The collection consists of photographs of the Agassiz-Harrison area depicting individuals, families, businesses, industry (particularly farming and logging), events (including the 1948 Fraser River Flood), community associations, schools, and general scenes.

The collection consists of recordings and transcripts of interviews with the following individuals: Hugh Allen, John E. Brownlee, James A. Cameron, T.A. Crerar, Edward J. Garland, William Irvine, George Johnston, J. Russell Love, William Thomas Lucas, J.F. Lymburn, R. Milton McCool, Lorne Proudfoot, Richard Gavin Reid, Henry Spencer, Mary Sutherland, and Ray Wood. Includes a photograph of Una MacLean Evans interviewing R.G. Reid; and a brief biography of Irene Parlby.

The collection consists of correspondence files of the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers' Association (1932-1942) [at M-3774-files 1-9]; some provincial government correspondence (1931- 1947); and newsclippings, photographs, briefs, reports, broadsides, etc. (1902-1960) relating to the industry. RECORDS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE ALSO IN THIS COLLECTION: Alberta Beet Workers Union, Alberta Cooperative Sugar Beet Growers, Alberta Farmers' Union, Beet Workers Industrial Union of Canada, J.E. Brownlee, E.W. Brunsden, W.A. Buchanan, Canadian Sugar Factories Ltd., M.J. Coldwell, Manley J. Edwards, James G. Gardiner, F.W. Gershaw, George Hoadley, Solon Low, Ernest C. Manning, Richard Gavin Reid, W.F. Russell, W.H. Shield, Gen. J.S. Stewart, strikes and lockouts, Robert Weir, Thomas George Wood, and Workers Unity League.

The collection consists of: telephone directories (2) for Medicine Hat and district (1968, 1970); historic titles searches (4) for Lots 33-34, Block 5, Plan 833m (1894-1983), Plan 23560, Block "B", Lots 1 & 2 (1900-1984), Plan 23593, Block "B", Lots 1 & 2 (1903-1986), and Old St. Patrick's Church location Plan 1491, Block 16, Lots 11 & 12 (1908-1985); Heritage Calendars (2) (1984); Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede posters (2) (1986); Woolfrey House research papers (1892-1906); Medicine Hat Tigers Hockey Calendar (1986-87); promotional posters for Medicine Hat (3) (ca. 1989); election posters for MP candidates Bob Porter, Peter Hansen and Wally Regehr (3) (1989); O.S. map entitled "Map Shewing [sic] Mounted Police Stations and Patrols 1888", reprinted to commemorate R.C.M.P. Centennial 1873-1973 (1973); O.S. posters for the movie "The Canadians" (12) (1961); exhibitors Campaign Manual from "The Canadians" (1961); Chautauqua pamphlets (2) (1930); squatters statement of claim for the following individuals: F.A. Mountain, W.P. Leacock, H. Pearse, H. Jordan, A. Mallot, L.S. Fox, W.B. Butler, C. Flint, J.Y. Terry, G.H. Presswell, G. Anderton, G.F. Pim, J. Madden, H.B. Collier, L.A. Smallwood, F. Slaymaker, M. Sutherland, S. Porter, Count M. DeBosdari, J. Jackson, W. Logan, J. Logan, J. McLean (1884); Metis scrip documents (36 pgs) issued to the descendants of Edward McKay (1885-1886); a dry mounted lithograph? depicting "Steamers at Medicine Hat Loading Ammunition and Stores", as initially published in the Illustrated London News (1885); personal letters (54) addressed to Phyllis Becker (1916-1933, undated); 10 En Avant newsletters from Alexandra High School (1937-1939); lithographic view of Medicine Hat (1887); geneological publication entitled "A Beveridge-McLeish Family History" (1992); municipal election material (ie. posters, campaign pamphlets and handouts, lapel buttons) from the civic elections for City Council and Public and Separate School Board Trustees from the elections of 1989, 1992, 1995 and 1998 (note that not all candidates are represented in this collection which was gathered by Archives staff) (1989-1998); ownership map of landholders, lease holders, electoral boundries, county lines (range and township numbered roadways), federal lands, parklands, raillines, canals etc for the year 1999 (June 1999); map showing disposition of lands in Alberta and BC (1915); desktop calendar titled "On The Trail" with photos by Kim Taylor of Maple Creek (1999); Empress Theatre cheque book (stubs only) indicating payments made (Nov. 1920-Apr.1921); premium catalogues for Nabob and Blue Ribbon coupon holders. Pictures merchandise redeemable for coupons alone, or coupons and cash (1963-64, n/d); copy of Medalta Potteries Conservation Study, March 1993, prepared by Simpson, Roberts and Wappel assessing the historical significance, resource inventory and a conservation strategy for site development (March 1993) (M2001.12.1); 551 photographs of various events that occurred in Medicine Hat, various views in and around Medicine Hat, and Medicine Hat's citizens (1883-[ca.1990]); 2 audio cassettes documenting the official opening of the Medicine Hat Museum (1967), and the official opening of the National Exhibition Centre (1978); 2 videotape cassette featuring the opening of the renovated museum and art gallery (1988), and the spring opening and awards presentation (1989). Chronology of area history, handwritten family histories, early correspondence to society (1950).

The collection consists of photographs of personalities and agricultural activities in the Olds area.

The collection includes a copy of a fictionalized article entitled "A suit for Herbie," by Terence Thompson, relating to banking in "Rose Valley," along with Thompson's account of how he came to Killam, Alberta as a Bank of Montreal employee and a letter addressed to Dutton from Thompson; and a copy of a biographical sketch entitled "The Saga of My Paternal Grandparents: Thomas and Margaret Henderson," by Ada Elizabeth Law, an account about the Henderson family's journey from Maple Ridge, British Columbia to Fort Edmonton, North-West Territories, in 1880 and their years homesteading in the Rabbit Hill area of Alberta, and an accompanying letter to Dutton from Irene Gillespie, Ada Elizabeth Law's cousin, who gave Law's article to Dutton.

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.

This collection consists of the history of the Edmonton Public School Board (1885-1935), a souvenir program of the Edmonton Exhibition (1926), the constitution of the Prince Albert Club, and brand registrations. Photographs are catalogued separately.

The collection consists of posters related to a wide variety of topics including the promotion of immigration to Canada; the sale of Victory bonds and recruitment for the wars; political campaigns; advertisements for rail and steamship travel; and announcements of auction sales, sports meets, and social events.

The collection consists of 15 black and white photographs of an old farmhouse near Fort Macleod taken in 1966 by an unknown photographer.