Fonds consists of personal and business correspondence; research material and recipes; scrapbooks containing newsclippings of columns, photographs and material relating to publication of books, special events and travel; manuscripts of columns and cookbooks; articles, certificates and other materials about D.A. Gray; books; book reviews; realia; and works by others.

Fonds consists of letters from family and friends; memorabilia; material relating to the Ranchmen's Club; diary, 1906-1913, written by Katherine Ballentine Coutts (1855-1929), G.B. Coutts's mother, in the same volume with text on legal matters which is in a different and unidentified hand, possibly that of John B. Coutts, G.B. Coutts's father; and letters and newsclippings removed from books donated to the University of Calgary Library from G.B. Coutts's book collection.

Fonds consists of letters to Littleton Powys, Francis L. Powys, Theodore Francis Powys and others, relating personal news, and discussing various topics. Many correspondents not identified.

Fonds consists of business and personal correspondence; photographs; newsclippings; Macleod and Cross family genealogical material; diaries; notebooks; material relating to M.J. Dover's service as an officer in the C.W.A.C; biographical material; reports, probably received while a Calgary alderman; and other miscellaneous material.

Fonds consists of correspondence; family papers; journals; manuscripts of prose, poetry and novel; published works; photographs; miscellaneous; and works by others.

Fonds consists of correspondence to and from various members of the Simmins family, principally to Barbara Simmins, and Richard Simmins' photocards to Marjorie Simmins; material relating to B. Simmins' career, estate and financial matters; material relating to the death of Susette Simmins in 2007; drafts of B. Simmins' manuscript Should angels come: a letter to my daughter; articles by and about Philip Simmins, Richard Simmins and Geoffrey Simmins; daytimers and diaries written by Barbara Simmins (?) and Marjorie Mabel Beaufort Simmins; Karen Simmins' journals, poems, childhood drawings, stories and letters; photographs of members of the Simmins and Atkinson families, including several photo albums.

Fonds consists of transcripts of interviews ([196-], 1966 June-1967 August) with Evelyn Sparrow Plunkett (b. 1886), Mona Sparrow (b. 1895) and Francis Devereau (Frank) Sparrow (b. 1891); excerpts from two letters (1966 December 12 - 1967 January 15), written by Bernard Roy (Buck) Sparrow (1892-1967), describing A.C. Sparrow's ranches; brief notes on A.C. Sparrow by his grandson Lawrence Sparrow; and interview with Zita Burns Coughlin, relating to the Sparrow family. Interviews describe day to day life in Calgary from the 1880s to about 1920, including social customs and events; education at Sacred Heart Convent; friendships with other early pioneers, such as the Burns family; medical care; entertainment; and trips to Cochrane, Banff and Fort Macleod. Includes name index.