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The fonds consists of business and personal records of John Boyd and the Boyd family. Fonds includes records of Cox, Wade and Morland Ranch (1863-1864), Cold Spring House (1868-1894), and Cottonwood House (1874-1946). Among these roadhouse and business records are: correspondence, daybooks, cashbooks, account books, journals, accounts receivable and payable records, payroll records, and other documents. The farming records consist of miscellaneous records documenting the Boyd family's involvement and interest in farming and a number of records of the Cariboo Agricultural and Horticultural Association (1912-1953). There are also mining records documenting the Boyds' various mining investments, including records of the Big Bonanza Mining Company (1891-1906), and a number of mining maps. The personal textual records include: correspondence (1862-1951); financial, tax and estate records; records of Nam Sing Ranch (1899-1938); and, Bowron records (1869-1903). Fonds includes correspondence pertaining to World War I and of Archibald and Chester Boyd, who both died in the war.

The fonds consists of correspondence, mining records (including records relating to the Big Bonanza Mining Company), grocery lists, miscellaneous daybook entries, a tax receipt, and miscellaneous rough notes.