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The collection consists of photographs of the RCMP boat "Athabasca" based in Ganges, B.C. Six Mile Stopping Place on the Athabasca River; SS Northland Echo; loading scows; aerial view of Athabasca [1970s]; newspaper photographs of James Harris Wood, William Rennison, Isaie Gagnon, Louis Fosseneuve, and Hon. Justice R. Boyle; men at a tie camp (Paul Berkey, Mr. Koster, Mr. Jameson, Eugene Sale, Ole Strome, Joe Laflamme); 1937-38 Athabasca Boy Scout troop (Ralph Noddings, Bill Calder, Ken Cocke, John Birks, Allen Fell, Fred Meadows, Bob Garton, Frank Falconer, Dale Nelson, Jim Service, Budge Jones, Frank Bergeron, Verne Lewis, -- Webb, Alec Bergeron, Donald King, Reg Bayliss); Half Moon Lake School, 1936 (Josie Kunbah, Josie Kordyban, Alexandra Smerychinski, Marian Kowalski, Katie Kordyban, Maria Kordyban, Rosy Dowhaniuk, Stephanie Kushak, Olga Komarniski, Antonnette Komarniski, Maggie Shapka, Annie Kushak, Helen Zayezierski, Josie Gerla); Revillon Brothers Store, farm implement-reaper and horses, Terence John Shank, Elmer Norman Shank, Demonstration Farm barns and house (Experimental Farm barns), Leon Soudet farm, view of Athabasca from Century Villa condominiums dated Sept. 28, 1996; 1985 Tourist Information Booth volunteers (Hazel Rein, Pearl Baker, May Webb, Steve Wasel, Joe Bortnick, Alice Donahue, Charlie Senz, Dot Evans, Laura Green, and Muriel Senz); Chris and Lyandra Elkjer; the Athabasca train station in Nov. 1912, team driver is James A. Minns who was killed during WWI. Four postcards have been added which include an aerial photo of the town, a view from the bridge of the town lights, a painting by Larry Zornes and local citizens forming the number 99 in 2010 as they look forward to the 100th anniversary in 2011. There are two postcards published by the Northern Transportation Company :whitefish from Lesser Slave Lake and a homestead on Lesser Slave Lake, a ferry at Athabasca Landing, and two photos of William and Wilhelmina (Becker) Koerner. Perryvale Central School 1947 - 49. Dog team below the bridge. View of Athabasca from the east, 1990. 95.24: Six photographs donated by Doug Kariel of the historic mail run from Athabasca to Edmonton in February, 1995 to commemorate Edmonton's Bicentennial in 1995; photos #13633-13638. 96.42: Two postcards donated by Keith Randon, Leicestershire, Eng. of Athabasca Victoria Day celebrations, May 25, 1914, of the Athabasca Town Band and a larger view of the celebrations on Litchfield Street (50th Avenue) including the new Grand Union Hotel; photo s #14183 and 14184. Photos 18664 and 18665 donated by Jody Howells which show her father and uncle threshing in Saskatchewan c.1910; 21.07, Ted Langton-Adams slides # 20496–20622; 21-11, Athabasca fire at old Home Hardware building August 11, 2021, images # 20623–20678. 13.27: Two binders of photographs of the Grosmont Community Club Garden Walk, 1998 and 2005; the images are not numbered.

The accession includes: tax receipts for NW 18-68-21-W4, carbon copy of ASD No. 42 Regular Monthly Meeting notes for August 14, 1952, correspondence for the Farmers' Union of Alberta, 1956 - 1957, United Farmers of Alberta share certificates and dividend statements, correspondence concerning rural electrification, and a carbon copy of County of Athabasca member purchases, 1963.

