Records consist of administrative files of the Archives dating from 1978-1981.
Northwest Territories. Department of Justice and Public Services. Museums and Heritage division. NWT ArchivesThe recordings, often referred to as the Dene Music Project, were made at four different Dene communities and each performance consisted of numerous songs. For identification purposes, each performance or recording session has been given a unique item number regardless of the number of physical tapes or songs it may incorporate. Included among the recordings are the master reels (:0009) compiled from a selection from original recordings. These reels were to be used in the production of the published record. Reference cassettes for most of the recordings are available. The textual records consists of documentation on each of the recording sessions. The black and white photographic negatives and corresponding contact sheets were taken during the recording sessions. Final appraisal and selection of the photographic negatives (items :0010-:0088) was completed in March 2013. Items :0004, :0006 and :0008 - original masters are cassettes. All other items have reel to reels as original masters.
Northwest Territories. Department of Justice and Public Services. Museums and Heritage divisionThis item is an interview of Cam Jordheim recorded ca. 1986 by Sandra Dolan, likely as part of Operation Fox Moth. The interview is in English. The original source item is side A of a 90 minute audio cassette. Cam speaks about working as an aircraft maintenance engineer in the north since 1970. He describes his training, tasks (including favourite and least favourite), changes in the job over time, working with regulatory agencies, changes in airplanes, and busy seasons. He emphasizes the shift in aircraft maintenance from panic maintenance to preventative maintenance. Cam also talks about Ptarmigan Airways, including its history and a hangar fire that had occurred three years before the interview, charter start-ups, overloading, and competition.
This item is an interview of Mark Dodd recorded ca. 1986 by Sandra Dolan likely as part of Operation Fox Moth. The interview is in English. The original source item was side B of a 90 minute audio cassette. Mark first came north in 1959 and is the former Commander Northern Region. He discusses the history of military flying in the North, where planes were based, and activities, including Hudson’s Strait Operation, establishing LORAN navigational stations, mapping and charting, aerial photography, weather observation station resupply, radar site locations, the DEW line, Christmas supply, airfield construction, and military exercises and training. Mark also talks about types of aircraft used, flying in the arctic, and the role of the US Air Force during WWII and into the 1960s. There is also some discussion of how he would like to see the military presented in the PWNHC’s aviation display and Mark provides names of additional people for Sandra to contact.
This item is an interview of Denny May recorded ca. 1986 by Sandra Dolan, likely for Operation Fox Moth. The interview is in English. Denny’s wife Margaret also speaks occasionally during the recording. The original source item was side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. Denny May is the son of renowned pilot Wop May. He discusses writing a book about his father with his sister-in-law Sheila Reid and provides some biographical details about his father’s life and experiences as a pilot before his death in 1952 when Denny was 17 years old. The interview mentions Wop May’s time in the Royal Flying Corps during WWI, barnstorming, flying out of Fort McMurray and around the Northwest Territories, medivacs (including the trip to Fort Vermillion), the first airmail run to Aklavik, secondment during WWII, time as Chief Pilot of Canadian Airways, his tenure as Director of Northern Development for Canadian Pacific Airways, and loss of his pilot’s license due to a missing eye. The interview also discusses other early pilots, engineers, various planes and companies, styles of planes and controls, and flight clothing. The recording ends abruptly.
This fonds consists of 353 black and white and colour photographs in slide, print and negative formats, 31 audio reels, 41 sound CDs, 42 audiocassettes, 24 DAT audiocassettes, approximately 1.62 m of textual material, 3 plans, 10 posters and 2 videocassettes.
The photographs primarily document exhibits and events at the museum. The sound recordings were generated by the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. The recordings consist of oral histories, lecture series, Dene drum music, conferences and assemblies, interviews with elders and people who lived in the North, and Christmas stories. The textual material includes records generated by the the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre and the Legal Division. Textual materials include administrative files, a discussion paper and associated records on Community Museums Policy, exhibit storyline and exhibit content plans, reports, transcripts of oral history interviews, and files related to Status of Women and Gun Control. The three plans were generated by a project about Willow Flats that was conducted by the Archaeology section. The 10 posters were produced by the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre and advertised public lectures and exhibits. The 2 videocassettes are in Umatic or Betacam formats and consist of master copies of "Trapline Lifeline" and "Wings of Change."
The fonds also includes files from the Legal division, including records from departmental committees and correspondence relating to advice on the development of legislation and the coordination of territorial legislation with community by-laws.
The fonds also includes Consolidations of the Liquor Act and Regulations.
The fonds also includes files from the Mining Inspection Services relating to fatality investigations.
Northwest Territories. Department of Justice and Public Services (1979-1985)This accession consists of records from Mining Inspection Services of the Department of Justice and Public Services relating to fatality investigations for Karl Kolke at Pine Point Mine (1971), Dieter Grunow at Cantung Mine (Canada Tungsten Mining Corporation Ltd., 1984), Gordon Davidson at Con Mine (Cominco, 1984), Gerald Lukan at Pine Point Mine (Cominco, 1984), Jack Doyle at Con Mine (Redpath Construction, 1985), Joseph Wilkinson at Highway 5 gravel pit (Rowe Construction, 1987), and Vince Corcoran at Giant Mine (Giant Yellowknife Mines Ltd., 1987).
The records include investigation reports, photographs and negatives, maps, witness statements, Coroner's Inquest, employer and RCMP reports, meeting notes, employee records, news articles, reference material, correspondence, and Board of Inquiry submissions, transcripts and report.
The collection consists of sound recordings of interviews conducted by Marc Stevenson, transcripts of interviews, and copies of historic photographs depicting Inuit and the Baffin region collected from the Public Archives of Canada. The sound recordings include: an interview in August 1983 with Etoangat at Kekerten whaling station; interviews conducted by Marc Stevenson at Kekerten and Pangnirtung in August 1984; and one apparently unrelated recording of an interview with an Inuk elder. The transcripts appear to be copies of twelve interviews conducted by Jaypeetee Akpalialuk in March 1984. The people of these interviews include: Kunugsiq Nuvaqiq, Shaimaiyuk Simon, Annie Alivatuk, Koagak Akulukjuk, Towkie Maniapik, Malaiya Akulukjuk, Martha Kakee, Sowdloo Shukulak, Etoangat Aksayook, Katchoo Evik, Koodloo Pitsulak, and Nowyook Nickutimusie.
Northwest Territories. Department of Justice and Public Services. Museums and Heritage division. Archaeology section