The fonds consists of advertising bills for the Birtle’s traveling picture show; new motion pictures, chosen by Elsie, arrived weekly from Sovereign Films and were shown in a circuit from Piers and/or Drayton Valley on Saturday nights, then Wildwood, Seba Beach, Carrot Creek, Tomahawk, Magnolia, Gainford and Evansburg or Entwistle. The screenings were held in the local halls and were usually followed by a dance (except on Sundays).

The fonds consists of homesteading certificates of John Edward Bowen dating from 1906 to 1914. The fonds also consists of 14 photographs of individuals and land in the Peers, Alberta region dating from the 1930's

Fonds consists of a personal reminiscence by Olga Freifeld of her time as a volunteer nurse in Russia, and copied photographs dating ca.1927-1940 that depict Olga Freifeld during her time as a nurse in Peers, Alberta and includes her children, residence and office, and school children.