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The fonds consists of: documents regarding trap-lines 1899, 4543, (snaring permit 1807) and 7219; a series of licenses and receipts from various government departments for big game licenses and trap-line renewals, 1942- 1965; letters from the departments regarding renewal licenses; a market report from the Little Bros. Fur Sales Agency in 1950; receipts for groceries and dry goods; and documents evidencing his employment as a casual laborer with the Department of Highways, 1957.

The collection consists of 21 audio cassettes (recorded on a Sony TcM 5000 EV) containing interviews with twenty longtime residents and travelers in the Kakwa and Two Lakes area: Phil Comeau, Bob Neufeld, Norm Drysdale, Dorothy Comeau, Fred Comeau, Norman Eng, Dave Robertson, June Neufeld, Luther Kozowan, Rick Erlendson, Ben Foster, Pete McCullough, Mable Tennant, Suzy Moberly, Lois Lofstrom, Michael Ryan, Don Nelson, Dave Schenk, Norm Trepanier, and Doug Tennant. The interviewer is Jim Nelson.

The fonds consists of two fur-trade ledgers which detail transactions between the Hudson’s Bay Company at Dunvegan and individuals trading with this post. The first ledger (8 ½ x 13” and 160 pages) dates between 1834 and 1840, and the second ledger (9 ½ x 14” and 160 pages) is from 1861-1863 and contains many First Nations hunters, some identified by aboriginal names and some by the more common French names.

The fonds consists of the minutes and correspondence of the Northern Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties; maps of the three sections of Greenview: Valleyview, DeBolt and Grovedale; a set of aerial photographs taken in 1994-1995; a large collection of survey plans created between 1944 and 2005; and a series of planning studies and reports on the area.

The sous-fonds consists of aerial photographs of the M.D. of Greenview; and a large collection of survey plans from the Greenview area dating from 1944 to 2005.

The fonds consists of a 1976 university assignment on the Richmond Park District, photographs relating to the November 1994 launching of the history book "Reflections from across the River", and photographs of the February 1995 dog-sled postal run from Athabasca to Edmonton to commemorate Edmonton's bicentennial. There are also 9 photographs taken in 1992 of the Alberta Pacific Forest Industries mill site. There are photocopies of the Township Register for Twp 65 Range 21 and 22, and for Twps 66, 67 68 Range 22 stored in the oversize cabinet. There is a 7 page list of "Old Timers" with their date of arrival in Athabasca (possibly from the 1967 Canadian Centennial).

The fonds consists of materials created by John Bishop Ballem of Calgary, Alberta from 1976-2000. The fonds consists of three series: 1. Publications (1976- 1989). This series consists of books written by John Bishop Ballem with some signed by the author. 2. Addresses and histories (1997-2001). This series consists of transcripts of addresses made by John Bishop Ballem to a variety of groups on a variety of legal topics including his specialty oil and gas law. 3. Ballem, MacInnes (1999). This series consists of a history of the firm written by Mr. Ballem and a photograph of the partners of Ballem, MacInnes.

The fonds consists of an excerpt from the book "Adventures on the Columbia River, including the narrative of a residence of six years on the western side of the Rocky Mountains, among various tribes of Indians hitherto unknown: together with A Journey across the American continent" by Ross Cox, 1832; an article by Nick Tanasiuk about homesteading at Rock Island Lake, Alberta; an article from the magazine Encompass, Oct. 1998 "Portage La Biche, the forgotten portage" by Tom Maccagno; a copy of 1915 "An act to incorporate the Athabasca and Fort Vermilion Railway Company"; information on Lac La Biche's 200th Anniversary in 1998; 1913 "An act to incorporate the Athabasca Club"; newspaper articles regarding Athabasca from the Calgary News Telegram, Calgary Albertan, and Edmonton Journal. There are also articles about Alex Stratton, Athabaska Investment Co., 1911; NWMP report mentioning Constable Hubert Thorne; excerpts from "Journal Notre Dame Des Victoires, Lac La Biche".

The fonds consists of a 1976 university assignment on the Richmond Park District, photographs relating to the Nov. 1994 launching of the history book "Reflections from North of the River", and photographs from the Feb. 1995 dog-sled postal run from Athabasca to Edmonton to commemorate Edmonton's bicentennial. There are also 9 photographs taken in 1992 of the Alberta Pacific Forest Industries mill site.

Collection consists of paleontology and geology books, textbooks, and bound reports.