The fonds consists of textual records, photographs, negatives, and maps that Sheppard received while working for companies or serving on boards and volunteering in service clubs. It also includes two day-minders from D.W. Souter and early photographs of Claxton and Kildonan Canneries early 1900s.

The collection consists of photographs and negatives of scenes and people in Prince Rupert and the surrounding area collected and/or taken by Barbara Sheppard. It also includes the Coqualeetza Residential School Commencement Annual from June 1929, maps of Port Edward and the surrounding area, the original plan for Prince Edward from 1908, and a map of Clayoquot Sound.