The collection contains the journals of James McLea Prowse from 1887 to 1905 and other personal papers including taxes in Rural Municipality of Whitehead for NW 36-9-21 from October 19 , 1930. It also contains a variety of farming periodicals dating from 1898 to 1947.
The collection contains five "The Mentor" periodicals dating from 1918 to 1920; used at Central School, The Canadian Teacher periodical, and documents related to the Westman Oral History Association's "Voices of Yesteryear" oral history project.
The collection contains photographs of Canadian Pacific Railway construction crews in Southwestern Manitoba and Southeastern Saskatchewan between 1908 to 1914.
The collection consists of a framed drama award given to the Brandon Little Theatre (1947), photographs of parade floats from the Confederation Day Parade in Brandon, Manitoba and the Northern Star Confederation and Graduation Number Vol. 1 No. 3 published by the Manitoba Hospital, Brandon, Manitoba
The collection consists of photographs of William Chrest's business activities in Brandon, Manitoba, downtown Brandon scenes and a portrait of unidentified schoolchildren.