The fonds consists of records Telfer created or received during the time that she spent as a teacher at residential schools. The materials donated by Telfer include correspondence, essays, schedules, programmes, ephemera notes and a significant number of photographs. These records are primarily related to the the Morley Residential School, the Coqualeetza Residential School and the Port Alberni Residential School, as well as the Nakoda (Stoney) Nation.
Image consists of five teenage boys standing in a row by the residential school in the background. Guy Wesley is identified in the white shirt at right.
This photograph consists of a group of children standing outdoors, one staff person at right. In the distant background is a station and store and the brow of a hill. Writing on the back at the photograph says "We walk over a mile to station up hill." Also added are the names of some of the girls: Leila Beaver, Ella Bear, Udell Powder-Face, Alma Wildman, Lena Rolling-in-the-mud, Georgie Two-Young-Men, Annie Poucette?, Bigger Girls Wear Shawls.
Image consists of station building with tracks in the foreground. The lower right is black possible due to an object blocking the lens when the photograph was taken.
Image consists of a view of the lake with mountains in the background. To the right is an object in black that obstructs the scope of the lens likely at the time the photograph was taken.
The postcard has a post mark at the top. The image consists of a view down a dirt road running through town with a wooden sidewalk on one side of the road.