Consists of obituary; biographical information; and newspaper clipping "Military Rites Set For Retired Major".

Consists letters from Bill Lyster to: Colonel Maitland (19 March 1990, 27 Nov 1989); George (16 December 1992); Fred (19 Jan 1987); Calgary Military Museum Society (25 Nov 1989); Mother, Dad and kids (8 Oct 1939); Professor T. Copp (6 Jan 1988); Folks (2 Feb 1941); also letters to: Bill Lyster from Donald Munro (July 1994); Mrs. Lyster from Lieut-General P.J. Montague (13 Dec 1944); Major Lyster from R.G. Charette (15 Jan 1990); Cadet Record Sheet; list of donations to the Calgary Highlanders Museum and Archives; interview; biography; "A Bloody Miracle" by Eswyn Lyster; newspaper clippings: "Dieppe: battle recall"; "Dieppe veterans deserve more than clasp: survivor"; "Lyster and Pittaway: friendship beats war"; "Medicine Hat Hero Hit Plane From Ship"; "Empress Soldier Honored for Conduct"; "Brings Down Nazi Plane At Dieppe"; "Have Right To Be Proud"; "Lt. Lyster"; "Empress Soldier Wins High Award"; "He realized we'd all get killed"; "Veteran keeps memories of holidays gone by"; and "Ecstatic Belgians celebrate wartime liberation".

Consists of Part II of Battalion Orders dated July 1940 to May 1946, newspaper clippings, training certificates, name list for photo Camp Sarcee August 1942, War Savings Certificates, instructions regarding the return of the 1st Bn. Calgary Highlanders dated 12 November 1945, and Personnel files for Lt.Col. D.A. Ross, Lt.Col. N.V. Waddell, Sergt. F.V. Betteridge, Major L.J. Rosling, Capt. Joseph Wilson, Pte. E.F. Davidson, Murray Monilaws, and Edgar F. Middlemiss. Also includes a small collection of group photographs.

Consists of Nominal Rolls dated 1 April 1910 and 28 May 1911 (Coronation Contingent), Administrative Minutes from the 103rd Regiment Officers' Meetings (1916-1919), Regimental Correspondence, Minutes of Annual Meetings, Commission Scrolls, Training Manual for Rifles and Lewis Guns, and Personnel Files for Founder Lt.Col. W.C.G. Armstrong, Lt.Col. D.L. Redman, Major W.A. Cockshutt (related to Cockshutt Plow Plant), Gunner W. Maxwell, and Pte. Walter Louden. Also contains news clippings (Aug 1914).