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The series documents J.I. Glick's Yellowknife real estate business, Central Real Estate, as well as the Gold Range Hotel, which was an asset of Central Real Estate. The property records include records predating formal incorporation of Central Real Estate in 1953. Glick was the first manager of the Gold Range Hotel from 1958-1966, when he and his wife Sadie Glick sold their shares.

This fonds consists of 513 colour slides, 8 colour prints, 2 original master sound cassettes and 2 DAT audiocassettes. The original two audiocassettes were copied to DAT circa 1995-1996. The DAT cassettes now constitute the archival masters. The two DAT audio cassettes (items :0522 and :0523) document the first meeting of the Great Slave Lake Housing Association which was held at Hay River in July, 1969. The 513 colour slides (items :0001 to :0513) and the colour prints (items :0514 to :0521) depict a variety of northern communities. Twenty of the slides (items :0366 to :0385) are copies of images taken by Sister B. Matte, a Grey Nun who worked in Rae in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of these images illustrate the social conditions, which existed in the 1960s and 1970s. A large number of images focus upon education in the north; depicting schools, adult education centres, teachers and students. There are also many images, which depict types of housing found in various communities. Subjects covered include education, housing, transportation, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police ceremony to honour Special Constables in the north, recreational activities, Caribou Carnivals in Yellowknife, Sports Day activities in Pangnirtung in 1971, and Toonik Tyme festivities in Frobisher Bay (Iqaluit) circa 1970. Communities depicted include: Arctic Bay, Baker Lake, Cambridge Bay, Colville Lake, Coppermine, Detah (Dettah), Eskimo Point (Arviat), Fort Chimo, Fort Good Hope, Fort Liard, Fort McPherson, Fort Norman, Fort Providence, Fort Simpson, Fort Smith, Fort Wrigley, Frobisher Bay (Iqaluit), Hall Beach, Hay River, Igloolik, Inuvik, Nahanni Butte, Norman Wells, Pangnirtung, Pelly Bay, Pond Inlet, Port Burwell, Rae-Edzo, Rankin Inlet, Repulse Bay, Sachs Harbour, Spence Bay (Taloyoak), Tuktoyaktuk and Yellowknife.

All of the images are of government-built structures and sites such as residential buildings, hospitals, housing units, proposed school sites, a bridge, Federal Day School and various school buildings. The images are from Yellowknife, Fort Rae (Behchoko) and Jean Marie River areas throughout the 1950s.

This accession consists of 7.5 cm of textual records comprised of academic publications authored by Miriam Leith, as well as a large number of draft and research notes produced by Ms. Leith in her research on northern food and nutrition as well as housing programs. Files also contain correspondence and reports concerning northing housing programs. Related to Ms. Leith's work with the Adult Housing Education Program. Also included in the collection are copies of diet information and recipes distributed to the local people. Some of these materials are written in syllabics.

The first, "Our People, Our Houses", was produced in 1981 for the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Commission (CMHC). It looks at northern housing from the Pre-Dorset, Dorset, Thule, Historic, and Settlement (Modern) periods. Examples show how technological advances in toolmaking and shelter building helped the Inuit advance. Also shown are examples of throat singing, fishing scenes, sled building, tattooing, and carving. The second videocassette, "North, the Land and Man", was produced for the federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) by the National Film Board. It looks at the transition being made by indigenous peoples of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut to a modern, european way of life. Modern v. traditional hunting is shown, as well as modern oil and gas exploration, construction, sealift, and pipeline development. The third videocassette, "Fisheries of the Great Slave", was produced for the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) by Crowley Films. It focusses on the history of fishing on Great Slave Lake, beginning with Alexander Mackenzie in 1789. Emphasis is on the commercial fishing trade which boomed in the 1940's. Examples of both summer and winter fishing are shown.

Records include photographs documenting the exteriors of most of the public buildings and facilities in Fort Simpson and showing representative examples of housing.

The recordings contain three programs including "MLA", (item :0001), which examines people's expectations and attitudes toward government, and explains the election process as well as the workings of the Legislative Assembly; "Home Maintenance--N.W.T.H.C.", (item :0002), and "Home Maintenance--C.M.H.C.", (item :0002), uses interviews to provide information on GNWT and federal government home repair programs.

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

The records document the (Tlicho) Dogrib Caribou Skin Lodge Project, which began in 1997 and was completed in 2000. The 73 slides are dated June 18, 1998 and document a Feeding the Fire ceremony that celebrated the return of Bear Lake Chief's Caribou Skin Lodge from the University of Iowa. The ceremony took place at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. The images depict drumming, hand games, and the exhibit at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. In addition, there are electronic records in MS Word and Excel related to the project and the trip Tom Andrews, Archaeologist at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, took to Iowa and to the Smithsonian Institute. The remaining records document the construction of two replica lodges for display and educational purposes. This part of the project was completed in partnership with the Dogrib Community Services Board, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre and Dogrib Treaty 11 Council. The are also electronic records in MS Word and Excel containing videotape logs and interview transcripts, as well as approximately 379 digital images documenting the Dogrib Caribou Skin Lodge Project. The audio material consists of the narration for the video by Margaret Mackenzie. The remaining video and textual records consist of hard copies of the video narration script, video voice over scripts with annotations, transcripts of videotaped interviews with Adele Wedawin, Bernadette Williah, Edward and Melanie Weyallon and Joe and Mary Champlain, video logs for reels 1 through 30 which includes a description of the content of each reel, a web page transcript of the project, basic program layout for the Skin Tent Program, a script outline for the project and an overview of the Dogrib Caribou Skin Lodge Project. The video material consists of 30 Betacam copies of raw footage of the Dogrib Caribou Skin Lodge project, one Betacam master and two VHS copies entitled "The Dogrib Caribou Skin Lodge," two VHS copies entitled "Return of the Tent" from the University of Iowa Natural History Museum, a VHS tape containing footage of a tipi ceremony that took place at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in September 1997, three VHS tapes containing unedited footage of the outdoor ceremony for the Dogrib Caribou Skin Lodge and an interview with Tom Andrews about the project, a VHS tape from the University of Iowa entitled 1996 Powwow, a VHS tape of the program No Name Youth Show from October 19, 1998, produced by TVNC, containing footage from the tipi ceremony and one Betacam tape marked 'tea dance.'

