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This item is an interview of Denny May recorded ca. 1986 by Sandra Dolan, likely for Operation Fox Moth. The interview is in English. Denny’s wife Margaret also speaks occasionally during the recording. The original source item was side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. Denny May is the son of renowned pilot Wop May. He discusses writing a book about his father with his sister-in-law Sheila Reid and provides some biographical details about his father’s life and experiences as a pilot before his death in 1952 when Denny was 17 years old. The interview mentions Wop May’s time in the Royal Flying Corps during WWI, barnstorming, flying out of Fort McMurray and around the Northwest Territories, medivacs (including the trip to Fort Vermillion), the first airmail run to Aklavik, secondment during WWII, time as Chief Pilot of Canadian Airways, his tenure as Director of Northern Development for Canadian Pacific Airways, and loss of his pilot’s license due to a missing eye. The interview also discusses other early pilots, engineers, various planes and companies, styles of planes and controls, and flight clothing. The recording ends abruptly.

This item is an interview of Mark Dodd recorded ca. 1986 by Sandra Dolan likely as part of Operation Fox Moth. The interview is in English. The original source item was side B of a 90 minute audio cassette. Mark first came north in 1959 and is the former Commander Northern Region. He discusses the history of military flying in the North, where planes were based, and activities, including Hudson’s Strait Operation, establishing LORAN navigational stations, mapping and charting, aerial photography, weather observation station resupply, radar site locations, the DEW line, Christmas supply, airfield construction, and military exercises and training. Mark also talks about types of aircraft used, flying in the arctic, and the role of the US Air Force during WWII and into the 1960s. There is also some discussion of how he would like to see the military presented in the PWNHC’s aviation display and Mark provides names of additional people for Sandra to contact.

[This item is primarily a practice recording of Universal Music Machine (UM2) recorded at YK Radio. The last few minutes include various items.]

This recording features the next segment of an interview with Mary Forrest in which Mary continues to read poems and excerpts of her father’s northern travelogue. She also addresses the tragic death of her son, Tommy Forrest, and the naming of the Yellowknife Ball Park in his memory. She discusses municipal policies regarding Old Town and its residents.

This recording features an interview with Harold Glick, a longtime Yellowknife resident who established Yellowknife Radio Limited in 1948. Mr. Glick reminisces about food availability and agricultural production in the early days of Yellowknife, including Dennis Callahan’s farm. He discusses how his business began, and the stock carried by his store, as well as the early Yellowknife phone system. He considers the changes in the city following the arrival of the territorial government in Yellowknife, 1967. Mr. Glick discusses television in Yellowknife during the 1960s, and entertainment in the town during the 1950s, which included parties at Negus Rec Hall, Giant and Con Mine, the legion and other Old Town establishments such as Sleepy Jim’s rooming house and other hotels and cafes. He also speaks about his experience as a volunteer at Yellowknife’s first radio station.

In the second segment of the audio recording, Mr. Glick discusses Yellowknife’s first radio station and its programming. He also speaks about the Caterpillar trains that ran to and from Edmonton before the Mackenzie Highway was built. He discusses his experience raising a family in Yellowknife, and being Jewish in Yellowknife. He also reminisces about notable Yellowknife residents including 100% Jim and Tom Doornbos. He also discusses Latham Island before a bridge was installed to connect it to the mainland, as well as the rationing of liquor sales and enforcement by the liquor vendor.

This audio recording features an interview with Helen Parker, a social worker and the Head of Special Services with the Yellowknife School District No. 1. She reminisces about the early days of Yellowknife, and mentions the various hotels in town, the Red Cross Hospital, and the William McDonald School. She also discusses the telephone services, beginning with the Yellowknife Telephone Company, and later the radio phone owned by Jack Glick. She discusses the establishment of the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) in Yellowknife, and the introduction of television services to the town. She also discusses the Overture Concert Association, rivalries between hockey teams in the area, and social work in Yellowknife in the 1950s.

Over the second segment of this audio recording, Helen Parker speaks about the Children’s Aid Society, municipal care for seniors and the Mary Murphy home. She also discusses her role in the development of the Yellowknife United Church, and the first United baptism, which took place in 1956. She reports on changes in the Yellowknife education system over the years, and shares her visions of the future in Yellowknife.

Marie Simpson is interviewed on the topic of knitting socks. Interviews are in Tlicho (Dogrib).

Rosa Fish is interviewed on the topic of rabbit snares. Interviews are in Tlicho (Dogrib).

Celine Wanazah is interviewed on the topic of bone lard. Interviews are in Tlicho (Dogrib).

Joe Pea'a is interviewed on the topic of making an old time file. Interviews are in Tlicho (Dogrib).

Joe Dryneck is interviewed on the topic of making a snow stick spear. Interviews are in Tlicho (Dogrib).

Louis Whame is interviewed on the topic of making an old time bandage. Interviews are in Tlicho (Dogrib).

An interview with Joe Pea'a. Interviews are in Tlicho (Dogrib).

An interview with Joe Pea'a. Interview in Tlicho (Dogrib).