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Records include a booklet titled The Story of Discovery, Northwest Territories, produced by the Discovery Women's Institute, which offers photographs and a history of the townsite and its residents. This accession also contains a program titled Commemorating the Dawson Patrol February 16-March 14, 1970 and a promotional pamphlet for the town of Yellowknife produced by the Yellowknife Board of Trade.

Records consist of brochures and reports about Yellowknife, Fort Smith and the Northwest Territories.

One folder consisting of correspondence and notes on the transfer of the Parks and Visitor Services division from the Department of Economic Development and Tourism to the Department of Renewable Resources in 1993, as well as a program description for the Parks and Visitor Services program from 1990.

This accession consists of a variety of unrelated files primarily collected by John Parker. These files include: a copy of a speech given by Parker in 1967 to the Fourth National Northern Development Conference in Edmonton entitled "Local Government for Northern Communities"; documents relating to a Board of Inquiry on proposed labour standards legislation for the Northwest Territories (1965); information sheets on Inuvik [1965?], and records relating to tourism development in the Northwest Territories. Included among these records is material from the Northwest Territories Tourist Association, including minutes and conference reports.

Records include files from the following Central Registry program areas: Tourism-Development Series (61 block); Industry and Commerce (62 block); Administrative Series (68 block); and Loans and Grants Series (69 Block).

Records include publications and reports. The records date from 1973-1977, and consist of a brochure on a development fund, three reports on NWT tourism and three reports on rotation work schedules in the NWT.

Records are from the Expo '86 exhibit and include the Content Master Plan for the Northwest Territories Pavilion at Expo 86; files submitted to the Executive Council; progress reports; a pavilion overview; and exit survey reports. The Content Master Plan documents the story line used at the pavilion and includes photocopies of images used, photocopies of artifacts to be displayed and the text that was to accompany these items.

The posters show northern scenery, people, polar bears, Inukshuks and the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights). The posters include images of both the Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions of the Northwest Territories.

Records date from 1974-1994 and include regional consultation and development files related to parks, campgrounds, signage, tourist facilities, visitor’s centers, the Mackenzie and Liard highways and historical sites such as the Canol Heritage Trail. There are also records related to feasibility studies and reports regarding regional economic development projects, including marketing poultry and eggs, Hay River abattoir, Fort Resolution sawmill, Liard River Hydroelectric project, Slave River Hydroelectric project, and Slave River Bison Ranch. Additionally, there are records related to craft shops and marketing arts and crafts, as well as economic development plans for communities such as Fort Resolution, Fort Smith. Records also include guest book and visitor survey data from communities in the region, and minutes of meetings of the Big River Travel Association.

Records include reports from communities in the South Slave Region, including the Fort Smith Mission Historical Park Masterplan and Executive Summary, a Study on Egg, Chicken, and Turkey Production in the Northwest Territories, Market Analysis of Hay River Community Futures, Tourism Development Study, Hay River Abattoir EDA Sub-Committee file, and the Rae Lakes General Store Feasability Study.

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.

This accession consists of a tourist map of the Northwest Territories (including Nunavut) produced by the Department of Economic Development and Tourism and the Department of Transportation.

The records date between 1962-1988 and relate to the design, promotion and operation of the Expo '86 NWT Pavilion. Included in the Expo '86 material is the film entitled "N.W.T. Pavilion Expo '86." The bulk of the records are from the Tourism and Parks Division and include files concerning tourism policy, long range planning, staff and guide training material, the Economic Development Agreement (EDA) program, tourism development strategies and studies such as the Great Bear Lake Management Study, as well as NWT tourism statistics and user surveys that were conducted by the department. There are also records concerning the development of Visitor and interpretive centres, Territorial Parks, campgrounds and signage, as well as promotional material such as the Explorer’s Guide, travel maps and fishing brochures. The remaining records are from committees or travel associations where the department was involved such as the Travel Industry Association, Fire Management Advisory Committee, Big River Country Travel Association, Western Arctic Visitors Association, Northern Frontier Visitors Association and Arctic Coast Tourism Zone Association.

Records include reports, brochures and publications. Records date from 1977-[1995] and mainly consist of policy guides, published reports and brochures. Topics range from tourism development, regional economic studies, how to start your own business, venture capital grants, information on co-operatives, and information on trades. Notably this accession includes a visual identity guide on how to properly format the blue on white polar bear Government of the Northwest Territories logo for printing on promotional material.

Accession consists of a feasibility study of Campbell Hills / Lake Park conducted in 1982, as well as 1982, 1983, and 1984 reports on N.W.T travel surveys. The accession also consists of "An Evaluation of the Impact of Summer Tourism on N.W.T Businesses: Report of Findings" which was released in 1983. Additionally, there is a conversion study for Edmonton Sportsmen's Shows from 1984. Along with the study's findings is a written report detailing the study. The accession contains another conversion study called "1984 Alaska and Canada's Vacation Planner." There are also two reports of the Canadian Heritage Rivers System from 1984; one is called "Heritage Rivers of the Northwest Territories: A System Planning Study" and the other is called "Background Report: In Support of Nomination of Thelon River, Northwest Territories." The accession also contains a feasibility study on a minimum economic wild game processing plant in the Northwest Territories.

This accession consists of records from the Tourism and Parks division of the Department of Economic Development and Tourism. The records relate to the Hanging Ice Bison Ranch and tourism marketing and include an options paper, background paper, correspondence, news release, guidelines and forms for Tourism Marketing Interim Programming, list of trade shows, marketing plans, and program guidelines for the tourism marketing program.