The collection consists of a 1978 and a 1982 edition of "Might's Charlottetown Prince Edward Island city directory" as well as a post card of the "Prince Edward Island" icebreaking ferry, ca 1930's and a newspaper clipping about the vessel from the "Summerside Journal" of 22 September 1965.

The collection consists of a photographic view series containing nine images of Prince Edward Island circa 1920. The majority of the images depict scenes in Charlottetown including: St. Dunstans Cathedral; Prince of Wales College; Market House and Government Buildings; Queen Street; Victoria Hotel; and the Railway Station. Other images include the car ferry "Prince Edward Island" and ice breaker "Northumberland Strait," as well as a fishing scene in an unidentified area of PEI.

This collection consists of 19 photographs and 1 colour slide of ferries and ferry service provided by Northumberland Ferries Limited between eastern Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.

The collection consists of two photographs; one of the "Prince Nova", the first Northumberland Ferries vessel, at the ferry terminal wharf, the other of the Board of Directors of Northumberland Ferries Ltd.

Northumberland Ferries Ltd. was incorporated to operate in Prince Edward Island in 1939 having already obtained corporate status in Nova Scotia. It has operated the ferry transportation from Wood Islands to Caribou N.S. from that time until the present day. The "Prince Nova" was the first vessel to ply the Strait for Northumberland Ferries. Built in 1909, the passenger steamer was named "Waubic" until she suffered serious damage in a fire in 1938 and had to be rebuilt. From then until her arrival in P.E.I. in 1941, she was known as the "Erie Isle". From June of 1941 until the end of the 1957 season she was in service on the Wood Islands Caribou crossing and known as the "Prince Nova". She burned and was abandoned in July of 1959.

The collection consists of a selection of images taken from two albums kept by Marion Whear from approximately 1910-1920 of her friends and activities including class pictures and Charlottetown buildings. These are supplemented with portraits of Whear and Parker family members as well as images of the Parker home and foundry.