The fonds consists of loose scrapbook pages, compiled by Anna MacLaren, of newspaper articles about unionism, labour organizations, labour legislation, minimum wages, the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance Local No. 198 and Anna MacLaren.

The fonds consists of a transcript of an interview with Charlie about his life, various quarries and sandstone (1972), letters of reference about his abilities as a stone cutter (1909), and photographs of 8th Field Ambulance (1914) and Belcher Hospital staff (1919).

The fonds consists of images of the 1937 May Day Parade in Drumheller, and images of the representatives at the Canadian Congress of Labour conferences in Calgary, Alberta in 1947 and 1948.

The fonds consists of photographs of labour marches, Drumheller, and union groups in Calgary.

The fonds consists of 12 photographs depicting Arthur Johnston and/or workers at a camp in Southern Alberta. The photographs show horses, buggies and other equipment used at the camp. The majority of the photographs use gelatin developing out paper. Seven of the photographs were used as postcards and have brief correspondence, addresses or identification on the back of the photographs. 5 photographs are mounted on cardboard stock.

The fonds consists of an essay written by Arthur's son John Robert Lloyd containing extensive quotes from letters about his work experiences in Alberta; and three copies of photographs of downtown Calgary in the late 1930s.