The fonds consists of Strachan's photographs of Stewart, B.C.

The fonds consists of Grinnell's photographs of views of northern B.C.

The fonds consists of Taylor's photographs of people and events at Refuge Cove.

The fonds consists of Walderman Guenther's photographs depicting Lionel Thomas carving the Nootka Whaling Scene sculpture.

The fonds consists of photographs of the Clearihue family, principally created by Evelyn and Albert Clearihue.

The fonds consists of Wright's photographs taken on survey parties in northern B.C. and the Columbia River areas depicting camp life and other activities.

The fonds consists of Jewsbury's photographs, including those of the Victoria Shortwave Club.

The collection consists of textual records, historical notes, newspaper clippings, and research notes. Included in the collection are miscellaneous records acquired from sources including the O'Reilly and Trutch families, Helmcken family, and the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The O'Reilly and Trutch records consist of family correspondence and records relating to Peter O'Reilly's career, particularly his work as the Commissioner of the Indian Reserve Commission. The Helmcken records include correspondence both made and received by John Sebastian Helmcken and James Douglas Helmcken, records relating to J.S. Helmcken's position in the colonial and provincial governments, and estate records. The Supreme Court records include correspondence of Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie, trial records, affidavits, bankruptcy files, estate files and other miscellaneous records. There are also miscellaneous records relating to a number of other notable personalities including the Mesher and Pauline families, J.A. McTavish, J.W. Bushby, W.R. Higgins, David McKean, William Manson, and Josephine Crease. Also includes records of organizations including the Victoria Jockey Club. Research notes consist of information relating to a paper presented by Pearce at the British Columbia Historical Society on John Sebastian Helmcken.

The collection consists of photographs pertaining to Doukhobor history collected by Koozma Tarasoff as a B.C. Centennial Project.

The fonds consists of snapshots of W.R. Flewin's family and areas of British Columbia.