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Records include policies, procedures, and reports, many of them related to pay and benefits; records related to planning for the transfer of responsibility for health services from the federal government to the GNWT; briefing books from the Department of Personnel; a human resources newsletter; files from the Human Resource Planning Committee; briefing materials and reports related to pay equity; meeting minutes, terms of reference, and the final report from the Joint Equal Pay Study (JEPS); training materials and correspondence regarding the implementation of the Hay job evaluation method in the GNWT; and correspondence related to equal pay litigation.

Records include Department of Public Works and Services Ministerial and Deputy Ministerial chronos. Ministerial chronos include correspondence involving Michael McLeod, Minister in 2011 and Glen Abernathy, Minister from 2012-2013. Deputy Ministerial chronos include correspondence involving Paul Guy who was Deputy Minister from 2011-2013.

This accession consists of records from the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs' School of Community Government, relating to training programs, occupational standards and certification, and the Community Development Fund. The records include course delivery records and reports, course outlines, student manuals, instructor guide, occupational standards and DACUM charts, briefing notes, speaking notes, and community development reports.

This accession consists of material records from the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs and its predecessor, the Department of Local Government relating to community planning and zoning. The records include correspondence, bylaws and bylaw check sheets, Council minutes, news articles, development appeals, public hearing minutes and other comments, presentation notes, municipal and community plans, land use plans, development maps, Rae-Edzo Community Planning Report 1987, Fort Simpson Island Airport Runway Inspection and Evaluation, and material relating to the legal surveys, including background information.

This accession consists of records from the Department of Local Government relating to community planning, zoning, and the construction of community facilities. The records include correspondence, policies and procedures, goals and objectives, zoning bylaws and maps, decision papers, news releases and articles, briefing notes, working group and committee records, Council minutes, terms of reference, Commissioner's Proclamations/Orders for establishment of hamlets, Summary Paper Land Use Planning Policy Proposal Proposal for a New Lands Policy, Plan Approval Process, Task Force Issues Transfer of Administration & Management of Renewable Resources, Statement of Issues Planning, Construction and Operation of Community Facilities, Core Community Recreation Facilities Inventory, and Options for Planning and Constructing Recreation Facilities.

This accession consists of records from the Baffin region of the Department of Local Government, relating to recreation and community planning. The records include: correspondence, reports, meeting notes, terms of reference, workbooks, course information, job descriptions and postings, lists of community facilities, newsletters, Northern Games organizational records, and proposals.

Notable documents include: The Implications of Claim Settlements on Community Planning and Lands Administration in the Northwest Territories Towards a Community Based Approach A Discussion Paper, Community Planning, Design and Development Overall Philosophy Leading to the Development of Capital Program Policy (Draft), Land Development and Leasing at Arctic B & C Airports in the Northwest Territories brochure, General Outline for Community Plan Reports, Standard Facility Descriptions for Core Facilities, Recreation Facilities Assistance Policy Operating and Maintenance Subsidy Programs: Financial Summary, Guidelines for Recreation Master Planning, Options Paper for Northwest Territories Sports Hall of Fame, Recreation Committee Development and Operation (in Inuktitut and English), Keewatin Region Recreation Board Pertinant History (February 1979 to Present), 1984 Above Ground Pool Program Revised Procedures, Appendix A to Public Pool Regulations, pamphlet on Northwest Territories' Above Ground Pool Program, Above Ground Pool Program Historical Summary, Environmental Health Officer Swimming Pool Inspection Guidelines, Traditional Games Associations Funding Guidelines, Northern Games Constitution and By-Laws, National Coaching Certification Program Northwest Territories Polices and Procedures Manual 1982, Options for Planning and Constructing Recreation Facilities, Small Community Facility Design and Construction, Recreation Facility Standards and Guidelines A Review, Interdepartmental Steering Committee Report on Basic Recreation Facilities, Policy: Use of Facilities, Joint Use Agreement for Hamlet Facilities, and Thebacha College Student Council Student Handbook.

The photographs (227 colour slides and 7 b&w negatives) document Pi's life on his trapline around the Oulton Lake area north of Fort Smith, including building construction, travel by dogteam and by boat, trapping and hunting activities. Also included are photographs of activities in the town of Fort Smith, including parades, sports and dog races. The Super 8 films document animals out on Pi's trapline, life in his camps, as well as dog races. The textual material includes documentation of fur pelts sold, expenses, as well as calendars kept on the trapline. The maps are of Pi Kennedy's trapline area north of Fort Smith and include annotations of trails and cabin sites.

Records include Protected Area Strategy documentation, including terms of reference, workshop proceedings and meeting minutes.

The images include a copy of a photograph of Northumberland House on Beechey Island (original believed to have been taken in 1875), Fort Smith, the "Distributor" (ship) and mail transport in the 1920s. In addition, there are images of the Northwest Territories Northern Indian and Eskimo [Inuit] Handicraft Display and Tourist Information booth, the Northwest Territories Council, a panel of the Last Supper from St. John's Anglican Church in Fort Smith and a print of a panoramic photograph of Yellowknife, circa 1939.

