The collection consists of magazine illustrations documenting the 1870 and 1885 Riel Rebellions, Manitoba, the Red River Expedition, Lake Neepigon (Nipigon), First Nations, the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), The North-West Territories (later Alberta and Saskatchewan), British Columbia, the Marquis of Lorne's and Princess Louise's visit to the West, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), and the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).
de Volpi, CharlesThe fonds consists of photographs of the Regina airfield, agricultural machinery, and the Aladdin oil well.
Barker, Charles EdwardThe fonds consists of photographs of the journey from Edmonton to Victoria.
Neimeyer, CharlesThe fonds consists primarily of photos of Dawson City, Yukon, including buildings, sports, social events, banking activities, steamers, railways and Lousetown. Includes some Whitehorse and Alberta views.
Nourse, CharlesThe fonds consists of notebooks, autograph books, scrapbook and photographs of the canoe trip.
Planinshek, CharlesThe fonds consists of a draft of his memoirs, Tales of a Pioneer Surveyor.
Shaw, Charles AeneasThe fonds consists of photographs of the West family (1894-1912), treaty payment trips (ca. 1903-1906), and the Lesser Slave Lake area (ca. 1903-1906), as well as miscellaneous NWMP photographs. Includes Alice's reminiscences of the Lesser Slave Lake area, transcript excerpts from her diary (1900, 1903, 1906), and miscellaneous letters (1899, 1947).
West, Christopher HarfieldThe fonds consists of the final report of the Committee, including sections on transportation, accommodation, education, employment, and recreation. The appendices include questionnaire results and examples of action taken in other cities.
Citizens' Committee for the Physically Handicapped of CalgaryThe fonds consists of photographs of railway running stock, Canmore railway station, Ogden shops in Calgary, and Kootenay Lake.
Willson, ClaytonThe fonds consists of original records, photographs and his research material regarding the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway police; photographs of railway operations in Calgary.
Jones, David Laurence