The fonds consists of photographs of early days in Prince Rupert and the surrounding area. They include the Strathy family, the contractor's hospital in Cow Bay, loaded cars on tracks in the main townsite, boardwalk construction, the Union Bank including construction, lifting the vault for the bank on the dock, the bank's interior and employees, the Kayex at Metlakatla and Prince Rupert. It also includes photographs of Port Simpson including the Hudson Bay store, dock, and Birnie Island.

The collection consists 76 negatives and 9 photographs from the 1940s. It includes scenes around Prince Rupert during the Second World War such as gun placements, artillery on boats, soldiers, ship building at the dry dock, Hays Creek, CN Park, downtown views, fish boats, family, and a concert.

The fonds consists of records relating to Joe Scott's private and public life. It includes correspondence, financial information, business records, certificates, photographs and negatives, journal entries, speeches, court records, receipts for explosive purchases, minutes, society records, corporate and personal income tax returns, and newspaper clippings.

The fonds consists of records from the United States Army in Prince Rupert during the Second World War. It includes a souvenir booklet from 1945 entitled Prince Rupert Sub-Port of Embarkation, a 1945 American Officers' Roster, Muskeg News from the Corp of Engineers A.P.O. 997, The Daily Acropolis News, Port Post, a Telephone Directory for U.S. Army Prince Rupert and Port Edward, and ephemera.

The fonds consists of Board of Directors lists for 1972.

The fonds consists of records from the Prince Rupert Business and Professional Women's Club. It includes membership lists, programmes for regional meetings, and a scrapbook about the club's activities.

The fonds consists of records kept by the curling club members. It includes minutes, membership lists, correspondence, financial statements, photographs, a history of the club by Robert T. Rudderham, and ephemera.

The fonds consists of negatives and textual records from the Prince Rupert Daily News. It includes photographs taken by the paper's reporters and other photographs that ran in the paper between 1963 and 1986. It also includes letters to the editor and poetry, reporter's notes, press releases for the Prince Rupert Skating Club, Band Extravaganza, Alderman Odd Eidsvik's visit to Quesnel's Billy Barker Days in 1985, Janet Astbury's visit to the Student Commonwealth Conference in 1989, the 1985 Canada Day Celebration, Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce's opinion on the GATT, a cartoon by Jim West, a cartoon drawing of "Peter Pot", biography of Alfred Gunnar Simundson, 100th birthday announcement of James Watt who was born in 1886, an application for media accreditation for EXPO '86, correspondence from Grace Brown, the logo for Prince Rupert Kings hockey team, and Herby the Halibut for Seafest. Also included are bound volumes of newspapers including The Empire, Prince Rupert Journal, Prince Rupert Daily News, Prince Rupert This Week, and the Terrace Herald.

The fonds consists of two pamphlets produced by the Prince Rupert Publicity Club to advertise Prince Rupert.

The collection consists of a photo album that contains photographs of military personnel. Also included are postcards sent to Arlene Russell, newspaper clippings, and military artifacts such as badges, pins, and Second World War artifacts.