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Hand-written letter and notes requesting and providing information about Edwin Edgar Hall aka Edwin Edmond Love.

A description of finding Indigenous points on a property 12 miles south and east of Athabasca, Alberta at the intersection of TWP 652 and Rng Rd 220 which was originally homesteader in 1908. Ted Pitman picked up arrow heads from a site where an Indigenous sweat lodge was located and there are descriptions of some of the points. The collection of points has been lost. Little Pine Creek runs through the property.

Photocopied historical record, reminiscences, poems and images of the life of Katie Morgan.

Interviews of local seniors were conducted by various people in the Athabasca area: Louis Baron, Irene Boisvert (Seyfried), Helen Brauer (Aloisio), Eileen Chamberlain (Barker), Wilma (Jim) Cooke (Galloway), Judy Edwards (Ryan), Rosie Foster (Gladue), Bob Garton, Jean Golonka (Fowlie), Doug Harper, Myn Hursin (Holowchak), Steve Kamelchuk, Alex Krawec, Nick Kucher, Tony Kuster, Anne Kuzyk (Jorgensen), Katie Kuzyk (Bahry), Bert Lachman, Cecil Lewis (McKelvey), Vera McConaghy (Duval), Doreen Mickelsen (Harper), Rosemary Neaves (Howe), Katherine Nelson (Chilak), Jack and Shirley Nixon (Chick), Mary Olsen (Buxton), Dorothy Overacker (Lennie), LeRoy Overacker, Nick Pacholok, Roxena (Rocky) Patry (Johnston), Norma Robocon (Barrett), Nina Rys (Kapitaniuk), Betty Sale (Knittle), Annemarie Schmittroth (Waha), Irma Semrock (Molzahn), Charles Sequeira, Rita Sequeria (D’Souza), Edith Smiley (Bishell), Bessie Speers (Silverthorn), Ken Stafford, Ann Stiles (Alberts), Alma Swan, Ted Turkawski, Anne Vincent (Pollmann), Harry Waschuk, William Waschuk, Barb Wilkinson (Hargrave), and Albert Wurfel.

To date, 450 unique items specific to the local area, and spanning over a century, have been donated.

