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The material reflects several facets of John Anderson-Thomson's life in the Northwest Territories, including his geological and surveying business, his and Janet's personal and leisure activities, and his role as commanding officer of No. 7 Company Canadian Rangers, Magistrate and Justice of the Peace, and commissioner on the Great Slave Railway Royal Commission. The records include financial records, correspondence, field notes, survey and reference plans, survey instructions, photographs and scrapbooks, certificates, and articles.
The records have been arranged by the Archivist, usually in topical, then roughly chronological order where the original order was not apparent. File divisions and titles, where apparent, have been mostly retained.

A reference map for the Royal Commission on the Slave Lake Railway showing the eastern and western alternative routes. The map has been pieced from smaller map sections and backed with linen.

The file consists of two scrapbooks of newspaper articles relating to the Manning Royal Commission which studied routes for a railway from Northern Alberta to Great Slave Lake and of which John Anderson-Thomson was a member. The file also contains a copy of a CBC Broadcast for the Overseas Service written by Florence Whyard and titled "Road to Yellowknife." Title imposed by Archivist.

Commissioner's Award to John and Janet Anderson-Thomson.

John Anderson-Thomson's diploma from the University of Saskatchewan.

A map of a proposed road from Yellowknife to Trout Rock, layed out by John Anderson-Thomson in 1947. Complementary to N-2018-003: 0001 to 0004.

Plan of Lots and roads on Latham Island compiled from 1938-39 surveys. Additional notes regarding a lot to be sureveyed and roads to be changed are marked in red and black.

A plan of a portion of the School Draw area, surveyed by John Anderson-Thomson in 1967, with some corrections marked in red. On the reverse of the plan are rough sketches of mineral claims surveys in the Coppermine Mountains areas, also surveyed in 1967.

A colour map published by the Province of Ontario's Department of Mines. The map is heavily annotated with geological markings and is of the area near Timmins where John Anderson-Thomson worked for the DeSantis and Delnite mines.

A plan produced by Imperial Oil Limited, Marketing Department showing the location of various elements of their service station at 4th Avenue and 1st Street in Yellowknife.

The fonds consists of 78.5 cm of textual records, 122 maps, 146 photographs, 7 postcards, and 5 architectural drawings created by John Anderson Thomson in the course of his work as a land surveyor, consulting geologist, Commanding Officer of No. 7 Company Canadian Rangers, Magistrate and Justice of the Peace, commissioner on the Great Slave Lake Railway Royal Commission, member of several professional organizations, and participant in the community of Yellowknife and life in the North. Records and photographs of Janet Anderson-Thomson's involvement in John's work and her own leisure activities are also included. The records include memoirs, draft Royal Commission report, financial records, correspondence, field notes, geological, survey and reference plans, survey instructions, photographs and scrapbooks, certificates, and articles.

Records were created by John Anderson-Thomson from 1946 to 1962, in the course of his work as a land surveyor and consulting geologist and as a member of the Royal Commission on the Great Slave Lake Railway. The files were arranged by the Archivist by content/type (Field Work, Correspondence, Royal Commission), then date. The records include field books of survey data, correspondence, Royal Commission list of exhibits and briefs presented and a draft report, and four maps showing a highway route.

The file consists of 6 negatives, two prints, and a plan showing an anchored plate for the witnessing of Tartan Giant's MC's. File title imposed by Archivist.