The fonds consists of photographs of the expedition.

The fonds consists of CPR certificate (1889), train orders (1926), conductor's memo and report (1908, 1926), terminal clearance forms (1927, 1941), and manuals. Also consists of tax notices and correspondence (1909, 1918-1925, 1933), income tax return (1931), receipts and invoices (1912-1925, 1956), programs, postcards and miscellany. Includes Bunty's Western Canada High School yearbooks (1934-1938), Central Collegiate Institute newsletters (1919-1921), photographs of the 1912 and 1919 Calgary Stampedes and family photographs. Also includes teaching certificates of Laura Niven (1896-1899).

The fonds consists of photos of High River, the Calgary Stampede, Canadian National Railways construction, and southern Alberta ranches.

The fonds consists of CPR passes and cemetery documents belonging to Ernest and Clare. Includes photographs of oil industry, Bow Falls, Great West Saddlery Company buildings and staff, and of Boalch family and friends.

The fonds consists of photographs of Turner Valley oil industry and Calgary; sketches, photographs and articles regarding aircraft; and a recorded interview about home-built airplanes.

The fonds consists of traveller's sample book of photographs of mountain scenes, the British Columbia interior, CPR points and railway bridges, tunnels, trains and workers (1889). Includes photographs of native people and a Blood sun dance (1887); of May, his wife, family and ranch (1885-1907); of Boorne, his Manitoba homestead, and the Calgary studio; and experimental photographs (1883-1884). Includes his article, "With the Savages in the Far West", published in the Canadian Photographic Journal, 1893. Also includes a diary of Boorne's cousin Ernest May (1897).

The fonds consists of photographs of Lethbridge buildings, businesses, institutions, personalities, events including the Lethbridge Fair, and industries including the Galt Coal Mine. Also consists of photographs of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) viaduct at Lethbridge, agriculture and irrigatrion in the Lethbridge area, and nearby communities including Diamond City, Monarch, New Dayton, Warner and the Crowsnest Pass.

The fonds consists of several versions of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers constitution; minutes of the General Committee of Adjustment, Canadian Pacific Railway (1911-1947, some years missing); quarterly reports of the General Committee of Adjustment (1913-1954); circulars published by the General Committee of Adjustment (1942-1972); collective agreements with the CPR and Canadian National Railways (CNR)(1901-1990); triennial reports of the Canadian Railway Board of Adjustment No. 1 (1954-1963); case reports of the Canadian Railway Office of Arbitration (1965-1969); correspondence and other office files (ca. 1950-1997); and operating rules and manuals of the CPR (1935-1990).

The fonds consists of minute books (1903-1935); constitution, amendments, and bylaws (1923-1968); ritual booklets (1944); lists of convention delegates (1931, 1968); charters (1903, 1909); membership lists (1967); photographs of members (1960s); and lantern slides used in initiation ceremonies.

The fonds consists of Lodge No. 663 minute books (1903-1923); registers containing membership lists, cash entries, quarterly reports and memos (1910-1920, 1931-1939); bylaws (1920); seniority lists (1914, 1927); and grievance correspondence (1913). Includes some national body reports; various committee minutes (1916-1920, 1925); and minutes of cooperative meetings between the BRT and other unions (1910-1921). Also includes proceedings of BRT conventions (1916, 1925).