Collection consists of photographs of campus facilities and equipment, displays and exhibitions, art objects, and students, staff, faculty, and guests in classes, rehearsals, performances, receptions, and conferences, taken by contract photographers and Centre staff. The photographs are arranged chronologically within subject areas: Applied Arts (1951-1969), Banff ([1940-1960]), Campus and Activities ([193-]-1983), Ceramics ([194- ]-1980), Dance (1947-1979), Drama (1945-1984), French Department (1945-1977), Literary Arts (1946-1978), Music (1947-1986), Music Theatre (1964-1982), Opera (1952- 1982), Portraits ([193-]-1982), Skating (1962-1972), Theatre Craft (1951-1985), Visual Arts ([193-]-1979), and Weaving ([194-]-1979).

Collection consists of original recordings of Banff Centre music concerts, lectures, and activities, and copies of television and video productions.

Collection consists of dishes and souvenir objects produced by the Centre and metal printing blocks used to print early posters, calendars, and letterhead.

Collection consists of promotional posters for Centre events and series.

Collection consists of scores by Johnathan G. Bayley, Merrill Bradshaw, Neal Davenport, Reverend J. Dorskind, Michael S. Horwood, Andy Hurlbett, Walter Ideler, David Jaeger, Brian Macdonald, Jack McDowall, Wieslaw Rentowski, Dave Robbins, Wilf Sharp, Gerhard Stabler, Miriam Waddington, and Amnon Wolman.

Collection consists of yearbooks (1953-1960), newsletters (1971-1996), handbooks for staff, faculty, and participants (1972-1997), artist directories (1980-1997), literary and visual arts journals (Free-Fall 1974-1984; Banff Letters 1982-1986; Pieces 1984; Passages 1989-1992; On the Border 1990), and program calendars (1934-).

Collection consists of a pair of Athapaskan hide beaded gauntlets, white with beading (pink and red flowers with green stems) and light green interior, two Athapaskan beaded hide jackets with fringe, and a folk art carved wooden statue depicting a cowboy on a horse roping a calf.

Collections includes views of Hollywood movie sets and actors taken during the filming of "Saskatchewan", "River of No Return" and "The Far Country", all made in the Canadian Rockies during the summer of 1953. Creators of images are unknown.

The collection consists of various historical material from Edmonton institutions such as the City Hospital (1909), St. George's Society of Edmonton, the McDougall United Church, the Empire and Little Theatres, the Edmonton Civic Opera Society and the University of Alberta. There are reports of City of Edmonton Council Committees including the Joint Industries Committee, a Survey of Social Services (1929) and a proceedings from a "Conference to Discuss Western Canada, Its Development and Requirements." There is one copy of the <i>Coal Miner</i>, a union flyer, and slate cards from various civic elections. There is material on sports teams including the Edmonton Commercial Grads, the Edmonton Oil Kings and Flyers Hockey teams. There is a promotional brochure with pictures, "Edmonton the Agricultural Possibilities and Resources of the Surrounding District" (1908), issued by the Edmonton Board of Trade. Other miscellaneous notices and programs are also in the collection.

Collection consists mainly of postcard views of Banff, Lake Louise and areas by various photographers, including Byron Harmon, J. Howard A. Chapman, S. J. Thompson and R. H. Trueman. Also, includes hand-coloured prints of Lake Louise, one by Alfred Blyth.