Le fonds documente les activités de la Mission Saint-François-Xavier à Kahnawà:ke, ainsi que les relations entre les missionnaires catholiques et personnes Kanien’kehá:ka dans les communautés situées près du Fleuve Saint-Laurent. Les prêtres à Kahnawà:ke ont produit, regroupés et conservés les documents faisant partie du fonds. Le matériel inclut de la correspondance personnelle et professionnelle, des livres, manuscrits, documents financiers et légaux, du matériel de recherche et éducatif sur les Kanien’kehá:ka et autres communautés autochtones. Le matériel compris dans le fond documente et ont été produits en association avec les activités de l’église de la Mission Saint-François-Xavier et sa communauté. Des documents qui concernent Kateri Tekakwitha et des moments importants de la mission, comme la béatification de Kateri Tekakwitha et les célébrations du centenaire de l’église font partie du fonds.

Le fonds inclut des photographies de missionnaires catholiques dans la communité et dans des réunions provinciales. Il contient également des photographies de la communauté de Kahnawà:ke et autres photographies de visiteurs.euses, des images d’églises et de reliques religieuses et iconographiques. Des portraits, des représentations visuelles de la culture de différentes Premières nations et du matériel concernant Kateri Tekakwitha et l’église de la mission sont également incluent dans le fonds.

Des enregistrements sonores font partie du fonds, incluant des disques vinyles du Iroquois Mixed Choir. Du matériel cartographique représente Sault-Saint-Louis et ses environs. Des publications incluent des livres rédigés par des prêtres jésuites qui concernent Kateri Tekakwitha, des dictionnaires et autres matériel de langues autochtones, des livres de catéchisme et de musique et des publications concernant l’histoire de la région.

The Arthur E. Jones, S.J. fonds reflects Father Jones personal life and his roles as historian, researcher, editor, and writer during his tenure as archivist at the Archives du Collège Sainte-Marie in Montreal from 1882 to 1918. The fund, dating from 1853 to 1918, consists largely of textual documents, including correspondence, postcards, memorabilia, clippings, bound writings, diplomas, publications, and other related printed material. Arthur E. Jones’s personal records encompass his religious education during his novitiate in Angers, France, including his personal passport, devotion vows, and letters to his mother Lucy Catherine Macdonell. They also include records such as his priesthood ordination certificate, travel permits provided by members of the Jesuits, and letters attesting to his affiliation with various associations. The fonds also contains biographical notes on Arthur E. Jones’s obituary written by F. Melançon, funeral arrangements for him at the Gesù Church in 1918 and letters pertaining to genealogical research on his family.

In addition, the fonds documents Father Jones’s active involvement in supplying documentation and publications on the Jesuits Estates Act, as well as debates between 1888 and 1889. Correspondence to Father Jones from Reuben Gold Thwaites and the Burrows publishers confirm his contribution to the publication of the Jesuits Relations and Allied Documents. Other records within the fonds relate to Father Jones’s inquiries, transcriptions, documentation and publications about the history of the Jesuits in New France and during the suppression of the Society of Jesus. The fonds also includes ephemera and certificates related to the Jesuit exhibit prepared by Arthur E. Jones for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. Finally, the fonds comprises documents such as letters, copies, fieldwork journals, notes and other records reflecting his studies on the Jesuit missions among the Huron-Wendat nation, as well as the sites of the Jesuit martyrs which served for his publication in the 1902 Annual Archaeological Report. The fonds also contains material related to the research, publication, and reception of his work, “8endake Ehen or Old Huronia” in 1908-1909. An unpublished manuscript written by Arthur E. Jones, S.J. on the Wyandots is also included.

Various materials scattered throughout Arthur E. Jones’s fonds include photographs, blueprints, maps, technical and artistic drawings, sketches, and Father Jones’s personal objects, along with four printing plates. Photographs depict Arthur E. Jones’s portraits taken at different moments in his life, including those of his LLD graduation ceremony at the University of Toronto in 1913. Other photos are related to Arthur E. Jones’s family portraits, landscapes sites, as well as one photo of Father Jones’s life as a professor at St. Francis Xavier College in New York, between 1874 and 1875. Arthur E. Jones’s drawings showcase his artistic skills developed during his lifetime.

The fonds documents the activities of the St. Regis Mission in Ahkwesáhsne, and the relations and encounters of Jesuit priests with Kanien’kehá:ka people in the region. It contains records created, collected, and accumulated by the Jesuits in Ahkwesáhsne. The records include correspondence, books and manuscripts, pamphlets and booklets, dictionaries and lexicons, financial documents, newspaper clippings, and bulletins and records on the St. Regis church and community life. It includes photographs of Jesuit priests involved in the community and photographs of the St. Regis church. The fonds also includes Kanien’kehá:ka family photographs. The records range from 1806 to 1984.

The fonds is organized into the following six series:

Grammars, dictionaries, and lexicons
St. Regis Mission church and community life
Church’s sermons, prayers, and catechisms
Kateri Tekakwitha
Correspondence, manuscripts, and journals
Financial and administrative records