File consists of photographs of the victory celebration of the "Building on the Vision" campaign. Views include John Reid's Dixieland Band and the university Jazz Choral Group; speeches by President Fraser, Palmer (Chairman of the Board on the Vision campaign), Haskayne (Chairman of the Board of Governors), Nasheed (Student Body President), the Alumni President, Jackson (Faculty / Staff fund-raising chairman), Al Duerr (Mayor), the MLA with a presentation, and Nan McCaig; the buffet brunch, tables, toasts, cutting of the cake, candid shots of the McCaig family, Peter Lougheed and the Tom Keenan family.

Fonds consists of materials relating to courses John Reid instructed and his role in founding and directing the Jazz Is Society of Alberta, radio scripts for CJAY 92FM jazz program Jazz Space (April 3, 1981 - March 8, 1987) and Jazz Spectrum (March 15, 1987 - September 1, 1991), and ten notebooks with notes on jazz recording albums considered for review in J. Reid's column in Calgary Sun newspaper.

File consists of group photographs of participants in a music department jazz lab with Warren Rowley

Professor Sharman King with jazz group. Also includes Quenten Doolittle and four symphony players.

File consists of photographs of a jazz band during a practice, including close-ups of instrumentalists and views of the entire band on stage.