The fonds consists of two booklets, Sisters of St. Martha Golden Anniversary: 50 Years of Service, 1929-1979, and The Mineral Springs Hospital and the Sisters of St. Martha: Fifty Years of Service, 1930-1980 (text by Jon Whyte, assisted by Sister Mary Alberta and Sister Lilian Mandryk of the Hospital's administration); two short articles on the Mineral Springs Hospital; and the program for the 20th Anniversary Homecoming of the Lethbridge Community College School of Nursing (1991). The booklets trace the Order's history and association with St Michael's Hospital School of Nursing, the Lethbridge Community College School of Nursing, and the Mineral Springs Hospital in Banff.

The fonds consists of a time capsule prepared by the nurses of the South Central District of the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses, at the "Nurses Celebrating Nurses" dinner in Calgary, May 13, 1991. The dinner also celebrated the 25th anniversary of the South Central District.

The fonds consists of one booklet prepared by Diane Ploughman: In the Beginning...Early Days in the Lesser Slave Lake Region Health Services, which marks the 50th anniversary of the High Prairie Regional Health Complex, 1937-1987; and a 2-page typed document by an unknown author: "History of Nursing in the High Prairie Area," which covers the period from 1919 to 1940.

The fonds consists of Minutes of meetings of the District Council and its committees, correspondence, reports, financial records, publicity for activities, photographs and sound and video recordings. The extent of records preserved varies among the Districts, North Central being the largest. For example, in addition to the administrative records noted above, Central District preserved seven large albums of photographs and publicity for major activities; South Central District recorded much information on liaison meetings with the United Nurses of Alberta. Photographs found within the files, usually documenting meetings, annual events and public activities, are maintained in the files but are not counted separately.

The fonds consists of 26 audiotapes of 15 interviews, with a transcript of each; and the transcripts of 11 interviews for which audiotapes were not provided. Each nurse interviewed was asked to describe her family history, including grandparents, parents, siblings, childhood health, health practices of her family and neighbourhood, education, nursing training, decision to join the Army after 1914 and experiences overseas, demobilization, and work or personal experiences after the war, and thoughts on the changes in nursing practice she had observed to the present. The nurses were commissioned officers in the Canadian Army and were stationed first at military hospitals in England before being sent to France or the Mediterranean.

The fonds consists of 14 audiotaped interviews (with 15 accompanying files) with retired nurses from the Lethbridge and Calgary areas conducted by students in Dr Judith Kulig's History of Nursing class at the University of Lethbridge Faculty of Nursing. Each student prepared a brief biography of her subject, a time/fottage summary of the audiotaped interview, a permission and authorization sheet and a descriptive essay. If photographs of the sujects were available copies were made for the file. Each interviewer asked her subject to describe her family history, educational background, decision to enter nursing training, hospital training received, further education, work experience, professional and community activities and thoughts on the changes she had observed in nursing practice since her entry into the profession.

The fonds consists of textual records including minutes , reports and administrative records of the Task Force. Multimedia consists of 10 VHS videotapes, 7 audiotape cassettes, 38 photographic slides, 30 colour photographs, 8 colour photographic negatives, 72 transparencies, 2 all charts, 8 maps and posters and 1 computer disk.

The fonds consists of correspondence, copies of Ms Purcell's addresses to various groups and organizations, her numerous certificates, diplomas (some leatherbound), published articles, reports, publications, as well as some miscellaneous programs, handouts, pamphlets, and photographs relating to historical events associate with Ms Purcell's various achievements.

The fonds consists of recorded interviews with various members of the nursing profession for their personal and professional histories and of the institutions in which they served. Subjects on the tapes include: Laura Attrux (as described by Helen Getzinger and Stella Boisvert) Nellie Beatty, Jackie Brewe, Yvonne Chapman, Gurty Chinell, Kay Christie, Betty Eggen, Vera Gingras, Glenna Gorrill, Betty Gourlay, Elnora Hibbert, Jessie Morrison, Florence Nightingale, Mary Adelaide Nutting, Geneva Purcell, Phyliss Robinson, Martha Rogers, Helen Sabin, Marguerite Schumacher, Winnie Shandro, Muriel Shewchuk, Margaret Street, and Helen Westley.

The fonds consists of one audiotape (cassette) recording of the speech Miss Purcell gave to the University of Alberta Hospital Alumnae Dinner on May 1, 1982, entitled "Nursing in the 60s", and a time/footage summary of the audiotape in the accompanying file. Miss Purcell reviews changes in the nursing profession since her graduation in 1936, the development of the hospital, college and university training programs and the rise of nursing associations and unions.