The fonds consists of holiday films of the Rocky Mountains and across Canada (1930s-1950s) and films of Baptist meetings and Bible camps at Gull Lake (1930s-1940s); photographs and slides of Rev. McLaurin's missions, travels and summer school at Gull Lake (1910s-1920s); photographs of the McLeod and McLaurin families (1880s-1960s); and slides of Calgary (1966). Also consists of Campbell's records: Bow River Beautification Association correspondence, briefs, accounts and reference files (1968-1981); travel diaries (1952-1979); diary (January 1929); correspondence with William Lyon Mackenzie King (1933-1945), scrapbooks and newsclippings; and Campbell and Jessie's marriage certificate. Includes Jessie's school notebooks (1911-1912), postcards and correspondence (1915-1916, 1926-1927) and travel diaries (1963-1964). Also includes film "Wings Over the North" (1940s) produced by Canadian Pacific and Alberta Travel Bureau about the role of pilots in opening up the north.
McLaurin familyThe fonds consists of Fidler's journal while in the vicinity of Calgary (1792); his journal, including census information while in the Red River Settlement (1814-1815); and information about Fidler and his house in Bolsover, compiled by a descendant, Mary Fidler (1969). Other records copied from the HBC Archives are present, including Peigan Post returns (1832), and Richard Hardisty letters about the fur trade (1874, 1882).
Fidler, PeterThe fonds consists of Lawrence Cuming's memoirs (written in 1968) of his arrival in Canada and early experiences in the country. Includes descriptions of cutting ice on the Bow River in Calgary, and rescuing a horse which had gone through the ice.
Cuming, LawrenceThe fonds consists of school notebooks, certificates, programs, and greeting cards; photographs of road or railway construction in the Lloydminster area (ca. 1914); and photographs of Wesley United Church Choir (1965). Includes a scrapbook of Phyllis Taylor's 1938 and 1939 articles written for a British newspaper, entitled "A Nottingham Teacher in Canada", in which she describes the Atlantic crossing, Montreal, railway travel, Calgary, Banff, the Rocky Mountains, Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Halloween, Remembrance Day, Christmas, and native peoples.
Stevenson, EmmaThe fonds consists of a film of his travels across Canada.
Strauss, NickThe fonds consists of Spencer's diaries regarding prospecting (1904-1906) and transcript of diary about trip up the Athabasca River (1907); and Esme's extensive autobiography (written in 1957) about pioneer life in Pouce Coupe from the time of her arrival in Canada as an English war bride.
Tuck, SpencerThe fonds consists of diaries kept while in eastern Arctic.
Robertson, Renn S.The fonds consists of correspondence, certificates, articles and notes, newspaper clippings, and photographs, primarily pertaining to Rocky Mountain personalities and history. Includes many photographs of Stoneys.
Wilson, Thomas Edmunds- The fonds consists of diaries (1913-1918); letters to his family (1912-1922); fur inventory and account books (1913-1926); newspaper clippings about the north; and photographs of the north, Fort Smith, and First Nations (ca. 1913-1917).
The fonds consists of a detailed diary (at M-745) of the 1876 journey. Also includes (at M-477) newsclippings about the family and harness makers, McLeod family genealogy, and miscellaneous family photographs.
Machon, George