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The collection consists of records of the Anglican Church pertaining to the Athabasca area including synod reports, 1876-1928; historical notes and articles on local churches; correspondence and papers of Bishop Richard Young, correspondence of Bishop Sovereign, minutes of the All Saints Women's Auxiliary 1911-1942 and other local Anglican organizations; and a copy of Marian (Gill) Little's Anglican Church history"The Glorious Company". Names mentioned include Bishop William Day Reeve, Magnus Brown, Jim Cornwall, Leslie Wood, Fred H.Killick, Rev.William Grove White, Rev.Robert Little, Bishop Richard Young, Bishop Sovereign, Rev. A.C.Garrioch, Rev.George Holmes, Rev. Moxhay, Count Alfred Von Hammerstein, Gertrude (Reeve) Bannerman, and Eva Hasell of the Sunday School Caravan Mission. There is also a chapter from the book "A Heroine of the North: memoirs of Charlotte Selina Bompas."

The fonds consists of materials created by the Athabasca Diocese of the Anglican Church between 1934 and 1986. The fonds consists of a Missionary Society Church of England in Canada leaflet on the Athabasca Diocese, a 27 page booklet celebrating the 75th anniversary of The Diocese of Athabaska in 1949, handbills celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Diocese (1974), Thanksgiving Service 1944, the 50th Anniversary of St. Andrews Church (1986), and the retirement dinner for Bishop James Pierce in 1974.

The fonds consists of photographs which include: Oct.22, 1911 auto party in front of the Athabasca Grand Union Hotel; a view of Athabasca from the east hill in 1912; the first air mail flight into Athabasca in Feb. 1931; Strathcona (50th) Street in 1951; the Athabasca Echo newspaper building; an aerial view of Athabasca taken by Bob Preece; the Athabasca bus depot and Athabasca United Church; and views taken from across the river.

The fonds consists of a photograph view of Athabasca as seen from the north side of the river and a postcard view of Skinner Street in 1914. The postcard was sent by Nettie to her daughter Agnes Allen in Galesburg, ILL.

The fonds consists of 3 photographs: Rodger's Chapter School, the spring 1942 class, and Arlene Truman, the teacher. The children came from the Zelman, Sorokoski, Williams and Phipps families.

The fonds consists of photographs of Art Schumacher, Pat Keegan, airplanes, Baptiste Lake, Athabasca United Church, Athabasca Brick School, and views of Athabasca in the 1960s. Erwin Schumacher wrote to the Athabasca Baseball Club in 1933 offering to do airobatic feats for money.

The fonds consists of a brief history of the Apostolic Church of Pentecost in Athabasca as written by Maud Ball. There is also a history of the Blizzard family in Athabasca written by Ruth Blizzard.

The fonds consists of materials created by the Athabasca and District Civil Defence Unit between 1957 and 1973. The fonds consists of minutes of meetings of Athabasca and District Civil Defense Unit, financial statements, correspondence, notes, brochures and general information about civil defense programs. The photograph is of a provincial Civil Defence meeting. Athabasca's representatives are Steve Berezan and Harry Bayliss.

The fonds consists of photographs of the Athabasca Figure Skating Club's annual Krystal Karnival for 1973, 1975-1980,and 1982. The collection also includes photographs of hockey teams, individual players and award presentations for 1926, 1936-1938, 1948, 1961-1983 and 1985-1986.

The fonds consists of excerpts from published books was used for research in the writing of the book "Athabasca Landing: an illustrated history". 1) excerpt from "Buffalo Jones' Forty Years of Adventure" compiled by Colonel Henry Inman, 1899. 2) excerpt from "Northland Echoes" by Doris Neeley Haralson. 3) excerpt from "The Legend of John Hornby" by George Whalley, 1962. 4) excerpt from "Ploughman of the Moon" by Robert W. Service, 1945. 5) excerpt from "Land of the Muskeg" by Somers Somerset, 1895. 6) excerpt from "Fire Canoe, Prairie Steamboat Days Revisited" by Theodore (Ted) Barris, 1977. 7) excerpt from "Grande Prairie: Capital of the Peace" by Isabel Campbell. 8) "Report on an exploration from Port Simpson on the Pacific Coast, to Edmonton on the Saskatchewan" by George M. Dawson, 1879.Geological Survey of Canada. 9) excerpt from "Lands Forlorn" by George A. Douglas, 1914. 10) excerpt from Canadian Pacific Railway Report by Sandford Fleming, 1880.Appendix 6, 13 "The Physical Character of the Prairie Region obtained from authentic sources". 11) excerpt from "A Hatchet Mark in Duplicate" by Rev. A.C.Garrioch. 12) excerpt from "Sport and Travel in the Northland of Canada" by David Hanbury, 1904. 13) excerpt from "The Barren Grounds of Nothern Canada" by Warburton Pike, 1892. 14) excerpt from "Explorations in the Far North" by Frank Russell, 1898. 15) excerpt from" David Thompson's Narrative of his explorations in Western America, 1784-1812". Edited by J.B.Tyrrell, 1916. 16) excerpt from "Tar on the Floats" by Margaret McDougall. References to Art Schumacher and Earl Wright. 17) excerpt from "Son of the North" by Charles Camsell, 1954. 18) excerpt from "In Search of a Polar Continent, 1905-1907" by Alfred H. Harrison. References to Loutit family and Von Hammerstein. 19) excerpt from "The Arctic Prairie" by Ernest Thompson Seton, 1911.