Athabasca Archives Athabasca Clay Products collection
• 02.07: Athabasca Clay Products cream and sugar set; goose and bulrushes design. Glass display case in foyer. #153
• 03.13: Athabasca Clay Products canister set; four pieces in gradated sizes, goose and bulrushes design. Donated by Dorothy Nielsen. Upright glass display case #1. #158
• 03.21: Athabasca Clay Products “glass.” Donated by Dorothy Evans. Glass display case in foyer. #159
• 03.21: Athabasca Clay Products jam jar. Donated by Dorothy Evans. Glass display case in foyer. #160
• 03.21: Athabasca Clay Products small vase. Donated by Dorothy Evans. Glass display case in foyer. #161
• 03.24: Athabasca Clay Products heart-shaped ashtray, blue geese and bulrushes design. Donated by Jessie Rollings. Glass display case in foyer. #162
• 05.18: Athabasca Clay Products bowl with lid. Donated by Bessie Speers. Glass display case in foyer. #164
• 05.22: Athabasca Clay Products small ashtray, wild roses design. Donated by Bob Tannas. Glass display case in foyer. #168
• 06.06: Athabasca Clay Products platter, geese and bulrushes design. Glass display case in foyer. Donated by Judy Edwards. #169
• 06.06: Athabasca Clay Products sugar bowl with lid, geese and bulrushes design. Glass display case in foyer. Donated by Judy Edwards. #170
• 06.06: Athabasca Clay Products sugar bowl without lid, geese and bulrushes design. Glass display case in foyer. Donated by Judy Edwards. #171
• 06.06: Athabasca Clay Products cup with handle missing, geese and bulrushes design. Glass display case in foyer. Donated by Judy Edwards. #172
• 06.25: Athabasca Clay Products ashtray with curling figure mounted on it. Glass display case. #174
• 06.44: Athabasca Clay Products egret. Glass display case. #178
• O7.11: Athabasca Clay Products, two long-necked bird figures which balance on the wings. Donated by Harold and Carol Gyte. Glass display case. #182
• 09.22: Athabasca Clay Products two long-necked birds donated by Jean Golonka. Small glass display case in foyer. #195
• 10.33: Athabasca Clay Products, two long-necked egrets donated by Bob Garton. Glass case in foyer. #211
• 11.23: Athabasca Clay Products; #217 green serving bowl with lid, #218 brown wall sconce, #219 and 220 two brown mugs, #221 Brown, square-spout creamer, #222 brown sugar bowl with lid. Donated by Ethel Kondra. Small glass display case. #217 – 222
• 12.25: Athabasca Clay Products vase, 13” tall, vase 9” tall decorated with hand-painted images of First Nations children. Artist was Theresa Rains and her friends got in touch to ask on her behalf for the vases because she was ill with cancer. She wanted to leave the vases to her children. Deaccessioned on March 21, 2019. #232, 233
• 12.25: Athabasca Clay Products ashtray, Lee’s Gift Shop, Ft. McMurray. See Alfred Messerli and Eialen Armfelt’s symbols on the bottom. Glass case in foyer. #234
• 14.07: Athabasca Clay Products vase 14 cm with handles, Greek design by Mary Berezan. Case #3 in foyer. #249
• 14.18: Athabasca Clay Products vase 14 cm tall hand thrown by Alfred Messerli, ACP 1964-1966. Bison design by Eialin Armfelt. Glass case #4. #244
• 14.39: Athabasca Clay Products hand-thrown pot and lid by Alfred Messerli, decorated by Pay Ryan Johnson. Small glass case in foyer. Glass case #4 #257.
• 15.16: Athabasca Clay Products cream pitcher, wild rose design, by M. T. Miloslav Tichy. Glass case #4. #259
• 15.16: Athabasca Clay Products ashtray, black and beige goose design. Stylized “E” for Eialin Armfelt. Bubbling in glaze; probably a second. Location? #260
• 15.20: Athabasca Clay Products small pot, (for toothpicks?) beige with goose design. Glass case #4. #261
• 16.24: Athabasca Clay Products plate, 11” “Town of Athabasca” embossed with steamer. Bottom of glass case #2. #272
• 16.22: Athabasca Clay Products brown/light brown pitcher, 15 cm geese design. Donated by Gina Payzant. #275
• 16.22: Athabasca Clay Products decorative ceramic bowl, 21 cm, dark brown, embossed roses. Glass case #4. #276
• 16.22: Athabasca Clay Products ceramic tree trunk, dark brown. Glass case #4. #277
• 16.22: Athabasca Clay Products hand-thrown vase by Alfred Messerli, south western Indigenous design by Eialin Armfelt. Glass case #4. #278
• 17.09: Athabasca Clay Products coffee set, 8 mugs, coffee pot, cream and sugar; brown with geese design. Donated by Michelle Bauer (Cordell). “Dorothy Lane” display case. #285
• 17.10: Athabasca Clay Products vase, beige with geese design. Donated by Jocelyne Forget. #286
• 17.10: Athabasca Clay Products brown pot with lid, thrown by Alfred Messerli, decorated by Pat Ryan Johnson. Donated by Jocelyn Forget. #287
• 18.02: Poster card “Alberta made Athabasca Quality Pottery,” on top of display case in foyer. #289
• 18.14: Poster card “Alberta made Athabasca Quality Pottery,” on top of display case in foyer. #296 – 302 a and b donated by Greg Burritt. #296
• 18.14: Athabasca Clay Products set of three owls; small, medium and large. #3. #297, 298 and 299
• 18.14: Athabasca Clay Products sugar bowl with lid and creamer, black and blue glaze. #3. #301 and 302 a and b
• 18.15: Athabasca Clay Products two wall scones. Donated by Iris Burritt. On the wall in the foyer. #303 a and b
• 18.15: Athabasca Clay Products “Made in Athabasca,” small ceramic bird, broken and glued. Donated by Iris Burritt. #4. #304
• 18.16: Athabasca Clay Products large ceramic, bent-neck bird, pink and beige glaze, intact. Donated by Eileen Hendy. “Dorothy Lane” case. #305
• 18.16: Athabasca Clay Products medium ceramic straight-neck bird, broken, pink and beige glaze, broken. Donated by Eileen Hendy. “Dorothy Lane” case. #306
• 18.16: Athabasca Clay Products coffee cup, pink and beige glaze, goose design. Donated by Eileen Hendy. #307
• 20.28: Athabasca Clay Products ceramic creamer and sugar bowl purchased from EBay. Donated by Margaret Anderson. #3. #357 a and b
• 21.08: Athabasca Clay Products ceramics, eight small beige, or rust and brown glaze, goose motif, and one wall art piece. Donated by Eileen Hendy. #366 – 373
• 21.15: Athabasca Clay Products ceramics: two yellow plates, pussy willow design; soup bowl, dark brown goose motif; jug, dark brown goose motif; sugar bowl, dark brown goose motif; two small yellow vases, goose motif; yellow egg cup, bull rushes motif; candle holder and insert, dark brown goose motif; jam jar with lid, dark brown goose motif; pot with lid, dark brown goose motif. Donated by Anne Mundy-Markell. In the “Dorothy Lane” display case. #376 – 387

The Magnificent River Rats Festival Society (MRRFS) was formed in 1997 in Athabasca, Alberta to obtain CRA charitable tax status and to apply for grants to host an annual Canada Day event. Society records include financial records from 2000 - 2014, CRA forms, agendas, minutes, correspondence, feasibility studies and grant applications.

Athabasca Archives' reference book collection includes rural school district histories, fur trade and homestead references, Indigenous records, occasional papers, personal stories, NWMP/RCMP stories and records, Alberta histories and records, Canadian histories and records, and local authors.

The fonds consists of 3 photographs of the demolition of an Alberta Wheat Pool elevator in Athabasca on Sept. 20, 1994, 45 photographs taken at the Athabasca Royal Canadian Legion Veteran's Recognition Dinner on May 15, 2005 and 5 photographs taken of Millie Hay (Talpash), her doll collection and Adele Voaklander in 2006. In 2009 Sheila took 3 photos of the demolition of the Alberta Wheat Pool Buffalo B-2000 grain elevator in Boyle, AB.