The fonds consists of account book.

The collection consists of historical articles about coal mines, the Rosebud Hutterite Colony, and Grasswold School District; Red-Rose Mutual Telephone Company certificate (1934); and photographs of Rosebud personalities and CX School (1914-1950s).

The fonds consists of editorial cartoons drawn for the Albertan. A selection of the cartoons have been scanned and may be viewed via the link below (after taking the link, select Barron from the alphabetical list).

The fonds consists of articles and newsclippings regarding broadcasts and columns.

The fonds consists of John Schmidt's agricultural columns and articles (1959-1982) [microfiche], manuscript for his Growing Up in the Oil Patch, and reference files. Includes photographs of Hutterites in Alberta, Alberta oil wells (1906-1940, Alaska highway construction (1943-1944); and a copy of the diary of Canol surveyor Guy Blanchet (1943).

The fonds consists of photographs of Jumping Pound post office, residents of Jumping Pound and Cochrane, and the Bateman family. Also includes John's interim homestead receipt and marriage registration; contracts, petition, summons, and a memo pertaining to his career as a postmaster; and assessment and tax rolls of the Jumping Pound School District.

The fonds consists of a scrapbook of newspaper articles by and about May, regarding Edmonton, Calgary, women's rights and organizations, charities, and prominent citizens; articles about the Canadian west written by Reginald for an English newspaper (1911); and miscellaneous certificates and speech.

The fonds consists of W.N. Smith's First World War diary (1917), correspondence (1915-1967), including extensive correspondence with prominent UFA and Social Credit leaders; articles, reports, etc. re the monetary system (1915-1933); election and other papers of UFA, Social Credit and CCF, including platforms, radio broadcasts, etc. (1917-1935); reports and circulars of many agricultural associations (1920-1960); and Amelia Turner Smith's diary (1913-1917), tax returns, speeches, correspondence and campaign literature. Includes interviews with Amelia Smith (1978). RECORDS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE ALSO IN THIS FONDS. SEE INVENTORY FOR DETAILS: William Aberhart, Alberta Cooperative Livestock Producers, Alberta elections (1926, 1930, 1935), Alberta Farmers' Union, Alberta Federation of Agriculture, Alberta Institute of Agrologists, Percival Baker, Perren E. Baker, Norman Bethune, George Bevington, A.H. Brinkman, John E. Brownlee, Calgary Power Co., Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute, Donald Cameron, Annie Campbell, Canada elections (1917, 1921, 1930), Canadian Council of Agriculture, Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Canadian Labor Defence League, Canadian Labor Party, Canadian League Against War and Fascism, Canadian National Parks Association, Central Alberta Dairy Pool, George Church, Winston Churchill, M.J. Coldwell, Larkham Collins, Communist Party, George G. Coote, Maj. C.H. Douglas, Douglas Credit League of Canada, T.C. Douglas, Economic Safety League, Albert Einstein, Free Economic League of Canada, Robert Gardiner, Edward Joseph Garland, R.O. German, Ghost River, Frank S. Grisdale, Colin G. Groff, William Herridge, George Hoadley, William Robinson Howson, Bert Huffman, Col. John McKay Hughes, Harry Humble, William Irvine, Isa Johnson, T.O. King, Father Albert Lacombe, League for Economic Democracy, League for Social Reconstruction, A.J.E. Leisemer, Liberal Party, J. Russell Love, J.F. Lymburn, George MacLachlan, Ernest C. Manning, Paul Martin, Louis Normandeau, Irene Parlby, Benjamin S. Plumer, poetry, Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA), Harvey S. Price, Norman F. Priestley, Lorne Proudfoot, Richard Gavin Reid, Chester Ronning, George Ross, Saskatchewan medicare, George Bernard Shaw, Joseph T. Shaw, Upton Sinclair, Spanish Civil War, Alfred Speakman, Henry E. Spencer, H.H. Stevens, Alfred Stiernotte, H.G.L. Strange, Watson Thomson, W.D. Treys, unemployed, water power, Frederick J, White, James S. Woodsworth, Workers' Unity League of Canada, and Henry Wise Wood.

The fonds consists of photographs of the Caledonia Football Club and the composing room at the Calgary Herald.

The fonds consists of correspondence (1854-1905) relating to his newspaper businesses, the Temperance Colonization Society, the crofters' immigration scheme, the Alaskan boundary, and the Dunbow Ranche; legal records; diaries (1842-1904); correspondence, minutes and incorporation documents for the railway company; and certificates, appointments and commissions. Includes Emily's correspondence (1853-1914) and photographs of the Begg family.
Records related to the following subjects are also in this fonds. See inventory for details: Robert Begg, Bow River Ranch, Canadian Yukon Railway Co., D.W. Davis, William Duncan, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Richard C. Hardisty, J.J. Hill, Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) lands, Louis Riel, St. Joseph's Industrial School (Dunbow School), Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, and James Wallace.