Fonds consists of Andrew "Scotty" Wright papers and photographs, Mary Wright papers and photographs and some Wright family photographs. Textual records include Scotty Wright journals and notebooks, 1922-1942, correspondence, 1932-1937, and other papers, 1932-1967 re employment and personal matters; also miscellaneous personal papers of Mary Wright Burles, 1927-1967. Photographs are mainly prints and albums pertaining to Andrew "Scotty" Wright and family, friends and associates, activities, hunting trips, mountain travels and skiing, ca.1890-1959. Includes two albums and some prints pertaining mainly to Mary Wright and her friends and activities at Banff and Skoki, ca.1925-1940, as well as photographs by Nick Morant and six panorama and large-format views by Charles D. Walcott.

Fonds pertains to dog sled racing at the Banff Winter Carnival and in Calgary and Ottawa. One item is a photographic Christmas card from Gordon E. Standish. Eleven of the prints are likely by W. J. Oliver; some have his imprint.

Fonds pertains to Rocky Mountains, particularly Banff, Alberta and area; also Lake Louise, Jasper and Kootenay National Park areas. Includes views of Johnston Canyon and other canyons; also a few coastal views.

Fonds consists of 72 photographs of Canada Day in Banff, 1998 and 13 photographs of Ken Jones at Skoki Lodge, 2000. The Skoki photographs are accompanied by a list of identifications.

Fonds consists of photographs thought to have been produced and collected by W. F. O. Fisher. Alpine Club of Canada expeditions and camps, including 1912 expedition to Strathcona Park, British Columbia; also scenic views and family and personal photographs, many unidentified. Lantern slides pertain to mountaineering and travel in the Canadian Rockies and in Europe, also church activities in Alberta. Prints, transparencies and negatives match in some cases

Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, financial papers and photographs regarding personal matters, skiing, publishing, inventions, etc. I. Personal, 1905-1950, 8.5 cm of papers and 170 photographs; includes correspondence, financial and legal papers, photographs, newsclippings, memorabilia and other. II. Professional, 1925-1950, 12 v. and ca.35 cm of papers and ca.85 photographs; pertains to ski-instructing and guiding, inventing, writing and other. III. Other, 1935-1950, .6 cm of papers and ca.50 photographs; includes collected textual material, photographs of the Canadian Rockies and other photographs. Accompanied by artifacts pertaining mainly to inventions (Heritage Collection)

Fonds consists of organizational records in three series: Administrative records series, ca.1950-ca.1985; Promotion and publication series, 1931-1987; Collected material series, ca.1970-ca.1985. I. Administrative records series includes two sub-series: A. Secretary-Treasurer records, ca.1950-ca.1985, 52 cm of text and 148 photographs; and, B. Executive records, 1959-1985, 10 cm of text and 14 photographs. Executive records consist of trail ride records and Executive committee records. II. Promotion and publicity records series consists of three sub-series: A. Photographic records, ca.1880-1983, includes 1043 photographs and 3 photograph albums produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway and professional and personal photographers. B. Publicity records, 1931-1987, 12 cm of text and 4 motion pictures, includes publicity materials in numerous forms. C. Other records, 1939-1987, ca.2 cm of text pertaining to history, music, poetry and other. III. Collected material series, ca.1970-ca.1985, ca.2 cm of text

Fonds includes textual records and photographs generated and collected by the Wilson family and pertaining to Tom Wilson, son Ed Wilson, daughter Ada Wilson and other family members. Textual records include: Ed Wilson's scrapbook, 1881-1968, which includes mainly items pertaining to Tom Wilson, Ed Wilson, the Wilson family, and early guiding and exploration in the Canadian Rockies (photocopy in two volumes); miscellaneous papers, 1905-1929, including a holograph speech by D. D. Galletly on the cave at Banff; letter and note re sale of horses to Frank Wellman, 1920; letters to Catharine Whyte from Ada Wilson re personal matters and Wilson family history, 1964-1965; transcripts of manuscripts by Tom Wilson and B. M. (Bess) Wilson re the CPR and tourism and 1916 pack trip Lake Louise to Kootenay Plains; letters of Col. Robert O'Hara to Tom Wilson, 1895- 1914, re Mount Assiniboine and Lake O'Hara; letter by Catharine Robb Whyte to Tom Link, 1965, re Lake O'Hara history based partly upon above material; diary, Trip to ranch by B. M. Wilson; essay, The last of the pathfinders by Dorie (Wilson) Legit; programmes, articles, clippings re Tom Wilson, 1924-1982; Eliza Edmonds certificate, 1845, and later clipping. Photographs pertain to outfitting and guiding activities of Tom, John and Ed Wilson, including clients, associates and trips throughout the Rocky Mountains; Wilson family, friends and associates; Stoney Indians; Kootenay Plains; Banff people and events; Banff townsite and surrounding area; Canadian Pacific Railway; Nordegg area; 1861-1930. Includes photograph of Tom Wilson at Lake Louise inscribed to A. O. Wheeler, 1932. Many of the early photographs were taken by clients of Tom Wilson. Later, after settling at Kootenay Plains, Wilson was apparently given a camera by Mary Vaux and likely took many of the Stoney Indians views. Ed Wilson was an amateur photographer and likely took most of the views of staff at Lake Louise and of Nordegg.

Fonds consists of manuscripts and published articles on hunting and fishing, wildlife, life on the trail, etc. for various American outdoors magazines, 1929-1938; correspondence pertaining to guiding and publication of Vernon-Wood's articles, 1928-1940; other textual material, 1972; and photographs of Vernon-Wood with RCMP and firefighters, ca.1915. Includes a letter dated June 20,1874 from Owen Morris, Lieutenant Governor of the North West Territories, to Rev. John McDougall of Morleyville, Bow River, instructing McDougall to advise Indians of arrival and intentions of the North West Mounted Police, boundary commission and aims of the Queen

Fonds consists of 2 volumes of Temple View Camp guest registers for the years 1941 and 1947-1949. The registers record the names of some important individuals in Alberta and Banff Park history.