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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.

The fonds consists of baptismal certificate (1971), certificates of character (1893-1910) of the Royal Navy, letter of reference, papers from the Admiralty, papers regarding James' acceptance into the Royal Canadian Navy, and a short resume of his naval career to 1903.

Fonds consists of a clipping and a photocopy of an article by James G. Arcus, published in B.C. Digest, April 1948 regarding the sinking of the Princess Sophia, 26 October 1918.

Founds consists of documents and advertising material related to the Princess Marguerite including brochures from the 1975 inaugural sailing of the Princess Marguerite II and the campaign to reinstate the ferry service with the Princess Marguerite III and a scrapbook style book titled "Princess Marguerite - The Story of a "Ferry" Princess".

Fonds consists of a pocket size book of Common Prayer for HMCS Prince Robert, belonging to James L. Mason, dated January 1941.

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 principal dimension sheets for ships built by Barrow Shipbuilding Company dating from 1883 to 1886. These plans are the work of James S. Clark, naval architect, born in the U.K. who worked for Barrow Shipbuilding, Mitsukiski Shipbuilding (Japan), and finally Victoria Machinery Depot.

Fonds consists of a 1959 ex-meridian calculator by James Smith, Master Mariner. It is a small booklet containing hour angle numbers and altitude numbers charts.

Fonds consists of four documents:

• The House of Commons Debates Official Report - Unrevised Edition, Wednesday 19 April 1916,
• Two copies of the commissioner's report on the Pelagic Sealing Commission addressed to the Honourable John D. Hazen, Minister of Marine and Fisheries of Canada,
• A royal commission report addressed to the Honourable Mr. Justice Audette, commissioner, dated 10 September 1916, consisting of claims by Pelagic Sealers arising out of the Washington Treaty, 7 July 1911,
• The regulations made under the Paris Award which came into force 1894.

Fonds consists of full size photocopies of the first 4 pages of "The Times" newspaper from Wednesday 3 October 1798 with an article references Lord Nelson.

And, the first 4 pages of "The Times" from Thursday 7 November 1805 consisting of the account of the Battle of Trafalgar by Admiral C. Collingwood.