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Photograph shows eight men loading hay onto two boats. There are two row boats visible against the shore line. The foreground appears to be a beach or sandy road, with huge pliles of hay being forked onto the waiting sail boats, The water is rough in the background, and the distance shore is just visible at the horizon line.

Photographs shows an encampment of men, in a field with their backs to the viewer, looking out across the water at an approaching ship. On the right hand side they have pitched a tepee.

File contains an original list of Chesterfield’s postings, a copy of an article "A Fur Trader’s Notes," a photocopy of a letter to Mrs. Bulman, and original glass plate boxes.

Photograph depicts a moose at close range, laying down in the foliage of a forest. There is snow on the ground, and a few fallen trees in the back ground.

File contains newspaper clippings of A.A. Chesterfield articles "New Year’s in the Far North," "The Eskimo’s Daily Bread," and "If You Miss the Caribou, You Starve."

The album contains images of Cree and Inuit communities around Hudson Bay and James Bay, including portraits and scenes of traditional ways of life. Some images are shown with canoes, or cooking, or in front of tepees and igloos. Several of the portraits depict a single sitter in front of a white background.

Photograph depicts two men, sitting in an open door way in a wooden gate, surrounding an out post building. The opening is centrally located, with an expance of gate on either side. The man on the left wears a hat, the man on the right does not. Through the open door, the viewer may see part of an out post building.

File contains a typescript of Chesterfield's article titled "Photographing the Prince of Wales."

File contains a typescript of Chesterfield's article titled "Photographing the Quebec Bridge."

Photograph shows three Cree men sitting in the grass outside an outpost building, with a fourth standing beside its open doorway. All men are dressed in western style work clothing, and are wearing hats. The three men in the foreground are engaged in conversation, while the bearded fourth stands looking toward the viewer. The building itself seems in disrepair, it has a one window on either side of the open door way, and a third behind the trio who sit with their backs to the building. There are various bits of equipment scattered around, and a section of fence to the left.