The fonds consists of photographs of work with Edmonton Transit, service in the First World War, and views of lumber camps west of Edmonton. Also consists of newspaper clippings regarding his career, cartoons by Harold Howard, and items relating to the Edmonton Grads basketball team.

The fonds consist of: various personal correspondence & ephemera belonging to James Briggs (1910-1936); various correspondence and ephemera regarding the Greyhound Bus Line operated out of Medicine Hat (1934-1950); various correspondence and documents regarding James Arthur Briggs and his timed served during the Second World War (WWII) (1942-1946); various legal documents such as Last Will and Testaments, marriage certificates, and birth certificates (1910-1936); various correspondence relating to the Medicine Hat Public Library Board (1960-1968); newspaper clippings; 2 scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings; 5 photo albums; 6 photographs.

The fonds consists of a poster and brochure regarding his Life Save Seat Lock invention.

The fonds consists of transcript of interview with Gertrude Routledge by her grandson John Olson, in which she describes working at Pryce-Jones Department Store (incomplete with some pages missing); photographs of the family and their home; and tiny caricatures drawn by John Routledge, including one of a railway conductor.

The sous-fonds consists of a rural road inventory of Wapiti study area #14 done in 1966; 940 plans and blueprints for roads and townsites surveyed in the County of Grande Prairie between 1910 and 2006; 1103 pipeline plans surveyed between 1959-2001; historical information and drawings on the Pipestone Creek ferry; and cemetery management information, registers, and photographs.

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)