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The fonds consists of a photograph of Alphonse Senz (1915-1945) who was KIA in Germany, his last letters and death notification; and photographs of five houses in the Parkhurst District : Gosselin, Charles Lynch, the Demonstration Farm, Charles Gahall and Eugene Sale houses. The map is a 1922 contour and trail map of the Parkhurst District Range 21 and 22 W4M. There are also 9 photographs of Parkhurst School taken from c.1917 to 1947 and a photograph of railway ties piled at the siding in Athabasca.

The fonds consists of an oil painting of a house that was located at 4815-51st Street in Athabasca. Jeannette's mother, Adeline, lived here from 1967 to 1974. The house was demolished in 2022.

The fonds consists of photographs including: Albert Draeger's house; Sam Ball's house; the Theo Haggith dairy barn; the James Minns' house; the Davis Bentley house; Athabasca Pottery Club in 1983, 1984 including George Weston, Pennie Hunter, Lillian Bretzlaff, Tami Okimara, Lucien and Rosie Guay, and Verna Guay; the cable cage over the Athabasca River; the Athabasca River in flood June 18, 1944; 1944-45 Athabasca Public School staff: Lilliam Bloom, Irene Buckholz, Alice Donahue, Miss Dodd, Mrs. Emmet, Mrs. McClelland, Mr. Tennyson Nordon, Jessie Rollings; Martin Hitchins, Jenkins Lake, Dr. Joseph Olivier, Hallowe'en party in Stucco School before it was attached to the Brick School, newspaper ads for: Fundy Fox Co., A.C.Bradley's honey, Athabasca Creamery, Phillipy's Store, dance at Winding Trail School, Tutty Lumber Co., C.A.J. Sundby's Wood Yard and Feed Mill, Mme Veronneau's music and language lessons, R.C.Knowlton Jeweler and Optician, Hees and Goupil, G.H.Leng-blacksmith, and Peace River Blacksmith; a copy of the article "The Old Peace River Trail" by Philip H. Godsell; a copy of the March 21, 1930 provincial Unemployment Relief act; the Athabasca Echo newspaper of March 26, 1947 story of the drowning deaths of Wilma Harps and her sister Thelma Donald; the names of the Grosmont post masters from 1912 to 1970; a program for the Vets' Vaudeville Show-May 25, 1931 and a 1962 edition of a booklet "Survey of Athabasca" prepared by the Industrial Development Branch of the Alberta Department of Industry & Development. The audio cassettes contain information on the Bissell family, logging operations and personnel.The artifact is a heart-shaped pottery ashtray, with brown and blue glaze, manufactured by Athabasca Clay Products.

The fonds consists of an oral history of the Wabasca area including George Arnold, Chief Bigstone, Father Desmarais, Adam Gladue, the Grand Rapids, David Grandbois, Peter Grandbois, George Hees, the Hudson's Bay and Revillon Freres companies, Indian Treaty and Halfbreed Scrip Commission, 1899; Frank Lafferty, Norbert Piche, Canon William Grove White (1894-1934), boxing, fishing, freighting, lime industry, and the mission school. Two more cassettes were recorded in the early 1980s with Margaret Logan speaking about early First Nations people living near Baptiste Lake, AB. She mentions her family, Pat Laroque, Sarah LaFleur. origin of name of Baptiste Lake, and the Nipshank family.

The fonds consists of 8 video cassettes filmed by John Stychin in 1985 and 1986 relating to: 19th annual Fish and Game Trophy Night; Athabasca University opening June 15, 1985; 75th Athabasca Anniversary Kick-Off Night Jan. 25, 1986 and RCMP Musical Ride; play "Dirty Work at the Crossroads" April, 1986; Athabasca Agribition and Trade Fair and Athabasca Gun Club Annual Black Powder Shoot, June, 1986; 75th Anniversary Fireworks, Rededication Service of the Athabasca United Church, and 75th Anniversary Supper, Sept. 19, 1986; Christening of the stage coach, Athabasca Firemen's Ball, Edmonton Journal Anniversary Supper, Athabasca Celebration Committee, and Street Parade. There is also a notepad from Stychin Services Ltd.

The fonds consists of one school essay on Amber Valley, AB.

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 fonds consists of catalogues and repair part lists for various agricultural machinery; a sash and door catalogue; several periodicals; photographs of the stagecoach and Athabasca area scenes including: Baptiste Lake Supplies store, dogsledding, snow hover machine with external engine, a truck part way through the ice on the Athabasca River,and Hudson's Bay transport in Athabasca in 1914. There is a photo of the 1934 train wreck at Meanook, AB. There is a poster for the 4th annual Athabasca Fair and Rodeo, Aug. 2-3, c 1965.

The fonds consists of photographs of: Athabasca High School classes (1943), boiler being rolled from Edmonton to Athabasca, John Patrick Crowe, Charles and Antoinette Daigneau, dog team on Litchfield Avenue; First Communion, 1931, at St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church; First Nations women, G.G.Fowler, Archie and Mary Gorman, Ethel Lessard beside "Welcome to Athabasca" sign on Landing Trail, views of the 1929 Lessard house, views of the 1928 Lessard Store, Malcolm McDonald, interior views of the first St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church, Mrs. Scott, scows on the Athabasca River, trucks on the Alaska Highway near Athabasca, and Alma Waite. The textual record is notes on a conversation between Marilyn Mol and Patsy Voaklander (Lessard).

The fonds consists of shares for the Moose Lake and Athabasca Oil Co. Ltd., a comical curling challenge sent by Frank Falconer Sr. to J.P.Evans, and photographs of the following subjects: J.P.Evans, Agnes Evans, Anwyl and Dorothy Evans, [1936-37] and 1937-38 hockey teams, 1926 Boy Scout Camp at Baptiste Lake, scows, tracking, Stopping Creek Bridge, new cenotaph-1932, Dominion Day-1932, Hudson's Bay manager's house, AB Provincial Police/RCMP barracks, Grand Union Hotel, dog team at Parker's Store, Lessard's Store as Provincial Bldg., old Legion bldg, Imperial Bank of Canada, bridges over the Tawatinaw Creek, 1952 opening of bridge over the Athabasca River, and the ferry. The artifacts are examples of pottery made by the Athabasca Clay Products between 1964-1968. Also included is the book "Edmonton, Alberta's Capital", 1914.