Edwards worked in wildlife management for the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska in 1939 and 1940. His duties included charting bear migrations, taking a census of elk populations, and photographing mountain sheep and goats. The collection consists of the papers, photographs, slides, and motion picture film of Alaska wildlife manager Oliver T. Edwards. The papers include reports, studies, and memoranda on wildlife, fur farms, and fish. The four reels or 39 minutes of 16mm motion picture film depict Alaskan animals including birds, undulates, rodents, bears, marine mammals, and fish.
Footage also includes mountains, glaciers, and other scenery.
The collection contains over 260 color photographic slides of Alaskan animals, plant life, natural scenes, and various Alaska locations and towns. The photographs include over 340 black and white negatives and 64 black and white prints of animals and various primarily natural scenes of Southcentral and Southeast Alaska. The collection was presented to the archives by Olga Edwards, the wife of Oliver T. Edwards, in 1984.