The fonds consists of photographs depicting towns and scenery in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Fonds also includes photographs of Adams and Company and of E.C. Adams.

The fonds consists of photographs of the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway (ca. 1898-1900) and of the Copper River and Northwest Railroad (ca. 1920) in Alaska.

The fonds consists of Keir's photographs depicting mining in the Yukon and scenes of Dawson City and the Chilkoot Pass.

The fonds consists of photographs of Alaska and the Yukon Territory, depicting scenery, ships, railways, the White Pass and Yukon Route, and the town of Skagway.