The album primarily concerns activities associated with the Hirst-Chichagof Mine in Kimshan Cove on Chichagof Island, where Mr. Biggs was employed. The images include scenics of the surrounding area and Turner Lake, mine workers and other individuals, reconstruction of the mine, and 3 photographs of Governor Parks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the federal building in Juneau. The album includes photographs of William Biggs, Frank J. Speckert, D.J. Williams, Mrs. D.J. Williams, Brian Harland, Bob Ellis, and C.F. Lane.

Other Hirst-Chichagof Mine collections include: PCA 161, PCA 239 Oversized, MS 141.

Nash's Expeditious Measurer, or, The merchant and seaman's expeditions measurer*, belonging to Biggs, was added in 2004.

*The merchant and seaman's expeditions measurer : containing a set of tables, which show at one view the solid contents of all kinds of packages and casks, according to their several lengths, breadths, and depths : also, rules for determining the contents of all sorts of casks, in wine and beer measure. Stereotype ed., corr. New York : Unz & Co., [18--]

Added to this collection was a large collection of Biggs family photographs. There are two boxes containing two photo albums, hundreds of black and white photographs sleeved in Mylar and some color photos. The images span from the 1800s to the 1980s. There are photographs of many other Juneau, Alaska, families, especially children, such as Messerschmidt and Shaw. At this time there is no inventory of photographs.