Fonds reflects Valgardson’s career as a writer of fiction and non-fiction and a teacher of writing, and the records primarily illustrate his process of revising a work for publication and adaptation from one genre to another – from a short story to a radio play, for example. Most of the records are drafts, hand- or type-written, used for review and to make editing notes, accompanied by ancillary research or correspondence with publishers, reviewers, or the public. A portion of the records relate to his involvement in lecture series, workshops, and writing associations such as the Canadian Authors Association; and some records are comprised of articles, taken from newspapers and serials, and pamphlets, brochures, and bulletins, related to his own career, activities, and interests. Included in the fonds is a number of serial publications in which Valgardson’s writing was published, in some cases a piece not published elsewhere and for which no other record appears in the fonds. The records are arranged broadly by publication – the drafts of each piece and its accompanying material are contiguous, and the titles that went into an anthology are grouped together – but do not, on the whole, follow any particular chronological or categorical sequence. The fonds is arranged into boxes that reflect only spatial division, and files that reflect both item- and small series-level divisions.

The collection reflects Alfreda Jean Attrill’s education, nursing career, war service, her affiliation with the St. John’s Ambulance Association, and her genealogy. The series is arranged into nine series and covers events from her early life to her death through awards, certificates, memoirs, family histories, correspondence, articles, programs, diaries, invitations, publications and prayers.

Members of the Knights of Columbus during the 1996 Levy, January 1, 1996, St. Andrew's Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Dr. Lee's house is moved from 239 Scotia St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, next door to the Chancery, January, 1996.

Metropolitan Emeritus Maxim Hermaniuk sits with carollers at the Chancery, January 7, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Metropolitan Emeritus Maxim Hermaniuk sits with carollers at the Chancery, January 7, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Metropolitan Emeritus Maxim Hermaniuk sits with carollers at the Chancery, January 7, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Metropolitan Emeritus Maxim Hermaniuk sits with carollers at the Chancery, January 7, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Bird's eye view of Bishop Myron Daciuk's funeral, January 19, 1996, St. Basil's Church, Edmonton, Alberta.

Group photo at Bishop Cornelius Pasichny's installation, January 21, 1996, St. George's Cathedral, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Metropolitan Michael Bzdel stands in the front centre, with Bishop Cornelius Pasichny to his right and Bishop Basil Filevich to his left.