The fonds consists of minutes (1956-1972), annual reports (1966-1981), submissions (1958-1975), speeches (1953-1965) and conference records (1972, 1975), photographs of wells, and films re drilling industry.

The fonds consists of interviews with Mickey Abougoush, Brad Anderson, David Armstrong, Jack Avery, Gene Bacon, John Barr, Guy Boutilier, Clem Bowman, Cliff Britch, John Broadhurst, Larry Brocke, Elmer Brooker, David Brown, Gerry Burden, Terry Burton, Neil Camarta, Maurice Carrigy, Jim Carter, Bill Cary, Harbir Chhina, Chuck Collyer, Ted Cyr, Lester Deep, Gerry DeSorcy, Bill Dickie, Howard Dingle, Richard Dixon, Grant Duncan, Maurice Dusseault, Neil Edmunds, Alan Fair, Keith Firmin, Charlie Fischer, Rick George, Ned Gilbert, Ray Gillespie, Simon Gittins, George Govier, Murray Gray, Ron Gray, Hassan Hamza, Maggie Hanna, Jack Haston, Toshiku Hirata, Chris Holoboff, Ernie Hui, Bill Humphreys, Al Hyndman, Eddy Isaacs, Dave Krook, Bert Lang, Vern Larson, Peter Lougheed, Richard Luhning, Jean Lund, Neil Lund, Donald S. Macdonald, Hans Maciej, Bert MacKay, Preston Manning, Dee Parkinson Marcoux, Jacob Masliyah, Bill McAffrey, Bob McClements, Neil McCrank, Anne McLellan, Bill Mooney, Norbert Morgenstern, Tom Morimoto, Arthur Morris, Jane Morris, Prakash Mullick, Patricia Nelson, Eric Newell, Randy Ottenbreit, Fred Otto, Harold Page, Albert Poulette, Paul Precht, Carolyn Preston, Roland Priddle, David Redford, Joy Romero, Robert Rosen, Brian Rottenfusser, Germain Routhier, Mark Ruschkowski, David Ryan, Bob Scarborough, David Schindler, Glen Schmidt, Brent Scott, Tony Settari, John M. Shaw, Mary Clark Sheppard, Cal Sikstrom, Gail Simpson, Kem Singh, Robert Skinner, George Skulsky, Bruce Slevinsky, Nell Spragins, Gerry Stephenson, Barry Stewart, Bruce Stewart, Jack Suggett, Michael Supple, Ron Taylor, Don Thompson, Don Towson, Ron Wallace, Allan Warrack, Kathryn Wood, Barry Worbets, Chi-Tak Yee, K.C. Yeung, and Erdal Yildirim.

The fonds consists of club bulletins (Black Gold), scrapbooks regarding club activities and events, programs, newsclippings, photographs, membership lists, certificates and correspondence.

The fonds consists of administrative files, sound and video recordings of monthly meetings, which include speeches by Richard Shaw, John Downing, Hugh Leiper, Andrew Nikiforuk, Leroy Field, David Finch, Stan Pearson, Kirsten Olseon/Myrene Hayes, John Ballem, Herb Laycraft, Ian H. MacKay, Ian Clarke/Monica Field, Norman Lussier, Robert Bott, Frank Dabbs, David Mitchell, and Craig Lamb.

The fonds consists of personal papers: a brief family history, family greeting cards, correspondence, certificates, tax records, brand registration, Eleanor's teaching memorabilia, and tickets and photos of a K.D. Lang concert; two silent, colour home movies featuring Banff vacation, family garage business, earth-moving machinery, pipeline construction, cattle drive, airplane, Compeer Sports Day, and Consort parade; records relating to oil and gas development on the ranch; and photographs of the Calgary Stampede parade and Winfield sawmill.

The fonds consists of records of his geophysical work in Turkey, as well as records of his consulting business in Calgary, particularly relating to his contracts in the Saskatchewan potash industry and in Greenland.

The fonds consists of records of the Retirees organization plus historical information on Amoco and British Petroleum (and their predecessors) in western Canada.

The fonds consists of research materials relating to his writings including tar sands, Wiebo Ludwig, Port Radium, BSE (mad cow disease), feedlots, landowners disputes with oil companies, etc.

The fonds consists of photographs of Dome Petroleum operations and events in Calgary.

The fonds consists of administrative subject files (1927-1976) which include minutes, membership lists, committee records, budgets and financial statements, and files related to awards, conferences and publications; minutes (1977-1991); subject files (1977-1988) divided into these ten sub-series: Executive Committee, Business Committees, Conventions and Seminars, Publications, Scientific Programs, Awards, Special Committees / Social Programs, Public Services, Divisions, and Liaisons; records related to conventions hosted or co-hosted by the society (1967-1991); proceedings and sound recordings of speakers at the National Conference on Earth Sciences (1965-1981); Medal of Merit records (1953-1988); membership applications (1953-1997); photographs (1926-1978) of executives and members, field trips, field work, conferences, core samples, and the Turner Valley fields; Ted Link's photographs and glass slides (1943-1959); sound recordings of conferences (1955-1961); and films (1957-1975) of a geological field trip and the Calgary area.