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Fonds consists of ephemera associated with a collection of ships plaques donated to the museum. Specifically includes Welcome Aboard booklets, an information kit, and several photographs of various ships visiting Victoria.

The fonds consists of Grant's papers as able seaman and hunter in sealing vessels operating out of Victoria, British Columbia and out of Japan. Fonds relate to voyages between 1892 and 1908 and includes items such as wages for seal skins, itemized list of purchases for sealing trips, sailor's union pamphlet, correspondence, and grocery lists.

Also includes records from Victoria Sealing Company showing Grant's earnings in five schooners between 1900 and 1907 including, Director from December 1900 to October 1901; Triumph from December 1901 to September 1902; C.G. Cox from February to June 1907; Dora Sieward from June to November 1907; and Giblie (sp?) from January to October 1908. And, includes document dated 12 September 12 1892 on Marvin Company letterhead recoding a voyage of the schooner EB Marvin and showing wages, allowance for skins taken, and deductions for items purchased on board such as clothing and tobacco. This document shows that over a period of 8 months and 8 days Grant earned $410 but was charged $174.85 for purchases, for net earnings of $235.15. There is also a document in Russian dated 30 September 1905 showing that Grant, while a mate in the sealing schooner, Khokus Maru was arrested by the 199th Svir Regiment.

Fonds consists of supplementary documents associated with the cased model of clipper ship Cutty Sark (009.027.0001) including two large building plans.

Fonds consists of a cash accounts log book kept by paymaster G.P. Haddon for submarine depot starting 10 October 1914, and for HMCS Shearwater starting 25 December 1915. There is also some correspondence from the Department of Naval Services and the commander of HMCS Rainbow slipped into the inside front cover.

Fonds consists of documents relating to the careers of Captain Josiah F. Gosse from 1891 to 1898 and to Captain Douglas McNaughton Gosse from the 1920s to the 1940s.

1. A 1898 account journal for the schooner Otto kept by Captain Josiah F. Gosse consisting of a ledger of advances of pay and charges for items received by crew members from ship's stores such as tobacco, items of clothing, knives, and sacks of flour. A list at the front of the book shows 45 names including one marked as a deserter and the mate, Mr. Collinson. 26 of the crew have indigenous names and there also appears to have been 3 indigenous women on board. The ledger also shows the net payment to each person.

2. A Canadian Pacific Navigation Company log book with "Josiah Gosse (1865-1938), chief officer, Islander Pilot House Log" written in pencil inside the front cover. The log book is believed to have been from the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company's SS Charmer, possibly dating to 1891.

3. Documents relating to the service of Captain Douglas McNaughton Gosse (father of the donor), including correspondence, certificates of competency, certificates of discharge, and registration receipts relating primarily to CGS Estevan but also including various Canadian Pacific Railway British Columbia Coast Steamship Service Princess Line ships, dating from the 1920s to the 1940s.

Fonds consists of assorted training material including a training manual for Marine Emergency Duties Course Part B2, Firefighting, published by the Pacific Marine Training Institute, 1989, an untitled workbook containing calculations, a Canada Labour code and personnel management manual, assorted forms and reports, and copies of legislation, Canada shipping act, and the Canadian Coast Guard policy.

Also includes photographs, cards, and photocopies of newspaper clippings related to CCGS Sir James Douglas, CCGS Anna III, and CCGS Nahidik dating to the 1990s.

Also includes a photo album relating to CCGS Nahidik, 1988 Western Arctic Patrol.

Fonds consists of the naval cemetery, Esquimalt's grave records containing records of burials dating from the 1870s to the 1930s.

Fonds consists of a 1957 Strait of Georgia Tide and Current Tables and a memorandum of association and rules of the Prince Rupert Fishermen's co-operative association, amalgamated with North Island Trollers co-operative association 1 December 1939, amended 1951.

Fonds consists of documents, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to the Halifax disaster and the war memorials in Halifax and Victoria.

Fonds consists of a book titled "Wonders of the Great Barrier Reef" by T.C. Roughley and signed by John Guzzwell, 1958.