Fonds consists of black and white photographs showing local people, especially of students and teachers, the British Commonwealth Training Station, parades, Rip Chords orchestra, Rex Cafç, the Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg, buildings at Camp Shilo, and the Carberry Collegiate Institute.

Fonds consists of one letter written by Charleson from Belgium in early 1915 to Miss Estella Cullen in Rounthwaite, Manitoba. In the letter, David Charleson describes the circumstances facing the Canadian troops in the trenches during the Great War and provides an account of the German trenches facing him. This is an evocative and reflective letter. Philatelists may find the condition of the stamps on the letter envelope of interest.

Fonds consists of correspondence, certificates of professional registration, personal journal (1944) and other documents, military records, biographical sketches. Photographs (155 black and white photographs, 110 black and white negatives) show nurses and soldiers, views of England, France and the Royal Family.