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The recordings are of the proceedings of the first Alberta Northwest Mining Industry Forum, which was held in Yellowknife. Included in the topics for discussion were: participation of indigenous people in resource development, the relationship between governments and the mining industry, exploration problems and the need for all weather roads. Speakers include Dr. C.M. Trigg, Ross Milne, Mike Keevan, Dave J. Emery, Peter Ernerk, R.W. Hornal, Dr. George W. Mannard, and Ron J. Hawkes.

The textual records consist of a typewritten letter dated June 11, 1941 sent to Archie Jamieson when he was employed by Slave Lake Gold Mines Ltd., from the Bank of Nova Scotia regarding a money order. The sound recordings contain interviews with Barbara Knudsen (nee Byrne) and Donald Byrne about their memories of Outpost Island. There is also an interview with Mary Lou MacLeod Connery about her time in Goldfields, Saskatchewan. The interviews were conducted in 2006 by David Jamieson.

Records include an interview conducted with Bill Banford in which he reminisces about people, places and incidents he encountered while travelling the Mackenzie River.

The textual records consists of one letter describing the audiocassette. Most of the photographs date from between 1963 and 1978, although there is one from 1932 and several from 1993. The photographs document the Reverend Ben S. Hall's life in Hay River from 1963-1970, as well as a 1978 Boy Scouting trip to Coppermine and Pine Point. They also depict images of public events, the local "Indian village," aircraft, clergy, and Yellowknife. The audio cassette narrates the series of colour slides of the Boy Scout trip to Coppermine and Pine Point.

This material was generated by field work conducted by Beryl Gillespie, an anthropologist who visited the communities of Detah, Rae, Yellowknife, Fort Norman (Tulita) and Fort Franklin (Deline) between 1968 and 1972. The photographs, slides and negatives depict the people she interviewed and the communities that she visited. The textual material consists of field notes containing information and stories collected from the following families: Clement, Lennie, Andrew, Norwegian, Wright, Naedzo, Gladue, Karkagie, Gully, Sangris, Thomas, Abel, Potfighter, Crapeau, Drygeese, Fishbone, Blondin, Bruno, Martin, Mackenzie, Liske, Tobie, Betsina, Charlo, Baillargeon, Hetchile, Vital, Pochat, Yakeleya, Bernard, Mendo, Yukon and Etchinele. The two audio cassettes appear to be taped stories told by Gabriel Etchinele and Fred Andrew. Both stories are in Slavey. The first story was told by Gabriel Etchinele on October 18, 1972 and is the story about Dendejule. The English translation by Stella Mendo is available in the field notes. The second audio cassette contains a story told by Fred Andrew on October 25, 1972 about the Ehbaotine and Mountain Indian Conflict. The English translation by Laura Yakelaya is available in the field notes.

The textual records consist of the diary of Louise Buffum dated from 1939-1945. The photographs were taken and collected by the Buffum family and many images depict the covers or interior images of personalized Christmas cards from bush pilots and other people who stayed with the Buffum family. There are also photographs of floatplanes, bush pilots, barges, the Buffum family and images of many buildings and Treaty Days at Fort Rae. The sound recordings contain an interview conducted by the Territorial Archivist, David Rudkin with Lyn Orchuk in 1985.

The sound recordings include (:0001) C. M. "Bud" Drury (Office of the Special Representative for Constitutional Development in the Northwest Territories) press conference, 19 Dec. 1977, Cairns was the reporter, and (:0002) an election campaign interview Cairns conducted with George Erasmus on 5 May 1979. The textual records consist of two items from the records of the Yellowknife Daycare Association.

The textual records consist of a membership card and blank letterhead from the Tuktoyaktuk Broadcasting Association which operated CFCT Tuktoyaktuk Radio Station. The sound recording is of the radio log for one day of programming (date unknown).

This accession consists of records relating to the development of a new constitution for the western part of the Northwest Territories, in anticipation of the division with Nunavut, by the Commission for Constitutional Development. Much of the Commission's work related to conducting community hearings, receiving submissions, and issuing reports of recommendations.

The records include administrative records such as terms of reference, incorporation documents, bylaws, dissolution documents, meeting minutes, correspondence, the "How Can We Live Together" public discussion paper, press releases, news clippings, contractor and secondment agreements, contribution agreements, budgets and workplans, financial statements, travel expense summaries, and purchase order records.

The records also include hearing and reporting records such as written submissions, presentations and speaking notes, verbatim transcripts of community hearings, hearing schedules, research and reference materials, workshop records, and records relating to the "Towards Our Common Future" discussion paper, Issue Summary Report, Interim Report, and "Working Toward A Common Future" final report.

Records include approximately 1000 oral history recordings from the Committee for Original People's Entitlement (COPE). The textual records consist of transcriptions of the audio recordings. These recordings are in Inuvialuktun, Gwich'in and North Slavey and contain life stories of elders as well as traditional legends.

The recording contains the remembrances of Louise Corey. The majority of the recording is in one of the Dene languages possibly Chipewyan.

The sound recordings date from the 1990s and were recorded by David Pelly for a project entitled "Traditional Knowledge of Seals." The recordings contain interviews conducted by the donor with elders in Sanikiluaq for the purposes of writing a book about Inuit and seals.
Pauloosie Ekidlak; Pauloosie Ekidlak; Ali Ippak; Noah Oqaituk; Lucassie Kattuk; Lucassie Kattuk; Johnny Meeko Sr.; Davidee Eyaituk
Jimmy Iqaluk; Simonie Uppik

The recordings are of the 2nd Annual Drum Dance Festival held at the Coppermine school on December 25-26, 1955. David S. Wilson recorded the festival and provided an introduction and periodic commentary on the recordings.

Records include a sound recording entitled "Hooked on the North." The recording was compiled from oral history tapes of Marjorie Nichol (N-1992-019) and Dennis Williams (N-1992-018). These excerpts are interspersed with narration and music.

This accession consists of a sound recording of a lecture given by Mr. Dickins at the Ontario Science Centre in 1978. The lecture recounts a short history of flying in the north, reminiscences of some of his experiences, other important events in the history of the bush pilots, and the importance of the airplane to development in the north.

The textual records consist of proposals, project reports, logs for the videocassettes, and letters of support for the project. The moving images contain stock footage of the construction a birchbark canoe for the Dogrib Birchbark Canoe Project as well as two professionally produced broadcast versions of the project; one version is 0:29 in length, the other 0:40.