Series consists of photographs of members of the Eggleston family, England, ca. 1907; friends and family, including Jean Houldridge; pupils of Six-Six School, Orion, Alta, ca. 1913; members of the Eggleston and Gilmour families c. 1915; family photographs of Egglestons including Wilfrid's wife Lena and daughter, the composer, Anne Eggleston (and members of extended family) c.1915 - 1973; group photo of class 1B, Calgary Normal School, Calgary, Alta, 1921, photo by W.J. Oliver; opening of Parliament, showing members of the Press Gallery, Ottawa, Ont., February 1930, photo by the Detroit News; official opening of the Imperial Economic Conference, Ottawa, Ont., 1932, photo by the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau; group photo of members of the staff of the Rowell-Sirois Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations, Ottawa, Ont., 1937-1937; portrait of Eggleston as Director of Consorship, Ottawa, Ont., 1944; Eggleston at the Fourth Journalism Party, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont., 29 October 1949; activities of Eggleston at the School of Journalism, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont., 1950; group photo of members of the curling rink which won the Bedard Trophy in 1951 and 1955, Ottawa, Ont., photo by Newton; winners of the Moffat trophy, Ottawa Curling Club, 1984-1985; Eggleston addressing a UNESCO conference on the education of journalists, April 1956, UNESCO photo; Eggleston at the Maxville High School Commencement, Maxville, Ont., November 1957; members of the Mourners' Club, Ottawa, Ont., September 1957, photo by Capital Press; Eggleston with a group of Journalism students, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont., 1958; Eggleston at Convocation, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont., Eggleston addressing a Canadian Public Relations Society seminar, Ottawa, Ont., 1960; Eggleston leading a seminar on "The Canadian Literary Scene" Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alta., 1960, photos by Cascade Cameras Ltd.; portraits of Eggleston at various stages in his life, photos by the Thomas Studio; photo of Canadian Authors Association Sainte Anne de Bellevue 1940.
The series also contains group portraits of Rowell-Sirois Commission in Charlottetown, P.E.I., Ottawa, Ont., and Fredericton, N.B., 1938; journalism class at Carleton College, Ottawa, Ont., 1949-1951; activities of Lethbridge Herald, Alta., ca. 1950-1959; portraits including Senator W. A. Buchanan, Hugh P. Buchanan, Harold G. Long, Robert W. Cumberland, Grey Owl, F. Philip Grove, R.B. Inch and family, Leonard J. Knowles, Vernon Knowles, C.J. Mackenzie, Senator D.E. Riley; Lloyd Roberts family, gravestones of F.P. Grove and Lucy Maud Montgomery; photos by Newton, Newton Associates, Malak, A.E. Cross Studio, Dirk Aberson, and Paul Horsdal.
Also included in this series are photographs of the Calgary-Banff highway near Morley, Alta., October 1949; Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Weber, July 1954; Eggleston receiving honourary degree at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., 30 May, 1967, photos by the London Free Press; Wilfrid Eggleston with Oscar and Walter Brodin, 1969-1970; Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrid Eggleston at the opening of the Manitoba Books exhibition, National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., June 1970, photos by the National Library; Eggleston teaching at the School of Journalism, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont., March 1968; Eggleston teaching at the Banff School of Fine Arts 1926, at their 50th reunion, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., 16 October 1976, photo by Wallace R. Berry; Wilfrid Eggleston taking part in a curling match, Ottawa, Ont., 1978-1979; and portraits of Eggleston, ca. 1930-1980, photos by National Film Board of Canada.
