The fonds consists of copies of newspaper articles concerning Captain Murray's personal life and career and historic events in the history of the PEI ferry service such as the carrying of the Olympic torch in 1987 and the last trip of the John Hamilton Gray on 24 April 1997. There is also a poster of the four vessels of the PEI fleet taken on 28 April 1997 in the shadow of the new Confederation Bridge. Photographs include two of Capt. Murray, one of Alexander (Sandy) Muttart an ice-boat hauler and great grandfather of Ralph Murray and one from 1885 which shows the mail being hauled by sled to shore from the iceboat. There is also a photograph of Captain Murray and an audiocassette of an interview with him on 8 October 1993, the day the Confederation Bridge agreement was signed. The audiocassette also contains two songs written by Captain Murray