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Ben Sutherland being interviewed by Richard Valpy, Assistant NWT Archivist June 1,1986. Part 1 of 2. 32:50 [Discussed topics from Mr. Sutherland's birth in Scotland, arrival in Canada, education and employment with the Canadian National Railroad. 1934 meeting with Johnny Baker who hired him to come work in Yellowknife for $3.50/day. He arrived in January 1935 in an airplane on skis piloted by Rudy Heuss to the LT Burwash camp on the east side of the Yellowknife Bay. They lived in tents near the Camlaren/Con Mine area. Mentions people like: Huey Muir, Olaf Hagen, Wop May, Matt Berry, Stan McMillan, Jock McMeekan, and George ?(a French-Canadian from Northern Alberta they took to Outpost Island to cut logs). Mentions unprepared prospectors who left before the year was out. Also the Distributor bringing supplies for mines and houses for Tlicho (Dogrib) village. Claim jumping, caribou herds, ice house and fishing for dog food. 1936 when airplanes brought more people, radio stations and supplies.]

Ben Sutherland being interviewed by Richard Valpy, Assistant NWT Archivist June 1,1986. Part 2 of 2. Discussing Mr. Sutherland's time in Yellowknife from January 1935 to February 1937. [Incl. living conditions, prospecting, collecting samples, population at the time (50 men, nobody on Jolliffe Island, Latham Island or Old Town yet), socializing, liquor, medical treatment (to Dr. Amyott in Fort Smith), radio operators and telegrams, Tom Payne and Jock McMeekan claim jumping, E.P. Taylor deposited paycheque in Winnipeg bank, half of crew left over winter but with so many others applying to work, most stayed.]

This item is the first part of a three-part interview of Laura Loutitt, recorded on September 11, 1986 in Fort Smith by the Assistant Archivist of the Northwest Territories Archives. The original source item was track 1 of an audio reel and spans 17 minutes, 30 seconds.. The interview also includes items 0001B and 0001C. Topics include Loutitt’s early childhood at the Hay River Anglican Mission, her father who was the manager of HBC, her siblings, and her marriage to Colin Loutitt. She discusses topics up until the 1920s. There were recording issues at the very end of the tape, causing the audio to speed up before ending abruptly.

This item is the second part of a three-part interview of Laura Loutitt, recorded on September 11, 1986 in Fort Smith by the Assistant Archivist of the Northwest Territories Archives. The original source item was track 2 of an audio reel and spans 30 minutes, 20 seconds. The interview also includes items 0001A and 0001C. Topics include Loutitt’s work as a cook for the RCMP in the 1930s and what the job was like, cooking for local pilots, the types of food they ate, and how she travelled around from Fort Chipewyan to Lake Athabasca to Fort Smith. She also speaks briefly of her husband’s passing around 1946 and a bit about World War II. The beginning of the tape begins with a summary of the previous recording due to issues with the tape recorder.

This item is the third part of a three-part interview of Laura Loutitt, recorded on September 11, 1986 in Fort Smith by the Assistant Archivist of the Northwest Territories Archives. The original source item was track 3 of an audio reel and spans 30 minutes, 45 seconds. The interview also includes items 0001A and 0001B. Topics include World War II and the CANOL Project, Loutitt's restaurant The Right Spot, and general things about her life such as neighbours and families she knew, the loss of two children, and changes at church. At the end of the tape, the interviewer explains that the tapes will be brought back to Yellowknife to become part of the collection.