The fonds consists of personal papers of Myrtle Philip, including education documents, journals, diaries, banking records, certificates and passports, legal and property records, correspondence, birthday and recipe books, postcards of the Alta Lake/Whistler area, scrapbooks, reference material, and photographs. The photographs depict the Philip family, people (including guests at Rainbow Lodge), events, and scenes of the Whistler area. The fonds includes Alex Philip's manuscripts, as well as records relating to his estate. The fonds also includes records of Rainbow Lodge, including guest registers (1915-1947), a cashbook (1928-1952), employee records (1941-1948), invoices, and receipts.

Films belonging to Myrtle Philip

Film of a boat named Canim, presumably on Canim Lake; Myrtle Philip holding up a large fish that she has just caught, again presumably on Canim Lake; McGilvary Lodge, apparently filmed from a moving train or other vehicle; scenes of Squamish including the PGE railway pier and the Chief. The box for the film has written in Myrtle's handwriting "Canim Lake, Oct 1935" and inside the box is a piece of paper typed by typewriter "Boat named Canim / McGilvary Lodge / Squamish / October 1935."

Film of Rainbow Lodge cabins in the snow; Sewall Tapley and a small dog walking out of a cabin in the snow; and the PGE with a snow plow. The box for the film has written in Myrtle's handwriting "Winter 1934-5 / PGE snow plow train Jan 29 / Dad and [Mints] Pup" and inside the box is a piece of paper typed by typewriter "Rainbow cabins in the snow / train with snow plow (Jan. 29) / Winter 1934-35)."

Film of a woman on horseback riding in front of Rainbow Lodge, the woman appears to be Jean Tapley; horses in a corral - probably Myrtle's horses at Rainbow Lodge; a woman, possibly Myrtle Philip and an unknown lodge, probably the Flying U Ranch near 70 Mile House, British Columbia.

The box for the film has written in Myrtle's handwriting "Flying U Ranch 1935".

Film of Alex Philip sailing on Alta Lake with two people in the boat, presumably Rainbow Lodge guests. The box for the film has written in Myrtle Philip's handwriting "Alec [sic] and sailboat, Alta Lake, Summer 1935."

Film of a lakeside taken from a boat, presumably Tyax Lake (or Tyaughton Lake as it is otherwise known); two men and two women walking outside and in the grounds of an unknown lodge; scenery and stationary cars on a gravel road and brief footage of two buildings with signs on them reading "Hazel's" and "[B R Meats]". The box for the film has written in Myrtle Philip's handwriting "1934, Tyax Lake in the fall."