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The fonds consist of a list of teachers and students, research material, the story and some photographs of teacher Dora Doyle, and a guest book from the reunion.

The collection consists of stories submitted to or gathered by the Archives for a variety of purposes including the annual Film and Story event, newsletters and other publications, and additional information for fonds.

The fonds consists of copies of 41 audio cassettes of oral histories from pioneer families recorded by Joan Margel in 1997-1998. The inidviduals interviewed are Jack Sandul, Pauline (Swerediuk) Nedohin, Bill Bayers, Rooth (English) McBride, Mary (Shewchiw) Bayers, Magda Burechailo, Bill Chalus, Dolly (Lazoruk) Kushernyk, Anne (Sandul) Bahry, Elsie Burechailo, Lillian (Zahara) Lazoruk, Ted Kwasnica, John Lazoruk, Pete Kushneruk, Bill Woronuk, Jack Sandul. While most of the interviews were conducted in the Rycroft area, some are from related family members in Wakaw, Saskatchewan.

The original tapes are in the holdings of the Provincial Archives of Alberta, and a second set are in the University of Alberta Ukranian Archives. These copies are for access only. Reproductions must be requested from the Provincial Archives. Biographies of the interviewees are included in the finding aid.

The fonds consists of files created for the production of "Tales, Trails and Gumbo", the history book for the Cotilion, Silver Valley and Fourth Creek districts of the south Peace River Country of Alberta. Files include the history of the society; township maps showing original land owners, old trails and roads, and community buildings; and 416 individual family stories or historical submissions for "Tales, Trails and Gumbo." Many of the stories are hand-written by family members. Also included are anecdotes, poetry, art work, five photographs, and one sound recording. A list of the stories is roughly equivalent to the index of the book.

The fonds consists of papers relating to the establishment of the Kieyho Park, the lease agreement and licence of occupation, receipts, bills, and correspondence. There is also a booklet prepared by the South Peace Regional Planning Commission in June 1992 which contains the development proposal for the park.

The fonds consists of family histories, school and church histories, community services and activities histories and miscellaneous writings, news clippings and correspondence used for producing The Big Bend, a community history book covering the areas of Blueberry Creek, Blueberyy Mountain, Fourth Creek, Ksituan, Silver Valley, and Whitburn.

The fonds consists of 2 notebooks, one containing the minutes of meetings of the Buffalo Lakes New Horizon Group from 1978-1981 and the second with minutes of meetings of The Financial Group for the New Horizon Group from 1978-1989.

The fonds consists of records containing biographical information on current and past Grande Cache residents accumulated and created during the compilation of "Grande Cache: The People" book, a project of the Society, published in 1999.

The fonds consist of papers in a crest format filled out by families who had lived on the Lassiter Project describing their time in the Eaglesham area.

The fonds consists of records related to the operation and activities of the Grande Prairie and District Branch of the Alberta Genealogical Society. The material dates from 1974 to 2011 and includes records such as minutes, financial statements and ledgers, membership and newsletter exchange lists, surnames researched by members, correspondence, newspaper clippings and announcements, organizational records for a genealogical course and Gen Fair, resources compiled by the group on obituaries, grave markers, and vital statistics in newspaper articles, and the Heritage Seekers newsletter. The fonds also includes some records of the parent organization, most notably copies of the provincial Relatively Speaking newsletter.

The fonds is divided into seven series based on record type and content: Executive Records, Financial Records, Correspondence and Publicity, Programs and Events, Publications and Resources, and Alberta Genealogical Society.

Portions of the fonds had a strongly apparent original order, which has been maintained by the Archivist as much as possible. Other miscellaneous groups of records were integrated into the series structure by the Archivist. Since the records arrived in several accessions from several sources, an overall order was not apparent.