Directories contain alphabetical listings of the inhabitants of a locality with their addresses and occupations. The Prince Edward Island directories, which began to appear in 1864, may be directories for the entire province or for the city of Charlottetown alone. Some include business directories grouped by type of business and/or by place. City directories also often include a listing by street address. Until the turn of the century these volumes appear to have been published about once a decade although sometimes by more than one company such as Lovell's, Teare's, McAlpine's and Frederick's. Later they appeared approximately every five years until city directories began to be published every year. Coverage, particularly of the rural areas, is very uneven and should never be considered comprehensive.

Yearbooks are a compendium of statistical and other information about P.E.I. history, government, finances, military units and personnel, education, agriculture, fisheries, public health, justice, public works, postal facilities, clergy, and societies. Names of officials and prominent persons in all these areas are listed.

Trade directories contain lists of businesses by community and alphabetically by commodity or service. They also contain statistics of industry and names of government officials and trade commissioners.

The collection contains microfilmed copies of directories, year books, and trade directories of Prince Edward Island chronologically arranged (with the exception of Ballingall's 1908 which was received at a later date) from 1864 to 1980. There are also two original volumes of Might's Charlottetown City Directory for 1978 and 1985 and a copy of Registered Motor Vehicles, P.E.I. revised to 4 June 1921.

This collection consists of a letter dated 30 June 1841 from John McIsaac of Avonmore, South Uist, Scotland to his cousin Archibald McIsaac of East Point Lot 46. The letter contains an account of conditions existing in South Uist and news of relatives.

The various items in this collection were apparently acquired by various members of the Burnett family. They reflect Bill Burnett's life and career, containing documents and photographs which relate to his, and his family's, involvement in their community. It has been arranged in the following series:

Series 1: Royal visits
Series 2: Boy Scouts
Series 3: West Kent School
Series 4: Military memorabilia
Series 5: Programs
Series 6: Photographs
Series 7: Miscellaneous documents
Series 8: J. E. B. McCready

This collection consists of the 20 July 1876 issue of the "King's County advertiser".

This collection consists of one mounted photograph of the members of the St. Lawrence and Wildey Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodges in 1902. It is composed of separate images of the members rather than one group photograph.

The St. Lawrence and Wildey Lodges were active branches of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in the Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, area at the turn of the century. Many prominent citizens were members of these Lodges.

This collection consists of a photograph depicting a Canadian National train near the railway crossing in Kensington, Prince Edward Island. St. Mark's Anglican Church is in the foreground and the village in the background.

The collection consists of bound genealogies of Prince Edward Island families compiled by individual researchers. These are arranged alphabetically by family name.

The collection was originally accumulated by the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation and the PEI Genealogical Society. The volumes included are generally donations from individual researcher/authors. The collection was transferred to the Public Archives and Records Office on 12 November 1992 when the Genealogy Division of the PEI Museum & Heritage Foundation was transferred to this office. Similar volumes will continue to be accepted and added to this collection.

The collection consists of a bench book of William Wilfrid Sullivan containing notes regarding Admiralty Court cases 1906-1907, a photograph of Catholic bishops at the 25th Anniversary of Bishops, 1885, and a composite photograph of the members of the Legislative Assembly in 1931. William Wilfred Sullivan was born at New London on 6 December 1843. He was admitted to the bar of Prince Edward Island in 1867 and appointed Q.C. in 1876. He won a seat in the Legislature in 1872 and served as Premier from 1879-1889. He was also Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island from 1889 to 1917. He died on 30 September 1920 in Memramcook, New Brunswick.

This collection consists of one photograph of Dave Hawkins sitting on his lawn in Murray River feeding foxes. Also shown are Hawkins' Tailor Shop and the C. H. Horton store. The photographer is unknown.

The collection consists of 23 images (14 cartes-de-visites, 9 tintypes), primarily of Methodist clergy in the Margate/Tryon/Bedeque area of Prince Edward Island from 1860 to 1880. Some images are not identified as clergy but most appear to be prominent Methodists. Several were taken by C. Lewis, photographer, Charlottetown, others by C.R. Clark or Clark and Bowness Photography in Summerside. The creator of this collection was an unidentified member of the Toombs family of Prince Edward Island.