The collection consists of photographs of buildings, ranches, personalities, and landscape in the Maple Creek district.

The collecton consists of Russian death certificates of Joseph and Anna Vlalaitis (1891); Canadian immigration card (1914); miscellaneouss land titles certificates for properties in Pine Creek, Frank, Stavely, Wetaskiwin, Bawlf and High River in Alberta, and the Kootenay district in British Columbia (1890-1912); fire insurance policies in Calgary and Medicine Hat (1907-1913); company incorporation documents for Jenckes Machine Company, H.F. Sandeman Company, Saskatchewan Savings Society, Alberta Loan and Investment Company, and Western Agencies and Development (1906-1919); bonds for Diamond Coal Company, Consolidated Diamond Collieries and Drumheller Consolidated Collieries (1910-1928); livestock certificates for British Americam Live Stock Association and Percheron Society of America (1904-1914); townsite plan for Kindersley, Saskatchewan (1913); map of petroleum and gas rights in the Turner Valley oilfields, and ad for Big Chief Oil shares (1926); posters for farm auction sales at Jackville, Coaldale, Milk River, Chapman and Airdrie (1917-1919); poster for Percheron stallion (1920); and German-American Colonization Company poster (1914).

The fonds consists of Thomas Moores' autobiography; Olive Moores' poems about prairie life, some of it published, and her brief biographies of the Moores family; brief reminiscences of pioneers of the Invermay and Rama districts of Saskatchewan; and photographs of Woman's Christian Termperance Union (WCTU) meetings.

The collection consists of 1882 order-in-council giving details of ranching leases in the area; Bowness electors' lists (1934, 1935); Wallace's correspondence regarding early ranchers, including Thomas Stone, John Lister Kaye, T.H.B. Cochrane, William Beresford, and others; plans of the Calgary Hydraulic Company's ditch (1894); and extensive newspaper clippings about Bowness (1920-1940).

The fonds consists of Maude's account of Minnie England's life at Cappon, Alberta, and photographs of Minnie and William England and their family. Includes a list of fictional names used in the manuscript, and which real family members they represented.

The fonds consists of photograph albums and newspaper clippings relating to the Mooney and Dalgleish families in Manitoba and Alberta.

The fonds consists of views of the Hertzberg and Harvie families on the Glenbow Ranch, correspondence between the families, and newspaper clippings.

The fonds consists of notebooks, bank books, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous publications. The notebooks contain information about ranching activities, including lists of farm hands and of breeding mares.

The fonds consists of his account book recording purchases made from "Messrs Baker & McColl" general store (location unknown). Purchases included food items (butter, molasses, sugar, rolled oats, mustard, coffee, tea, biscuits, etc.), clothing and sewing supplies (shoes, drawers, fabric, scissors, socks, braces, buttons, thread, etc.), and various household and hardware supplies (broom, paint, soap, lamp glasses, axe handle, etc.).

The fonds consists of farm account book (1922), booklet on Olds Fair (1940), licences to operate radio equipment (1929-1932), Alberta Temperance and Moral Reform League pledge card (1915), campaign fund card, and card for liquor vote.