The fonds consists of photographs of early Prince Rupert showing the building of the town site from the first pile driven to build the wharf in 1906, the first grade of the railway in 1908, the first GTP passenger train, and scenes of early Prince Rupert and the surrounding area up until to the 1920s. There are photographs of people in Prince Rupert, including family and colleagues, nurses during WWI, the drydock, planes, parades, boats, steamships, reservoirs, the Skeena River, Ocean Falls, the cold storage plant, football games, picnics, fire trucks, one photograph of native children in Metlakatla, and a logging camp at Alice Arm. It also includes a certificate of appointment from when Ernest was made a Notary Public on September 21, 1909 and a postcard received by Ernest in Prince Rupert in July 1907, mailed from England June 3, 1907.

Photograph includes members of the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Billiard team, 1928 winners of the Prince Rupert City Billiard League. Team members include Angus MacDonald, W.H. Long (captain), John Bulger, Alec Burrey, William Baillie, Jimmie Hillman, and Jack May.

The collection consists of photographs of the 1928 Prince Rupert City Billiard League winners, and employees of the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage plant in Seal Cove.

The fonds consists of records from the Prince Rupert City Tennis Association. It includes one hard cover volume containing minutes, financial statements, and newspaper clippings.

The collection consists of photographs taken by Harry Edgar, primarily of ski activities in the Prince Rupert area. These include a group of skiers outside Blain's cabin on Mount Oldfield, one photograph taken inside a cafe depicting a man in uniform, four people on a train, and one negative of the fountain at CN Park. People identified in the photographs are Harry Edgar, Louie Astoria, Ned McLeod, Munthe Haroldsen, Swede Morse, and Duncan MacRae.

The collection consists of 338 photographs, one negative, and documents relating to the cross family. The photographs in the collection come from four family albums donated by Don Cross after the death of his mother. They consist primarily of outdoor activities in and around Prince Rupert featuring family and friends as Don described his parents as great outdoors people who went everywhere. Areas and subjects in the photographs include: Salt Lakes, Metlakatla, Hays Mountain, Picnic Bay, Lucy Islands, Falls River, Remo, LakeElse Lake, Victoria, pets, steamships and people playing shuffleboard on deck, docks, railway tracks, swimming, boating, hiking, camping, scouts, class picnics, nurses, parades, the drydock, and fishing. It also includes a Canadian Red Cross registration form for Alan (1944-1945), and a Prince Rupert High School certificate for Phyllis (1925).

The fonds consists of bylaws, minutes (1955- 1956, 1958), annual reports (1958-1960), and financial records. Included is a report of the Civic Centre Commission on the operation of the Civic Centre Association.

The fonds consists of records from the Prince Rupert Senior Women's Softball Association from 1960-1969. It includes a constitution, players records, a scorebook, programs and schedules, and photographs of a tournament held in 1963 at Gyro Park.

The collection consists of photographs collected by the Morgan family. It includes photographs of the Morgan family, a large explosion in the construction of Prince Rupert, rodeos and May Day at Acropolis Hill, picnics, ice hockey, swimmers at Salt Lakes, Grotto Cigar Store, the Skeena River flood in 1936, Borden Street School, portraits of various sports teams and athletes produced by Benson Studios in Prince Rupert, a refrigerator brine tank for CN, the S.S. Catala, the International Longshoremen Association, and pictures of staff and students at Conrad School (1949-1966) and Roosevelt School (1973-1974).

The fonds consists of records from the Prince Rupert Golf Club. It includes a photocopy of the constitution, minutes, photocopies of correspondence, a financial statement, and ephemera.