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The fonds is comprised of photographs documenting the activities and concerns of the west coast fishing industry: fishing boats, fishing and fish processing, fish plants and canneries, special events related to the promotion of fish products, Adams River sockeye runs, traditional First Nations fisheries, sports fishing, research on salmon, salmon habitat destruction, and hatchery and fishways construction and operations. The pictures were taken all along the British Columbia coast from the San Juan fishing grounds on southwestern Vancouver Island to Prince Rupert. Included are photographs taken at salmon producing lakes and rivers in the interior of British Columbia. Some of the photographs originated at food shows in Europe and the Tokyo wholesale fish market. The fonds includes 12 films with fishing related topics plus a small amount of textual material related to the photographs.

The fonds consists of minutes and documents regarding the establishment of the Fort George Agricultural and Industrial Association.

The fonds consists of minutes, share certificates, receipts, legal agreement, and correspondence.

The fonds consists of the records of the Lytton and District Board of Trade for 1969. Includes correspondence, to and from the Board and the Minister of Lands and Forests in regards to the extension of timber rights for a local logging operation and mill, the Spatsum Lumber Company. Accompanying the correspondence is a copy of the official petition sent to the Minister, listing the signatures and occupations of all local residents in favour of this action. The letters and petition were the outcome of a severe economic downturn, in that if the local lumber mill was not recognized as an 'established licensee' and allotted crown timber rights, it could no longer survive.

The collection consists of ship's plans predominantly of vessels on the West Coast of Canada, including ships constructed and repaired at shipyards of Yarrows Limited (Esquimalt, B.C.) and the Victoria Machinery Depot. Many of the plans were received from these two firms. The collection includes plans of Canadian Pacific Princess and Empress ships.

The fonds consists of correspondence, contracts, monthly timebooks, camp account books, pay record books, log journals, conveyances, timber licences and berths, petitions, financial records, and inventories. Fonds includes timber licences and other records of S.C. Smith and McLeod Lumber Company, Okanagan Lumber Company, and Kamloops Lumber Company, all predecessor owners of the mill in Enderby.

The fonds consists of 30 ledgers and 2.4 m of other textual records, including financial records, personnel records, legal records, fishermens' records and seine boat records.

The fonds consists of S.A.F.E. minutes, share certificates, reports and reference material. The fonds also includes minutes and reports of the Salmon Arm Farmers' Exchange.

The fonds is divided into 175 series and consists of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, bond and share certificates, financial and operation reports, leases, contracts, employment records, licenses, ledgers, blueprints, photographs and one map.

The fonds consists of an account book of the Shuswap Milling Company.

The collection consists of photographs depicting people, events, industry (including sawmills and oil refineries), and the built and natural environment of Port Moody, Coquitlam, Ioco, and surrounding area. Many of the photographs in the collection were originally collected by the Coquitlam Historical Society, which disbanded ca. 1971.

The fonds consists of photographs depicting miners and their wives at the Kelowna Exploration Company's Nickel Plate Mine at Hedley, B.C.

Collection consists of one certificate of competency, 2nd Class, Overman; one certificate of competency, mine rescue work and one certificate of competency, Draeger Oxygen Apparatus (Western Fuel Corporation, Nanaimo).

The fonds consists of volumes of stock issued (1927-1942) and pattern shop orders (1928-1932).

Fonds consists of one typed manuscript (45 pages) written by Walter Anchikoski describing the various logging camps, logging practices, people and places where he worked. It includes excellent descriptions of the places where he worked and the logging practices of the 1950s.

The fonds consists of certificates and letters of reference following W. Hichens-Smith's career and photographs of Hichens-Smith and of salvage vessels and crews.

Fonds consists of photographs of Wolf Mountain Mine including images of the underground workings, miners, heavy duty equipment, tools and surface views. Also includes an underground workings map.

The fonds consists of photographs of staff at the Hedley Gold Mining Company operation at the Nickle Plate Mine (1915), and other scenes of the Hedley area.

Fonds consists of photographs and certificates that relate to Radford's work as a coal miner and local and provincial labour representative. Photographs include views of a mine rescue team, Radford at a conference in Turkey, a United Mine Workers of America Convention in Calgary, a strike at Imperial Laundry in Nanaimo, and Ladysmith miners. Certificates include a Certificate of Competency (1927) and a receipt for a certificate from the Granby Mine (1928).

The fonds consists of accounts books of the Arrow Lakes Lumber Company.

The fonds consists of logbooks and daily journals for the B.C. Hydro Alert Bay Station.

The fonds consists of photographs depicting activities of the Hedley Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose and of a safety competition at the Nickel Plate MIne in Hedley.

The fonds consists of photographs of ships in English Bay and of scenes of North Vancouver, Howe Sound, and Indian Arm.

The fonds consists of photographs depicting activities relating to the Kelowna Exploration Company Nickel Plate Mine.

The fonds consists of the cashbook (1907-1910) of the Canadian Pacific Lumber Company.