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Menez
G-1988-011: 0001A · Item · January 4, 1988
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Culture and Communications fonds

This item is the first part of a two-part interview of Father Louis Menez recorded on January 4, 1988 in Fort Resolution by Gail Beaulieu on behalf of the NWT Archives. The original source item was side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes item 0001B. Topics include a brief history of the Fort Resolution mission; the construction of the last mission building in 1931; water, heat, and lighting amenities in the building; who lived in the building and what role they played in the community; the relationship between the mission and the community; the abandonment of the building in 1976; and a description of various rooms in the building, with reference to a floor plan (likely the one found in file 1-1).

Menez
G-1988-011: 0001B · Item · January 4, 1988
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Culture and Communications fonds

This item is the second part of a two-part interview of Father Louis Menez recorded on January 4, 1988 in Fort Resolution by Gail Beaulieu on behalf of the NWT Archives. The original source item was side B of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes item 0001A. Topics include a description of various rooms in the Fort Resolution mission building, with reference to a floor plan (likely the one found in file 1-1); the use of parts of the building as classrooms and hotel rooms; the building's plumbing and heating systems; the operations of the Fort Resolution hospital and nursing station; decision making in the community and relations with the government; and the reuse of building materials from earlier mission buildings.

Violet Beaulieu
G-1988-011: 0002A · Item · December 3, 1987
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Culture and Communications fonds

This item is the first part of a two-part interview of Violet Beaulieu recorded on December 3, 1987 in Fort Resolution by Gail Beaulieu on behalf of the NWT Archives. The original source item was side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes item 0002B. Topics include the construction of the mission building; its layout and the use of the various rooms; who lived there; the heat, water, and electricity in the building; and the work done by the brothers and priests and the sisters in the associated convent. The recording ends in the middle of a question.

Violet Beaulieu
G-1988-011: 0002B · Item · December 3, 1987
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Culture and Communications fonds

This item is the second part of a two-part interview of Violet Beaulieu recorded on December 3, 1987 in Fort Resolution by Gail Beaulieu on behalf of the NWT Archives. The original source item was side B of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes item 0002A. Topics include a telescope used by the brothers; the gradual abandonment of the building; and its use for catechism classes and other community activities.

G-1992-004 · Accession · [196-?-197-?]
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Information fonds

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.

In February of 1981, Dr. Otto Schaefer lectured ["Science History and All That" series] on "Native Food Resources and Traditional Dietary Habits: Their Value from a Nutritional and Medical Viewpoint and the Effect on the Health Picture of Native Populations Observed Consequent to Rapid Change of their Traditional Dietary Habits." Dr. Schaefer was a physician in Aklavik, Pangnirtung and the Yukon prior to founding the Northern Medical Research Unit in Edmonton. 1:05:33