The collection consists of postcards depicting First Nations from Western Canada.

Item is an aerial view image of a peninsula. According to annotations, image was taken by Dick Pattinson. Original slide included number LC3001.

The fonds consists of photographs, transparencies, negatives, prints, slides, textual records and objects. Contents of the fonds primarily reflect First Nations cultures in British Columbia between 1960 and 1980, including the Haida, Coast Salish (formerly Burrard Reserve), Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Gitsegukla and Ans'pa yaxw (Kispiox) nations. Notable First Nations personalities and artists documented include Chief Dan George, Gerry Marks, Henry Hunt and Norman Tait. Contents also include: B.C. landscapes such as Gwayasdums (Gilford Island), Klemtu, Mamalilikulla and Uchucklesaht; First Nations children; First Nations exhibits, totem poles and installations at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and for the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan. The original accession was arranged in series according to Carter's published works which focus on specific localities, communities, individuals and subject matter, with additional series related to Carter's photojournalistic work and personal recordkeeping added in 2019 when an accrual was made to the fonds.

Fonds consists of audio, video, and visual materials created by Basil and Edythe Hartley. Materials include video footage of the Haisla people, which Hartley shot while working in Kitimaat from 1941-1944, a voiceover for the footage which Hartley’s widow, Edythe McClure, created in ca. 1983, a letter, and three photographs of Kitimaat people and landscapes. The three audio cassettes all contain the same 1983 recording.

Item is an image of a rock with petroglyphs, surrounded by smaller rocks and stones, probably in a beach area. According to annotations, image is of beach boulder and was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slide included number 20.

Item is an image of a rock with petroglyphs, surrounded by smaller rocks and stones, probably in a beach area. According to annotations, image is of a beach boulder pecked on granite and was taken by E. F. Meade.

Item is an image of pictographs and petroglyphs. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade.

Item is a close-up image of a chalked petroglyph carved on the ground. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade.

Item is an image of a section of a rock with petroglyphs highlighted with chalk. According to annotations, petroglyphs were pecked on granite and pictograms were chalked, and image was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slide incl

Item is a close-up image of a rock with petroglyphs highlighted with chalk. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slide included number 31.

Item is a close-up image of a chalked petroglyph carved on the ground. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade.

Item is a close-up image of chalked petroglyphs carved on a rock. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slide included number 3544.

Item is a close-up image of a chalked petroglyph carved on the ground. According to annotations, image is of a c taken in Englishman's River, Parksville, by E. F. Meade. Original slide included number 14

Item is a close-up image of chalked petroglyphs carved on a rock. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slide included number 3544.

Item is a close-up image of a chalked petroglyph pecked on a rock. According to annotation, image was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slide included number 3545.

Item is a close-up image of chalked petroglyphs on a rock. According to annotation, image was taken by E. F. Meade.