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Interview with Johnny Vital conducted by Dennis Kenny.

How the Dene people used to travelled for caribou hunting in summer and fall long ago. Areas where people gathered long ago. Personal experiences with his family and relatives on caribou hunt long ago. How Dene people used to make clothing and tools long ago. Places where people would camp around Great Bear Lake.

[Recorded in North Slavey.]

Interview with Peter Baton conducted by Dennis Kenny.

How Dene people used to live and travelled around Great Bear Lake long ago. History of Great Bear Lake. Changes since white people came. Fish camps. Numbers of families camp in certain areas. How people gathered and settled in Fort Franklin. Personal experiences at fish camp on Great Bear Lake.

[Recorded in North Slavey]

Interview with Peter Baton conducted by Dennis Kenny.

Tools that were made and used long ago. How people gathered and settled in Fort Franklin. Stories about Great Bear Lake. Stories about his grandmother and family at fish camp. Traditional games. How Dene people used to travel around the lake in spring time. How Dene people used to make traditional canoes.

[Recorded in North Slavey.]

Interview with Madeline Bayha conducted by Dennis Kenny.

Roles of woman at camp on Great Bear Lake. Names of several fish camps on Great Bear Lake. Caribou hunting on the barren land. How Dene people travelled around Great Bear Lake. Personal experiences on caribou hunting around Great Bear Lake. Personal experiences around Great Bear Lake. Visitors from Dogrib tribes on Great Bear Lake.

[Recorded in North Slavey.]

Interview with Dora Vital conducted by Dennis Kenny.

Personal experiences travelling to fish camps. How her family used to travel around Great Bear Lake long ago throughout the season. How other tribes settled in Fort Franklin. Stories about long ago told by her father about how Dene people travelled around Great Bear Lake. Tools and equipment that Dene people used long ago. Where her original parents are from. Changes took place, today is really different from then long ago.

[Recorded in North Slavey]

Interview by George Simeon with George Washington Porter.

Four part interview with Gordon Greenaway, a trapper who worked in the Yukon and western arctic.Interview contains biographical information and includes details on people whom he encountered as well as life in the north. Mr. Greenaway, a war veteran, came to the NWT in 1925; trapped near Hay River and Fort Simpson; worked oil wells in Norman Wells; ran the Post Office in Rocher River; lived on Latham Island and ran a bakery. He was born in March 1895 and passed away in Yellowknife October 11, 1979. A room at the Royal Canadian Legion in Yellowknife was named after him.

This recording features the second 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 recording features an interview with longtime Yellowknife resident Gerry Hordal, in which he discusses his arrival in Yellowknife from Goldfields, Saskatchewan, the old Yellowknife school, and transportation to and from school in Yellowknife’s early days. He discusses his experience of being a child in Yellowknife and the recreational activities available to youth, including the dances and the events held by Negus and Con Mine and the Legion. He considers changes to the community between 1945-1950, and the trials of obtaining fresh meat, fruits and vegetables in the 1940s and 1950s. He reminisces about the local theatres in town. He discusses the wave of Italian immigrants and the difficulties that they had in working in English speaking town. He also discusses notable Yellowknife residents including Vic Ingraham, Jock McMeekan, 100% Joe, the McAvoy bush pilots, and the phenomenon of bootlegging in Yellowknife.

This recording features an interview with Mary Hunter, origially from Scotland, who discusses her experience living in Fort Franklin (Deline) in the 1950s, including how she received parenting advice from nurses by radio, as well as the church in Deline and the supplies and stock available at the Hudson’s Bay Company store in Deline. She also discusses her relocation to Aklavik, and the visitors that she would receive in Aklavik including doctors and nurses from neighboring communities. She reminisces about medical services and the Hudson’s Bay Company store in Aklavik, and reveals how she learned to bake bread in Aklavik. She speaks about the visit of Richie Calder, a journalist based in Glasgow who was commissioned by the United Nations to write a book titled Men Against the Frozen North. She discusses the feasts in Tuktoyaktuk, and how she handled medical emergencies in Tuktoyaktuk.

In the second segment of this interview, Mary Hunter discusses her life in Fort Norman during 1958, northern Alberta in 1963-1965, Fort Rae between 1965-1968, and Yellowknife in 1968. Her memories of Fort Norman include the visit of the Governor General and the measles epidemic.

This audio recording features an interview with Archie Loutitt, who discusses the early days in Yellowknife when land ownership and use was unregulated and a ferry operated between mainland Yellowknife and Latham Island. He also mentions past Yellowknife establishments including the Busy Bee and the Northern Lights Café. He discusses the water taxi from Negus, the production of the Yellowknife Blade, and rations on liquor imposed by the liquor vendor. He reminisces about growing up in the early days of Yellowknife, and discusses the neighborhood youth gangs and territorial fights. He speaks about the hockey and baseball teams, and Old Town’s open arena. He considers the changes following the arrival of the territorial government in Yellowknife. He discusses working at Jack Glick’s restaurant (Dine and Dash) and his long and varied employment history. He also discusses his experience as a radio disc jockey, and notorious Yellowknife residents 100% Joe and Tom Doornbos.

The second segment of this audio recording features stories from Archie Loutit about notorious Yellowknife residents Julius Zieman and Sleepy Jim. He also remembers the Old Town dump, and speaks about living in Latham Island in the early days, the arrival of electricity, going to and from school as a kid, hauling water and cooking on a wood stove. He also discusses gardening in Yellowknife, as well as the tradition of fishing and hunting in town. He also shares his thoughts on the future of Yellowknife.

This audio recording features an interview with Joyce MacLeod and Connie Miller, both of whom were staff at the Yellowknife Public Library at the time of the interview. They discuss the library services in Yellowknife in the 1950s, and the process of moving the library and the different locations in which the public library had been housed over the years. They discuss changes in library services, including the adoption of the Dewey Decimal System. They consider the change in the type of patrons in the library, and difficulties they experience with patrons in Yellowknife. They also report on library services in Aklavik in the 1950s.

This audio recording features an interview with Mike Ballantyne. Mr. Ballantyne shares his first impressions and experiences of Yellowknife, discusses his employment at Giant Mine and his involvement in municipal politics. He also speaks about the Northern Arts and Culture Centre and his role in its establishment, the preservation of Old Town and historically significant places. He touches on his vision of city development, and the differences between being involved in municipal and territorial politics.

In the second segment of this audio recording, Mike Ballantyne discusses the changes in Yellowknife that he has witnessed over the years, the northern values that have formed the community, and his vision for the future of Yellowknife.