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The fonds consists of photographs of: agricultural machinery, Athabasca Landing Trail, Athabasca River (6 Mile Point), baseball, Joseph Blanchard family, Canadian Northern Railways, Colinton School (grades 1&2, 1955-56), Edmonton Fair grain exhibit, Forest W. Day, Day and Jones Realty Co., dolls, ferries, freighting, Frank Goodwin, Grand Union Hotel, Guenette family, harvesting, Doug and Millie Hay and 1980 award, Imperial Bank of Canada, James Milne, James Minns, Katherine (O'Brien) Flynn, Keyes School (1927), Kinnoull Museum, Mitchell Brothers Band, Harold and Muriel Puylaert, Revillon Brothers , sawmill engine on boat on river, scows, William Foster Smith, steam-engines, Tawatinaw School in [1912], WWI, Charles Joseph Rayner Whiteley, William Eusby Whiteley. There is also a 1918 certificate of land title for George Wilber Chase of Rodino, AB, and 2 scenic split bamboo scrolls that once had calendars attached advertising Colinton Lumber Company. A 23-page booklet photographed and published by Charles W. Mathers in 1901, entitled "A Souvenir from the North",is included in this fonds as well as a large drawing of the Devil's Canyon Gold Mine, dug by the Guenette family in 1918, near Colinton, AB. and Lily Band's 1935 Woman's Auxiliary card for St. Andrew's Anglican Church. The collection also includes a 1905 general catalogue for the John M. Smyth Co. in Chicago, material regarding the 1980 Alberta Acghievement Award given to the Hays, Trail North invitations, antique valentines, a history of St. Andrew's Anglican Church in Colinton, a WW11 Red Cross work book listing items made to send overseas, and a poem entitled "Flour Sack Underwear." There is a scrapbook of Colinton School, 1944-45, with photos and stories.

The fonds consists of photographs of : Athabasca River ferry in 1906, Athabasca River flood in April, 1904; scow building, Mrs. Gullion, Mr.H.Mullins with a baby in a cradleboard, and views of Athabasca Landing in 1904 and 1913.

The fonds consists of the following topics: Lawrence Rye, moving reindeer by train, building Highway 2 in 1925, aboriginal pilgrimage to Lac St. Anne, Perryvale (Lewiston) , Lewiston School, Miss Howlett, wild game, Sandy Creek, Athabasca Landing Trail, Rein family, scows, grain elevators and medical doctors.

The fonds consists of genealogical charts, clippings from Athabasca newspapers, and a Hudson's Bay Company service record. One photograph shows an elderly Magnus Brown, the other is a photograph of Magnus' grandson, George Magnus Wright (1910-1976).

Includes information on farming and dairies. There are several memory pages with stories about: a badger, the ice house and the yoo-hoo phone. There are two pages taken from the St.Paul history book about Freda Gosselin teaching at Many Lakes School. The Hauzenberger family story is written about in this book, also.

The fonds consists of a Sept. 15-16, 1916 exhibitors ticket for the Athabasca & District Agricultural Association Ltd. 1924 tax notice for M.D. of Cartier, No.637; and an invitation to meet Prime Minister Baldwin. Also included are items belonging to Rayner's father, William Eusby Whiteley: a 1910 Overseas Club membership booklet and a business card advertising W.E.Whiteley Builders' and Plasterers' Sand, Perryvale Sand Pit. The photographs are of Rayner in 1908 and of his house being moved 3 miles east of Colinton.

The fonds consists of some of Jack Appleby's poetry; some is in his hand writing. The photographs are of the Athabasca ski jump hill taken about 1949. "Literary Works of Ted Appleby, " April 1951 includes poetry, essays and short stories; an assignment for teacher Janet Martin who taught in Athabasca in the 1940s.

The collection consists of nine books in the Athabasca Archives reference library that contain information on Black settlement, Amber Valley, and families who settled there. The collection includes a video tape: "We Remember Amber Valley," by Selwyn Jacobs

Four interviews were conducted in 1977 as part of a social studies project. Nine interviews were conducted in April,1992 by an English 20 class. Thirteen people were interviewed by eleven students regarding their arrival in Athabasca, their careers, their values and retirement. Interviewees include: Todd Richards, Hugo Carlson, Jettie Willey (Day), James (Jim) Appleby, Mary Donald (Miller), John Guay, Stefani Baldwin (Staszewski), Ted Matijohn, Annette Weinrich, Pearl Matijohn (Solomon), Anna Eherer (Kroneder), Nellie Onyschuk (Dac), and William Doerkson.

The fonds consists of information on: John Berg, Mr. Biault, Donald Booth, Floyd Calvert, Herb Calvert, Mark Ferguson, Russell Fodchuk, Steve Fodchuk, Gosselin family, Gullion family, Kinikinik Post Office, Kostiw family, Russell Kostyk, Lac La Biche Trail, Lessard's house, Mr. MacDonald, Overacker family, Rennison family, Amber Ross, Bill Ross; Frank, George,Matt and Tim Sauer; Jimmy Service, Al Sharp's blacksmith shop, Charles Shoubridge, Sgt. Herbert Thorne, Dr. Andrew Turnbull, Scott Willey, homesteading, income, machinery, roads-East Hill, and Athabasca. The textual records consist of genealogical information on the Lennie and Anderson families of Fort Edmonton. Mentioned are school districts MacKenzie School No.234 and Summer School No.1668.