The collection consists of: a souvenir postcard album (undated); pamphlet "Alberta's Golden Jubilee" (1956); postcard with five caricatures on the front enclosed in the letters "HENRY" (undated); O.S. blueprint of the Ajax Coal Mine (1961); C.P.R. booklet "General, Train and Interlocking Rules" (1938); booklet "C.P.R. Rules and Regulations" (1893); "Slaon's Handy Hints and Up to Date Cookbook" (1901); magazine article entitled "The World of Women" (1930); booklet "Battle of the Aleutians" (1942-1943); booklet "The Rare Old City of Chester" (undated); magazine article "Start of the Bank of Commerce" (1958); biography of Chief Shot Both Sides (undated); 8 cent coupon from Medicine Hat Coin Club (1968); Cash Meal Tickets from the Redcliff Hotel (undated); milk tickets from the Slesser Dairy (undated); cash quarter purchase from Pingle's Drug Co. (undated); meal ticket from the American Hotel (undated); milk tickets from the Slesser Dairy (undated); programs (3) from "Medicine Hat Centennial Musical" (1967); banquet program from Southern Alberta Pioneer and Old Timers' Association Diamond Jubilee 1883-1943 (1943); program from the Order of Public Worship for the Coronation Service (1937); promotional pamphlet "Medicine Hat Gas City of the West" (ca. 1950); Medicine Hat Telephone Directories (3) (1932, 1939, 1956); Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Agricultural Prize List (1975); booklets (3) entitled "Original Cooking Recipes" (1924), "How to Cook Vegetables" (1912), and "Home Canning" (1929); Table of Contributions-Unemployment Insurance (undated); biography of Chief Crowfoot, by Albert Hughes (undated); O.S. blueprint of High Pressure Gas System (undated); "My Creed" (1931); transcript of recorded interview with Gabe Leveille (1957); clothing store sale flyer from Eskin and Naimark, Leader, Sask. (1937); Rawleigh's Good Health Guide and Cookbooks (2) (1922, 1927); cumulative record of Judy Gailey (1946-1952); O.S. bound blueprints of Medicine Hat and District (ca. 1915); Seniority List of Telegraphers in Alberta and District (1932); correspondence re: County School Funds (1906); O.S. Cummins Alberta Land Maps (2) #10 and #11; O.S. blueprint of Townships and Sections; biography of Lord Beresford and Lady Flo (1968); O.S. scrapbooks (2) of assorted greeting cards (undated); address book (undated); review entitled "West of Yesterday" (1965); receipt for $80.00 in the name of the Postal Club Association (1918); report and pamphlet entitled "Fort Walsh National Historic Park" (1977); pamphlet entitled "Cypress Hills Massacre (1974); calendar (1917); card from Green Gables Inn (undated); proposal for the Medicine Hat Centennial Centre (1964); O.S. blueprint of the Centennial Museum (1965); signs (2) saying "Notice to Minors" and "Observe The Liquor Act" (undated); programs (2) from the Medicine Hat Operatic Co. for "The Country Girl" (1921); program for the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society for "The Toreador" (1922); order form from the Medicine Hat Baking Co. Ltd. (undated); sight draft notice from the Imperial Bank of Canada, Redcliff Branch (1932); newsletters (10) entitled "The Gergely Gazette" a monthly real estate pamphlet (1978-1979); newspaper supplements (2) of the Medicine Hat News showing photographs (1900); O.S. blank purchase sheets from the Medicine Hat Milling Co. (undated); 50th anniversary brochure of the Redcliff Hotel (1960); booklets (2) entitled "Number of Households at Rural Post Offices and on Rural Routes in the Western Provinces" (1929); agreement for sale of cattle between the Creswell Cattle Co. and Harris Franklin and Co. (1901); O.S. Certificate of Army and Navy Veterans (1918); O.S. Certificate of the Great War Veterans Association (1919); O.S. pictoral history of the N.W.M.P. (1966); O.S. ledger of the C.P.R. (1926-1939); birth registration of Robert Mill Morris (1903); prize list of the Medicine Hat Stampede (1917); modern reproduction of a C.P.R. poster saying "Homeseekers Fares to Western Canada" (undated); postcard of "Milkriver Centennial Cairn" (1965); purchase agreements (3) between Fleming and Turnbull (1911), Fleming and Porter (1911), Rodie and Fleming (1911); sheet music for "Joanne" by Lawrence Bruce (1930), for "It Must Be Love" by George P. Stimson (1939); envelope, note and handwritten dialogue firstly appearing to condemn the Protestant faith from the Roman Catholic perspective; then condemnation of the Roman Catholic Church itself, and ending with a "statement KKK"(author is not known), a Military Training Pamphlet titled "Operations - The Use of Gas in the Field (No. 23 Part V) (1940); St. John's Presbyterian Church Ruby Walker Guild Cookbook (1955), Quota Club Cookbook (1957); blueprints showing subdivisions of Medicine Hat and Ajax Mine (1912-1913, 1939); illustrated map of NWMP RCMP History (undated).

