Collection consists of a scrapbook containing clippings relating to the experiences of men and women from the Yukon during World War I and life in the far north. It also contains clippings about the political careers of Martha and George Black, microfilm, 1916-1939, 1 microfilm reel, M-536; correspondence with Otto Nordling concerning Yukon life and politics, original, 1950-1957, 46 pages; letters to George and Martha Black, 1950-1965, from W.L. Mackenzie Ing, W.A.C. Bennett, L.B. Pearson, and articles, 1940-1965, on Mrs. Black, photocopy, 24 pages.
There is also a series of postcards drawn by Black and three booklets authored by her. The collection also contains photographs of George Black and Martha Black, 1932.
Black, Martha Louise, 1866-1957 : Martha Black, née Munger, author and member of Parliament, was born in 1866 at Chicago, Ill. She came to Canada in 1898 and married George Black in 1904. He was, at that time, a Yukon lawyer and future Member of Parliament. She stood in her husband's place when he was too ill to contest the federal general election in 1935. She won, thereby becoming the second woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons. In the general election of 1940, she stepped aside in favour of her husband since he had regained his health. Martha Black was a strong advocate of the Yukon and she was also a specialist on the flowers of the Yukon and British Columbia and the art of mounting them. She was the author of two books, Yukon Wild Flowers (1936) and My Seventy Years (1938).
See also: The Canadian Who's Who, 1955-1957 and Encyclopedia Canadian.