Collection consists of copied photographs dating circa (ca.) 1900-1955 that were collected for use in her book, <em>Oh! The Coal Branch</em>. The photographs were borrowed by Toni Ross from various photographers, including Charles Lee, and they depict various people, views, buildings, machinery and accidents in mining towns such as Edson, Luscar, Cadomin and Mountain Park, Alberta. The collection also includes captions for the photographs and a book of ration coupons, likely from the 1940s.

The fonds consists of a typed copy of a diary kept by Peter McGregor at the mining and exploration camps at Fort Chimo and Leaf Bay in the Ungava Bay region of Quebec and equipment lists for two-men geological and prospecting parties.

The fonds consists of copied photographs, originally dating 1906 to 1912, primarily taken by Augusta Dodge Thomas, of the Thomas family, homesteading, and nearby sawmills, as well as detailed descriptions about each photograph provided by Kenetha Thomas Merrill.

Fonds consists of photographs depicting images of various people, buildings and views in the Great Slave Lake and Peace River, Alberta areas including a paddle steamer, canoes, fish drying, livestock, and a log house.

The fonds consists of the records Nicholas Melnyk, who was the mine manager for Western Canadian Collieries Limited's Adanac Mine #1584 at Bellevue, Alberta, and includes notes, reports, correspondence, log records and maps.

The fonds consists of a lease for land at Waterways, Alberta, from the Northern Alberta Railways Company to John Richardson Fairbairn, signed over to Lawrence Tolen, and images relating to the fishing operations of McInnes Products Corporation, Limited in Waterways, Alberta, originally dating circa (ca.) 1930s and 1940s, and includes images of rivers, barges, lakes, fishing boats, docks, cargo, ferries, log buildings, an airplane crash, logs and logging, and a dining hall.

The fonds consists of photographs taken by Leslie Corness over the course of his work and travels from 1944 to 1971. Photographs were taken in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Northwest Territories, the US, England, Scotland, and in various countries in continental Europe. Some of the photographs are arranged into a scrapbook.

The fonds consists of the records of the Loders Lime Company, Limited, and includes a ledger of share certificates, along with some correspondence, a director's report and a financial statement.

The fonds includes photographs of the Globe Lumber Company Yard in Holden, Alberta, the Atlas Lumber Company Yard in Lougheed, Alberta, and the 1933 Morrin Fliers softball team. The fonds also includes a film featuring footage of "The Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth" (Castle Films/Pathegrams Inc., 1936), Queen Victoria dating from [1900], Edward VII and Queen Alexandra dating from ca. 1901 -- 1910, and Queen V and Queen Mary dating from ca. 1910 -- 1936. In addition, the fonds contains a film containing footage of "The News Parade - the Visit of King Geroge VI and Queen Elizabeth to Canada at the United States" (1939, Castle Films).

The fonds consists of images of Cadomin, Alberta, including three photographic postcards of the town and coal operations from the mid 1930s and a photograph showing a view of the town from the late 1940s.