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The fonds consists of the diary of Constance Jukes Sanders kept from August 27, 1910 to April 6, 1911. There is both a hand written and a typed copy of the diary. Mentioned in the diary are the Bannerman family, Captain Charles Barber, Ruth Barber, Mrs. Blackwell, Captain Bowker, Mr. Box, Sofie Brazeau, Osburne Brown, James Cornwall, Mr. Cote, Mrs. Cull, Egge's Stopping House, Mrs. Falkner, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Fraser, Mrs. Gauthier, Mrs. Greer, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Hautin, Holmes girls, Mr. Jackson, Setty Johnstone, Mrs. Keith, Miss Lang, Mr. Liss, Mrs. McDonnell, Judge McGuire, Ethel McKernan, Irene McKinley, Mrs. McKinnan, Mathilda McLeod, Mr. Martingale, Mrs. Mills, Dr. Milne, Cecil Milne's wedding to Ted Herbert, Miss Osler, Patry's Stopping House, Mr. Pearson, Mrs. Pollett, Mrs. Rennison, Archdeacon and Mrs. Robins, Anne Robinson, Mr. Royds, Mrs. Sawle and Bonny, Mr. Selby, Sgt. Shurer, Mr. Smith, Mr. Stanton, Miss Waghorn, Mr. and Mrs. Walker, Mr. Waugh, Rev. Mr. White, Rayner Whiteley, Rev. Mr. Winch, Mrs. James Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Wood, Lewis Wood, and Nell Young. Activities described include church attendance, a boating trip, dances, tennis, cards, house work, horseback riding,and a trip to England to visit Jukes relatives.

The fonds consists of photographs of the following subjects: bachelor's house in 1902, Ella A. Baldwin, Cecilia Bell, Baptist Church gathering, berry picking, boxing, breaking prairie sod, Christopher Carruthers, a church building, cook house and mess tent, Edmonton on July 1, Excelsior School, garden, hay wagon pulled by oxen, interior of a house, Jasper Avenue, Jessie Russell McKitrick, Jessie's house near Namao, Methodist church meeting, Norwood School, oat field in 1901, Presbyterian church meeting, raft building, threshing, Timney's herd, and Wilson's Bridge over the Sturgeon River.

The fonds consists of photographs with the following subject headings: Mrs. Alchorn, Clifford Bell, Herman Bieber, Hans Birkigt, Rita Birkigt, Walter Bruchhausen, Ernst Feuereisen, furs, Joe Gill, Earl Kay, Charlie Linders, Fred Meyer, Kurt George (Dick) Naumann (1901-1978), Old Trading Post store, trucking, and Paul Wickers. Rita Birkigt lists the names of other trappers, and mink and fox ranchers, in a seven page article. Other material includes correspondence with Monica Cardinal, Clifford House, May McIntosh, and C.B.Olson; tax receipts and fur licenses, and an article about Rita published in the Jan.1, 1987 edition of Western People, a supplement to The Western Producer. There is a financial statement for the Athabasca Curling Club for the year ending April, 1970. Rita also handled funeral expenses and dispersement of property for Ernst Feuereisen, Abraham Funk and Adeline Logan. The artifact is a snuff can opener.

The fonds consists of administrative materials created by the Athabasca Chapter of the IODE and includes minutes, correspondence, and financial statements from 1940 to 1949.

The fonds consists of 54 photographs which include subjects: northern river transportation and steamboats (SS Athabasca River, SS Slave River, SS Fort McMurray, SS Nipawin, Grahame, SS MacKenzie River, SS Wrigley II, SS Distributor and the D.A.Thomas), transporting a steam boiler on the Athabasca Landing Trail, then on scows and finally portaging overland to Fort Smith; George Lewis family, Captain Charles D.A.Barber, Captain Haight, J.Bird, P.Patmore, Wm.Hay, A.F.Fugl, J.Irvine, J.Sutherland, W.Johnson, Marion (Gill) Little, George Mills, Colin Fraser, B.Herschel, Hubert Thorne, Mr. McSwiney, Walter Mackie, E.G.Royds, N.Wilson, Mr. Ross, J.I.Case, Mr.and Mrs.Hayward; Mr. and Mrs.E.J.Gordean and sons Isadore and Jack; Dr. John Howard W.Moore (dentist), I.D.M.Latta and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Depew, J.D.Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lavell, Cecile Juneau, Miss Sinclair, Edith Haight, RNWMP Sgt. Arthur Howard Llewellyn Mellor and wife Mary (Fraser), members of Captain Mills family and their house on Skinner Street, Strathcona Street in Athabasca on Dominion Day, 1913; reindeer (at Boiler Rapids), tracking, curling, First Nation camp at Calling River; and Big Cascade, McDermot's Rock and Grand Rapids on the Athabasca River. There is also the text of a speech made by Louisa (Camsell) Mills in 1948 to the Historical Society of Edmonton recounting her early days at Fort Simpson, a 1959 newspaper article about Julian Mills, captain of the Northern Transportation Company tug Radium Prospector on Lake Athabasca, and the 1914 program for the entertainment held in the Star Theatre to officially open the Athabasca Public School (now known as the Brick School). Photographs of the school board members are in the program. The audio cassette was recorded at the Athabasca Archives in August, 1995 in a discussion between Violet Aldridge, Marilyn Mol and Bob Tannas and includes talk of the boats Captain Mills built and captained, the funeral of the "Lost Patrol" at Fort McPherson, friends in Athabasca Landing and schooling.

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 photographs of : Athabasca views [1914], Louisa Barker (Brown), Margaret Brown, Grand Union Hotel poolroom (before 1913 fire), and Anne Hardman (Wright). Included are 3 Christmas letters written to family friend Teresa Schulte: 2 from Louisa Barker and 1 from Annie Hardman.

The fonds consists of general travel information on the rivers and rapids of the north and mentions tracking and the names of various members of Klondike parties. Mattie kept a daily diary from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1899 describing domestic chores, people whom she met, weather, living conditions and expenses. The members are mentioned for each of the following parties: the New Hampshire Party, Philadelphia Party, Halifax Party, French Party and Down the Peel Party. Others mentioned are the Yukon Valley Party, Mr. Butterfield's Party, Mr. Potts Party, the Chicago Party, Camsells, Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Reeve (Anglican Bishop's wife), Nagle trader Boniface Lafferty, Mr. Dunworth, Professor Bell of the Geologic Survey in Ottawa, the McKinley Barren Land Company, and the Pelican gas well.

The fonds consists of materials created by the Meanook Women's Institute between 1942 and 1983 and consists of minutes, financial records, guest books, brochures and copies of the newsletter: Home & Country.

The fonds consists of the mission statement; 1990-1991 schedule of activities; membership lists; minutes; correspondence ; newspaper clippings; and May 1990 presentation to the Board of Education.