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The photographs show the chancel of St. Peter's Cathedral including the rood screen and the altar. The screen was apparently designed by William Critchlow Harris while he was an apprentice to the architect David Stirling at the office of Stirling Dewar in Halifax. There are chairs at the edge of the photo which dates the picture to prior to 1926.Photograph B is slightly cropped and doesn't show the chairs.

The photograph shows the St. Peter's Cathedral choir dressed in robes and standing in front of the altar. The choir members in the photograph include: George Vessey, Paul Kays, Allan MacLean, Alan Reesor, Rob Parker, Jim MacDougall, Carl Mathis, Marjorie Vessey, Rosemary Mathis, Paula Connolly, Peggy Stewart, Dianne Outhouse, Sandy Carson, Lynda Jay, Pauline MacArthur, Gloria Jay, Ruth Sommers, and Rosemary Ghiz.

There are two photographs of similar images, showing St. Peter's Cathedral Choir standing in the choir stalls. In the back row are, from left to right: Babs Fitzgerald, George Vessey, Peter Davies, Al Breedon, Art MacLean, Harry Shama, Peter Kays, Robert Acorn, and Paul Kays. In the middle row are, from left to right: Canon Davies [rector], Mrs. Annie Birt, Alice [Dickson] Fraser, Joan Korrey, Janet Korrey, Carol Anne Michael, Anne Davies, Gladys [Kays] Dirani, and Marjorie [MacPherson] Vessey. In the front row, from left to right, are: Suzanne Brenton [organist], Norice Weatherby, Wendy Armstrong, Carol Foster, and Zoe Hyndman.
Photos A and B are identical. C has positional differences.

The file consists of 44 prints of clergymen, women, other men associated with St. Peter's Cathedral Church, and interior and exterior images of churches in England. Many of these images appear to be "cartes-de-visite," a type of small photograph, often the same size as a visiting card, which was traded among friends and visitors, particularly in the 1860s. People would collect cards and put them into containers or albums and put them on display.

The anniversary planning and events series consists of documents created or brought together by St. Peter's Cathedral Church to celebrate the church's various anniversaries, including its 50th, 75th, 100th, 125th, and 150th. The series includes publications, video productions, photographs, posters, and related promotional items generated to support the anniversary events, along with news items about the anniversaries. Note that 150th anniversary records were added in 2020 and need to be reviewed after 2020 in the event that other anniversary planning records come to the archives.

The series consists of minutes, agendas, notes, and financial documents associated with St. Peter's Cathedral Church's annual meetings. The documents are as follows:

(1) Congregational Meetings, 29 March 1875-18 January 1925 -- 33 x 20 x 3 cm bound book with loose pages and pages pasted in, LOCATION: SPCA BOX O/S 10 Item 2
(2) St. Peter's Annual Meeting, 1925-1963 -- 33 x 20 x 3 cm bund book with handwritten, typed, and printed pages, including some pages inserted with tape or glue, LOCATION: SPCA BOX O/S 7 Item 1
(3) Annual Meeting 1969, 3 February 1969, 0.25 cm of minutes, financial statement, and report of nominating committee, LOCATION: SPCA BOX 48 File 1
(4) Annual Meeting 1973, 18 February 1973, 0.25 cm of minutes and agenda, LOCATION: SPCA BOX 48 File 2
(5) Annual Meeting 1977, 30 January 1977, 0.25 cm of minutes, LOCATION: SPCA Box 48, File 3.

The series consists of master copies and additional copies of published annual reports for St. Peter's Cathedral Church. The series of reports is complete.

The annual reports were formatted differently over the years. In the 19th century, reports were published as small self-inclusive booklets. Then they were published as part of the St. Peter's Parish Monthly Magazine for a few years before returning to booklet form. In 1994, individual reports from committees and groups were consolidated into a document, usually with a cover page, which served as the annual report but which also included the minutes of the previous year's annual meeting along with an agenda for the current year's annual meeting.

The Church Camps archives series consists of records related to Camp Kingston, from 1983 to 1997, including financial records, correspondence, reports, agendas, minutes, leaflets, notes, application documents, inspection records, and lists of campers. There is specific documentation in 1993 about the closure of Camp Kingston owing to environmental and structural problems. Also in the series is documentation about a camp at Oak Acres, from 1982, and a binder of children's liturgies used at Camp Kingston.

The series of records related to the management of St. Peter's cemetery and to research about the cemetery include original 19th-century documents about cemetery management, including: a petition to consecrate the cemetery, 1871; a letter from William Welsh to Rev. George Wright Hodgson re the mortgage for church land, 1871; a conveyance between William H. Lord (and wife Susannah Lord) to Rev. G. W. Hodgson for church land, 1871; confirmation of the consecration of cemetery land, 1871; and rules for St. Peter's Graveyard, 1890. Also in the series are correspondence, notes, and financial statements about the cemetery from 1895 to 1957, from 1962 to 2007, and from 2010-2012. Also included is research documentation compiled by archives volunteer Mike Smitherman from 2011, including copies of records from the Provincial Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island.

Charity returns records are submitted by the church to the Canada Revenue Agency annually, in compliance with the Income Tax Act, in order to verify the church's status as a charitable agency. Final documents are retained by the church as archival evidence. The charity returns files are as follows:
(1) 1995 (0.25 cm)
(2) 1999-2004 (2 cm)
(3) 2005-2010 (1 cm)
(4) 2011-2014 (1 cm)