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.

The fonds consists of documents, maps, and photographs related to the time Clifford McInnis spent in Prince Rupert and Port Edward employed by the United States Army during the Second World War.

The fonds consists of photographs and textual records during the Second World War in Prince Rupert. It includes 73 photographs (1943-1945) of scenes in Port Edward, Prince Rupert, and the surrounding areas, Hagwilget Canyon, , Khatada Lake, and Chicamon Glacier. US Army scenes include an aerial view of Acropolis Hill, Eugene with a bear cub, post theatre, barracks, the day room, a Christmas Party (1944), the administration office, chapels at Port Edward and Prince Rupert, field house, reveille, mail call, U.S. Army Post Softball Team (1943-45), army PX, Military Personnel Office (1945), basketball games, dances, V-J Day parade and speeches at city hall, USO Shows, Ingrid Bergman at USO show. There is also a photograph of Eugene salmon fishing near Port Edward and typed lyrics to a song "Don't Ship Me Out" dedicated to the men of APO 997.

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.