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This accession consists of materials collected by John Parker and includes: one photograph taken in 1964 by Reimann Studios with the caption "A group of Edmonton's Quarter Century Club at a testimonial dinner held at the Elks Hall, Yellowknife, NWT"; one time book and three daily journals from Bear Exploration and Radium Ltd. Operations at Contact Lake for the years 1936-1938. The journals contain information on the weather and activites at the mine. The journals for the years 1936 and 1937 contain daily activity reports on individual workers at the mine. The time book documents the hours logged by the workers and the pay rates for the years 1936-1939.

This fonds consists of 51 black and white nitrate negatives, 6 black and white original prints and 1 diary. The images relate to Robert A. Coutts work in the Great Bear Lake region between 1932 and 1934. Subjects include prospectors and prospecting, mining camps and methods of transportation. A number of images depict the first radium-silver veins that were exposed and worked near Radium City (later known as Port Radium). In addition, there is a diary written by Robert A. Coutts between July 22, 1932 and December 6, 1932. He made regular entries in the diary, usually daily or every second day. The diary contains detailed information on events that occurred and people that Coutts met, both on his trip to Great Bear Lake and while he worked in the region.