The fonds consists of records created or accumulated by James Delgado since 1964 through his personal and professional activities. These activities include his work with the National Park Service, the Vancouver Maritime Museum, and the Institute for Nautical Archaeology, his archaeological projects and expeditions, his exploration of shipwreck sites, his work on the television show “The Sea Hunters,” as well as his lecturing and writing. Records include correspondence, publications, notes, manuscripts, research records, photographs, video recordings, and audio recordings.

The fonds has been arranged into the following twelve series: Correspondence (1973-2012), Personal records (1964-2013), Project records (1967-2010), Expedition records (1995-2009), Sea Hunters records (1999-2006), Writing records ([197-]-2011), Newspaper clippings (1972-2008), Lectures and education records (1978-2008), Audio recordings (1977-[199-?]), Images (1969-[before 2010]), Video recordings (1970-[before 2010]), and Electronic records ([before 2010]).

Item is a film containing home movie footage of two separate events. The first depicts Erickson family members at the family property that once stood at 4890 Osler Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. It includes footage of Arthur Erickson's parents Oscar and Myrtle playing ping pong; Arthur and his brother Don playing with their dog; as well as footage of Arthur's grandmothers Bengte Johannson Erickson and Sarah Chatterson (nee McKnight), and Oscar's sister Anna Auer in the garden and sitting on a bench.

The second film is of a garden party, possibly at the Flumerfelt family home. The attendees include Oscar Erickson (with canes) and Myrtle Erickson.

Item is a film containing footage of the Erickson family in the garden of their 4890 Osler Avenue, Vancouver residence. The film also includes footage of Oscar, Myrtle and Arthur Erickson visiting with the Lee family and other friends at the Lee's Qualicum Beach house. It shows a gathering on a back yard patio, with young children and dogs playing together, and includes the following individuals: Kay Cook, Myrtle and Oscar Erickson, Arthur Erickson, Blackie Lee, Ruth Lee, and Don Auer, among others. Arthur Erickson is shown playing with children and walking with his parents. The film ends with some footage of the Lions Gate Bridge.

Item is a home movie depicting Arthur Erickson's poodle Amy and a puppy playing on the patio in Arthur Erickson's garden.

The donor described the film as: "Arthur's poodle playing in Arthur Erickson's garden'

Item is a home movie depicting Erickson family members and friends interacting outside at Don and Eleanor Erickson's Gleneagles home, built by architect Bob Lewis. Several children (Christopher Erickson, Sally and Don Auer (Erickson cousins), and Tom Milroy) are running together and playing with a tricycle in the driveway of the house, while Don and Eleanor, John Milroy and Erickson cousin Evelyn Auer and her husband Stewart are filmed on the home's patio. One of the adult family members holds a cat. Arthur Erickson appears at the end of this film walking out of the home with his parents Oscar and Myrtle.

Fonds consists of radio play-scripts and production scripts by David Brock, Peter Garvie, John Gray, Peter Haworth, Daryl Hine, Herbert Hosie, Betty Lambert, Robert Lowell, Gerald Newman, Norman Newton, Jean Racine, George Ryga, George Robertson, Frederick Spoerly, Ian Thorne, and George Woodcock and incidental music score manuscripts for two productions. Audio-cassettes are line-source copies of master tapes of drama radio programs and music radio programs produced by Gerald Newman.