and geographical notes on the Northwest Territories, her curriculum ideas and a manuscript entitled "A Year in Canada's North" which includes copies/originals of articles on the north and copies/originals of Mary Saich's correspondence with her parents.

    Saich, Mary
    McCall family fonds
    360 · Fonds · [1940-197-?]

    This fonds consists of 299 colour slides, 19 colour prints and 273 black and white prints. The majority of the photographs are of Frank and Grace McCall's time spent in the Mackenzie Delta (Aklavik - Reindeer Station) in the 1940s, Yellowknife (1940s - 1970s) and Ft. Smith in the (1950s and 1960s). The series of print photographs focussing on Yellowknife include images relating to transportation, recreation, mining, and scenery. Negus Mine, Con Mine, Jolliffe Island, the Wildcat Café, water taxis, floatplanes, and cat trains are featured, along with Yellowknife residents Tom Doornbos and John Anderson Thomson. The series of print photographs focussing on Aklavik include images relating to reindeer herding, transportation, and aerial photographs. A third series of print photographs, entitled Northern Miscellaneous, covers various subjects, including a trip Frank McCall took in his capacity as Regional Administrator to communities such as Banks Island, Holman Island, Coppermine (Kugluktuk), Spence Bay (Taloyoak) and Pelly Bay to talk to residents about a Resource Program. The two textual documents are programs for the official openings of the Yellowknife United Church in 1958 and Bristol Memorial Park in 1970.

    McCall (family)
    Merle Shaw fonds
    408 · Fonds · [1947-1949]

    This fonds consists of 83 b&w and coloured photographs documenting Merle's life in Yellowknife between 1947-1949. Subjects include Merle and her co-workers in their professional capacity as nurses, residents in Yellowknife and the surrounding area, and places in Yellowknife including the hospital, the Yellowknife Inn, and Yellowknife Public School.

    Shaw, Merle
    Mildred Young Hubbert fonds
    371 · Fonds · [194-] - 1984

    This fonds consists of 564 b&w and colour prints and 75 colour slides taken and collected by Mildred Young Hubbert while living in the Northwest Territories first as a schoolteacher, 1947-1950, and later as a school inspector in the late 1960s. The prints were originally part of photo albums created by then Mildred Young while a Yellowknife schoolteacher in the 1940s. The photographs include scenes from the schoolhouse on School Draw, students in classrooms, public health inoculations, blood donor clinics, Christmas pageants, and fashion shows. Photographs of Yellowknife include the construction of the Gerry Murphy Arena, the opening of the golf course, and scenes at the gold mines. A number of photographs were taken at Indian Village (Dettah), and feature Yellowknives Dene elders and youth. Photographs of the Kugluktuk (Coppermine) area identify Father Ebner and Inuit hunters. Many of the colour prints date from 1984 when Ms. Hubbert returned to Yellowknife for the city's fifty-year reunion celebration. The slides, taken in 1969, are of Fort Good Hope, and include photographs of school children and the community.

    Hubbert, Mildred Young
    Nap Norbert fonds
    91 · Fonds · [1940-1959]

    This fonds consists of 94 black and white interpositives copied from the original negatives. Most of the images depict scenes in and around Tsiigehtchic (Arctic Red River) and Aklavik. There are also photographs taken in Tuktoyaktuk, Hay River, Reindeer Station, Fort McPherson and Fort Simpson. The fonds contains images of Nap Norbert's children, his brothers and sisters. In addition, there are images of community buildings in Tsiigetchic, the hospital and school at Aklavik, and the community dance hall in Fort McPherson. There are also a number of images of barges and tugs, including the "Pelican Rapids" that operated on the Mackenzie River.

    Norbert, Nap
    Nick Sibbeston
    N-1991-070 · Accession · [1930-1955], copied 1991
    Part of Nick Sibbeston fonds

    Records include photographs of Fort Simpson and ships docking at that community.

