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The textual records consist of 3 files. The first file is of correspondence of the Eldorado Mining and Refining Company, Eldorado Gold Mines Ltd. and El Bonanza Mining Corp. Ltd. related to administrative matters (1934-1944). Includes some correspondence of Gilbert and Charles Labine. The second file contains the ballot of 12 candidates for the Aklavik Advisory Council (1969). The third file has part of a diary in Inuktitut (1955), 2 permits to enter the Reindeer Reserve, and 7 photographs in very bad condition which may have come from the collection of the National Archives of Canada.

The textual records consist of an 11 page photocopy of Winona Carruthers' recollections of her time spent as a teacher at the Anglican Mission in Hay River, 1903-1909. These recollections were compiled by Linda deBalinhard and Karen Carruthers. Topics covered include descriptions of: the trip to Hay River from Edmonton by scow; Hay River; fishing; huskies; school life; the arrival of the annual steamer and the Christmas season.

The records were gathered by John Bayly in his role as Inquiry Counsel for the Bourassa Inquiry. The Inquiry was conducted by Madam Justice Carole Conrad of Alberta and held in Yellowknife. The proceedings began on March 26, 1990 and ended with Madam Conrad's findings that were issued on September 28, 1990. The records consist of copies of the following: preliminary proceedings, transcripts of the hearings, exhibits including video and one audio cassette of the press conference and public meeting held by the Government of the Northwest Territories, Justice Minister Michael Ballantyne on Dec. 21, 1989, submissions, letters of complaint, authorities, the inquiry findings and press clippings.

The textual records consists of a wine list from the Ingraham Hotel, brochures from Yellowknife invitations to gold brick pourings and other social events. The photographs were collected by the donor, and were taken by the Royal Canadian Air Force. They consist mainly of aerial photographs of communities along the Mackenzie River.

Records relate to the history of the commercial pharmacy retail business in Alberta. The information taken from a variety of sources relates to Walter Hill, Angus Sutherland and pharmacies in Yellowknife.

The textual records consist of administrative 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 from people interested in employment opportunities and living conditions in Yellowknife, as well as newspaper clippings about the activities of the Chamber of Commerce. The photographs depict a Chamber of Commerce dinner that took place in 1969.

Records consist of five programs for the Folk on the Rocks festival in Yellowknife, 1980-1984.

Records consist of photocopied documents from the Oblate Archives at St. Albert, Alberta. The material relates to Inuit stories from Coppermine. The stories were collected by Father Maurice Metayer. The text is in Inuktitut (roman orthography) and French.

This accession consists of one copy of a 1960-61 yearbook from Sir Alexander Mackenzie School in Inuvik. The yearbook has a cover made of cloth with an applique of the letters SAM.

The textual records consist of transcipts of the sound recordings in Chipewyan as well as English translations. The recordings contain interviews with elders that lived in Salt River in the 1920s and 1930s. The elders interviewed were Francois King Beaulieu, Maria Brown, Vincent Beaulieu, Liza Schaefer, Francois Laviolette and Fred Dawson. Topics covered in the interviews include history of Beaulieu family, house construction, animal husbandry, farming and the effect of the major flood that took place at Salt River Settlement during the 1930s.

Records include one report: Interdepartmental Committee on Federal-Territorial Financial Relations - Report on the NWT - 1967.

Records consist of three menus: one is from the Annual Board of Trustees Yellowknife NWT annual dinner, 1949; the others are two copies of the menu, one with a seal, from the first annual Commissioner's Ball, 1969.

Records are comprised of transcripts of interviews conducted by representatives of the Metis Heritage Association in 1992. The results of the oral history project were to be used in a book on the history of the Metis people in the Northwest Territories. Elders interviewed include Beatrice Daniels, Sam Norn, Albert Lafferty, Rene Mercredi, Joseph Masuzumi, Frank Laviolette, Dora Tourangeau, Len Heron, Helena Mandeville and Mabel Heron. The primary focus of the interviews seems to be life histories.

Records consist of a photocopied journal compiled by Kenneth McIntyre Dewar. The journal contains photographs, magazine articles, maps and entries. The document records the expedition of Kenneth Dewar, Harold Wilson, J.B. Muirhead and J. Thomson. The expedition was a prospecting journey from Great Slave Lake to Chesterfield Inlet via the Hanbury and Thelon Rivers. It includes Mr. Dewar's account of finding the remains of John Hornby, Edgar Christian and Harold Adlard.

The textual records consist of two Yellowknife city guides, one from 1955 published by the Yellowknife Tourist Agency, Ltd. And the other ca. 1978, published by the City of Yellowknife. The graphic material consists of one photograph of Port Radium and the other one depicts an unidentified mine site, possibly also Port Radium. Records were acquired by Bart Hawkins during his time as a RCMP officer around various communities in NWT.

Records consist of a draft copy of an unpublished manuscript entitled "Canol-The Subarctic Pipeline and Refinery Project of Bechtel - Price - Callahan for the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army 1942-1944."

The records document Frank Gonda's life in various northern communities. The textual records document Gonda's attempts to create curriculum for art to be used in schools in the Northwest Territories and his efforts to obtain a Masters degree from the University of Alberta. The cassette recordings appear to be interviews with elders or carvers from Pelly Bay.

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 textual records consists of a list of the place names recorded, English translations and official names. The Tlicho (Dogrib) names are spelled using the standardized Tlicho orthography. The two sound recordings contain an interview conducted by Heather Metcalf with Johnny Eyakfwo, a Tlicho elder. Francis Blackduck was the translator. The purpose of the interview was to record Tlicho traditional place names.