The records are from the Central Registry file system and contain files from the following program areas: Director's Monthly Meetings (11 block) and the Directorate (13 block).
Much of the accession is currently unidentified. Some of the identified reels of film concern events in the Northwest Territories, such as the Commissioner's tour of the central arctic, 1970 Arctic Winter Games, Caribou Carnival in Yellowknife, Camp Unity and a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) production on whaling in the north.
Records include moving images, photographs, and one file of reports generated by trips taken by Commissioner Stuart Hodgson. The Commissioners' Tours included visits to the upper Mackenzie, Nahanni and Liard River Area (June 2-6, 1969), the central arctic (Aug. 25 - Sept. 5, 1969), the Mackenzie Delta (Oct. 13-19, 1970), and the central arctic (May 5-8, 1971). One of the films contains a narrative by Commissioner Hodgson on the Arctic Winter Games.
One series of 10 posters is titled "Northern Legacy" and includes scenic images of the Northwest Territories, wildlife and northern residents. A second series of 5 posters is titled "Arctic Wildlife." The images depicted include both the Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions of the Northwest Territories.
The moving images document a project to build a mooseskin boat. The text consists of copies of the daily journals of the project kept by Beryl Gillespie and a copy of her final summary report. The 17 photographs were taken by Beryl Gillespie.
These files were from the Central Registry and were from the following Central Registry blocks: Policy (11-000) which contains files about departmental and territorial policy and directives; Settlements (11-004) contains files on Rae, Port Burwell, Iqaluit and Fort Smith; Tours (11-005) contains files on the Commissioner's Tours of the Arctic; Publications (11-006) contains copies of the GNWT publication 'H.Q. Bulletin' and Communications (11-012) contains files relating to the development of community broadcast stations in the north.
Records consists of brochures on varied topics such as translation services, the NWT visual identity program, regional information (mostly the Keewatin region) and 6 years of weekly Territorial bulletins (incomplete run).
[Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), 50th Street, Yellowknife. 1969-1974]
[Children in doorway of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), 50th Street, Yellowknife. 1969-1974]
Eskimo [Inuit] girl at Clyde River. [Girl standing outdoors, identified as Annie (Alikatuktuk) Pitsiulak from Qikiqtarjuaq.]
Eskimo [Inuit] girl at Clyde River, NWT. [Girl in parka, identified as Annie (Alikatuktuk) Pitsiulak from Qikiqtarjuaq.]
One 16 mm film reel of the Department of Information and ACCESS coproduction, "Prohibition in the North." The film details the different forms of liquor restrictions (prohibition, rationing, and local controls) in four communities in the Northwest Territories: Fort Franklin (Deline) [Incl. Fr. Denis OMI, Dora Gully, George Cleary, RCMP Corp. Bill Scott; Band Council members: George Kodakin, Jimmy Cleary, Joe Naedzo, Leon Modeste discussing liquor-related deaths and bootlegging.], Pond Inlet, Igloolik, and Pangnirtung. ©GNWT https://vimeo.com/462820689/2dac515965
Territorial bulletin / Department of Information. - Yellowknife : DOI, 1972-1978. - Newsletters (ca. 800p.)
see notes for more complete dates.
The Keewatin / N. Cooper, Department of Information. - [Yellowknife] : DOI, [1980?]. - Brochure (16p.)
Canada's arctic today / Department of Information. - Yellowknife : DOI, 1976. - Brochure (8p.)
The communicators: Bridging the gap = [syllabics] / Department of Information. - [Yellowknife] : DOI, [1973]. - Brochure (16p.)
Northwest Territories visual identity program / Department of Information. - [Yellowknife] : DOI, 1980. - Brochure (28p.)
The changing Keewatin = [Syllabics] / Department of Information. - [Yellowknife] : DOI, [1977]. - Published report (83p.) : ill.
One folder containing a copy of Beryl Gillespie's handwritten daily journal. The juornal provides a detailed account of s Mooseskin Boat project conducted in 1981. It provides substantial details on the construction techniques.
One folder containing a copy of Beryl Gillespie's type written summary report on the Mooseskin Boat project conducted in 1981. The report provides a general description of the project however it contains few details on the construction techniques.