The collection consists of photographs of various towns in the Peace River area, settlements along the Athabasca and Mackenzie Rivers, views of the Alaska Highway and early scenes of various centres in southern Saskatchewan including Moose Jaw.

The collection consists of slides of Calgary, including the Royal Train (1939), Calgary Highlanders, Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, buildings, street scenes, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, St. Andrew's district, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) station, Calgary Tower, and Chinatown; and views of the Banff Springs Hotel; slides for geology courses at SAIT, including "Color Slides of Canadian Geology" for Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists.

The collection consists of interviews with Harry Irving, Ed Davis, Ted Riback, Chester Connaughty, Arthur Child, J.W. "Jack" McCaig, J.R. "Bud" McCaig, and Mr. Justice Marshall M. Porter. Subjects discussed include Irving Industries Ltd., farming, coal mining, Father Athol Murray, Burns Foods Ltd., transportation industry, Trimac Ltd., the legal profession, steel industry, petroleum industry, consulting engineering business, property development industry, mobile home manufacturing, service stations, and the Jewish community.

The collection consists of photographs of early aviation in western Canada.

The collection consists of regular and over-sized calendars, which have been organized in date order.

The collection consists of paper artifacts including advertiques (blotters, paper placemats, etc.); transit and railway tickets; savings coupons from breakfast cereals, tea, coffee, etc. various licences and certificates; soap wrappers; laundry bills; ration books; and other items.

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 extensive photographs of construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, surveyors, construction workers, and scenery along the railway line from Edmonton, Alberta to Fort George (later Prince George), British Columbia.

The collection consists of his slide collection of views of CPR rolling stock and two early First Nations photographs.

The collection consists of a photocopy of the personal fonds of Elmer Wessell, 1864-ca. 1960, of Oneonta, New York, USA, one of the eight founders of the Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen, later named the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; and a series of correspondence concerning construction of a wing of the Banff Springs Hotel in 1902-1903 (correspondents include A. J. McLean, D. McNicoll, and J. W. Leonard). Includes Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) correspondence and drawings about spur lines at Frank and Bellevue, Alberta.