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Records include photographs of students and student life at Akaitcho Hall in Yellowknife. Photographs date from 1960-2001 and include class photographs, individual portraits of students, basketball teams, the cafeteria and special events such as graduation and a visit from Prime Minister Trudeau in 1968. There is one photograph of the Akaitcho Hall reunion team that was taken in 2001.

Records are comprised of one copy of the Akaitcho Gazette which was produced by the Akaitcho Hall Reunion Committee in 2001 to commemorate the Akaitcho Hall reunion that was held in Yellowknife from June 29, 2001 until July 1, 2001. The 32 page newspaper includes copies of photographs of the students, staff and events that took place at Akaitcho Hall between 1958 and 1994. In addition, there are stories from former students and staff about people, events and daily living at the residence.

Records include photographs depicting student life at Akaitcho Hall. The photographs show the dormitories, the cafeteria, student events, sporting teams, student councils and visits from dignitaries. The photographs appear to date from 1960-1979.

The textual records consist of six issues of newsletters published by the students who lived in Akaitcho Hall. There are two issues of "The Akaitcho Youth and Unity", dated November 1964 and December 1964. Also included is one issue of "Student Voice" issued on May 6, 1967. The accession also contains three issues of "Akaitcho Hi-Lites" dated September 1967[?], October 1967[?] and February 1968[?] These newsletters contain stories and articles written by the students living at Akaitcho Hall, lists of names of the students in residence, a gossip column, and reports from various school groups.

The records date from 1960-1989 and were generated by students that lived at Akaitcho Hall and attended Sir John Franklin Territorial High School. The textual records consist of Akaitcho Hall newsletters, a policy manual and guidelines for the students entering the residence, a school newspaper, a 1981 yearbook, and a program of study from Sir John Franklin High School. The photographs depict daily life, classes and activities that took place at Akaitcho Hall and Sir John Franklin High School. In addition, there are some oversize photographs of the NWT Council and Commissioners of the NWT. There is also one drawing of Akaitcho Hall. There are 12 videocassettes that contain interviews with students about their life at Akaitcho Hall and footage of daily life at the residence and at Sir John Franklin High School. The students interviewed comment about the living conditions, activities and high school experiences. In addition, there is one tape entitled "A Whole Language: A Northern Experience" that is a Yellowknife Films Production. This tape was produced for the Department of Education to promote a writing program that was used in the communities to enhance the language skills and give students a creative voice.

Records include photographs of ice road trucking and prospecting, mainly of the North Slave region. The photos span the eight and a half years Adolf worked for Curry Construction as an ice road trucker. Afterwards, he worked for trucking companies inside of Yellowknife. He bought his Agfa superslide camera in Germany before he moved to Canada in 1953.

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.

The film is entitled "A Fishing Tale," and was produced in 1983 by Yellowknife Films. The film is in colour and is 27 minutes in length; it depicts the commercial fishing culture on Great Slave Lake and documents fishing operations in both the winter and summer months and shows how the difficult environment affects the lives of those employed in the fishing industry. Chipping ice holes, setting fish nets with a jigger in winter is demonstrated by Wilfred Smith. Bombadiers, West Channel in Hay River, winter fishing, the Wool Bay outpost station operated by Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, Wilfred Smith's private fish business, and Clifford Smith's summer boat operations are featured.

Narrated by Bob Backhouse. Featuring Gester Gudmundson, Alex Morin, Wilfred Smith, Dominique Montgrand, Clifford Bird, Edwin Morin. Funded by CBC North, The Metis Association of the Northwest Territories, the Canada Council and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Records are comprised of the scroll signed by the Territorial Government staff present on the transfer of the seat of Government to the capital at Yellowknife on the 18 September 1967.

Records include a copy of the 1901 census.