The fonds consists of cartoons done for the Calgary Herald, pertaining to political events, social issues and personalities; and "ideas" files kept by Innes.

The collection consists of photographs of personalities, agriculture and buildings. Includes an album of photographs by William Playle, a professional photographer active in Innisfail in the 1890s.

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, dues records, seniority lists, circulars and photographs of members. RECORDS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE ALSO IN THIS FONDS. SEE INVENTORY FOR DETAILS: Alyth shop, Calgary Labor Temple Co., Canadian National Railways, Canadian Pacific Railway, CPR Federated Trades, CPR Lines System Federation, International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drops, Forgers and Helpers Local 585, and Ogden shop.

The fonds consists of minutes (1921-1941, 1950-1956); union membership records (1906-1930, 1945-1950); general business files re all aspects of the union's local activities, as well as national and international labour concerns (1913-1930); and financial records (1923-1953). Includes material relating to the One Big Union and the Winnipeg General Strike (1919).

The fonds consists of minutes, financial records and correspondence.

The fonds consists of minutes.

The collection consists of photographs collected for his books depicting Crowsnest Pass; Alberta ghost towns; Windthorst and Macoun, Saskatchewan; Princeton, Copper Mountain and Hedley, British Columbia; Exshaw, Alberta; Hope slide; Bill Miner; Metis and Batoche; Almighty Voice; and RCMP constables. Includes reference material including transcripts of interviews with George Williamson and Walter Parey.

The fonds consists of newsletters.

The collection consists of records extracted from the Alberta Water Resources Branch about irrigation in the drainage basins of the following: Bow River, Red Deer River, Milk River, South Saskatchewan River, Oldman River, Seven Persons River, Lodge River, Battle River, Many Islands Lake, Forty Mile Lake, Kindersley Lake, Pakowki Lake, McGregor Lake, Wild Horse Lake, Todd Creek, and the Great Sandhills. Also consists of extracts of House of Commons debates about the Robins Irrigation Company; a history of the Eastern Irrigation District and Western Irrigation District; 24 microfilms of general irrigation extracts from the Water Resources branch; and letters about irrigation to C.D. Richards, John Stewart and J.S. Dennis.

