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Fonds consists of the personal and professional papers of Lieutenant Commander James D. Laurie. Includes his cadet second class graduation diploma, naval appointments, and orders, certificates, letters of references, and correspondence, dating from 1913 to 1949 as well as documents and correspondence related to insurance policy, pension payments, and adjustments, dating from 1933 to 1958. Also includes a handwritten letter and envelope recovered by divers from the wreck of SS Empress of Ireland, a Christmas card with a picture of an unidentified military band, and a photo album that should contain approximately 100 negatives of pictures taken during a cruise of HMS Berwick from February 1913 to February 1914 but, as of May 2016, all the negatives are missing.

Also includes a journal and note book for the use of junior officers, kept by Midshipman Laurie on HMS Niobe beginning 27 August 1914. The journal includes some coloured detail drawings of ship parts and the dust jacket is actually a map folded over the cover.

Fonds consists of documents and memorabilia collected during E.A. MacFayden's naval service ca. World War II.

L293
Pages 9-12 of The Toronto Star Weekly dating to Saturday, 2 October 1935 containing an article titled "The Sea Dogs" by Culver Jones.

L477
Eight tickets and 1 programme for dances held in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia hosted by Gunners' Mates' Friendly Society in 1944 and 1945. (A list of dates and types of dances can be found in the documentation file).

L798
Invitation and menu for the pre-inaugural day banquet of the Ferry Service between Victoria and Vancouver, B.C. on 9 June 1960, addressed to Lieutenant MacFayden.

L1272
Guard book for returns containing miscellaneous papers on chemical warfare and air raid precautions.

L1282
Souvenir programme for Naval Air day, Royal Canadian Naval Air Section, Dartmouth, 21 July 1948.

L1283
Programme for the commemoration of the presentation of the King's Colours to the Royal Canadian Navy Pacific Command, Esquimalt, B.C., 30 May 1939.

L1297
Folder containing lecture notes, photographs, and graphs and charts relating to smoke screening.

L3430
Two documents from Instructional Production Section, HMS Excellent titled "Tactical Employment of a Naval Howitzer Battery" dated 2 June 1938 and "Stores and Accounts" dated 5 May 1944.

Fonds consists of a Christmas greeting card, unsigned, with a black and white reproduction of a photo of HMCS Restigouche and an envelope, unsigned, with a black and white photo of HMCS Restigouche, the HMCS Restigouche crest, and the words "Cruise in the West Indies HMCS Restigouche".

Fonds consists of a certificate issued by the Royal Canadian Navy in recognition of the outstanding, meritorious, and distinguished services rendered to his fellow shipmates of Charles Claire, commissioned shipwright, R.C.N., and in recognition of his election as a life member of the chief and petty officers mess, MHCS Chatham, dated 19 June 1944.

Fonds consists of a commissioning booklet of HMCS Okanagan dated 22 June 1968, a souvenir programme for the launch of HMCS Onondaga written by Mrs. P.T. Hellyer 25 September 1965, and two copies of "Launch of HMCS Ojibwa" by Lady Miers 29 February 1964. The first copy has the service for the launching of HMCS Ojibwa slipped into back cover.

Fonds consists of a small collection of business cards primarily from hotels, U.S. Naval Training station boxing passes dated 1934, and two dance tickets.

Fonds consists of the official souvenir programme for the British Columbia Centenary Naval Review and associated Naval activities, 1958.

Fonds consists of the commissioning booklet of HMCS Saguenay dated 15 December 1956 and HMCS Margaree dated 5 October 1957 at Halifax Shipyards Limited, photographs of HMCS Saguenay, a detail drawing of A/C duct-work in laundry of hull 21 drawn by Halifax Shipyard Limited drawing office, and a Royal Canadian Navy 15th anniversary Atlantic Command booklet.

Fonds consists of photographs of the funeral of Lieutenant N.J. Ogden and Lieutenant P.S. Clark who were killed in 1963 while flying on a training exercise. They were buried in North Vancouver.

Fonds consists of a pocket-size new testament belonging to Kathleen Galagher. It is a 1943 edition issued to nursing sisters of the Royal Canadian Navy during WWII.

Fonds also includes 3 printed copies of black and white photographs of Kathleen Gallagher and a CD containing copies of the photographs.

Also includes an undated Christmas greeting card signed "From the Captain and Wardroom Officers" with a black and white reproduction of a photo of HMCS Kootenay, a Royal Canadian Navy ship active from 1943-1946.