The collection consists of correspondence, circulars, petitions, and records about land and grazing leases.
Records related to the following subjects are also in this collection. See inventory for details: Agricultural Societies, Sgt. Charles Allen, Thomas Anderson, George Barry, Battle Creek Association, R.B. Bennett, Benton and St. Louis Cattle Co., Bow River Horse Ranch, H.L. Bowyer, British American Ranch Co., J.M. Browning, Brown Ranch Co., Calgary and Edmonton Railway lands, Canadian Agricultural, Coal and Colonization Co., Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) lands, William Carter, Hugh St. Quentin Cayley, J.E. Chipman, George Cloakley, Matthew Henry Cochrane, Cochrane Ranche Co., William F. Cochrane, Collingwood Ranch, Conrad Brothers, Conrad Price Cattle Co., J.M. Conger, A.E. Cox, Crow Indian reserve, Dakota Stock Grazing Co., Hon. Mayne Daly, R. Burton Deane, Col. John S. Dennis, Edgar Dewdney, Insp. Arthur W. Duffus, Charles Elliott, George B. Elliott, Moreton Frewen, J.A. Gemmill, Gilbert Goddard, Charles Grayson, William Antrobus Griesbach, James Hargrave, Alexander Stavely Hill, Walter Ings, William H. Irvine, Sir John Lister Kaye, William Duncan Kerfoot, J.K. Kerr, George Lane, G.H. Lydiard, Dr. Duncan McNab McEachran, Hon. David L. McPherson, Maunsell Brothers, C.R. Mitchell, Mount Head Ranch, Mount Royal Ranch, Augustus Meredith Nanton, New Walrond Ranch, H.A. Noble, Northwest Cattle Co., Northwest Stock Association, Frank Oliver, William G. Oliver, Oxley Ranch, Sgt. D. Paterson, William Pearce, Hon. J.H. Pope, Powder River Cattle Co. prairie fires, Const. A. Purves, Quorn Ranch, Sgt. Major C.C. Raven, 1885 Riel Rebellion (North West Rebellion), Daniel E. Riley, Philips Ross, Saskatchewan Stock Growers' Association, Walter Scott, C. Sharples, sheep, Hon. Clifford Sifton, Spencer Brothers, Charles Stewart, Charles Stimson, Frederick S. Stimson, Thomas Stone, Thomas B. Strange, Samuel B. Steele, William W. Stuart, J.R. Sutherland, E.E. Taylor, Sir Charles Tupper, Twin Butte Cattle and Horse Association, United Farmers of Alberta (UFA), R.A. Wallace, Walrond Ranch, Western Stock Growers' Association, Hon. Thomas White, Winder Ranche, and Wood Mountain Stock Ranch.

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, etc., related to Alberta's oil and gas industries.
Records related to the following subjects are also in this collection. See inventory for details: Alberta Associated Oilfields Ltd., Alberta Petroleum Consolidated Ltd., Athabasca Oils Ltd., John Bain, R.B. Bennett, Dr. T.O. Bosworth, Bow Island, British Empire Trust Co., John E. Brownlee, Calgary and Edmonton Railway, Calgary Petroleum Products Ltd., Canada Southern Oil and Refining Co., Canadian Oil and Refining Co., Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), Canadian Western Natural Gas, Light, Heat and Power Co., Dillon Coste, E.H. Cunningham Craig, Archibald W. Dingman, Edmonton-Wainwright Oils Ltd., Newton W. Emmens, Herbert Greenfield, Eric Harvie, W.S. Herron, Lethbridge Oils Ltd., Willian Livingston, McDougall-Segur Exploration Co., Northern Alberta Natural Gas Development Co., Northwest Company Ltd., William Pearce, Range Oil and Gas Co., Daniel Lee Redman, Otty P. Savary, Southern Alberta Oil Co., M.Y. Williams, and J.H. Woods.