The file includes a draft and final report of the Northwest Territories Landlord and Tenant Act Review: Residential Tenancies.

Records include interim and final reports from the Special Committee on Housing and recordings of the public and other community hearings. The DAT cassettes were copied from the original audiocassettes in October 1995; the recordings are in a variety of Indigenous languages and contain simultaneous translations. The transcripts of the recordings are grouped as follows: Baffin/High Arctic Tour, June 1984; Western Arctic Tour, July 1984; Southern Mackenzie Tour, August 1984; Yellowknife/Kitikmeot Tour, September 1984; and the Keewatin Tour, October 1984. The November 1984 interim report is available in both English and Inuktitut syllabics.

Records consist of Bills, Budget Address, Committee Motions, Motions, Petitions, Questions, Return to Questions, Votes and Proceedings summaries, Tabled Documents, Hansard and the verbatim transcripts of community hearings of the Special Committee on Housing. They were produced by the 10th Legislative Assembly, 1st through 9th Sessions.

Records include material related to the opening of the Legislative Assembly building in 1993, such as speeches, planning committee files, correspondence, and invitations. The bulk of the records include correspondence, briefing notes and community transcripts from meetings or hearings held by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Special Committee on Housing and Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions.

The accession consists of records from the Executive of the NWT Housing Corporation, including the Minister's Chronos for 2008, August-December 2009, 2010, and 2012, the President's Chronos for July-September 2008 and 2012, and overall NWT Housing Corporation chronos for July-December 2008.

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.

This accession contains ministerial and President's chronos from 2009-2010, including correspondence with tenants, information regarding rental arrears, home repairs, decision papers, and correspondence to MLAs and the Legislative Assembly.

The accession consists of records from the Programs and District Operations division of the NWT Housing Corporation. The records document various areas the division was involved with, including Securing Assistance for Emergencies (SAFE) program, Contributing Assistance for Repairs and Enhancements (CARE) program, Homeownership Programs, Shelter Policy, and forums and focus groups on housing. The records include correspondence, meeting and workshop materials, survey results, presentation slides and speaking notes, financial records, reports, and planning documents.

The records are from the Programs and District Operations division of the NWT Housing Corporation and include program administration files, interdepartmental committee files, funding proposals, policies and procedures, correspondence with CMHC, and internal management reports and surveys.

Accession contains records from the Programs and District Operations division of the NWT Housing Corporation, including program administration records related to rent scale review, implementation of new rent scales for public housing, and harmonization of income assessment for public housing and income assistance (social assistance). Also included are records relating to the establishment and operation of shelters for underhoused people in Yellowknife.

Accession consists of records from the Programs and District Operations division of the NWT Housing Corporation. The records document various areas the division was involved with, including reports on operational reviews of local housing organizations, policy development files, program administration files, and program files for the Affordable Housing Initiative (a CMHC cost-sharing program).

This accession consists of records including an overview of the Rent Scale for public housing from the NWT Housing Corporation Resource Centre, as well as a Social Housing Annual Review for the year 1988.

Records include correspondence: Ministerial Chronos (Minister's Chronos) and President's Chronos (Deputy Head's Chronos).

The accession consists of early years of Housing Corporation development in the NWT including recommendations, legislation proposals and ordinances. It contains discussions of surplus housing, drafting a local building by-law, changes made to the Rural and Native Housing program, and community planning and development including building houses for GNWT rental units. It consists of a Special Purpose Housing outline from Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation. It contains a discussion paper on ethical principles for the conduct of research in the north and notes on the impact of housing on health concerns. It also contains a Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Management & Employment Manuel for 1975, a Ministry of State for Urban Affairs Annual Report from 1976 - 1977, and a Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Management Report from 1988.

This accession consists of records that include information on the Small Community Homelessness Fund Initiative including Small Community Homelessness Criteria and Guidelines 2012/2013 and an application form to apply for funding from the Initiative. Records also include handouts from an LHO workshop held Feb. 2-4, 2016 and organized by NWTHC. Records also includes NWTHC Communications Protocol created July 2012 and prepared by the Strategies, Planning, Policy and Communications Division. Records also includes Health and Safety Manual, 2014-2015.

The records are from the Executive division of the NWT Housing Corporation and include interdepartmental committee files, a Deputy Minister committee file, a program administration file, a program development file, and a briefing book.