The fonds consists of records of the Watson family including diaries of William Salmon Watson (1944-1970), account book of Thomas Watson (1891-1892), tax notices for MD of Cartier and MD of Athabasca, funeral cards, correspondence and 12 family photographs. The family photographs include: James Watson and his wife, Maggie; Agnes Watson, her husband, George Bell and their daughter Cecilia; Thomas Watson Sr. (marked with an X on a tintype photograph) with two of his sons; and the Watson family in June, 1941. There are also 239 unnumbered photographs which were taken [1920s] and include bee hives, farm animals, farm machinery, horticulture, threshing and a motor trip to the mountains.

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by the United Grain Growers Athabasca Local #135 between 1917 and 1996. The fonds consists of a minute book covering the period 1917 to 1996 and a 1990 UGG position paper entitled <i>Vision 2000: The Future Direction of the Grain Handling and Transportation System. Also included are :"History of the United Grain Growers' Local #135" which includes a list of UGG grain managers in Athabasca, Colinton and Perryvale.

The fonds consists of materials created by the United Farmers of Alberta. Boyle Local 928 between 1920 and 1936. The fonds consists of minutes of meetings, financial information, membership rolls, correspondence and receipts.

The fonds consists of photographs depicting farm life, water drilling, a brush cutter, logging, homes and family groups. There is a programme for the Master Farm Family award, 1965, which was given to the Mike Dupilka family. Fonds also includes a copy of a cancelled cheque given to Josephine Dupilka for caretaking at Baptiste Lake School in 1927.

The fonds consists of 3 photographs of the demolition of an Alberta Wheat Pool elevator in Athabasca on Sept. 20, 1994, 45 photographs taken at the Athabasca Royal Canadian Legion Veteran's Recognition Dinner on May 15, 2005 and 5 photographs taken of Millie Hay (Talpash), her doll collection and Adele Voaklander in 2006. In 2009 Sheila took 3 photos of the demolition of the Alberta Wheat Pool Buffalo B-2000 grain elevator in Boyle, AB.

The fonds consists of the final report of High Cost Branch Line Study, 1985; and Studies of Six Selected High-Cost Grain-Dependent Branch Lines, 1987, including Athabasca.

The fonds consists of newspaper clippings from local papers and photographs of St. Mary's Anglican Church, railway tie camps, the Parkhurst District, Archdeacon and Mrs. Little, Parkhurst School students in 1938, Highway 55 (E-W) through Athabasca, Eugene Sale, threshing, Mrs. Joseph Laflamme and family; Eleanor,Jim, Ruth, John, Bill and Lily Elliott; and the Athabasca Flying Club in 1977.

The fonds consists of photographs of the following subject headings : Boisvert family, harvesting, hayrack, horse and sled, road passage cut through snow, and well drillers. There is a brief family biography written by Alice Sale (Boisvert).

The fonds consists of prize lists for fairs held in 1912, 1919 and 1929; the North Alberta Agricultural Society cash book for Dec. 1917 to Nov. 1927 which includes membership lists.

The fonds consists of photographs taken by members of the Mills family. The fonds consists of photographs of Athabasca, showing the 1913 fire and local buildings, and family photographs, including a photograph of the farm in Westlock. The artifacts are: a sugar bowl, which is the only thing that Mrs. Mills saved from the 1913 fire which destroyed their home, and a Bible which the Mills family presented to Athabasca United Church in honour of their son, Donald MacKenzie, born in Athabasca March 9, 1913.