Collection consists of submissions made by various companies in the oil industry to the Alberta Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board and the National Energy Board relating to the exportation of natural gas and crude oil from Alberta to Eastern Canada and the United States via proposed pipelines. Includes geological and engineering data, projections of Canadian market requirements, reserve estimates, financial projections, facility descriptions, etc. Companies making submissions include among others Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd., Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd., Alberta and Southern Gas Co. Ltd. and Canadian-Montana Pipe Line Co. Collection also includes several submissions to the Royal Commission on Energy in 1958.

The collection includes materials created and compiled by James Hoffman such as taped interviews with George Ryga and his family members, materials provided by his wife following Ryga's death in 1987; video recordings of performances of Ryga's works, video recordings of Ryga by media producers, correspondence with Ryga and others about Ryga, reviews of Ryga's work, programs of performances; photographs and some personal records of Ryga's.

Fonds consists of the following series: correspondence; manuscript; published work; scrapbook; works on Constance Beresford-Howe; miscellaneous; and sound recordings.

Series consists of manuscripts of novels, stage plays, screen play, television plays, short stories, doctoral dissertation, speeches, book reviews and articles. Arranged in five subseries: stage play adaptation of novel The Unreasoning Heart for which there is no manuscript in the C. Beresford-Howe fonds; novels; short stories; television play; and non-fiction prose.

Subseries consists of manuscripts of novels; includes handwritten and typescript drafts and fragments, research materials, editorial notes and notebooks.

Subseries consists of manuscripts of short stories, includes handwritten and typescript drafts, fragments and corrections.

Subseries consists of materials related to screenplays, stage plays and television programs adapted from the works of Constance Beresford-Howe. Includes manuscripts, notes, drafts, edits, fragments, correspondence, scene sequences and other related documents.

• Sub-subseries consists of newspaper clippings regarding Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's production of Anna Sandor's television play based on Constance Beresford-Howe's novel.
• Includes article by John Haslett Cuff, review by Jim Bawden and television listing.

Subseries consists of published copies of screenplays, stage plays and television broadcasts based on the author and her works.