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Fonds consists of photographs taken by Alexander Lord during surveys.

The fonds consists of liquor permits, driver's licenses and chauffeur licenses belonging to Alexander Calliou.

The fonds consists of 28 original black and white photographs, 7 photographs developed from negatives, and two pages of excerpts from letters written to his fiance. The excerpts are filed with the photographs. The photos include: Athabasca, Grand Rapids and tramway, House River, oil well drilling rigs, Pelican gas wells, and steamboats.

The fonds consists of reminiscences about Grande Prairie, Edson trail and bridge building; and photographs of Peace River region.

The fonds consists of an album of photographs of drilling rigs in Turner Valley, local ranchers, and James Cartage company delivering heavy equipment to the wells. Also includes loose photos of the Crescent Service Station in Calgary.

The fonds consists of images of mine rescue workers, the Edmonton Canadian Pacific Railway station, railway workers, miners, trains, haying near Castor, Alberta, men cooking, the Legislature, Pete's Dollar Taxi's store front, automobiles (most likely taxis), McCauley School in Edmonton, views of Fort Saskatchewan, Paris Confectionary, automobile races, a funeral service and the badlands.

The fonds is made up of photographs, a brief history of the Deacon and McBeth families written by Alfred A. Deacon, his Second Class Engineer's Certificate, two maps of sections of Great Slave Lake, and a number of pamphlets and booklets relating to steam engineering and river traffic. Subjects of the photographs include Deacon, the construction of the S.S. Athabasca River, river traffic at The Pas, Manitoba, the S.S. Nipawin, and views of unidentified Hudson's Bay Company posts and the Saskatchewan and North Saskatchewan rivers.

The fonds consists of Somerville's 8mm and Super 8mm films on a variety of subjects, such as aviation films from 1939-1946 (including those depicting Commonwealth training); views of Lethbridge, 1946-1967; irrigation works; Somerville's travels in Quebec, the Maritimes, Winnipeg and Hawaii; Calgary and other local stampedes; and footage of scenery all across Alberta and British Columbia, including scenes in Vancouver Island, Banff and Glacier National Park.

The fonds consists of: a reproduction poster, from a lantern slide housed at the Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery Archives, of a local Stampede poster. Poster reads: "Turn 'er loose" - Medicine Hat Stampede - Wonderful, Exciting, Thrilling - Don't fail to see it. July 10, 11,12, 13, 1917," Manufactured by the Kansas City Slide Co. (1917); CPR "Men Wanted" poster. Reads: "Men Wanted! A number of Men will be wanted by the undersigned during the grading season this year on west end of Canadian Pacific Railway. Wages will be $1.50 per day, Board $4.50 per week, During the Summer Months for good, able-bodied, steady men. Apply on the work at end of track, now near Cypress Hills, about 600 miles west of Winnipeg. Langdon, Shepard and Co. , Contractors - End of Track, April 20th, 1883" (1883); images of early views of Medicine Hat.

The fonds consists of papers related to the Calgary Stampede, the arts scene in Calgary, Canadian Pacific Railway's Ogden shops, the Sheet metal workers union, the Calgary Zoo, A.E. Jaques clothing store, and the Calgary Horse Show. Also consists of Allan's photographs of Calgary scenes and buildings, and annual Christmas cards sent to the family by Tom Baines.