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The films are entitled "Yellowknife Life," and document various scenes around Yellowknife and area.

This accession consists of a film entitled "Prohibition in the North," a coproduction of the Government of the Northwest Territories' Department of Information and ACCESS. Directed by Peter Crass, the film outlines different systems of liquor control (prohibition, rationing and local control) in four different communities.

The photographs document the construction of a road and pipeline from Norman Wells through the Mackenzie Mountains to the Yukon, commonly referred to as the Canol Project, between 1942 and 1943. Many of the photographs include road construction, bridge building, earth moving, graders, Caterpillar tractors, dump trucks and other heavy equipment operated by construction workers and soldiers, some of whom were African American. Some of the images depict dogs being used to transport supplies, whether by dogsled or by using saddlebags. The films document being on the land, prospecting, and hunting between 1930 and 1960, and town and family life between 1950 and 1970. Subjects include Yellowknife, the ferry crossing at Fort Providence on the Mackenzie River (Dehcho), Pine Point Lake, footage of wildlife (such as bison) taken from airplanes and helicopters, the Duke of Edinburgh in Yellowknife, the Radium (King?), life at the Canol camp, and four short films entitled ‘Northern Urbanization’ which relate to Yellowknife and the surrounding area.

Records document dog teams, life at Colville Lake, Fort McMurray (in Alberta), Aklavik, Husky Lakes, Whitefish Station, Tulita (Fort Norman), Nahanni Butte, Fort Simpson, Bern Will Brown, various Catholic priests and bishops, fishing, children at play, aircraft, construction of the mission, reindeer, whaling, trapping, hunting, church services, many local families including: Kochon, Codzi, Masuzumi, Cotchilly, Oudzi and political visitors such as Governors-General.

The black and white photographs date to the late 1930s and early 1940s and depict buildings and activities in Yellowknife and at the Con, Giant, and Ptarmigan mine sites. The colour photographs were taken in Yellowknife during a reunion trip in the 1980s and feature buildings in the Yellowknife area.

The images depict the Con and Negus Mine sites in their early days.

This accession consists of records relating to programs and administration of the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, including economic rent calculation, new rent scales, Harmonization of Social Housing and Income Support, and the Minimum Downpayment Assistance Pilot Program (MDAPP). Records include: correspondence, economic rent calculation forms, table showing Maximum/Economic Rent Comparison South Slave District 1994, list of economic rents by community, Harmonization of Social Housing and Income Support presentations, MDAPP evaluation report, policies and procedures, and client applications, draft rent scale directive, Rent Scale 2022 Computer Program Manual, and a briefing note.

Records include files related to the harmonization of social assistance programs, specifically income security and public housing supports.

This accession consists of Minister's briefing notes and associated records from the Directorate of the Department of Transportation. Records include briefing notes, presentation slides, status reports, memoranda of understanding, decision paper, schedules and agendas, speaking notes, summary of legislative amendments, draft bills, drafting instructions, legislative proposal and assessment report, correspondence, and financial records.

Records include correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, plans, and other materials related to the implementation of the Nunavut Final Agreement and the creation of the territory of Nunavut. Many of the records relate to boards and agencies involved in the implementation of the agreement, including the Nunavut Implementation Panel, Nunavut Implementation Training Committee, and Transition Teams for the Nunavut Planning Commission, Nunavut Water Board, and Nunavut Impact Review Board.

This accession consists of records from the Policy, Legislation and Communications and Analysis division of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment relating to legislative and regulatory amendments, use of the NWT Opportunities Fund, and establishment of the Saoyú-Ɂehdacho National Historic Site. The records include: briefing notes, correspondence, copies of legislation and regulations, legislative proposals, drafting instructions, an assessment report, comments, consultation records, discussion papers, legal opinions, meeting notes, presentation slides, FMB submission, an agreement, a table of responsibilities under the Co-operative Associations Act, a Credit Union dissolution order, Options for Preparing a NWT Mineral Development Strategy, A New Economic Development Strategy for the Northwest Territories, and the Sahoyue-§ehdacho Working Group Final Report.

The majority of the photographs document Sam’s life prospecting, mining, and trapping between 1930 and 1950. There are three main series of photographs: work in the Great Bear Lake region with the Northern Transportation Company and uranium mines in the early 1930s; gold mining, camping, and prospecting in the Great Slave Lake area in the late 1930s through the 1940s; and trapping on the barren lands (tundra) of the Keewatin region near Clinton-Colden Lake and the Back river area in the late 1930s to 1950. There are many images of camps and campsites, as well as airplanes, dogsledding, mines, hunting, and trapping. Also included are images of shipbuilding in Fort Smith in the 1930s, as well as Sam’s nuclear family life, 1952-1960. Communities documented include early Yellowknife’s Old Town and Latham Island, Fort Franklin (Deline), Cameron Bay camps, Fort Resolution, and Fort Smith.

Records consist of a report on prospecting and mining operations in the Great Slave Lake area, which includes a number of adhered photographs. Also included are two shorter reports on prospecting and mining in the Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake regions, related correspondence, and seven plans noting mineral claims around the Great Slave Lake area.

