The fonds consists of minutes, annual reports, members files, official daily reports, correspondence and scrapbooks. RECORDS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE ALSO IN THIS FONDS. SEE INVENTORY FOR DETAILS: J. Cowan Adam, Admiral Oils, Amalgamated Oils, Richard R. Angle, Anglo-American Oil Co., O.C. Arnott, British Dominion Oil and Development Corp., Burn, Hambrook and Co., Calmont Oil, James Cleave, Command Oils, Commoil, Commonwealth Petroleum, Davies Petroleums, C.L. Dingman, J. Elliott, F. Gordon Elves, Extension Oils, Foothills Oil and Gas Co., Gas and Oil Products, S.W.Gilfoy, M. Greene and Associates, Barclay William Hambrook, C.S. Henley, Home Oil, Cameron W. Jack, G.B. Johnson, S.E. King, D. LaBrosse, R.P. Leveque, R.M. Linden, B. Locke, Lowery Petroleums, J.E.A. Macleod, M. Ross Maguire, Mercury Oils, Mill City Petroleums, Model Oils, Frank D. Nataros, Okalta Oils, J.R. Picard, Ralph M. Smith, Southwest Petroleum Co., Spooner Oils, J. Stewart, Sunray Petroleum Corp., Turner Valley Oil Co., Reid Waite and Co., V.R. Whitman, and J.R. Wright.

The fonds consists of financial records and operating reports.

The fonds consists of prints of images originally taken in 1935 at the Hillcrest mine, including images of mine buildings, a mine engine, the mine entrance, tipples, the Hillcrest train station, and the Byron Creek mine.

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 personal papers: appointments, certificates, correspondence, photographs and scrapbook regarding personal and business activities (1929-1977); and prospectuses, minutes, financial statements and ledgers for his companies (1949-1971).

The fonds consists of photographs of Western Canada Cement and Coal Co., the Exshaw area, and Christie (1907-1910); and autobiographical manuscript, "Exshaw's Early Days" (1964).

The fonds consists of letters to his family in Scotland describing journeys.

Fonds consists of copied photographs which date from 1912-1923, predominantly 1912-1914, that depict various people, buildings, and views in Athabasca Landing, House River, Vermilion, and Edmonton, Alberta, including boats, railway cars, sawmills, oil field equipment, machinery and workers, log cabins, the Vermilion Baptist church, road and building construction, and Kelsey family members. Fonds also includes two postcards and a copied newspaper clipping about a type of crude oil engine.

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 photographs of company mining activities and the town of Alexo, and a company history.