The fonds consists of miscellaneous family records including correspondence (1900-1930), photographs, baptism certificate (1878), St. Albert assessment notice (1931), postcards, newsclippings, and Catholic religious material. Includes a handwritten recipe for dandelion wine, hand-cut paper stencils for beadwork, and a prayer book in Cree syllabics published by the Oblates in Edmonton (1929).

The fonds consists of a customer accounts book for the general store, which records the sale of a wide variety of goods, including clothing (shoes, rubbers, skates, slippers, shoe laces, gloves, kerchiefs, overalls, underwear, stockings, shirts, caps); horse-related items (curry comb, horse brushes, harnesses, traces, lariats, halters, sweat pads); and hardware (pump rods, plow pulleys, sheet iron, rivets, bolts, nails, screws, paint, door pulls, pie tins, fly swatters, axle grease). Regular customers included W.D. Braden, C.L. Coonfer, Fariplay School, George Henderson, A. Hickle, A.G. Gosling, Ed Linkhart, Theo Lowe, E. Moe, James Rae, Carl Wenstrom, George Whitney, George Winters the Women's Institute, and many others.

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, etc., related to Alberta's oil and gas industries.
Records related to the following subjects are also in this collection. See inventory for details: Alberta Associated Oilfields Ltd., Alberta Petroleum Consolidated Ltd., Athabasca Oils Ltd., John Bain, R.B. Bennett, Dr. T.O. Bosworth, Bow Island, British Empire Trust Co., John E. Brownlee, Calgary and Edmonton Railway, Calgary Petroleum Products Ltd., Canada Southern Oil and Refining Co., Canadian Oil and Refining Co., Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), Canadian Western Natural Gas, Light, Heat and Power Co., Dillon Coste, E.H. Cunningham Craig, Archibald W. Dingman, Edmonton-Wainwright Oils Ltd., Newton W. Emmens, Herbert Greenfield, Eric Harvie, W.S. Herron, Lethbridge Oils Ltd., Willian Livingston, McDougall-Segur Exploration Co., Northern Alberta Natural Gas Development Co., Northwest Company Ltd., William Pearce, Range Oil and Gas Co., Daniel Lee Redman, Otty P. Savary, Southern Alberta Oil Co., M.Y. Williams, and J.H. Woods.

The fonds consists of correspondence regarding investments and insurance payments from United Dairies and Maple Leaf mines.

The collection consists of a photograph album showing construction of a provincial highway by relief workers through the Frank Slide area of the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta.

The fonds consists of photographs of Wilson family in England, Saskatchewan, Calgary and Vancouver including views of Calgary buildings, the Calgary Hunt Club, Bankview district, Bowness Park and the Banff area. Includes Arthur's military service awards.

The fonds consists of military papers and photographs of William Giles; school papers of Mabel; photographs of the Klondike; aerial views of Calgary; and photographs of the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute.

The fonds consists of newpaper clippings about the family, information about country and western stars, and photographs of the Hamilton family, the David J. Bell farm, scenes around High River and views of rodeo.

The fonds consists of reminiscences of his work with the Calgary Brewery.