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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 includes a history of the Byrtus family, Charlie Gora, Paul Kowulok, Immigration Hall, farming, Archie Gorman, Wellington (Bill) Findlay, Abner Hingley, and other neighbours.

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Ernst Feuereisen of Pelican Portage and dating from 1922 to [1977]. The fonds consists of trapping and hunting licenses, part of a 1922 map of Alberta,and photographs of scenes, people and places on the Athabasca River including Upper Wells. Some of the people are: Ernst Feuereisen, Joe Siemoni, Mr.Jones, Frank and George Senz, Gordon and Jim Carruthers, Henry Goegler (1884-1955), Joe Larson, Hans Birkigt, John and George Pederson, Bruno and Elsie Goetsch, Joe Laflamme, Ed Gambler, Rose Gambler, Kurt George (Dick) Naumann (1901-1978) and ? Kosloff. There is a photo of Ernst on the ship Thuringia out of Hamburg.

The fonds consists of receipts for business transactions conducted by Eugene Sale and a settlement of the estate of his mother, Theodorine. There is also a Farmer's Pocket Ledger compliments of Athabaska Feed Co. 1930-1932 that was used for keeping household accounts.

The fonds consists of photographs of Athabasca citizens and scenes; the program for the second annual bonspiel of the Athabasca Curling Club; the prize list for the Athabasca and District Agricultural Association, 1918; the programme for the opening of Athabasca Public School in Feb., 1914; the deed of sale of Mr. Falconer's share of Athabasca Funeral Supply Co.to Harvey Cull in 1919; a mallet used for caulking scows; an Indian bead work moccasin and glove. Some of the subjects in the photographs include: Athabasca Curling Club [1912], SS Fort McMurray, Athabasca Canadian Northern train station, ferry on Athabasca River, view of Strathcona Street [1911] and [1940s], Athabasca Hospital 1922-1952, men lined up to purchase Hudson's Bay and CNR lots in 1911, Pelican Portage, Falconer Hardware Store on Skinner Street just after the fire of 1913, Northern News building [1911], Louis Menard's field of fall wheat, laying of corner stone for new public school in 1913, and a photo of Frank L. Falconer. A 1961 interview of Frank and Catherine Falconer discusses: agriculture, Blacks, coal mining, curling, Joseph Daigneau, J.P.Evans, freighting, government, Grand Trunk Railroad, Hudson's Bay Co., immigration hall, J.H.Kennedy, Klondike Gold Rush, Scotty MacKay, Sterling McKinley, scows, sports, Ukrainians, Robert Vance, Sr., James Wood,and Tom Wood,

The fonds consists of a bound manuscript published in 1998 entitled Index of Death Notices from Athabasca Newspapers 1909-1959.

The fonds consists of Evelyn's school certificates for 1911, 1914; her Normal School diploma of 1919; Forest's auctioneer license, 19128; 1929 granting of a second homestead application to Forest Day and a 1952 superintendent's report for Evelyn Day. The photograph is of Evelyn Day.

The fonds consists of letters from Fred Smith to his nephew Bert Soare, from Captain Holt's party to the Soare family regarding Fred's death, from the NWMP to the Soare family and from another nephew, Davis Burlinson, to his cousin, Bert Soare.

The fonds consists of the following subject headings: Doug Anderson family, Harry Anderson family, Jake Benton, Chapin family, The Collegians Orchestra, Crackle family, Bob Gilmore, Mrs. Greer, Alvah Hays, Mrs. Rebecca Heacock, Dorothy Hershberger, Joe McCoy, Giles Oakes, Walter and Eunice Oakes, Ilah Peterson, H.G.Shaw, Stocks store and post office, Percy Taylor and Art Vaugeois. There is also a brief family history.

The fonds consists of a 1905-1907 business ledger; 8 photographs including: two storey original Grand Union Hotel, 2 Gagnon houses, Isaie and Charlie Gagnon, and Dr. Boulanger; the first six chapters, epilogue and appendices of the book "One Hundred Years in the Athabasca Country, a story and a memory of the Isaie (Ike) Gagnon family"; photocopies of 1903-1911 land transactions in Athabasca Landing. In 2011 a three page article on the Isaie Gagnon family was written by grandson George Marrinier.