    Paul Trudel fonds
    373 · Fonds · 1920-1983

    This fonds consists of 223 b&w and colour photographs and 0.2 cm of textual records. The majority of the photographs were taken by Paul Trudel while he was in Fort Smith and the surrounding area in the 1920s. Officials of the government, including J.A. McDougal, N.W. Champagne, and Gerry Murphy, are prominently featured. Other photographs taken at the Slave River, Pine Lake or in Wood Buffalo National Park relate to the recreation activities and picnics of colleagues' families. Some of the photographs were taken in Yellowknife and the surrounding area in the 1940s. These photographs include family snapshots as well as prominent Yellowknife families and individuals, including Dr. Oliver Stanton, Father Gathy and Bishop Breynat. Several of the photographs document Paul Trudel's day to day activities at the district's mining recorder's office on Latham Island in Yellowknife. The textual material includes letters, one recipe card, a colour photocopy of a 1928? Waterways train schedule, a colour photocopy of a map showing the communities of the Mackenzie River valley, memorabilia including scanned copies of two Christmas cards, an engagement announcement from Edmonton Journal, and editions of the Yellowknife Blade newspaper (annotated by Paul Trudel), Vol. 1, No.3 and Vol. 1, No. 4.

    Trudel, Paul
    Paul Williamson fonds
    59 · Fonds · 1937-1940

    This fonds consists of 320 photographic prints taken by Paul Williamson during his years in both Portage La Loche (Saskatchewan) and Yellowknife. Many photos have been removed from photo albums created by Paul Williamson. The fonds has been divided into three series: 1) La Loche, Saskatchewan; 2) Yellowknife; 3) Miscellaneous. The photographs of Yellowknife include views of: the Hudson's Bay Company store; gold mine operations; sporting activities including hockey, baseball and skiing; aircraft; the Yellowknife River and scenery around Yellowknife. There are also aerial views and images of the Hudson's Bay Company post in Hay River.

    Williamson, Paul
    Peter Schwerdt fonds
    65 · Fonds · 1937-1941

    This fonds consists of 142 photograps of people in Yellowknife and prospectors in the area. Included among the photographs are images of: Bertha Watts, who ran a ferry service across the Snye to Latham Island; Peter Lauder, trapper, prospector and bare knuckle boxer; caribou hunting in the winter; prospecting camps; as well as scenes of people and places in Yellowknife, such as the Wildcat Cafe.

    Schwerdt, Peter
    John Day fonds
    90 · Fonds · [1937-1939]

    This fonds consists of one photo album containing 102 prints and 53 loose prints taken by John Day. Many of the images depict Day's 1938 trip by boat from Athabasca to Yellowknife. Other images show Yellowknife in the late 1930s, Negus and Cominco camps and construction crews, mine sites and locations such as Fort Fitzgerald and Fort Smith.

    Day, John
    N-1993-031 · Accession · 1960

    Textual records consist of one 1960 yearbook, entitled "Borean" which was produced by the staff and students at Fort Smith Federal High School. The yearbook contains photographs of the staff and students and articles about both the Fort Smith Federal High School and the Fort Smith Federal Day School - an elementary school. This was the first yearbook to be produced in the NWT, and contains greetings from a number of federal politicians including Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, Alvin Hamilton, the Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources, and R.G. Robertson, the Commissioner of the NWT. The yearbook also contains a number of biographical sketches of long-time residents of Fort Smith and a history of the town.

    Fort Smith Federal High School
    Lloyd, Paul, b. 1886
    N-1991-034 · Accession · 1939, 1949

    The photographs primarily feature Yellowknife buildings such as the public school, the Red Cross Hospital, stores and hotels. Images also include the Yellowknife Expeditor (ship) and its Captain Fred Coe, William McDonald public school, the Dominion Government's experimental garden at Yellowknife, and pictures of Fort Chipewyan (Alberta) and Goldfields (Saskatchewan).

    Lloyd, Paul, 1886-1971
    Marion Etherton collection
    N-2009-003 · Accession · [195-]-[1970?]

    The textual records are comprised of one book of ration tickets. The photographs depict construction along DEW line sites (mid 1950s) and views of Port Radium (ca. 1969-1970).

    Etherton, Marion