The series consists of records related to the marketing of agricultural products in North and South America, with a focus on countries involved in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The records include correspondence and other records related to food companies, banks, embassies, and trade offices from the United States, Canada, and Latin America (Mexico), regarding export of food products and agricultural commodities.

The series consists of records related to the marketing of agricultural products outside of North America. The records include correspondence and other records related to food companies, banks, embassies, and trade offices from the Pacific Rim (e.g. Japan and China), various countries in Europe, the Soviet Union and Russian, Africa and the Middle East regarding exporting of food products and commodities.

The series consists of the records of the Commissioner General for Trade and Tourism pertaining to that office's activities in promoting economic and tourism opportunities in Alberta to international audiences. The records comprise case files pertaining to:

• business contacts;
• special issues such as airports, government departments, economic and industrial development initiatives, tourist sites, and grant programs;
• corporate profiles for Alberta businesses, associations and non-profit organizations; and
• countries, including contact information for embassies, business brochures, and event information.

The series consists of the records of the Deputy Minster of Business Development and Tourism, pertaining primarily to economic development activities.

The files include correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, and other records related to airports, liaison with the federal government as well as other provincial government departments, oil and gas, commodities, international exports, liaison activities with corporations and industry organizations, departmental operations, municipalities, industrial development, resource development, foreign trade offices, and other activities.

The series consists of the records of the Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, including some files initiated by that position's predecessor, the Deputy Minister of Industry and Tourism.

The files include correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, orders in council, and subject files pertaining to the Alberta Commercial Corporation, the Alberta Opportunity Company, air transportation, departmental administration, liaison activities with companies and industrial organizations, coal and other commodities, economic development activities, oil and gas, lumber, Grande Cache, federal-provincial relations, legislation, foreign ownership, overseas trade offices, and other topics.

The fonds consists of project files and master versions of productions created by The Image Works for multiple clients. The productions include A Taste For Trade (concerning alternative trade organizations in East Africa), Scraping the Surface (concerning Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park), Native Art: Woodland Cree, Keep It Moving (concerning waste management), River of Joy (a celebration of 1,000 years of Ukrainian Christianity), Our Own Voice (concerning development in Nepal), multiple projects concerning crime and corrections made for the John Howard Society, multiple projects concerning the boreal forest region of Alberta, Hockey Night in Harlem (a documentary about hockey in Black communities in Harlem, New York City), promotional projects on behalf of the Government of Alberta, and interviews with Métis elders conducted at Fort Calgary among other projects.