This material was generated by the renovation project of Our Lady of Good Hope, Roman Catholic Church in Fort Good Hope. The textual records include reports on the history of the building, its condition before and after the renovation, and the renovation work itself. The blueprints document the specifications for the renovation project. The majority of the photographs document the building itself; there are also copies of photographs of people in the community.
The prints consist of group pictures of the members of the Language Bureau, as well as images of individuals working at the Language Bureau (using microphones, wearing headsets.) The negatives document an Interpreters Conference from March 1975.
The colour slides depict community buildings (schools, churches, hospitals), people, scenery, activities and special events in the following communities: Hay River, Fort Simpson, Fort Norman, Rae, Port Radium, Lac La Martre, Fort Good Hope, Fort Franklin, Fort McPherson, Tuktoyaktuk, Yellowknife, Coppermine, Jean Marie River, Fort Liard, Nahanni region, Aklavik, Fort Resolution, Fort Smith, Fort Providence, Wrigley, Fort Fitzgerald, Arctic Red River, Reindeer Station, Whale Cove, Norman Wells, Iqaluit and Rocher River. In addition, 19 black and white photographs show children and housing conditions in Yellowknife and on Latham Island in 1969. There are also several images of Rae that portray people, the church, Treaty time and Chief Susie Bruneau. The majority of the films were produced by the Government of the Northwest Territories for different departments; the subject matter of the films deal with Prohibition in the North, education, the Mackenzie Bridge and life in the North.
Children beside R.C. mission house Summer 1969 [Rae]
Taken inside the house of Mrs. Marie Sangris, she is one of the ladies that really helps with the program, we have used her home for showing films, slides and for cooking demonstration. She is one of the few that keeps her house clean (and0 is proud of it. There are ten in the family all together and her husband works for Plains Western Gas and Electric Limited. These are five of her children.
St. Michael's church, Rae, with Faraud Hospital in background.
Yellowknife Indian Village [Detah?, two children play beside building]
Yellowknife Indian Village [Detah?, three children sit in a wodden box]
Yellowknife Indian Village, July 1969 [Detah, view of houses with lake in background]
Chief Susie Bruneau, with hat, talking to elders. July 1969 [standing in front of Pontiac sedan and Ford pickup]
Fort McPherson settlement, 1952
Giving out treaty at Treaty Time in July.
Treaty Time. $5.00 annual payment given out at Yellowknife Indian Village, July 1969 [Detah]
Children at Yellowknife Indian Village [Detah, young girl kneels on ground near woodpile]
Yellowknife Indian Village [Detah, boy with coat on backwards]
Children at Yellowknife Indian Village, June 1969 [Detah, two children stand in doorway]
[Woman does laundry with washboard and washtub while two children stand nearby]
[Group of people sit on rocks behind house, fuel tank visible]
[Three women pose on street in front of the Laing building. On left is a visibly pregnant Muriel Betsina]
[View of Rainbow Valley (now Ndilo) from the north]