The fonds consists of Thomas' CEF and army discharge certificates and war service certificate.

The fonds consists of diary kept as conscientious objector in American army camps.

The fonds consists of Alan's First World War and Second World War military papers and photographs; photographs of construction of the Alberta Central Railway and views of Sylvan Lake, Seba Beach, Nordegg and Lesser Slave Lake areas; and Edith's teaching and nursing certificates. Includes correspondence of Edith's sister, Margaret O. Buchanan, regarding her war work.

The collection consists of slides of Calgary, including the Royal Train (1939), Calgary Highlanders, Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, buildings, street scenes, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, St. Andrew's district, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) station, Calgary Tower, and Chinatown; and views of the Banff Springs Hotel; slides for geology courses at SAIT, including "Color Slides of Canadian Geology" for Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists.

The fonds consists of photograph album of training at Sarcee Army Camp in Calgary and overseas at Bramshott, England.