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Fonds consists primarily of records relating to the British Army Manoeuvres of 1912; WWI, and Owen Talbot Aspray's military service. Fonds includes photographs; postcards; a journal; diaries; notebooks; training materials; correspondence; news clippings; WWI service book and membership card; book; programmes of post-war commemoration services and reunions; reference material.

Fonds consists of contracts and documents relating to the construction of roads, purchase of lands, oaths, regulations governing soldiers’ home sites, and expropriation notices. Includes contracts for Shelbourne Street, Saanich Road, East Saanich Road, Burnside Road, Douglas Street, Carey Road, Gorge Road, North Quadra Street, and Lake Road and the purchase of land from James Pim in 1907, site of the first municipal hall.

Fonds consists of records relating to the Gray family and their home at 954 Arundel Drive. Fonds includes film negatives, digital and print photographs, 4 WWI meat ration tokens, and a photocopied diary and scrapbooks.

Fonds consists of records relating to the proposed Gordon Head Airport from 1945 to 1949. Fonds includes correspondence, legal documents, petitions, maps, and news clippings.

Fonds consists of records relating to the secession of Ward 6 in the District of Saanich from 1927 to 1951, as well as the proposed secession of Gordon Head, Cadboro Bay and Shelbourne in 1950-51. Fonds includes correspondence, inventories of municipal property, assessments, advertisements, Saanich Relief Act of 1927, and the Act to Validate the Incorporation of the District of Saanich in 1951.

Fonds consists of a scrapbook (1923-1947 predominant) compiled by R.R.F. Sewell. Scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, magazine pages, Saanich facts, notices, ephemera, plans and photographs. Topics include poetry, cartoons, and satire; WWII; Saanich Municipality; elections; Union of BC Municipalities; Saanich War Memorial Health Centre and public health nursing; septic tanks, water works and water supply; Cadboro Bay; Mount Douglas; Craigflower School, McKenzie School, and McKenzie family; and taxation. Fonds includes published material including Union of BC Municipalities minutes and resolutions; Clovelly subdivision on Shoal Harbour real estate guide; reference material relating to municipal administration; provincial and federal board reports; and statistics. Fonds also includes R.R.F. Sewell's papers (1911-1941), with topics including Mattias Rowland property; administrative, financial and legislative documents; personnel lists; reference material; road paving records; correspondence with provincial and federal governments; and news clippings.

Fonds consists of 426 files of business papers, insurance documents, records of land transactions and legal disputes, estate papers, personal papers and ephemera. Fonds includes company seals and one photograph.

Fonds consists of records relating to the Municipality of Central Saanich and to the Island View Beach area, as well as to the Lamont family, their farming ventures, and Ray Lamont’s career in politics. The fonds includes council and committee minutes, documents relating to Island View Beach drainage, a legal agreement, assorted correspondence, certificates, news clippings, notes and photographs. The fonds is arranged into 8 series: Council & Committee Minutes, Island View Beach Drainage, Legal Documents, Correspondence, Certificates, Newspaper Clippings, Notes, and Photographs.

Fonds consists of records relating to the activities of the Elk Lake Ratepayers Association, and includes constitution, bylaws, membership lists and forms, minutes, meeting notices, financial statements and balance sheets, correspondence, briefs and reports, ephemera, news clippings, and documents relating to the referendum on amalgamation of Saanich and Victoria, 1962. Fonds is arranged into 8 series: Constitution & Bylaws, Membership Lists, Minutes & Meeting Notices, Financial Statements, Correspondence, Briefs & Reports, Ephemera, and News Clippings.

Fonds consists of photographs, legal documents and reference material relating to family and friends of Robert Charles "Bud" Squair, his childhood, and family homes in the Tillicum area (2836 Austin, 2830 Austin, 530 Davida).