This accession consists of material from the Fort Smith office of the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs relating to local elections, municipal structures, briefing notes, and employee orientation. The records include election results, council lists, returning officers' reports, legislation and amendments, correspondence, How to Run an Election manual, information on reserve and municipal structures, briefing material, reports, a draft Employee Orientation Handbook (Manual), and 1994-95 Standing Committee on Finance O&M Review for MACA.

The images document traditional food preparation techniques of the Inuvialuit, including the use of the drying rack at fish camps; Inuvialuit elders; as well as archaeological sites, such as burial sites, sod houses, and the corrals once used to herd reindeer. The images also document the archaeological excavation team and their own camps. Examples of scientific phenomena such as ice push and shoreline erosion are shown. In addition there are photographs of the DEW-Line, Tuktoyaktuk harbour, heritage sites, oil exploration and oil rigs at McKinley Bay, and artificial islands. Aerial photographs document wildlife, Mackenzie Delta communities, and geographic features such as pingoes. Caribou, swans, eider ducks, siksik (ground squirrel), the jellyfish of McKinley Bay and other wildlife are shown. Locations include Tuktoyaktuk, Reindeer Station, Anderson River, Whitefish Station, Stanton, Warren Point, Nicholson Point, Kittigazuit, Husky Lake, Wood Bay, and North Star Harbour. Specifically in Tuktoyaktuk, there are photographs of significant buildings used formerly or still being used. These include the Roman Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Mission Warehouse, 'Our Lady of Lourdes' (ship), the RCMP barracks, the Anglican Church, and the Hudson's Bay Company staff house.

The audio consists of interviews with elders from the Tuktoyaktuk region on various topics such as toponyms, hunting, and traditional life. The corresponding transcripts make up the 30 cm of textual records.

Video footage includes drum dancing, traditional food preperation and interviews with elders regarding tradtional place names.

This accession consists of records created by the Community Governance division of the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs relating to property assessment and taxation. The records include correspondence, discussion paper, reports, briefing notes, speaking notes, records relating to the creation of the Property Assessment and Taxation Act, procedures, summary of mill rates, and Analysis and Departmental Recommendations on NWT Property Tax Review.

Accession consists of as-built drawings for an Inuvik Multibuilt (residential housing).

This accession consists of records from the Mining Inspector, Resource Management Division of the federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development relating to the fatality investigation for Daniel Swadden at Pine Point Mines (Cominco Ltd., 1980). The records include correspondence, a coroner jury’s report, a summary of the accident, and meeting minutes.

This accession consists of student work books and artwork produced by students of Alexander Halley Low at St. Peter's Mission (Residential) School in Hay River.

This accession consists of booklets relating to the Arctic Winter Games, including “for those who were there” NWT Team booklet from the 1978 Games held in Hay River-Pine Point, “we’re together again” NWT Team booklet from the 1980 Games held in Whitehorse, “Northwest Territories Team 1982 Arctic Winter Games Fairbanks, Alaska”, and “Cultural Performances, Arts and Entertainment Program 1998 Arctic Winter Games Yellowknife, Northwest Territories March 15-21”.

Most of the records were created by linguist Dr. Robert Howren in Whati (then Lac La Martre) and Behchoko (then Fort Rae) in the late-1960s to 1982. Additional material, a small minority, was collected in the Yukon and at other locations. The textual material is comprised of 28 notebooks containing his field notes. The sound recordings, recorded mainly in Tlicho (Dogrib) but also in Chipewyan, Gwich'in, and North Slavey, include 114 audiocassettes and 207 audio reels (comprised of 199 - 5" reels, 4 - 3" reels and 4 - 7" reels). The audiocassettes date mostly from 1982. The reel-to-reels range in date from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. The notebooks are field notes which more than half correspond directly to the sound recordings. They are in several series: 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, and 1982. The languages on the tapes and in the notebooks is mostly Tlicho (Dogrib), however, Dane-zaa (Beaver), Slave, North Slavey (Hare) and Sarcee are also included. The speakers on the tapes are mostly Vital Thomas, but also include: Madeline Ayah, Harry Bearlake, Alphonse Eronchi, Susie Abel, Rosa Mantla, Ernie Camsell, Elizabeth Mackenzie and John Mackenzie, among others. The photographic material consist of 35 mm negatives and appears to be a copy of Father Edouard Guoy's French -Slavey Dictionary (Dictionairre francais - esclase) from 1930.

This accession contains: two photocopies of statements signed by miners that appointed C. J. Baker as "Emergency Recorder" of mining claims, originals dated August 5, 1935 and September 19, 1936; one photocopy of the certificate naming Cyril John Baker as a Commissioner for taking affidavits in and for the Northwest Territories, original dated December 22, 1936; and one copy negative of a photograph taken in 1935 of Baker [Creek] at the location of the "Giant" group of claims.