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The fonds consists of the records of Fort St. James, and is primarily comprised of account books, inventories, journals, and correspondence. Fort St. James was the headquarters of the New Caledonia District and the collecting centre for the region's furs; as a result several of the records pertain to associated posts, such as Stuarts Lake, Babine Portage, and Bears Lake.

The fonds consists of the wastebook [accounts book] of Fort Nanaimo, 1854-1861,reflecting the various activities of the HBC in the Nanaimo area. It also includes a transcript copy of Fort Nanaimo correspondence between Joseph W. McKay and James Dougas, 1852 to 1853, and a transcript copy of the Fort Nanaimo journal, 1855 to 1857.

The fonds consists of notes, memoranda and correspondence of Edward Whymper.

The fonds consists predominantly of records relating the publication of “Meet Mr. Coyote”, “Folklore of the Far West”, “The Native Tribes of British Columbia”, and “A Corner Stone of Canadian Culture”. In addition to these records there are correspondence and notes that tangentially relate to these publications and the creator’s interest in the artwork of B.C. indigenous populations. This includes works of art produced by both the Society for the Furtherance of B.C. Indian Arts and Crafts as well as William A. Newcombe.

The fonds includes drafts, additional legends and artwork that were not published as part of above listed works, correspondence, and records relating to the British Columbia Indian Arts and Welfare Society. Of note, the fonds also contains the doctoral certificate awarded to the creator in 1948 by the University of British Columbia and two examples of embroidery by the creator. These latter two are part of accession 199306-036 and have been assigned reference numbers PDP00679 and PDP00680.

Of those records relating to the writing of “Folklore of the Far West” some had already been re-housed and organized according to their geographic region of origin upon their initial arrival at the Archives; namely those in accessions 199306-036 and F/1/R19. This order was not further disturbed by the archivist in the process of arranging these records. Those records in accessions 86-064 and 81-152C, which had not been previously processed, were left in the order in which they were bound on entry to the archives and include records relating to each of the publications listed above.

The fonds consists of the marriage register of the Belmont Avenue Methodist Church of Victoria, B.C.

The fonds consists of correspondence, diplomas, narrative, diary of 1893 trip to the Kootenays, a historical sketch of Colonial farm settlers and an agricultural history subject index of Frederick William Laing.

The fonds consists of Price's diary.

The fonds consists of Sargison's diaries, notebooks, and letterbook. Fonds includes minute book of the Building Committee of the Canadian Wesleyan Methodist New Connexion Church of Montreal, of which Sargison was a member, and minutes of the Blue Ribbon Club of Victoria, B.C.

The fonds consists of diary and receipts of Richard Henry Alexander.

The fonds consists of Peers' diary of a trip from Fort Langley to Thomsons River and Peers' appointment to Chief Trader. There is one piece of correspondence (accession 74A-595) from W.W. Miller to H.N. Peers (1857) requesting an account of all public property regarding the Company of Cowlitz Rangers, 1st Regiment W.T. Volunteers.

The fonds consists of director's diary detailing daily events at the mine.

The fonds consists of Charles' diary while at Fort Hope and indentures.

The fonds consists of outward correspondence of James Lowe.

The fonds consists of Lowe's account book of sales to the Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company; journals kept by Lowe at Fort Vancouver; journals of trips from Fort Vancouver to York Factory and Walla Walla; journal of trip from London to Fort Tako via the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii); correspondence and Masonic certificates.

The fonds consists of MacMillan's notebooks used while at Yale University's Forest School detailing road construction and forest management practices.

The fonds consists of the register of baptisms, marriages and funerals of the Ebenezer Church of Nanaimo.

The fonds consists of journals, possibly by Captain James Gaudin, of the B.C. Division of the Canadian Lighthouse Service.

The fonds consists of the letterbook of William Munsie, general manager of the Victoria Sealing and Trading Company.

The fonds consists of the registered articles ledger of the Clo-ose Post Office.

The fonds consists of the journal of Cascade Camp of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, as kept by Granville Cunningham, J.S. Vindin, and J.E. Griffith.

The fonds consists of diaries, correspondence, and financial records of Archibald McKinlay and the McKinlay family, as well as the official appointment of McKinlay to the Joint Indian Reserve Commission.

The fonds consists of sharebook, cashbook, journal and account book of the People's Steam Navigation Company.

The fonds consists of constitution, minutes, correspondence and terms of reference for trophies of the British Columbia Amateur Athletic Union.

The fonds consists of Gaitskill's diary of a hunting trip in the Cariboo in the Ashcroft and Quesnel areas.

The fonds consists of Cuppage's correspondence pertaining to the use of the prefix "Royal", newspaper clippings and a chronology of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club.

The fonds consists of poems written by James Deans.

The fonds consists of honourary certificates and poetry of Walter Cameron Nichol and includes a scrapbook of clippings highlighting career and social activities of Lieutenant-Governor Walter Nichol.

The fonds consists of poetry and correspondence of W.T. Pye.

The fonds consists of scrapbook of Sutherland's poetry as published, including his annotations.

The fonds consists of five plays written for the Cariboo Amateur Dramatic Association.