The collection consists of research files and photographs regarding irrigation projects, irrigation companies and districts, government irrigation projects, and general irrigation development. Includes extensive biographical files on, and interviews with, individuals involved in irrigation and dryland farming. RECORDS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE ALSO IN THIS COLLECTION. SEE INVENTORY FOR DETAILS: Mrs. W. Acheson, Aetna Irrigation District, Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company, Heber S. Allen, Carl J. Anderson, George G. Anderson, John W. Anderson, E.S. Archibald, Donald H. Bark, Belly River, Robert Black, William G. Boch, George Boese, P. Turner Bone, Bow River, Alec J. Branch, Theodore Brandley, George S. Brown, John G. Brown, William A. Buchanan, Frank R. Burfield, Ralph J. Burley, Calgary Irrigation Company, Canada Land and Irrigation Company, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), C.O. Card, Hobart R. Carscallen, Henry C. Cavan, Adelbert Cazier, Charles Chalmers, L.C. Charlesworth, H.L. Chellenden, Chester Clendenning, James Colley, A.B. Cook, Carl C. Cook, Trueman W. Crofts, Frederick G. Cross, Sir James Currie, Cypress Hills Water Users Association, Hon. Thomas M. Daly, Samuel S. Dunham, Orvey J. Davidson, John S. Dennis, Colin Dewhurst, Col. Edward S. Doughty, Edward F. Drake, drought, Ducks Unlimited, East Central Irrigation Association, Eastend Irrigation Project, Eastern Irrigation District, E.E. Eisenhauer, T.M. Evans, Ewing Commission, William H. Fairfield, John D. Fairless, Federal Irrigation Branch, Phil A. Fetterly, Franklin P. Fisher, Hugh H. Forster, Wallace L. Foss, Edward W. Foster, Stanley H. Frame, Edwin N. Francis, Merritt H. French, Elliott T. Galt, James G. Gardiner, Charles H. Griffin, Reuben P. Gilchrist, John Glenn, Golden Valley Irrigation Farm, Gordon royal commission, Arthur M. Grace, E. Leslie Gray, W.D. Gray, Augustus Griffin, Colen G. Groff, Walter Huckvale, Alvin Hamilton, James F. Hamilton, J.A. Hammer, F.W. Hanna, Herbert Hargrave, Levi Harker, Stanley H. Hawkins, David W. Hays, Albert Helmer, Lawrence E. Helmer, Mark Higdon, J.D. Higinbotham, A. Hildenbrand, Sir Charles E. Hobhouse, A.B. Hogg, Sidney Hooper, Gavin N. Houston, Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Hunt, W.B. Hutcheson, George H. Hutton, International Joint Commission, D.B. Irvine, L.A. Irvine, Irrigation Development Association, Percy J. Jennings, Christian Jensen, Ernie King, Jesse Knight, A.B. Koole, Sir Ronald B. Lane, Leavitt Irrigation District, Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District, Little Bow Irrigation District, M.F. Ronald Lloyd, Harold G. Long, O.S. Longman, Joseph S. Low, R.W. MacIntyre, Gordon L. Mackenzie, Charles A. Magrath, Magrath Irrigation District, Nelson Malm, Mark Mann, George Marnoch, M.H. Marshall, Charles McCarthy, J.J. McDermott, G.J. McGavin, James McGregor, J.G. McIntosh, William H. McIntyre, John W. McLane, Archibald J. McLean, B.R. McMullen, Medicine Hat Eastern Irrigation District, Meek Committee, Victor Meek, Milk River, W. St. John Miller, J.C. Milligan, Harold Minor, T.M. Montague, Leslie Monroe, Charles M. Moore, Mountain View Irrigation District, H.B. Muckleson, Peter L. Naismith, New Dayton Irrigation District, New West Irrigation District, North Saskatchewan River, Oldman River, Charles E. Oliver, Asael E. Palmer, Passpasschase (reserve), Park Lake, Gilbert H. Patrick, William Pearce, Frederick W. Pearson, Hugh E. Pearson, Frederick H. Peters, Charles W. Peterson, Pioneer Irrigation Project, Richard W. Pilling, Lord William Plender, Sam E. Porter, Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA), Charles Raley, Raymond Irrigation District, Red Deer River, Redcliff-Ronalane Irrigation Project, J.J. Ririe, M. Elmer Ririe, Roi Risinger, Robbins Irrigation Co., Isaac B. Roberts, Ross Ranch, Benjamin Russell, William F. Russell, Saskatchewan-Alberta Irrigation Association, Penrose M. Sauder, B.J. Saunders, Charles E. Saunders, Sevenpersons Creek, Hugh K. Shaw, Maltman Shaw, sheep, H.G. Sidenius, James Small, Dewey Smith, James Snape, William H. Snelson, Souris River Estevan Project, South Alberta Water Conservation Council, South Macleod Irrigation District, South Saskatchewan River, George Spence, J. Arthur Spencer, Springbank Irrigation Project, John Stewart, St. Mary and Milk Rivers Project, John Stocko, Robert S. Stockton, George L. Stringham, Norman M. Sutherland, J. Sutton, Taber Irrigation District, Frank R. Taylor, John W. Taylor, John S. Tempest, George Baden Thomson, Leonard B. Thomson, William Toole, United Irrigation District, John Vallance, Vauxhall Farm Management Studies, George A. Walker, G.D. Walters, Waterton River, Western Canada Irrigation Association, Western Canada Reclamation Association, Western Irrigation District, Arthur O. Wheeler, Major Tait White, Widstoe Commission, John A. Widstoe, Wild Horse Project, G.F. Willan, Thomas Wotherspoon, and Isaac Zacharias.