The collection consists of three photographs of St. George’s Residential School in Lytton, BC.

The collection consists of photographs of various sites and people around Fort Chipewyan, Alberta during winter. All of the locations and some of the subjects are identified.

The collection consists of photographs of First Nations Peoples of the Fort Macleod region including images of individuals, dwellings, rites and ceremonies, modes of transportation, and farming. The photographs date from ca. 1910 -- 1920.

The collection consists of drafts of family histories for Fort Macleod, Our Colourful Past; and photographs of Fort Macleod personalities, businesses, societies, and the Peigan and Blood. The following ethnic groups are also represented: Americans, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, French Canadians, Germans, Icelanders, Irish, Russians, Scots, Swedes and Welsh.

The collection consists of interviews with Rosie Ayoungman, Mrs. Richard Brass, Little Chief, Paul Wolf Collar, Joe Cat Face, Mary Many Guns, Ben Calf Robe, Amos Leather, Cyril Olds, Jack Kipp, and One Gun about the Blackfoot language, legends, tobacco dance, snake lodge, owl lodge, tipi designs, coyote songs, crazy dog ceremonies, Crowfoot and Treaty 7 signing, and other subjects, with some translations by Emily Duckchief (1950s-1973); interview with Hugh Dann about Buffalo Child Long Lance; Blackfoot music (including commentaries) recorded at Crowfoot Residential School, Cluny (1956-1957); Blackfoot songs recorded by the A-1 Club, Cluny; and photographs of a Blackfoot sun dance (1965?), and pupils at Old Sun school (1956).

The fonds consists of coloured slides of Prince Rupert and the surrounding area including the airport in 1959, Oval Bay, 800 2nd Ave. West, Salt Lakes,
Skeena River, CNR Dock Fire, fishing boats, Metlakatla, a tombstone from Port Essington, Fred & Montana Dowdie, Ksan, Kitwanga and the BC Ferry.

The collection consists of a database of 65,434 records of persons who were Metis ancestors. For each individual, dates and places of birth, baptism, marriage, death, and burial, and notes on sources are given if known. Using Ancestral Quest software, the data can be linked to show genealogical relationships in the form of pedigree charts and descendancy charts.

The collection consists of government records relevant to genealogical studies of members of the Rocky Boy band, including 1917 compilations of biographical information; correspondence received by the USA and Canadian Indian Affairs agencies concerning the band; and censuses of the band members compiled ca. 1915 and ca. 1917.

The collection consists of photocopies of Métis genealogical research material collected by Burtonshaw from such sources as Library and Archives Canada, various libraries and churches, and personal contacts. Includes a complete run of "The Métis Newsletter" as well as Métis Researcher lists compiled by Burtonshaw. Burtonshaw's personal memoirs "I Remember" are included. Also includes photographs of Manitoba and Geoff's hometown of Valpoy, Barkerville and the Cariboo country of British Columbia, Fort Simpson, Hay River, Nahanni, Batoche, the Fidler family reunion, etc.