SUMMARY: Freeman "Skipper" King discusses Francis Park and his work as a naturalist.;

The fonds consists of correspondence, notes and manuscripts of articles and books concerning birds, mammals and plants, and notes and correspondence concerning pioneering in rural Manitoba and Comox, B.C. Personal correspondence includes that with his mother, his wife, and other family members. Fonds includes photographs, miscellaneous tax and financial records, maps of North America, and records relating to house construction. In 2024, Laing's field notebooks, journals and diaries were added to the fonds, having been transferred from Natural History at the Royal BC Museum.

Records include diaries, paintings of B.C. fauna and natural history notes from James G. French, who operated an animal menagerie at Victoria. French had his menagerie at Willows Beach, ca. 1897-1900, when he moved it to Swan Lake. He later moved to the property which is now French Beach Provincial Park. Mrs. Jane French operated the Woodbine Rabbitry.