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This fonds consists of 36 cm of textual material generated by the workings of the Advisory Commission on the Development of Government in the Northwest Territories. The material includes abstracts of submissions to the Commission; abstracts of briefs to the Commission; verbatim reports of public hearings (six volumes); abstracts to volumes 1, 4, 5, and 6 of the verbatim reports of the public hearings; a specially prepared atlas of the Northwest Territories; descriptions of the settlements of the Northwest Territories (volumes 1 and 3 only); a reference paper prepared for the Commission, and one copy of the Commission's report to the Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources. Other files are supplemental to the actual reports and consist of the actual submissions received from organizations and individuals.

This fonds consists of 6 cm of textual material. The material is made up of three volumes of transcripts of the proceedings held between August 15 and Sept 2, 1967 in Hay River.

The first, "Our People, Our Houses", was produced in 1981 for the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Commission (CMHC). It looks at northern housing from the Pre-Dorset, Dorset, Thule, Historic, and Settlement (Modern) periods. Examples show how technological advances in toolmaking and shelter building helped the Inuit advance. Also shown are examples of throat singing, fishing scenes, sled building, tattooing, and carving. The second videocassette, "North, the Land and Man", was produced for the federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) by the National Film Board. It looks at the transition being made by indigenous peoples of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut to a modern, european way of life. Modern v. traditional hunting is shown, as well as modern oil and gas exploration, construction, sealift, and pipeline development. The third videocassette, "Fisheries of the Great Slave", was produced for the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) by Crowley Films. It focusses on the history of fishing on Great Slave Lake, beginning with Alexander Mackenzie in 1789. Emphasis is on the commercial fishing trade which boomed in the 1940's. Examples of both summer and winter fishing are shown.

This accession consists of 66 first day covers that were carried on inaugural postal service flights to many communities in the Mackenzie District. They were originally collected by Frank McCall.

Records include a first day cover commemorating the first official flight from Coppermine [Kugluktuk], Nunavut to Cameron Bay, Northwest Territories.

This accession consists of first day covers of the first official airmail flights from Fort McMurray to Aklavik.

This accession consists of 5 sheets of postage stamps commemorating the centennial of the Northwest Territories.

This fonds consists of 12 film reels, 1 videocassette (VHS) which is a copy of the film footage, 3 cm of textual material and 83 photographs and negatives. The films show Yellowknife in the 1940s and 1950s including aerial footage and the base at Alert in the 1960s. The textual material consists of letters written by Hugh Ross between 1933-1936 from the Fort Norman Wireless Station to his future wife. In addition, there is a copy of a pseudo newsletter of the Royal Canadian Corps. Of Signals Northwest Territories and Yukon Radio System called "Notes of Interest." The negatives and photographs, which are located in a photo album that was compiled by Hugh Ross, include images of military personnel, wireless stations and the military base at Alert.

The textual records contain five issues of the "NWTTA Newsletter" (March 1957, October 1957, December 1957, October 1957, January 1959) and one issue of the "Northwest Territories Teachers' Association Central Executive Newsletter" (October 30, 1967). The newsletters contain editorials, information on the progress of collective bargaining and contracts for teachers, treasurers's reports, and letters from teachers in various communities.

This accession consists of photographs taken by Edmonton Journal photographers from 1976 to 1979, of persons, places, and events in the Northwest Territories, including Pierre Burton presentation at YK Golf Club, Stuart Hodgson, Charles Prince of Wales, North Pole, passenger train, drill ships in the Beaufort Sea, Nahanni Park, RW Patterson and Albert Faille.

The fonds consists of 78.5 cm of textual records, 122 maps, 146 photographs, 7 postcards, and 5 architectural drawings created by John Anderson Thomson in the course of his work as a land surveyor, consulting geologist, Commanding Officer of No. 7 Company Canadian Rangers, Magistrate and Justice of the Peace, commissioner on the Great Slave Lake Railway Royal Commission, member of several professional organizations, and participant in the community of Yellowknife and life in the North. Records and photographs of Janet Anderson-Thomson's involvement in John's work and her own leisure activities are also included. The records include memoirs, draft Royal Commission report, financial records, correspondence, field notes, geological, survey and reference plans, survey instructions, photographs and scrapbooks, certificates, and articles.

This fonds consists of 22 cm of text, 113 black and white and colour photographs, and 19 audiocassettes related to the life and activities of George Magrum, a noted barrenland trapper active in the Northwest Territories from the 1900s to the 1970s. The text includes diaries, correspondence, poetry, creative writing, and records related to trapping and prospecting. There are also 18 audiocassettes which appear to relate to Mr. Magrum's diaries. The photographs, which relate to trapping as well as his family, are both negatives and prints and do not appear to be copies of each other.

The fonds consists of 11.8 cm of text and 37 photographs (25 b&w prints, 8 col. prints, 2 b&w negatives and 2 col. slides) documenting the life of Jake Woolgar. The bulk of the text consists of correspondence, both personal and relating to Jake's work in the mining industry, his service in the Air Force, and his and Didi's facilitating a visit to the Arctic for Sherman Haight. Other documents in the accession include share certificates, legal paperwork, a log of Jake's prospecting activities in 1938, and samples of his poetry and prose writing. The photographs depict Jake at various stages of life as well as members of his family, prospecting activities, and signs and monuments beside Highway 1.

Records include a map of the Yellowknife River and photographs of prospecting activities in the Yellowknife area. The photographs document scenes of prospecting camps and prospectors including Tom Hanson, Bill Larsen, Ben Sutherland, C. J. Baker and Hughie Muir.

This accession consists of the renewal surface lease #27, issued on 9 January 1940 to Alexander Ernest Sutherland, concerning a claim at Port Radium Lot 13, Block 15.

Records consist of two issues (June 1975 and June 1976) of "The Beaufort Seer", a newsletter published by Pallister Resource Management, Ltd. For the member companies of the Arctic Petroleum Operators' Association. The newsletter contains articles on environmental impact studies, and oil drilling activities in the Beaufort Sea.

This accession consists of photographs showing seismic operations conducted during the winter of 1945 along the banks of the Mackenzie River by the Imperial Oil Company. The images include views of the camp site, much of the equipment used, and many of the crew members.

This accession consists of documents relating to oil exploration and development in conjunction with the Canol Project. The records relate to the Canol Project and include blank weekly time reports for Imperial Oil Limited, operating instructions for flares, and material cost records.

This fonds consists of 271 photographs, 6 audio reels, 3 sound cassettes and 2 cm of textual material. The photographs were taken and collected by the Buffum Family and depict the covers or interior images of personalized Christmas cards from bush pilots and other people who stayed with the Buffum family. The textual material is made up of the diary of Louise Buffum dated from 1939 to 1945. The sound recordings contain an interview conducted by the Territorial Archivist, David Rudkin with Lyn Orchuk in 1985.

Records include photographs of Mary Murphy, who was the matron nurse at the Red Cross Hospital in Yellowknife from 1947 to 1959.