PNLS had been receiving donations of old photographs and documents from various government departments, and interested local residents formed the Northern Saskatchewan Archives Committee to work with PNLS to set up a safe home for them. When planning its new building in Air Ronge, PNLS included a room to house these old materials, and the Northern Saskatchewan Archives came into being.  Since then many other agencies, people, and businesses have donated materials. The archives now has more than 60,000 photographs, 1,500 audio and video tapes, and 4,500 periodicals, newspapers, reports, and books, including:

·        The Department of Northern Saskatchewan Collection from the 1970s of

46,000 photographs, 1,000 audio and video tapes, and many publications;

·       The Larry Hewitt Collection from the 1970s of taped interviews with Dene

elders and 1,800 photographs of the Dene traditional lifestyle;

·        The photographs, 400 video tapes, and various studies and reports;

·        The John Finch Aviation Collection of materials assembled by northern aircraft

engineer John Finch, including taped interviews, 500 photographs, film

footage, and print materials;

·        The Elders Gatherings and Cultural Camps Collection including materials

gathered during several gatherings in the 1990s, including 2,000

photographs, 60 videos, and many taped interviews;

·        The Environmental Impact Reports Collection relating to the development of

mines, communities, forestry, and other land-use activities;

·       The Robert Tanner Island Falls Collection of 1950s materials gathered while he

was employed at the Island Falls hydro-electric station;

·       The Gordon Koshinsky Fisheries Collection of over 400 studies, reports, and

files relating mostly to the commercial fishing industry, collected by

Gordon while a researcher with the provincial government in the 1970s

·        The Mel Jamieson Collection including 515 slides and twenty 8mm films taken

while he was a trapper in the Wollaston Lake region in the 1960s and 70s;

·        The Don Neilson Agriculture Collection including 727 slides from the 1950s and

60s of 4H activities in 12 northern communities, including farming,

gardening, and northern families in their gardens and attending fairs.