The collection consists of a photograph album showing construction of a provincial highway by relief workers through the Frank Slide area of the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta.

The fonds consists of files relating to their involvement with development issues, primarily in west Calgary.

The collection consists of copies of letters from William Van Horne to Henry J. Cambie (1884-1886); notebook of CPR Pacific Superintendent re operations in British Columbia (1886-1889); photographs of construction of Shuswap and Okanagan branch near Armstrong (1892-1910) and views of locomotives in Lethbridge and Kamloops (1885-1903).

The fonds consists of seniority lists for Division 7 (Alberta and British Columbia), including Canadian Pacific Railway employees and Esquimault and Nanaimo employees. Includes an Order of Railroad Telegraphers Constitution (1956).

The fonds consists of original records, photographs and his research material regarding the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway police.

The fonds consists of correspondence regarding military service, Yukon Air Transport, and radio talks; a prospectus re mining; and miscellaneous programs, menus, and newspaper clippings.

The fonds consists of a draft of his memoirs, Tales of a Pioneer Surveyor.

The fonds consists of his correspondence related to Gaults Limited, the Credit Men's Trust Association, his collecting activities and his personal life (1915-1940); stamped envelopes of special flights, including Canadian first flights (1924-1934); Masonic lodge records from Winnipeg (1913-1932); legal documents for Francis R. Drewe of Devon County (1801), Richard Graves and Christopher Flood of Devon County (1808), and Thomas Bishop of Feniton (1837); Hudson's Bay Company five shilling and one shilling notes (1820 and 1870); and miscellany. Also includes an album of photographs of log houses in the Winnipeg area.

The fonds consists of papers related to the Calgary Stampede, the arts scene in Calgary, Canadian Pacific Railway's Ogden shops, the Sheet metal workers union, the Calgary Zoo, A.E. Jaques clothing store, and the Calgary Horse Show. Also consists of Allan's photographs of Calgary scenes and buildings, and annual Christmas cards sent to the family by Tom Baines.

The fonds consists primarily of photographs of the association's executives, and their events and activities.