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The fonds consists of: Report re: "Medicine Hat Squatters" a copy of statements of claim for lands surrounding Medicine Hat (early squatters) for F.A. Mountain, W.P. Leacock, H. Pearse, H. Jordan, A. Malott, L.S. Fox, W.B. Butler, C. Flint, J.Y. Terry, G.H. Presswell, G. Anderton, G.F. Pim, J. Madden, H.B. Collier, L.A. Smallwood, F. Slaymaker, M. Sutherland, S. Porter, Count M. DeBosdari, J. Jackson, W. Logan, J. Logan, J. McLean; copied letters, documents and certificates (36 pgs) related to the issue of scrip to Caroline (widow), Alexander (son), Samuel (son), Maria (daughter), Jemima (daughter), Rachel (daughter), Emma (daughter), William Edward (son) and Arthur McKay, all decendants of Edward McKay (see history above); and an image of an early midwife.

The fonds is very rich in correspondence which details life in southern Alberta, ranching, childhood, and the relationships between family members. It consists of: Oliver's correspondence and Treaty 8 trip diary (1900); Henrietta's diaries (1864, 1867), a few speeches and writings, correspondence, and Persons Case memorabilia; Alice's correspondence, diary (1940), and wedding records; Muir's diary (1897); Margaret's correspondence (very little); Amelia's correspondence and letters to the editor; Claude's ranching diaries (1905-1927) and correspondence (1894-1919); Laura's and Barbara's correspondence; Claudia's school records, diaries (1920-1928), and correspondence; Gard's school records, diaries (1920, 1926), and Persons Case memorabilia; extensive family photographs; genealogical charts; and miscellaneous documents of various ancestors.