The fonds consists of records referring to Peter Lester's time as mayor. There is one item of correspondence from the State of Alaska thanking Peter for travelling to Ketchikan for the inauguration of MV Wickersmith in 1968. There are photographs taken between 1958-1992 of trips to China and Japan, the unveiling of the restored Japanese fishing boat Kazu Maru in Prince Rupert's Mariner's Park, the interior of the courthouse and CityWest, city crews, road construction, streets, official openings, presentations and visits by politicians. There are also photographs of the fire hall on Fulton Street, the swimming pool on 2nd Ave., parks, housing, the airport ferry, golf course, ball fields, sawmill, the seaplane base at Seal Cove, Philip M. Ray Insurance and Travel, the Chatham Daycare, RCMP and RCMP ball, a baseball team and Bernice Liu being honoured at a celebration. There is also a photograph of mayor and council when Dr. R.G. Large became Freeman of the City in 1977. There are cassette recordings from interviews on radio with Peter and some of dictated letters from the mayor's office, a diary from 1961, newspaper clippings from 1958-1966, and certificates. It contains a certificate Mary received from the Prince Rupert Community Council and negatives, film cassettes and film indexes that depicting community celebrations and family events such as birthdays, parades, dance recitals, weddings and graduations from 1988 to 1993.

The fonds consists of textual records, scrapbooks, and photo albums regarding the years Erna spent as a Brownie and Guide leader in Prince Rupert and Smithers. It includes photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, health forms, and her leadership training course work.

The fonds consists of records from the Ladies Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #27. It includes a bank account book from 1933- 1951, volumes of minute books from February 1935 to April 1965 and September 3 through January 4, 1993, volumes of financial records from January 1962 through January 1984, a songbook compiled for the 40th anniversary of the auxiliary in 1973, and an invitation to a heritage tea in 1991.

The fonds consists of records from the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative Association. It includes financial statements from 1939-1944, annual reports from 1975-1992, photocopies of reports from 1969-1975, agreements from 1968-1994, and ephemera.

The fonds consists of records from the Miss Prince Rupert Pageant. It includes photographs, correspondence, financial records, minutes, talent sheets, rules and regulations.

The fonds consists of photographs of the Prince Rupert Regional Hospital, club members from 1924-25 and 1975, and members at the annual conference in Prince George in 1960. It also includes records regarding attendance and membership lists, committee reports, correspondence, a datebook, the district governor's visit, financial records, foster parent plan, installation of officers, minutes, The Net, programmes, the recreation complex, a roster, an auction, youth exchange program, adventures in citizenship program, weekly meeting guides, and ephemera.

The fonds consists of hand-written memories composed by Dorothy Fraser Yard who lived in Prince Rupert from 1923 - 1933. The memories were written in 1990.

The fonds consists of records related to the activities of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union in Prince Rupert as Local 505 from 1910-1990 and its predecessor the International Longshoremen's Association Local 38 and 307. It includes volumes of minutes, financial records, membership dues, roll call at meetings, photographs, and original charters. Other than original charters from 1910 and 1911, the records begin in 1926. In 1957, ILWU Ladies Auxliary No. 34 received its charter and the fonds includes correspondence, reports, minutes, and the charter for the group. The fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Minutes; 2) Membership Dues; 3) Financial Records 4) Photographs; 5) Documents; 6) Ladies Auxiliary No. 34.

The fonds consists of negatives and textual records from the Prince Rupert Daily News. It includes photographs taken by the paper's reporters and other photographs that ran in the paper between 1963 and 1986. It also includes letters to the editor and poetry, reporter's notes, press releases for the Prince Rupert Skating Club, Band Extravaganza, Alderman Odd Eidsvik's visit to Quesnel's Billy Barker Days in 1985, Janet Astbury's visit to the Student Commonwealth Conference in 1989, the 1985 Canada Day Celebration, Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce's opinion on the GATT, a cartoon by Jim West, a cartoon drawing of "Peter Pot", biography of Alfred Gunnar Simundson, 100th birthday announcement of James Watt who was born in 1886, an application for media accreditation for EXPO '86, correspondence from Grace Brown, the logo for Prince Rupert Kings hockey team, and Herby the Halibut for Seafest. Also included are bound volumes of newspapers including The Empire, Prince Rupert Journal, Prince Rupert Daily News, Prince Rupert This Week, and the Terrace Herald.

The collection consists of photographs, negatives, slides, and textual records related to Virginia Kimmett's work as a photogapher in Prince Rupert. It includes portraits, wedding photos, landscapes, commercial work with ICBC claims, and brochures.