The fonds consists of information about Dokeville School; 2 maps of the land owners in Dokeville School District from 1930s-1940s and 2010; names of homesteaders in that area; 3 poems by Cecil Turton; and numerous farm related booklets: Plows and Plowing, Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, U of A, 1923; Wooded Soils and their Management, Dept. of Soils, U of A, 1948; DeLaval Cream Separators No.10; Farm Workshop Guide, pub. by The Country Guide, 6th ed. Goodyear Farm Handbook; Dr. George W. Bell's First Aid for Sick Animals; Fallout on the Farm, Canada. Dept. of Agriculture, 1961; Alberta Wheat Pool list of members and nomination paper, 1966, sub-district 701; and Report of the Legislative Committee on rural education, 1935. An addition to this fonds includes five calendars: Mike's Store, Athabasca 1979, 2004, 2007: Shaw's One Stop Food Market, Athabasca, 1971, and Tom Pryma & Sons, Texaco, Athabasca, 1989.

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.

Includes: farming, machinery, rural electrification, Shaw's Locker Plane, school bus system, roads, fish from Calling Lake and school boards.

Fonds consists of eight farm account books which record financial details of livestock, vehicle purchase, repair and maintenance, purchases, farm worker information, expenses and receipts. Fonds also includes a promotional pamphlet, "Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of common diseases of live stock" by George W. Bell, D.V.D., V.S.

The fonds consists of materials created by the Athabasca and District Agricultural Association between 1914 and 1921 including the 1914 prize list and the 1915 memorandum of association. It also includes correspondence, minutes ,membership and prize lists, and financial statements of the Athabasca District Agricultural Society for the years listed above; as well as material on the Farmer's Market and Frosty Frolics(1982-1985). Two blueprints pertain to the Athabasca Recreation Complex, 1971, and two blueprints are of Athabasca and District Agricultural Society Recreational Park concept plans, 1989. Other subjects in this fonds include: John and Laura Keith, Teresa Jane McFetrich, Peggy McLeod(Tann), Dan and Dorothy Popeniuk, Frank Kowalchuk, Annie Kowalchuk, Nick and Mary Zilinski, and Floyd and Marion Kostyk. There are four photos of the Thunderin' Hooves 4-H Horse Club including years 2009-10 and 2013-14. 2009 Agm materials; agenda, minutes, financials, correspondence, membership and also certificates, photos usage agreements and fees.

The fonds consists of Dokeville School Board minutes for 1914-1937; school district cash book for 1915, 1925-1936; assessment and tax rolls for Dokeville School District 1928-1933; daily registers for 1934-35, 1935-36, 1936-37; Department of Education School Act books for 1916, 1927; and a service record book for a bull sent by the Dominion Live Stock Branch to improve herd quality, 1921.

The fonds consists of 5 books and 2 pamphlets relating to Dominion Experimental Farms, the Minister of Agriculture's Report of 1912 plus the appendix, swine and sheep industry, and papers presented to the Standing Committee of the Senate on Agriculture and Forestry, and Agriculture and Colonization.

The fonds consists of photographs of people and events including: 2000 Trans Canada Trail Relay; 2000 Agricultural Parade; receipts for car purchases from Hunter Motors Ltd. and articles concerning national and local issues in the United Church of Canada, 1980-1991. The photographs include: Robert Berrea, Dave Chatters (MP), Lionel and Tannia Cherniwchan, Jacques Jean, Paddy Jordan, Ron Opmeer (Rev), Garold and Barbara Toews, 2003 Foodgrains Bank harvest, Athabasca clay pits, Jake Burritt residence decorated for Christmas 2003, Amber Valley Community Potluck Sept.2004, and West Athabasca School "A Taste of Athabasca" Apr.2005. There are 51 photographs of Athabasca Pottery Discovery Day, June 21, 2009 which include photographs of Conrad Biernacki, program manager, and Brian Musselwhite, assistant curator, Royal Ontario Museum; Cathy Roy and Lucie Heins, Royal Alberta Museum; Carrie-Ann Lunde, Alberta Museums Association; Alfred Messerli, potter; Andreas Bayer, Honorary Consul for Switzerland; Marilyn Mol, Athabasca Archives; Gene and Gail Sabo, Terry (Knittle) Rains, Bob and Carole Tannas, Ed Pohranychny, Dorothy Nielsen, and Rosie Guay as well as audience members.