Fonds consists of a scrapbook containing photos, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings regarding the 5,200 mile, 14 month voyage from Montreal, of the ketch Nonsuch beginning in June 1970. There is an envelope glued to the inside back cover containing statistics, a gallery guide, a hand drawn chart, 3 postcards, and 12 additional photographs.

The fonds consists of records retrieved and acquired by John Clarkson. The series of ship plans were acquired while he served as the Nautical Inspector for Transport Canada. These would have been used to help with the inspection of the ships. The correspondence series was retrieved by John Clarkson while he served as the marine examiner and surveyor in Victoria. The correspondence was originally from the Steamship Inspectors Office and contains different forms of correspondence regarding the surveys and inspections of ship that were requisitioned for the second world war before and after. These pertain to the inspection of different vessels that were active along the west coast.
The fonds is arranged into two series:

1. Ship Plans-technical drawings
2. Correspondence-textual records

Fonds consists of a catalogue of German ship plans.

Fonds consist of a ship plan, detailing a proposal to transform the Princess Marguerite into an addition of the Maritime Museum of BC.

Fonds consists of ship plans for the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror.

Fonds consists of an undated diagram/plan showing gun sights and mounting, a diagram showing the production of fuze hacs, and a document containing diagrams/drawings describing different types of firearms.

Also includes a document describing the executive organization of HMCS Uganda and a collection of seamanship examination questions.

Fonds consists of photographs and documents relating to the personal and professional life of J.K. Slater. Includes a naval pay identity booklet, a name stencil, Empress of Scotland passenger list 1952, a 1951 history of HMCS Ontario, mess rules card for HMCS Peregrin, 1963 dress code for HMCS Mackenzie, and exercise notebooks.

Also includes various training notebooks including daily exercises, know your ship, rifle drills, weapons department organization, D/C analog computers, and instructions and parts breakdown for torque trip unit.

Also includes technical reports, charts, drawings, and diagrams, gunner tests, conversion tables, technical procedures, etc. dating from 1962 and 1963.

Fonds consists of correspondence and documents relating to the professional life of Norman Turner, marine surveyor, dating from 1962 to 1964.

1. Reports and Correspondence from Department of Transport, marine regulations branch, dating to 1962.
2. Reports, correspondence, and certificates of markings from Department of Transport and reports and correspondence from National Revenue, Canada. Relating primarily to registries of shipping queries, dating to 1963.
3. Surveyor’s reports, builder’s certificates, and certificates of survey from the Department of Transport.
4. General correspondence with various contractors and businesses in the shipbuilding industry, dating to 1963.
5. Correspondence, survey forms, and annual surveys from the Department of Transport, Ottawa, dating to 1964.
6. Registrars of shipping from the department of Transport and correspondence from National Revenue, Canada, dating from 1964.
7. General correspondence and survey forms from the department of Transport dating to 1964.
8. General correspondence with various contractors and businesses in the shipbuilding industry, dating to 1964.
9. Forms, correspondence, and surveyor’s reports dating to 1964.
10. Blank survey formula forms from Norman Turner, marine surveyor and ships plans by Raymond H. Richards, naval architect & marine surveyor.
11. Correspondence between Norman Turner and Mr. Jack H. Pert regarding measuring survey request, dated January 1964.
12. Correspondence between Norman Turner and Yarrows Limited. And Victoria Machinery Depot Co., Limited and ships plans from Yarrows Limited, dating to 1962.
13. Correspondence relating to measuring surveys for the British American Oil Company Limited and architectural plans for mooring float for B.A. Oil and Royal Victoria Yachting Club.