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The fonds consists of records collected and created to celebrate the Blueberry Creek and District Homecoming and School Reunion held July 14-16, 2006. Materials include a written history of the committee, minutes and financial records, registration records, lists of supplies and volunteers, lists of teachers, a display of photographs and documents related to the Blueberry Creek School, the schools consolidated under it, and the surrounding community, and a list of photograph donors.

The fonds consists of a history of the club, executive records including by-laws, membership, minutes, financial records, records of camp-outs and rallies, correspondence, associated organizations, news clippings, members' writings an photographs and slides recording camp-outs and social events.

The fonds consists of personal papers and photographs belonging to members of the Lunde family. The fonds includes a 1927 Norweigian passport issued to Marie Bernfine Jorgensen Lunde, Olaf Lunde's 1941 National War Services Regulations (Recruits), Olaf Lunde's 1952 car insurance policy, the County of Grande Prairie's 1960 Auditor's Financial Statement and Annual Report of the Agricultural Service Board addressed to Jorenson O. Lunde, the 1961 United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Limited List of Members and Nomination Paper Sub-District "G-31", and a Christmas card and note sent in 1979 from Olaf to J. Lunde at LaGlace.

The fonds also includes thirteen photographs believed to be of or have been sent to the Lunde family, although some of them may be Postman family photographs, since the two collections were mixed together at one point. The photographs include school, family, and wedding portraits, a platoon photograph, and photographs of family members and houses.

The records have been separated from the Postman family records (see fonds 515) and arranged in chronological order by the Archivist.

The fonds consists of farming records belonging to Elmer and Ben Dahl. These include tax records; correspondence related to a cattle association formed under the government's "Cattle Bill" which encouraged farmers to raise cattle by offering loans to the association for purchasing stock; and a letter from Anton Dahl just before his death. Also included are four photographs, and in an accrual, a photo of Halcourt United Church and a poem about the church, "Saved by Grace" written by Josie Dahl and published in the Beaverlodge Advertiser May 22, 2002.

The fonds consists of two minute books (1962-1970) and (1970 -1978) which record the members and activities of the organization from its institution in February, 1962 to its final meeting in December,1978.

The fonds consists of a short history of Grande Prairie Cleaners written by Margaret Bowes; eight photographs of the facility, the fleet and the staff between [1950 and 1970]; a 1966 advertising proposal for Grande Prairie Cleaners from CFGP Radio; and a 1958 newspaper ad celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Cleaners and the new status of Grande Prairie as a City.

The fonds consists of the minutes of Club 54 general and executive meetings, annual membership lists, correspondence and circular communications detailing where the dances will be held, the conveners in charge, which bands will be playing, menus for the evening, and other details. There are also occasional records of those in attendance, and one financial ledger dating from 1980-1991.

The fonds consists of two copies of a biographical account of Nicholas (Nylolai) Woronuk and family, written in Ukrainian by a niece, Mrs. John Bzovey of Rycroft. The document was typed and and edited by I. Goresky, of Edmonton, and tells of the family's epic journey from Edson to Grande Prairie in 1913. Included in the fonds are a shorter account of the story, in English, as published in "Ukrainians in Alberta"; additional hand written accounts from the Woronuk family in English and Ukrainian; and a letter from I. Goresky to Dr. Jerry Petryshyn referencing the history of Ukrainians in Alberta, and especially the Woronuk family.

The fonds consists of 182 colour slides from 1957 to 1974, during the time Evy was most active with supporting the Arts, and when she lived with her family on a farm just outside Grande Prairie. Some labeled and dated, on the subjects of gardens, people (including Evy's Junior Art Class), scenery, farm, horses, vacations, Jasper, Chinook Ridge, Peace River, Smoky, Pipestone, Stoney Lake, Monkman Pass, Dunvegan, Taylor Flats, and Reflection Lake.

The collection also includes slides of her brother Jack, wife Pearl, and their children Shelley and Ted; slides of their friends Bert & Jean Dalgleish and their farm near Pipestone Creek.

The fonds consists of records relating to the operation of the hall and the meetings that were held in the running of the hall. There are minute books and list of memberships and executives; financial documents, deposit books and annual returns; receipts and documents pertaining to the running of the hall; the original lease agreement for the land the hall sits upon; and nine photographs of the Bay Tree community.
The fonds is arranged in six series based on record content: minutes, financial records, annual returns, land, hall operations and photographs. The arrangement has been set by the Archivist as for the most part the records were not in any set order.