La collection inclut des photographies qui représentent différents lieux, territoires et personnes du Nord de l’Ontario, incluant des Autochtones et des colons. Les photographies comprennent des portraits des missionnaires évoluant dans ces communautés et lieux, des églises, des presbytères, des résidences jésuites, et des écoles. Elles offrent un regard colonial sur les rencontres entre colons euro-descendants et les territoires, communautés et personnes autochtones de la Nation Ojibwe.

La collection comprend des photographies de Byng Inglet, Cape Croker, Fort Hope, Fort William, Garden River, Sault-Sainte-Marie, Île Manitoulin et autres communautés autochtones et villages du Nord de l’Ontario.

The fonds relates to Étienne Dufresne, s.j. time at Spanish and Garden River, Ontario. It includes four photographs and a negative depicting Father Dufresne with other Jesuits at Spanish, and invitations and cards pertaining to Father Dufresne’s 1929 Jubilee at Garden River.

This fonds provides information on the history of the Fort William Mission and the surrounding area. It contains historical brochures and diaries about the Fort William Mission. It documents the missionary activities of the region. It also provides an account of Jesuit activities with the Indigenous communities in the area, including marriage licenses, lease agreements, and various contracts.

The fonds contains some correspondence of Nicolas Fremiot, S.J., detailing his activities in the region, as well as other correspondence by Jesuit priests involved in the Northern Ontario missions.

The collection contains records that attest to his religious life, including a souvenir photo card from his first mass and ordination, birth and baptism records, and memorial cards. A number of photographs can be found in the collection which depict a pow wow in Spanish, Ontario in the 1930s along with other images of Father Dwyer with Fathers and Brothers at Spanish, mostly taken in the 1920s. The collection also contains correspondence from the 1930s to 1940s, most of which is between Father Dwyer and the Provincial and concerns missions at Spanish, Wikwemikong, Garden River, and Sault Ste-Marie.