Fonds consists of the personal records of the Hess family and includes used steamship passenger tickets, golf manuals and scorecards, a St. John's Ambulance certificate, notes, poems, songs, sheet music, a Calgary Exhibition Prize List, a hymnbook, mechanically produced postcards, a souvenir book for Penetanguishene, Ontario, agricultural information sheets, and an agricultural machinery catalogues, maps depicting the artillery area of Camp Sarcee and the geological area along Bow River, Alberta between Cochrane and Kananaskis, plans for construction of an outhouse and a well, and photographs depicting the Hess family, a sawmill, and a hunting party. Fonds also includes a scrapbook belonging to Ina Perkins Hess which includes calendars, church bulletins, certificates, signatures, clippings from magazines and newspapers, songs, programmes, theatre programmes, shipping company timetables and menus, greeting cards, and various artistic images. Fonds also includes records related to Ina Perkins Hess and Margaret P. Hess's affiliation with the Canadian Girl Guides Association and includes, newspaper clippings, the Girl Guides prayer, correspondence, notes, inventories, agendas/itineraries, badge certificates, songs, receipts, minutes, Fuchia Patrol charts, and convention newsletters. This fonds has been divided into the following series: Girl Guides (1930-1937); Family papers (1897-1967)

Fonds consists of the textual records of Hester White from 1934-1961. Includes correspondence, personal writings, notes, Lambly genealogy, and research material.

The fonds consists of one booklet prepared by Diane Ploughman: In the Beginning...Early Days in the Lesser Slave Lake Region Health Services, which marks the 50th anniversary of the High Prairie Regional Health Complex, 1937-1987; and a 2-page typed document by an unknown author: "History of Nursing in the High Prairie Area," which covers the period from 1919 to 1940.

The fonds consists of minute books, financial records, roll call books, records of handicrafts exhibited, guest book, certificates, news clippings, photographs, greeting cards, correspondence from overseas "foster child" and an essay on the history of the Highway Women's Institute.

The fonds consists mainly of textual materials, including correspondence and diaries. Also present are photo albums, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, and audio cassettes. The fonds has been arranged into the following eighteen series: Heron Rocks Friendship Centre Society (1968-2005), Heron Rocks Camping Co-op (1952-2007), Tomorrows Ancestors (1964-1985), China (1936-1996), Personal correspondence (1932-2005), Island’s Trust (1970-2002), Community activities and interests (1942-2004), Women’s issues (1938-2003), Writing, lecturing and broadcasting (1933-2000), Memoirs (1909-2000), Diaries (1929-1984), Notebooks (1930-1990), Address books (1970-1980), Correspondence to Harrison Brown (1935-1971), Correspondence from Harrison Brown (1931-1975), Photographs and slides (1909-2007), Audio cassettes (1974-1992), and Ephemera (1910-2003).

The fonds consists of a typed fictional manuscript depicting a farming family living in Alberta in the 1930s and 40s, "The Sound of Wings", written by Hilda Bird for a writing competition organized by The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and Children of the Empire, along with a rejection letter from the organization.

The fonds consists of personal correspondence (1920-1985) of Hilda Buckman Crook, journals (1939-1967), unpublished manuscripts, unpublished books of poetry, sketch books, personal legal papers (1939-1985), publishers' contracts and photo albums (1915-1985). Also includes records of Women's Institutes (1953-1985), Village of Mirror (1962-1985) and Alix-Clive Historical Club (1972-1975)