Records include photographs of the Norn family taken at Hay River or in the Hay River area dating from roughly 1910 to 1940. A photograph of a picnic scene was taken in the 1960s. Several of the photographs feature teepees indicative of Dene dwellings from the period.
Records include photographs depicting various locations along the Mackenize River. The images depict aerial views of communities and a Norseman aircraft. The images were taken by the donor's brother K.W. Philips in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sans titreThe original films appear to date from the 1950s and are believed to have been created by an employee of Imperial Oil Limited in Norman Wells, Egon Madsen, for the company. Seven of the original films are in colour and all were taken in Norman Wells and the surrounding area. Subjects include the loading and transport of fuel drums, transport of a barge over land, a visit by Governor General Vincent Massey, building a tank farm, moving buildings from CANOL camp to Norman Wells, curling games, dogsledding, Imperial Oil Limited site and employees, and panorama views of Norman Wells and area.
Sans titreThis fonds consists of 80 b/w and colour photographs and one folder of textual material relating to the Gruben family of the Mackenzie Delta region. Dating mainly from the 1920s to the 1970s, the photographs document the people, places and activities of the Mackenzie Delta including the communities of Tuktoyaktuk, Aklavik, Kittigaryuk, Shingle Point, and Baillie Island and the Gruben, Nasogaluak, Raddi, Pokiak, Jacob, Kikoak, Carpenter, Cockney, Wolki, and Elias families. Featured are traditional Inuvialuit clothing, including floral pattern parkas with sunburst hoods. Additional subjects include hunting, dogsledding, boats, fishing, and oil rigs. The schooner 'North Star' is also featured. The textual material includes the marriage certificate of Mary (Mercy) Talegomik and John Rubin, as well as a letter addressed to Mary Gruben from B. Sidgwick dated April 7, 1950.
Sans titreThis accession consists of one framed cancelled cheque to the Yukon Telephone Company signed by Robert Service.
Records include images of a telephone exchange building in Yellowknife and the Yellowknife Telephone Company Building. The colour photo is of a sketch of the proposed Yellowknife CNT building. One photo is stamped "Reimann Studios."
Records include images of Fort Liard residents and Boy Scouts at Fort Providence.
Sans titreThis accession consists of 12 black and white photographs (postcard format) of various communities of the Mackenzie District including Aklavik, Fort Good Hope, Fort Norman, Fort Wrigley, Fort Resolution, Fort Providence, Fort Smith and Hay River.
This accession consists of one black and white aerial photograph of Jolliffe Island and "Old Town" Yellowknife taken in the late 1930s or early 1940s.
The collection consists of photographs from a variety of photographers and its subjects include people and events from Fort Good Hope and Colville Lake.
Records include photographs taken in 1938 by A.H. Perry. Included in the images are aerial photographs of Tuktoyaktuk, the Mackenzie delta, Inuit families and Aklavik.
Sans titreRecords include photographs of Inuvik. Many of the images are aerial photographs and show the layout of the community. This source of the photographs is unknown.
Records include photographs from the City of Edmonton Archives. The communities in the photographs include Fort Norman, Fort Smith, Fort Resolution, Fort Simpson, Arctic Red River (Tsiigehtchic), and Yellowknife. Most items are in postcard format, and several are stamped "The Hudson's Bay Co., Edmonton, Alta.".
This fonds consists of 60 cm of textual business records from the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce, which was also called the Yellowknife Board of Trade. The records date from 1947 through 1986 and include minutes from the Chamber of Commerce, project files, briefs prepared and presented on behalf of its members on topics such as taxation, winter roads, water and railway transportation, community development and road construction. There are also correspondence files containing letters to and from people interested in employment opportunities and living conditions in Yellowknife, as well as newspaper clippings about the activities of the Chamber of Commerce. In addition, there are three black and white photographs from a Chamber of Commerce dinner that took place in 1969.
Sans titreThis accession consists of a photocopy of an essay entered in the national essay contest "Know Your Heritage" about the "Old Cemetary [Cemetery]" located at Back Bay in Yellowknife (includes copies of photographs).
Sans titreThis accession consists of one black and white photograph showing a fallen tree trunk used as a child's coffin.
Records are comprised of a report entitled "A History of the Northwest Territories and Yukon Radio System 1923 to 1960," produced by Royal Canadian Signal Corps.
Sans titreThis accession consists of two black and white photographs of the crash site of a RCAF DC-3 in 1949. Item :0001 shows the salvage crew and Inuit men in front of the crashed plane and :0002 shows the crashed aircraft.
This accession consists of six black and white photographs of aviation activities in the north. Included among the images are views of the first air mail services in 1929 and an aerial photograph of Yellowknife.
Sans titreTextual records include two telegrams from 1937 relating to the flight of Sigismund Levanevsky of the U.S.S.R.; one autographed program "Commemorating Bush Pilots of Canada", August 20, 1967, Yellowknife; and one Canadian Airways Limited card showing flight routes. The photographs, most obtained from Matt Berry, relate to aviation in the north. The images feature views of life in numerous NWT communities, and activities such as mining. The map illustrates the route flown by W.L. Brintnell in G-CASK during August of 1929. The 21 day (105 hours), 1000 miles trip from Winnipeg (Manitoba) and back included stops in Fort Simpson, Fort Norman, Aklavik, Dawson (Yukon), Prince Rupert (B.C.), Edmonton (Alberta). Some of the photographs in this accession are copies of images held by the National Archives of Canada (NAC). The NAC's reference number for the items in their holdings has been recorded in the accession file.
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