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The photographs were originally housed in an album. Most of the prints have no accompanying information such as dates or identifications. The album contains images of mines and mining camps, fishing, hunting, fur trading, dog sledding, the Largent family and the city of Yellowknife. Most of the photographs were likely taken in the 1940's.

The cover page of the album reads: "This album was put together by Bill Largent. Bill spent from 1920 to 1951 in the Yellowknife and Hay River area. His parents were fur traders or supplied trading posts in these areas. Bill passed away in Nanaimo in 1981, July 25th."

The original audio cassette was copied to DAT circa 1988. The recording consists of an interview with K. Vaydik, a freelancer under contract with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Yellowknife. The discussion covered McDonald's early life, his activities as a geologist and prospector, travel to Yellowknife during the 1930s, a meeting with Jack Hornby, McDonald's opinion on developing a wilderness park at the east end of Great Slave Lake, trading posts, and his naturalist activities.

This accession consists of one annotated map of the Northwest Territories entitled "Map of the Dominion of Canada Showing the Establishments of the Hudson Bay Company's Fur Trade Department". This map, published in 1940, shows the locations of raw fur departments, fur trade posts, posts with Hudson Bay Company radio telegraph, and posts with meteorological stations and radio telegraph. The annotations show the locations of Waterways, Alberta, and Buffalo River and Clear Lake, Saskatchewan.

Records include a genealogy of the Beaulieu family, beginning with Francois Beaulieu of Salt River, who was one of the guides leading Alexander Mackenzie to the Arctic Ocean in 1789 and to the Pacific Ocean in 1793. Also included in the text are biographical excerpts on the Beaulieu family taken from a range of oral accounts. At the end of the genealogy are photocopied images of various Chiefs from Fort Smith.

This accession consists of photocopies of 2 manuscripts by David A. Harrison, "A History of Development of Hay River, Northwest Territories Between 1800 & 1967" and "The Fur Trade and the Growth of Hay River."

This accession consists of one copy of "An Act to Make Further Provision for the Regulation of the Trade with the Indians, and for the Administration of Justice in the North-Western Territories of America", Bill 104, session 2 (House of Commons, 1 August 1859).

This fonds consists of a typescript diary of Richard Bonnycastle's 1968 journey by plane from Fort Garry (Manitoba) through Alberta and down the Mackenzie River and back to Fort Garry. The narrative includes references to the trips he made while he was district manager for the Hudson's Bay Company. Places he visited on his journey included Fort Smith, Yellowknife, Fort Simpson, Norman Wells, Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk and Aklavik.

This series documents the first four decades of J.I. Glick's life, before he and Sadie Glick moved to Yellowknife. Records relate to his involvement in the mining and fur trade in Ontario, his trials and incarceration, correspondence, World War II service records, return to civilian life and preparation to move to Yellowknife.

This accession consists of records from the Investment and Economic Analysis division of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment. The records include a briefing binder for the 2005 North American Fur & Fashion Exposition, GMVF Trappers Newsletters, caribou strategy briefing material and summary of issues, FMB decision paper, Economic Impacts of Tag Reductions on the NWT Arctic Barren-ground Caribou Outfitters, A Barren-ground Caribou Management Strategy for the Northwest Territories 2005-2010 (draft), Review of the Class 'B' Barrenground Caribou Outfitters in Unit 'F', Draft Report on Renewable Resource Assessment of the Edehzhie Candidate Protected Area, and related correspondence.

This accession consists of records from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development relating to trapping, support for harvesters, fur marketing, trap exchange, business opportunities, and trapper training and other courses. The records include community and regional fur returns, statistics, reports, presentations, briefing material, support program information, policies and directives, newsletters, training manuals, correspondence, map of registered trapping areas near Fort Smith, fur marketing proposal and strategy, contracts and agreements, webpage design and content, news releases and articles, and a funding proposal and business plans.

Records include files related to fur pricing, the Arctic Wildlife Series and management plans for caribou and bison.

Records date from 1987-1996 and consist of fur dealer records and fur dealer return forms that were issued by the department. The fur dealer records include information such as the name of the trapper, license number, species, and the quantity and price received for the fur. The fur dealer returns also include the trappers name, license number, species, price, quantity and name of buyer. Records also include summary reports of community and regional fur returns.

Records relating to fisheries and wildlife management include those on the subjects of disease, endangered species, land use, predator control, trapping, hunting, fur production and harvesting data, hunting and trapping associations, environmental protection, land claims, trapper taxation, trapping standards, animal sightings, game management reports, registered trapping areas, pipelines, sport fishing and lake stocking, conservation education, national parks, territorial parks, preserves, sanctuaries and refuges. Records also include manuals, permits, licenses, newsletters, annual reports, strategic plans, and mandate documents relating to the operation of the Division. The wildlife management records include studies or records relating to falcons, gyrfalcons, geese, duck, swans, bears, bison, beaver, sheep, caribou, fox, reindeer, wolf, muskoxen, muskrat, marten, mink, wolverine, moose, hare, and arachnids (spiders). Policies and programs covered by this accession include the Guiding and Outfitting Policy, Community Freezer Program, Fur Program, Biodiversity Working Group, Fire Management Policy, Firearm Safety Instructor Course Program, Bathurst Management Planning Committee, and the Trapper Treeline Program. There are records relating to Trapper Training, Harvesters Assistance, Trapper Compensation, and interaction with COSEWIC, and the Fish and Wildlife Service Policy. Each region of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut is represented.

The textual records include an English transcript of interviews conducted with Whati elders in 2001 on the subject of the fur trade. The sound recording, entitled 'Trading Among the Dogrib People', contains the interviews, which were conducted in Tlicho (Dogrib). Speakers include Alexis Flunki, Mary Madeleine Nitsiza, Jimmy Rabesca, and Louis Simpson. Topics discussed include trading with the Hudson's Bay Company, trapping, running errands, and the role of women in the fur trade.

The audio recording is of an interview with Laura Loutitt. The interview was conducted by the Assistant Archivist of the Northwest Territories Archives at the request of Laura Loutitt.

The videocassette is entitled "How the Fur Trade Works" (South Slavey version), and runs 10 min. 15 sec.

This accession consists of records from the Department of Renewable Resources relating to trapping, seal hunting and marketing, the Furbearer Management Program, compensation and income support programs, and the Natural Resources Conservation Trust Fund (NRCTF). The records include policies and directives, reports, correspondence, briefing material, questionnaires and surveys, sketches of trap sets, program information and application forms, FMB submissions and decisions, excerpts from the Operations Manual, harvest results, community fur returns, statistics, meeting material, marketing research, and reference material. The files also include records of the NRCTF, including related legislation, financial records, list of trustees, directive, agenda, procedures, annual report, by-laws, minutes, press release, brochure, correspondence, excerpts from Board Handbook, proposals, ranking of proposals, reports, and photographs.

This accession consists of trapping records from the Fur Licencing System of the Department of Renewable Resources. The files are all for the 1989 licence year and are divided by community, including Lutselk'e, Hay River, Kakisa Lake, Fort Resolution, and Fort Providence. There are pages for each trapper showing name, settlement number, licence number, fur types, quantity and price, and grants and subsidies. Overall pages showing community totals and some cheque requisitions for incentive grants are also included.