The fonds consists of a receipt for purchase of shares in Alberta Flour Mills Ltd. (1923) and a letter from John J. Koehn, who accompanied Billy to a sanitarium in British Columbia, reporting to Mrs. Gilbert on his health (1929). Also includes biographical information published in 1974.

The fonds consists of a volume in which are recorded the accounts (1872-1904) of William Cartwright and the personal diary of daily activities (1882-1883) of Mary Cartwright. Volume also includes some poems and recipes. The original use of the volume appears to be the 1869 accounts of a general store, possibly the Horne Store. The accounts record many purchases by Chinese and Indians. Newsclippings (1913-1941) have been pasted over parts of the early 1869 accounts.

The fonds consists of: Riverview Ranch history, livestock pedigree, registrations, correspondence, maps, and clippings (1955-88); Other ranch correspondence, land sales, cattle prices, marriage & birth certificates, Lewis family history, Bill & Gertrude personal history, ephemera (1907-70); financial statements, estate settlements, contracts (1926,54,55); Lokier Genealogy (1498-1986); unfinished history book project for British Block, ranch & family histories (1969-70); school records (1917-26); Bill & Gertrude military training, records, note & pay books, army publications, ephemera (1941-45).

This fonds contains several files relating to Professor Allen's career, including his autobiography, correspondence, honours and memorial.

The fonds consists of family photographs, correspondence, and genealogical records of the William Alexander Family. The photographs ([ca. 1966]-1980) show William Alexander, his wife Emilie Dannhauer, and their families, the Alexander children in Strathcona, Rycroft, and Grande Prairie, various boats on the Peace River, the Fort Fitzgerald wood camp, the Art Alexander family in Hudson's Hope, the O'Brien girls, Maggie and Emil Baron and their children, Ed and Bill Alexander in their army uniforms, and the Alexander gravesite and O'Brien Park.

The correspondence (1896, 1915-1986) includes letters from Emilie Alexander to her mother Caroline Dannhauer, Pringle to Bill Alexander, R. B. Leslie to the Alexanders, Bill Alexander to his sisters and father, Ed Alexander to his sister Maggie and father, William to his daughters, Aunt M. F. Wells to Jean and Maggie, Aunt H.(?) A. Alexander to Jean, Aunt Jessie Fairweather to her nieces and nephews, Art and Violet Alexander to his sister Maggie, Harry Newgord to Ed and Bill, cousin Ella F. Lyell to Jean and Maggie, W. J. C. Reed & Sons Solicitors and Notaries Public to Maggie, cousin Jessie (nee Bell) to Jean Pearce, Emil and Maggie Baron to their daughter Jean Pearce, cousin Jessie (nee Bell) to Violet Alexander, cousin Helen Truscott to Jean Pearce, Paul and Caroline Dannhauer to Sidney Truscott, Jean to her sister Maggie, cousin Jim Blacklaws to Maggie, Jean to niece Jean Pearce, cousin Wayne to Jean Pearce, cousin Isabel Besley to Jean Pearce, and the Public Archives of Canada to Jean Pearce.

Other records include German language records of Paul Dannhauer (permission for passport, Certificate of Qualification as Helmsmen 1st Class, Certificate of Baptism, and confirmation of birth), William Alexander's Birth Certificate, Ontario land records of Paul Dannhauer, William and Emilie Alexander's Marriage Certificate, Maggie Alexander's Birth Certificate, William Alexander's Certificate of Registration of Death, Emilie Alexander's Certified Abstract of Registration of Death, Maggie and Emil Baron's Marriage Certificate, obituaries of uncle James Alexander and aunt Maggie Wells, excerpts from the "Centennial History" of St. John Lutheran Church, Petatwawa Ontario, 1867-1967, newspaper articles about Maggie Baron and Jean Alexander, Rycroft homecoming program and newspaper article, and family trees compiled by various family members.

The records were arranged in a series of binders and albums, as assembled by Jean Pearce. They have been selected and rearranged by the Archivist into chronological order. The photographs have been left in the order they were given by Jean; not every photograph in the albums was copied.

The fonds consists of: diaries (1917-1954 not inclusive); memorandum and address books (1914-1927 not inclusive); correspondence (1846-1938); organizational memberships (1897-1950); miscellaneous personal papers and certificates (various dates); newspaper clippings (various dates); insurance policies (1901-1926); bank and business ledgers (1894-1931); ranching operation documents (1922-1927); land titles, leases and rentals (1912-1933); street map of Medicine Hat (1902); souvenir program from "A Musical Evening" (1904); cancelled cheques from the Merchants' Bank of Canada (12) (1918-1919); booklet regarding the mounting and wearing of military decorations, etc. ([ca. 1945]); gasoline license and ration coupon book (1945-1946); bill issued to Eugene Burton from R.N. Cavan, Dealer in Coal, Dunmore (1931); certificates for fraternal organizations (1895-1947); certificates of rank (1940-1942); Township map (1902); family photograph and images of ranch life; 1 audio cassette interview with W.A. Burton (1950).

Fonds consists of copy photographs of newspaper halftone photographs dating circa (ca.) 1883 to ca. 1925 which depict various people, streets, buildings, businesses, churches, horse and carriages, sports events, and farms in the Red Deer, Alberta area.

The fonds consists of Norman Willans' diaries (1934-1935, 1946-1949), cow record book (1899-1906), and combined cow record book, cashbook, notebook (1908-1915, 1925). Also consists of Alice's photo albums showing the Willans family and extended family activities in the Millarville area.

The fonds consists of certificates (1930-1961), photographs of a dust storm (1942), and a photograph of delegates to the 1909 Dry Farming Congress.

The fonds consists of correspondence, lecture notes, reference clippings, student notebooks, programs, newsletters, certificates, musical scores, receipts, pamphlets, and books produced and received by Wilfrid Sadler during his student days at Macdonald College and his professional activities as professor in the Department of Dairying from 1918. The Department of Dairying was part of the Faculty of Agriculture from 1916 to 1955.