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Collection consists of copied photographs dating circa (ca.) 1900-1955 that were collected for use in her book, Oh! The Coal Branch. The photographs were borrowed by Toni Ross from various photographers, including Charles Lee, and they depict various people, views, buildings, machinery and accidents in mining towns such as Edson, Luscar, Cadomin and Mountain Park, Alberta. The collection also includes captions for the photographs and a book of ration coupons, likely from the 1940s.

The collection consists of a photocopy of a file, primarily witness statements, once belonging to defence attorney William C. Robertson relating to the legal case of Alexander Soderberg, who was suspected of the 1911 murder of Bill Lennox; and images from Stettler in 1900 through to the 1920s of various views of Stettler itself, buildings and businesses in the Stettler, such as the Merchant's Bank, Lundy and Magee Insurance, the town hall and the post office, the interior, exterior and workers of Stettler Cigar Factory Ltd., firemen, school children, goose hunting, horses, parades, boy scouts, the 187th Regiment, ranches, Erskine post offices and the Tail Creek Metis cemetery.

Collection consists of records dating circa (ca.) 1900-1958 relating to Tofield, Alberta and includes publications about the Tofield area and its history, maps, and photographs of the Tofield area, including panoramic views.

Collection consists of oral history interviews of Italian pioneers in Edmonton, Alberta, including Mr. and Mrs. Louis Biamonte, Gisella Biollo, Filomena Michettie, Father Giovanni Bonelli, Camillo Bridarolli, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Butti, John Camarta, Domenico Chirello, Joe Fabbri, Mr. and Mrs. Mario Grassi, Victor Losa, Mamie Meardi, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Nimis, Georgio W. Pocaterra, Norma Pocaterra, Mr. and Mrs. John Segatti, Roman Tedesso, Irma Giacobbo, and Angelo Toppano.

Collection consists of various federal and provincial government acts pertaining to vehicles, including The Public Commercial Vehicles Act (RSA of Ontario, 1950, Chapter 304) including Regulations Made Under The Public Commercial Vehicles Act (OR 193/60), The Highway Traffic Act (RSA of Manitoba, 1954, Chapter 112) including amendments up to and including 1957, and Amendments to The Public Service Vehicles Act and Regulations dating March 31, 1949 to April 15, 1951. Fonds also includes a Government of the Province of Alberta Highway Traffic Board, Driver's Daily Time Record booklet containing blank forms.

Collection consists of copied photographs depicting various people, buildings, and views in Vegreville, Alberta and the surrounding areas, including log cabins, farming and farm houses, street views, buildings, businesses, agricultural machinery, carriages and carts, livestock, churches, hospitals, houses, residents of boys' homes, schools and school children, automobiles, barns, sports teams, nurses and nurses residences, Boy Scouts, sleighs and sleds, and railroads. The images date from the early 1900's to the early 1970's, predominantly from 1902-1955. Collection also includes a copied newspaper clipping about St. Joseph's Hospital circa 1961.

Collection consists of copied photographs dating 1927-1955 that depict various people, buildings and views in Barrhead, Alberta including Carl Johnson's Central Meat Market, Hooper's Garage, the Bank of Toronto, nuns, the United church and St. John's Lutheran church, an Alberta Jubilee parade, street views, cars, the first train in Barrhead, and a hospital built by Doctor (Dr.) E.J. Varreau.

The collection consists of images, originally dating 1893 to 1982, of the Beaumont, Alberta area, featuring schools, churches, houses, farms and ranches, sawmills, service stations, post offices, blacksmith/garage, stores, bands, baseball teams and parks, statue installation, landmarks, celebrations and weddings, farm and construction machinery, harvesting and threshing, automobiles, horses, tobogganing, wells, a tug-o-war, families and local pioneers, and views of Beaumont.

The collection consists of a letter from Arthur Meighen to Reuben West from 1911, and a copied newspaper article about Roy Brown's discovery of the cabin and its contents.

Collection consists of operational records for the Continental Coal Corporation Limited (Ltd.) of Grassy Lake, Alberta, personal and business records of Victor W. Campbell who resided in Grassy Lake and Taber, Alberta and who was a shareholder in the Continental Coal Corporation Ltd., personal records of John W. Trusswell, who was a mayor of Taber, and his estate, and miscellaneous records pertaining to the Grassy Lake and Taber, Alberta area. Fonds includes telegrams, correspondence, agreements, resolutions, minutes, notices, shareholder lists, shares, contracts, test hole logs, financial records, survey reports, a postcard, bank books, receipts, insurance policies, advertising posters, shares, income tax returns, tax assessments and notices, employee lists, coal statistics, telephone directories for Taber and Lethbridge, Alberta, newspaper clippings about F. Hallworth and the history of Taber and Grassy Lake, Alberta Briquetting Corporation Ltd. shares, and maps depicting Taber subdivisions and the mines of Victor W. Campbell, Continental Coal Corporation Ltd. Fonds also includes photographs depicting images in Lethbridge and Taber, Alberta and includes bridges, street views, Alberta Brewery, construction of Knight Sugar Factory, a church, and a photograph copy of a letter written from Lorenzo Snow to William Pierson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.