This accession consists of files from many different GNWT departments, including Education, Social Services (and predecessors), and Local Government, relating to the operation, administration, and closure of the community of Port Burwell. The records were collected by the Office of the Commissioner after the community was abandoned. The records include settlement manager monthly reports and correspondence, settlement council minutes, school records (including enrollment and attendance and student files), financial records (including aircraft tender documents, operations funding, cheque books and banking records, and ledgers), fishery plant records, building and public works records, health and welfare records,employment records, and a guestbook. The accession also includes several files from the Department of Local Government which relate to the Baffin Region more generally or to other communities, including Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay, Grise Fiord, Nanisivik, Eskimo Point (Arviat),

Subjects include the Eldorado Mine at Echo Bay on Great Bear Lake, Hudson's Bay Company posts along the Mackenzie River and marine transportation. Types of boats depicted include scows, sternwheelers, barges and tugboats. There are photographs of the "S.S. Distributor", "S.S. Midnight Sun", "Great Bear", "M.V. Nechemus", "S.S. Northland Trader" and the "Silver Queen". The accession also includes six copy negatives of images taken by C.W. Mathers, a professional photographer from Edmonton who toured communities along the Mackenzie River in 1901. Locations include the Eldorado Mine site, Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company (Con Mine) mine site at Yellowknife, Athabasca Landing, Fort Franklin, Fort Norman, Fort McPherson, Fort Resolution, Fort Simpson and Fort Smith.

The prints were originally housed in three photo albums. The photographs were taken during the construction and inspection of the road from the Alberta boundary to Hay River, one leg of the Mackenzie Highway. Road crews are featured using Jeeps, dump trucks, graders, bulldozers, cranes, and other heavy equipment to survey, crush gravel, remove timber, clear muskeg, build bridges, and dig post holes. Other subjects include periodic flooding and evidence of flood damage at Hay River, and shipping ports and vessels, including the Radium Charles. The title pages of albums #1 and #3 contain the title "Grimshaw -Great Slave Lake Road." The photographs in albums #1 and #2 appear to have been taken by F.C. Haven. Album #1 contains images :0001 to :0309 which were taken between May 1946 and June 1947. Album #2 contains images :0310 to :0661 which were taken between July 1947 and June 1948. Album #3 contains images :0662 to :0974 were taken between August 1946 and November 1947; these images were apparently taken by C.R. Cornish, Inspecting Engineer.

The black and white images document a ceremony to erect a plaque at Port Radium on July 16, 1978 commemorating the uranium industry. The colour print depicts the unveiling of a plaque erected at Fort McPherson on July 7, 1977. Included in the images are Chief Johnny Kay [Kyikavichik], Dr. Henry Cook, R.P. Malis of Parks Canada, Father G. Duchaussois and Mr. Chuck Vaydik of the Northwest Territories Chamber of Mines.

The textual records consist of a program for a Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaquing ceremony held in Fort McPherson on July 7, 1977. The photographs feature Chief Johnny Kay [Kyikavichik], Chief Johnny Charlie, Andrew Kunnizzi, Terry Buckle, Robert Simpson, and R. P. Malis.

Photographs are portraits of Chief Johnny Kay [Kyikavichik] and Lazarus Sittichinli.

This accession consists of records from the Policy, Legislation and Communications division of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment relating to the Senior Management Committee, Deputy Ministers' Managing This Land Committee, the Mackenzie Gas Project Joint Cabinet-AOC Pipeline Planning Committee and communications products. The committee records include meeting packages, draft Monitoring the MGP - Development of a Coordinated Approach by Government (2006), MGP Hearing Preparation Participant Binder, Cooperation Plan for the Environmental Impact Assessment and Regulatory Review of a Northern Gas Pipeline Project through the Northwest Territories, news articles, and correspondence. The communications products include communications plans, website content, brochures, fact sheets, display panels and banners, reports including the Fred Henne Territorial Park Beach Safety Survey Report May 2014, GNWT Implementation Report on its Commitments under the Diavik Socio-Economic Monitoring Agreement For January - June 2014, GNWT Implementation Report on its Commitments under the Diavik Socio-Economic Monitoring Agreement For July - December 2013, Agriculture Products Marketing Council 2014/15 Annual Report, Take a Kid Trapping & Harvesting Report 2013-2014, Communities and Diamonds 2014, Growing Forward 2 Canada/Northwest Territories A Summary Report of the Small Scale Foods Program 2013/14, and Community Futures Program 2012/13 Annual Report, and other publications, including the Guide to the new Mining Regulations for the Northwest Territories, Coal Exploration Licence Reviewer Guidelines, Coal Exploration Licence Applicant Guidelines, Mineral Regulatory Process Guide, Acquiring Mining Rights in the Northwest Territories, Monthly Production and Cost Statement (MPCS) Submission Guide, Monthy Royalty Return (MRR) Submission Guide, Program Guide Growing Forward 2 Canada/Northwest Territories April 1, 2013 - March 31, 2018, and NWT Arts Studio News Vol 2: September 2014 newsletter.