Folders 1-25: Photos relating to Ernest Thompson Seton, author and co-founder of the Boy Scouts of American and the Woodcraft League of America, from childhood, as adult, in Indian costume, at prayer, camping, with animals, at various residences. Photos by J. Esson, J.W. Fullerton, Duffin & Co., The Toronto and Imperial Photograph Co., Boarne & May, Dixon, Bruce, Simpson Bros., Fraser's Studio, Arcade Studio Photo, Neil and Co., Gagen & Fraser, Notman & Fraser, J.H. Noverre.
Folders 26-41: Ernest Thompson Seton's family and friends: formal and informal portraits from ca. 1880s, including Seton's wife and children, Grace GallatierJohn Burroughs, Lord Baden-Powell, Daniel Carter Beard, Julie Seton, Governor of Santo Domingo Pueblo and three unidentified tintypes of Seton and others dressed in western and Indian replica costume (folder 35).
Folders 42-47: unidentified formal and informal portraits, including non-native individuals in native dress.
Folders 48-57: Buildings and places related to the career and private life of Ernest Thompson Seton, including residences, Seton "Castle", Seton Library in Seton Village, New Mexico.
Folders 58-70: Woodcrafters League of America, an organization founded by Ernest Thompson Seton to promote the appreciation and appropriation of North American Indian traditional culture, including views of Seton in his capacity as leader and lecturer, principal actor in plays depicting Indian culture, posed with various Woodcrafter groups throughout North America, children at campsites, group meetings, Woodcrafters dressed in fringe garb, loincloths, feathered headdresses and wigs in outdoor settings posed in fictitious vignettes of Indian lore, Campfire Club, teepees, plays performed by Woodcrafters, enactment of ritual dances, Adirondack Mountain Club.
Folders 71-101: Photos of animals in their natural habitats, including the following varmints, squirrel, raccoon, lynx, deer, toad, hawks, bear, waterbuffalo, h wolf, hare, cougar; dog training for US Army; horse and donkey training.
Folders 102-104: Landscape views, including the following locations, Gibraltar, Artillely Lake, Eickart River, McLeod Bay, Sussex Lake, Great Slave Lake, waterfalls, houses, flowers.
Folders 105-107: Miscellaneous, including photograph of artwork, camel transport in East India, photos of Seton affixed to copy of Seton's manuscript "Gospel of the Red Man".
Folders 108-136: The following Indian bands are included: Arihara, Blackfoot, Cayuse, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Cree, Crow, Hopi, Mohawk, Mohi, North Dakota, Navajo, Santa Clara, Nambu, San Juan, Sarcee, Sioux, Taos, Tesuque, Pueblo, Tunig, Ute, Zuni. Also included are folders containing photographs of unidentified native people and postcards collected by Seton..
