The fonds consists of William and Jean Halliday's photographs, transparencies and copy negatives of family, native Indians, and Alert Bay scenes. Fonds includes photographs depicting native Indians, potlatches, carvings and residential schools used in William Halliday's books "Potlatch and Totem" and "Recollections of an Indian Agent".
The fonds consists of speeches, official and personal correspondence, government reports, memoranda, briefs, speeches, maps and papers of William Chant.
The fonds consists of minute books of the Executive Council of the Conservative Party of Canada's Leadership Committee, minute books of the Executive Council of British Columbia, a voter's list, a letter from the Klu Klux Klan and other documents. Fonds also contains clipping books about Bowser's political activities and railway policy.
The fonds consists of personal and family papers, journals of tours Sipprell conducted and trips made to the United States and Vancouver Island, notes for sermons, various notebooks and photographs.
The fonds consists of papers relating to the Japanese relocation centre at Tashme, B.C. including notices, letters and papers relating to the school at Tashme and letters to Winifred Awmack from students, 1945-1983.
The fonds consists of cashbooks and minute books of regular, annual, directors and special meetings of the Alberni Farmers' Institute. Fonds also consists of a letter from Thomas S. Grieve, on the occasion of his being made an honorary member of the institute, in which he describes some of the early activities ofthe institute.