The fonds consists of: an RCAF indentification card issued to Gilbert W. Parkes (1942); letters of reference (3) from William Menzies, Henry Lorimer, and Reverend George Christie for Miss (Isabella) Forbes (1902, 1903, 1906); certificate of transfer with accompanying letter for Isabella Forbes signed by George Christie, Church of Scotland (1906); letter from Department of Agriculture, Prairie Farm Assistance signed by L.H.S. Rowbotham to Mr. G.W. Parkes (1957); marriage certificate between Gilbert William Parkes and Isabella Christine Forbes (1907); letters of reference for G.W. Parkes from the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. signed by A.T. Walters (1903); birth registration for Isabella Christina Forbes (1879); statement of receipts and expenditures (undated); marriage certificate for G.W. Parkes and Annabell Browning (1945); birth certificate for Gilbert William Parkes (1884); certificate of registration of birth for William Duncan Parkes (1910); high school diploma for Willie Parkes (1925); cradle roll certificate for Patricia Jean Burbidge (1919); book of unused cheques (undated); marrriage certificate for William D. Parkes and Patricia J. Burbidge (1943); baptismal certificate for W.D. Parkes (1910); birth certificate for Patricia J. Burbidge (1919); letters (2) from Exelsior Life Insurance Co. re: a policy for Wallace G. Abernathy (1956); receipt for application for homestead near Monarch, Alberta (1910); land lease agreement between The Holland-Canada Mortgage Co. and Gilbert W. Parkes (1926); letter to G.W. Parkes from Department of the Interior, Canada re: land patent (1914); letters (2) from provincial government to G.W. Parkes re: land (1940, 1947); receipt for land purchase (1947); documents (10) related to renewal of brand by G.W. Parkes (1917, 1924, 1951, 1956, 1979); pay book for Candain Expeditionary Force issued to L.C. Constable (1919); booklet of C.P.R. General, Train, and Interlocking Rules (1920); correspondence to Claude Constable from L.D.H., C.P.R. (1916); cards from H.M.S. Royal George for returning forces (1919); grazing lease, land deed and correspondence re: crop share (1939); receipt for fine paid by Chas. Sherman (1936); list of homesteaders (undated); bills of sale for cattle and horses (1914, 1920, 1921, 1930, 1936); documents related to education issued to Kelly Burbidge including report cards, diplomas, departmental exam results, and high school diploma (1936-1943); University of Alberta documents re: education for Kelly Burbidge (1943-1971); teaching certificates issued to Kelly Burbidge (1943-1958); reports by Inspectors of Schools for Kelly Burbidge (1942-1972); Canadian passport issued to Kelly Burbidge (1967); Alberta Musical Competition Festival report for Elm Street School, grade 1 (undated): Victorian album of clippings and a Rudyard Kipling letter re: naming of Medicine Hat (ca. 1900-1910); a Hillside Cemetery plot receipt (1926); pamphlet re: the Union Jack (ca. 1920); Henry Burbidge passport (1952); poem written for the retirement of Kelly Burbidge (1967); Medicine Hat Tigers posters (3) (undated); Medicine Hat Stampede poster (1986); images of various views of Medicine Hat and the Parkes/Burbidge family ([ca.1890-1944]).