The collection consists of two amateur films showing Stewart, B.C., and mining operations in the vicinity. The later film also shows the nearby community of Hyder, Alaska.

The collection consists of military training films and newsreel films, some produced by the Canadian army.

The collection consists of four films showing young women taking part in massed calisthenics, folk dancing and other Pro-Rec activities, organized under the auspices of the Provincial Recreation Movement.

The collection consists of a colour film showing the construction of the Victorias Memorial Arena, and a recorded Christmas greeting for 1941 from Victoria Mayor Percy George.

The collection consists of correspondence between the Brotherhood of Local Engineers and Pacific Great Eastern Railway engineers.

The collection consists of correspondence inward to James Beattie, guide and outfitter, 1912-1916; and correspondence and monthly game reports of the Hudson Hope Detachment of the B.C. Provincial Police.

The collection consists of contracts, indentures, bonds, notes and mining licences relating to the mining and railroad activities of the Dunsmuir family.

The collection consists of a record of vessels entering the Port of Victoria, correspondence concerning the activities of the United Services Institution of Vancouver Island, also known as the Royal United Services Institute, a log book of the schooner Louis Olsen and records of seal catches in the Pacific.

The collection consists of the journal of the Victoria Fire Department, 1872-1875, and correspondence and invitations of Captain J.C. Ross while on a world trip, 1903-1904.

The collection consists of records collected by Clive Justice of and pertaining to George Fraser, a Ucluelet nursery worker known for hybridizing rhododendrons. Collection includes photographs relating to Fraser and his work.