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The records are reproductions of federal government issues. Originally a collection of over 2,000 lantern slides reproduced from various federal departmental sources, the majority did not relate to the Northwest Territories and were forwarded to the National Archives of Canada in 1990. Images include: women at Aklavik (1922); cattle near Fort Smith; Harry Snyder at Nahanni National Park (1937); reindeer on Richards Island (1937); and views of various animals at Wood Buffalo National Park.

This accession consists of one blueprint titled "Reference Plan of Yellowknife Settlement, NWT". Scale is 1" to 200 feet. The plan was revised up to December 18, 1958. The plan indicates the lot boundaries for the new town area of Yellowknife, the old town, Latham Island and Jolliffe Island.

This accession consists of two oversize cloth public notices. One warns of the dangers of forest fires; the text is in Tlicho and written in syllabics. The second identifies a native hunting and trapping preserve. An annotation on the front indicates that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) schooner the "St. Roch" may have located this notice in 1944. On the back there is an annotation: "Robert G. Fulton and Gerald Klondike Helicopters on Board M.V. Theta [1931?] Calgary Alberta."

Records date from 1985-1994 and include a report from the NWT Business Council regarding participation in a Nordic Tour and the Department's response to the recommendations in the report. Records also include a legal opinion from Department of Justice and departmental strategy for the marketing and distribution of eggs in the NWT, an Inland Fisheries Marketing Study concerning the marketing and distribution of arctic char and whitefish, correspondence and documentation related to the management and development of forest resources in the NWT and a proposal for the Mount Pelly Land Preserve.

Records include policy files on issues such as tourism, business development, renewable resource development, and land use; studies such as base line studies, business development and impact studies; records related to the Economic Development Agreement (EDA); planning documents related to economic development and divisional goals and objectives and various committee files.

Records date from 1994-1998 and relate to policy development for resource community infrastructure, an economic policy framework, development of the Protected Areas Strategy, correspondence and meeting notes from the Technical Advisory Committee to the NWT Water Board, reports and meeting notes from the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on mineral development, including a report on Aboriginal involvement in the mineral industry, as well as files from the Working Committee on Traditional Knowledge. There are also record regarding the consolidation of the Departments of Renewable Resources, Economic Development and Tourism and Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

The records consist of Deputy Minister's chronos dated from 1994-1996, just prior to the Department's amalgamation with Economic Development and Tourism to form Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED).

Records date from 1983-1997, and relate to the NWT Wildlife Act, and the identification of critical wildlife habitats and wildlife sanctuaries.

Records include a report on future organization and direction of the department and its appendices.

This accession consists of Volumes 1 and 2 of "Evaluation of the "Protected Area" Concept for the Northwest Territories" report from March 1986, prepared for the Department of Renewable Resources (GNWT) and Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada) by E.B. Peterson, L.M. Allison, and W.M. Peterson.

Accession consists of a proposed water and sanitation policy for Northwest Territories communities, a Northwest Territories Municipal Finance and Services Study conducted by Boreal Institute for Northern Studies from the University of Alberta, Local Government Lands Section Study Headquarters, Resolution passed by the N.W.T Association of Municipalities, and Suggestions for a Playground Training Course by the Dept. of Local Government Recreation Division.

Records include community and regional land use plans, primarily related to Fort Simpson and Pine Point. Also includes land use reports.

Records include policies and procedures files, legislation (ordinance) files, audit files, land assembly files, community data files, and a number of files related to workshops organized by the department. Also included is a set of records related to the Mackenzie Delta Regional Planning and Assessment group, and two files documenting the department's relationship with the NWT Association of Municipalities.

Records include 30 land grants, land titles and transfers. These documents are primarily oversized text documents, affixed with wax seals and ribbon.