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The fonds consists of Allan's correspondence regarding Indian Affairs, and Qu'Appelle land syndicate documents.

This fonds consists of a magazine article containing biographical information about the life of Rev. Oddur Gislason in Iceland and in Canada. The article has been translated from the Icelandic language.

Fonds consists of: 1 black and white photographic print of early Maple Creek (1893).

The fonds consists of thirteen letters from John William Hope to his wife, “Louie,” 10 April – 2 August 1903. The letters detail his journey from Britain to Barr Colony, and his struggle to find work in Western Canada. The fonds also includes British Colony and Dominion Lands Branch receipts for homestead land, 30 January and 2 July 1903.

The fonds consists of the 1908-1909 homestead diary of Oliver H. Johnson. It provides a daily record of his activities as he broke land, built a house, barn, and other structures, interacted with his neighbours, including the Stones, Sinclairs, Fergusons, Bredins, Hardins, Smiths, Germaine, Arnold, Allie Brick, Mead & Grant, members of the Beaver First Nation, and others, and travelled back to Edmonton to join his family. The last few pages of the diary list recipes, drugs, groceries, dry goods, hardware, and accounts, some of which may date from his time as a storekeeper.

Fonds consists of: 5 images (black and white negatives) pertaining to Happy Jack and Elkwater, AB.

Informally published transcribed diary of Tom Readings: "My Canadian Journey"; biographical notes on Tom Readings; 2 black and white photographs relating to Tom Readings and his Canadian Journey.

Fonds consists of: 3 duplicate certificates of title and 1 sales agreements.

The fonds consists of newspaper clippings and material gathered for an article in the local history book "From Out of the Wilderness".

The fonds consists of a photograph of Stanley William Bird, and two letters which he wrote to his sister and father in 1918. The letters describe what was happening in the local area, and what he was doing. He mentions the 1918 murders, attending Sports day, and going hunting.