Item is a panorama of the 15th Alberta Light Horse, 2nd Camp Detail in Sarcee, Alberta. The regiment is in military uniforms and hats posing for a photograph. There are four standing rows, one seated on chairs, and eight soldiers are seated cross legged on the ground. Robert Thompson stands in the third row from the bottom and fifteen from the left. The title of the panorama is written in white and centred beneath the regiment. The photographer's name is also written in white and placed to the far right underneath the seated soldiers.

Item is a print photograph of Robert Thompson handing his commission report directly into the hands of Emperor Haile Selassie who stands behind his desk in his office. Selassie is in military dress while Thompson wears a suit and tie. On Selassie's desk and cabinet against the window are framed photos. Behind Selassie is a carved stone hearth.

Item is a print photograph of Robert Thompson with Prince Makonnen and Princesses Sarah and Ruth and US naval officers standing on the steps near the centre door of Memorial Hall, part of Bancroft Hall within the US Naval Academy. Individuals left to right: (back row) Commander [Brundle], individual for U.S. State Department, Princess Ruth Gizaw, Annapolis Naval Officer, and Mr. [Tessumna], 1st Secretary, Ethiopian Embassy, and Robert Thompson; (front row) Princess Ruth Gizaw, Prince Makonnen, and H.E. Ras Imru Ethiopia Ambassador to USA.

Item is a print photograph of Robert Thompson standing next to Prince Makonnen of Ethiopia (Duke of Harar) at an unidentified location. In the background there is a gate with posts raising above.

Item is a print photograph of Emperor Haile Selassie standing outside the Sheshamane Leprosarium. On the far left with their back turned to the camera is Robert Thompson who extends their right hand to Empress Menen Asfaw. Behind the Emperor to the right is an unidentified Ethiopian military official. The is and unidentified man holding a camera that stands with their back against the building. Emperor Haile Selassie is in military uniform with a pith helmut.

Photograph of faculty member Terry Norr with Ralph Reynolds, Canadian Ambassador to Ethiopia.

Photograph of the reception following the dedication of the Robert N. Thompson Building; Robert N. Thompson and Kenneth Davis are at either end of the table, and R. Neil Snider is near the middle, next to Lieutenant Governor Robert Rogers.

Photograph of Neil Snider and Lieutenant-Governor Robert Rogers, who is at the right, being escorted to the dedication of the Robert N. Thompson Building, by kilted pipers; Mak Thompson is at the front left in the regalia of the 78th Fraser Highlanders.

Photograph of President R. Neil Snider and the Lieutenant Governor presenting the Trinity Coat of Arms in chapel. [Note that the “grant of arms” made by Lord Lyon of the Royal College of Arms, in England, was received by Trinity on the 10th of December, 1986. His Honour, Mr. Robert G. Rogers, Lieutenant Governor of BC, representing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, presented TWU’s official Coat of Arms to President Snider and the University community on February 25, 1987, during Founders' Week]

Photograph of R. Neil Snider and the Lieutenant Governor presenting the Trinity Coat of Arms in chapel. [Note that the “grant of arms” made by Lord Lyon of the Royal College of Arms, in England, was received by Trinity on the 10th of December, 1986. His Honour, Mr. Robert G. Rogers, Lieutenant Governor of BC, representing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, presented TWU’s official Coat of Arms to President Snider and the University community on February 25, 1987, during Founders' Week]