The fonds consists of Burpee's correspondence, mainly from descendants of John Work of the Hudson's Bay Company, pertaining to the editing of Work's journals.
The fonds consists of Colvin's correspondence, mainly pertaining to the history of Saltspring Island and its ferry service. It also includes a typescript consisting of notes by Colvin on people and events mentioned in a 1897 record book and of his own reminiscences of Cowichan School.
The fonds consists of Keith Frampton's diaries for surveys in the Alberni, Qualicum and Effingham Inlet areas, 1907 to 1909 and Cecil Frampton's photograph album with sketch map that records a hiking trip to Strathcona Park in 1936. The album also contains a newsclipping obituary dated 2003 and copy of a photograph that were apparently slipped into the front of the album ca. 2003.
The fonds consists of Leigh Burpee Robinson's scrapbooks, created between 1941 and 1956, which mainly pertain to her published newspaper articles "What's in a name" and her history of Esquimalt, B.C. The fonds also includes two black ink on paper sketches by Bertram Digby Robinson which were used for the cover and inside illustration in "Esquimalt place of shoaling water" published in 1947. In addition, there are 13 black and white photographs kept by Bertram D. Robinson which contain photographs of the Robinson's "Little House" as well as views of Yarrows shipyards and portraits.
The fonds consists of correspondence, diary, indenture, letters patent, memoranda, appointment certificates, notebook, will and estate papers of Matthew Baillie Begbie.
