Consists letters from Bill Lyster to: Colonel Maitland (19 March 1990, 27 Nov 1989); George (16 December 1992); Fred (19 Jan 1987); Calgary Military Museum Society (25 Nov 1989); Mother, Dad and kids (8 Oct 1939); Professor T. Copp (6 Jan 1988); Folks (2 Feb 1941); also letters to: Bill Lyster from Donald Munro (July 1994); Mrs. Lyster from Lieut-General P.J. Montague (13 Dec 1944); Major Lyster from R.G. Charette (15 Jan 1990); Cadet Record Sheet; list of donations to the Calgary Highlanders Museum and Archives; interview; biography; "A Bloody Miracle" by Eswyn Lyster; newspaper clippings: "Dieppe: battle recall"; "Dieppe veterans deserve more than clasp: survivor"; "Lyster and Pittaway: friendship beats war"; "Medicine Hat Hero Hit Plane From Ship"; "Empress Soldier Honored for Conduct"; "Brings Down Nazi Plane At Dieppe"; "Have Right To Be Proud"; "Lt. Lyster"; "Empress Soldier Wins High Award"; "He realized we'd all get killed"; "Veteran keeps memories of holidays gone by"; and "Ecstatic Belgians celebrate wartime liberation".