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The fonds consists of the records of the Municipal District of Bear Lake from 1912 to 1944. These records include by-laws and minutes, financial statements, Alberta Gazettes showing tax sales, miscellaneous financial records, a town plan of Lake Saskatoon, and a land ownership map. The fonds is divided into three series: Minutes, Financial Management, and Maps and Plans.

The fonds consists of the records of the Municipal District of Grande Prairie No. 739 from 1913 to 1944. These records include by-laws and minutes, financial statements, a 1943 Alberta Gazette showing tax sales, and a town plan of Bezanson. The fonds is divided into three series: Minutes, Financial Management, and Maps and Plans.

The sous-fonds consists of the minutes of the County of Grande Prairie and the Municipal Committee. The minutes also include Orders in Council and Ministerial Order establishing the County, accounts, monthly statements, borrowing resolutions, estimates and budget reports, agreements, oaths of office, Prairie Farm Assistance applications, summaries of election results, correspondence, recommendations of public works to be undertaken and roadwork maps, and occasionally School Committee financial records.

The fonds consists of photographs of Robert Millar as mayor, and on various hunting and camping expeditions as well as photographs of Chrysler dealerships in the Peace country; newspapers containing articles relating to his tenure as mayor; copies of speeches; programs from event; financial statements; yearly report booklets; and correspondence all relating to his tenure as councilor and mayor. Also included is a 1923 calendar.

The fonds consists of 1 portrait of T. W. Lawlor as barrister and mayor; 14 photographs relating to civic duties, including the official visit of Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir, in 1939; 3 post cards (one of which shows a military parade) of Richmond Avenue, Grande Prairie; 1 news article, June 2, 1959, and 1 tribute obituary. Also included is a Christmas postcard with a wedding photograph of Agnes(Lawlor) and Don Wilson.

The fonds consists of the minutes and accounts of the Grande Prairie School Division No. 14 from its inception in 1938 until its integration into the County; policy statements and attendance policies; financial statements; and correspondence between the School Division and teachers, trustees and the Department of education. It includes reports and correspondence of the school inspectors prior to the creation of the division. Common documentation in these files include letters regarding formation of school districts; land documents for the school site; letters and petitions from concerned parents regarding location, provision or instruction; census lists and class reports; applications and letters from teachers; Department of Education Inspector’s reports; orders for supplies and books; blueprints of schools, teacherages and barns; and building inspection reports. An unidentified barn blueprint and cost sheet is labeled general School Division Records (063.02). Also included in many of the files are photographs of the school buildings taken in the mid 1950s during the time of consolidation, when many of the buildings were being sold or left vacant. These are record shots, and the quality of the photographs is not consistent. As each school was sold, letters regarding the sale of the property were added to the file. Files of correspondence are for the following schools in the County of Grande Prairie: Aldergrove, Annellen, Appleton, Ashdown, Aspen Dale, Aspen Ridge, Bad Heart, Baldur, Beaverbrook, Beaverlodge, Beaverlodge Separate School, Bezanson, Big Horn, Blooming Valley, Bridge Creek, Buffalo Lake, Crystal Creek, Currie, East Kleskun, Elmworth, Equity, Fitzsimmons, Five Mile Creek, Flying Shot Lake, Gimle, Glass Lake, Goodfare, Grande Prairie Association for Retarded Children, Grande Prairie, Grovedale, Halcourt, Harry Balfour, Haven, Hayfield, Hermit Lake, Hythe, Independent Valley, Itipaw, Kemble, Kleskun Hill, Kleskun Lake, Lower Beaverlodge, Luckey Tree, Klondyke, LaGlace, Lambert, Lindsay, Many Springs, McHenry, Meadowville, Millarston, Molde, Morningview, Mountain Side, Mountain Trail, Mount Saskatoon, North Beaverlodge, North Equity, North Kleskun, North Sexsmith, Odin, Old Post, Pendleton, Percy, Pipestone Creek, Preston Lake, Ravenswood, Ray Lake, Rio Grande, Riversvale, Rivertop, Royal Banner, Saskatoon Lake, St. John’s Lutheran, Sexsmith, Sexsmith Separate, Sinclair Lake, Somme, South Bad Heart, South Wapiti, Southwell, Steeprock, Sylvester, Teepee Creek, Torun, Tranquility, Twilight, Two Rivers, Valhalla, Wapiti, Webster Trail, Wellington, Wembley, West End and West Hythe.

The sous-fonds consists of a financial statement from Pioneer Lodge (1955), Annual Reports for the County from 1956 to 1982, a collection of Alberta Gazettes, from 1953 to 1981, listing properties for tax sales in the County of Grande Prairie No. 1, a series of over-sized Debenture certificates issued in 1950 to 1951, and a 1979 Appraisal Report.

The sous-fonds consists of the 1971 Development Appeal Board Hearing regarding the City Sewer Lagoon System (including four photographs and a sound recording); the County of Grande Prairie General Municipal Plan, the Joint General Municipal Plan for the City and County of Grande Prairie, and the 1991 County of Grande Prairie Census Report. There are also several maps showing the 1980 North Highway Structure Plan; Land Use Bylaw Districts in the County; and the Future Land Use Bylaw districts.

The fonds consists of organizational documents, annual reports, correspondence, newsletters, posters, activity reports, hall booking register, and chronological files over 30 years of the Wanham Plowing Match. The Plowing Match files contain printed materials, planning documents, financial records, newsclippings, photographs and slides. There is also one film of the first match in 1971.

The fonds consists of 51 cm of textual records, 115 photographs, 1 artwork by Robert Guest, and 9 forestry related maps. It includes: a series of photographs related to Jack Mantle showing early Grande Prairie and includes two photographs featuring soldiers from WW2; a series of correspondence from F.W. Schenk and photographs showing scenes from the Northern Alberta Railway (NAR) and various train accidents; a series of photographs, maps, employment records and daily journals from Dave Schenk during his career working for NAR and Alberta Forest Service; and a series of employment records from Melba Schenk during her time working as a weather observer for Alberta Forest Service.

The fonds has been arranged into the following series: Jack Mantle (1911-1940); F.W. Schenk (1917-1964); Dave Schenk (1924-2005); and Melba Schenk (1973-1977)