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Sub-series consists of textual records relating to Duff's work for the Vancouver Centennial Museum as a member of the Professional Advisory Committee and as a consultant curator for a display in the Vancouver Centennial Museum at its opening. Documents include policy drafts for the museum, minutes of meetings, correspondence and notes.

Slides of artifacts, places, events, exhibits, air views, and unknown First Nations people. Also included are slides relating to museum history which show images of sketches and models for the new Museum of Anthropology, construction views, totem pole raising, the museum opening in 1976, and museum staff. Most of the slides were taken by Duff, although some were acquired from others or purchased. Accompanying textual material includes a letter about artifacts, slide lists from boxes, lists related to the centennial totem pole program, and a text of legends.

Sub-series consists of articles, reprints, and Photostats collected by Duff for his Anthropology lectures at the University of British Columbia.

Sub-series consists of textual records relating to Duff’s work as a member of the Committee on Museum Ethics, Canadian Ethnology Society.

Photographs, pictrostats and negatives showing images of canoes, fishing, coastal villages, and people. Some of the photographs were taken by Duff (as noted on the verso of the image) and brief descriptions and locations are noted on some of the photographs. Specified locations include Victoria, Alaska, Bella Coola and the B.C. coast. Also included in many of the files are faded black and white photocopies of the photographs.

Sub-series consists of term papers and essays written by Duff's students, mainly for Anthropology 301. The majority of the papers are the original copy.

Photographs depicting images of native masks, rattles, carved sticks, bowls, knives, wooden boxes, spoons, woven blankets, baskets, clothing and metal jewelry. Also included are photographs of totem poles.

Primarily photographs used in Marius Barbeau’s book “Totem Poles” (Vols. 1 and 2), published in 1950 -1951. Although these are copies of published images, they have been retained for reference purposes. The sub-series also contains some unidentified photographs. These photographs were accessioned into the fonds in 2002. It is unclear how Duff acquired these photographs.