The fonds consists of the records of the creation and first three years of activity of the Dawson City Festival Foundation, including the 1962 Dawson City Festival. The fonds has been divided into these series: Agreements and Certificates; Buildings and Properties; Correspondence; Evaluation; Minutes; Personnel; Public Relations; and Finance.

The fonds consists of minute books of the Dawson Parent Teacher Association from its formation in October 1950 to April 1953.

The fonds consists of photographs relating to Derek Parkes' service as Special Constable of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachment at Herschel Island, Yukon in 1933. Included are views of buildings and the harbour, dog team, ice-fishing, the ship "Baychimo", various detachment members including Cst. Chartrand, and people including Reverend Shepherd and Thomas Umauq.

The fonds consists of an unpublished manuscript entitled "Carrying the Territory. Silver-Lead Mining in the Mayo District 1919-1942" and written by Diane Chisholm, April 1981. Diane used the manuscript in a presentation made to the Canadian Historical Association Conference in Montreal, June of 1980.

The fonds consists of original photographs and postcards of a variety of subjects including Yukon scenes, Skagway and Seward, Alaska, Whitehorse, Mayo, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer at Carcross, a Northern Airways plane on a glacier in Kluane Park, the Whitehorse Stageline and Martha Black's pressed flowers. Also included is a 1936 Christmas greeting card from Mr. and Mrs. George Black.

The fonds consists of material collected by Dick North for his research on Jack London and his work on the Alaska Highway Family Album Project. Included are photocopied papers of Jack London's ship "Snark I"; articles of agreement with sailors hired for a voyage from Sydney, Australia to Nonmea, New Caledonia; and a stamped document issued by the British Consulate in Nonmea. There are negatives of a caribou herd crossing a river and a cat train of supplies.

This fond consists of records produced by Donald Duffy during and about his time in Whitehorse, 1942-1943. Included are photographs and negatives showing construction of the Alaska Highway, friends and family, sternwheelers, and street scenes in Dawson City. There are postcards of Yukon and Alaska scenes. The scrapbook compiled by Duffy includes newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, menus, stickers, tags, maps, greeting cards, matchbook covers, receipts, poetry, and pressed flowers. There are two maps, described as items.

The collection consists of photographs and copies of typed transcripts about the river experiences of Captain John T. Smith. The photographs are of the boats "Ohio" and "Will H. Isom" and of Captain John Smith. The transcriptions are from the papers of Captain John T. Smith, including his log for the trip of the "Will Isom" from St. Michael, Alaska to Weare, Alaska, in 1907.

The fonds consists of constituency and personal reference papers belonging to Don Taylor, ca. 1959-1974. The files contain the following topics: Mine Safety; YTG [Yukon Territorial Government]; Whitehorse Metro area; Fisheries; Health and Welfare; Transport Public Utilities; B.C. - Yukon Annex; Welfare (juvenile); Public Service Association; Health Care Insurance Plan; Labour; School Enrolments (Projected); Public Utilities; Roads; Motor Vehicle; Municipal Ordinance; Liquor; Ross River - Teslin Health Facility; Northern Canada Power Commission; Housing Programme; Lynn Building; Education Committee; Fisher - Fleming.

The fonds consists of photographs taken by Donald Wadsworth in Whitehorse, Yukon in February 1955. Images include the sternwheelers S.S. Klondike and S.S. Yukoner and the motor vessel Loon, Royal Mail Coach, Sam McGee's cabin, and the three-story log skyscraper.