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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 An unpublished manuscript written by Arthur E. Jones, S.J. on the Wyandots is also included.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.

This fonds provides information on the history of the St. Mary’s Parish in Cape Croker, and on the Waubaushene St. John’s Parish. It contains diaries of the Cape Croker Mission, from 1902 to 1943, in addition to correspondence and announcements pertaining to the Waubaushene St. John’s Parish. It also contains financial records about the Waubaushene community.

The fonds includes graphic material and photographic records on the Waubaushene St. John’s church, before and after the fire of 1914. It also includes photographs of Edward J. Devine, S. J.’s visit to the area in the early 1920s. In addition, the fonds comprises maps and plans of the First Shrine to Canadian Martyrs as well as a map of the Cape Croker mission circa 1930.

The fonds contains records pertaining to the spiritual life of Daniel Hannin, S.J. As a lifelong advocate for adult education in Indigenous communities, Father Hannin’s fonds includes several bound essays and theses on the topic. It also includes correspondence between Father Hannin and religious and academic colleagues. Brochures and newsletters from the Anishinabe Spiritual Centre, Campion College, and other groups and institutions demonstrate Father Hannin’s involvement in both spiritual and educational life wherever he went. Finally, a number of photos depict Father Hannin over the course of his life, from earlier graduation portraits to celebrations with friends later in life.

The fonds documents the activities of Father Devine, particularly in relation to his publications and his activities within the Society of Jesus. The fonds primarily reflects Father Devine’s interest and work concerning the history of Jesuit interactions with Indigenous communities, including the interactions Saint-Marie-among-the-Hurons and research about the Jesuit Martyrs of Canada.. This includes his correspondence related to the Martyrs’ Shrine, as well as publications such as The Jesuit Martyrs of Canada and material about Kahnawà:ke and Kateri Tekakwitha. Father Devine’s lectures, articles, typescripts, brochures, and other historical writing related to these subjects (some of which were intended for a proposed menology) are well represented in the fonds.

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.

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

The fonds documents the involvement of the Jesuits at the Church of Our Lady in Guelph, Ontario, as well as the Jesuit missions for Catholic residents of the region. The fonds mainly includes information detailing the history, activities, and development of the Church of Our Lady, the Catholic communities in Guelph, and the Jesuits who worked there. It contains correspondence, unpublished essays, newspaper clippings, cemetery records, publications, architectural plans, pamphlets, postcards, and photographs.

This fonds provides information, including publications, on the history of Manitoulin Island, Wikwemikong, and other communities of Northern Ontario. Furthermore, it provides an account of the erection of the Jesuit Holy Cross Mission at Wikwemikong. It documents the activities of the parish of Holy Cross via administrative and financial records, and marriage and baptism records of members of the community. In addition, the fonds provides information on the Wikwemikong schools administered by the Jesuits.

The fonds contains correspondence and notes of Jesuit priests, including diaries, concerning the activities of the Wikwemikong parish, and of other northern Jesuit missions. Accordingly, the fonds contains records on the Gore Bay parish, Killarney, Batchewana, Little Current, Killarney, Spanish River, and Lake Huron North Shore missions, among others. Moreover, the fonds includes documents on the celebration of the Holy Cross Mission, and on the church at Wikwemikong. The fonds also contains photographs that document the different northern missions, as well as photographs of church buildings and parishes’ communities.

The fonds contains documents pertaining to his religious life including his baptism certificate, a Latin letter from Father Dufresne confirming his ordination, photocopies of mission dates and information, an Upper Canada Province newsletter featuring him, and prayer cards. Additionally, the fonds contains a number of photograph portraits of Father Howitt at various missions, many which feature Indigenous community members, and one negative. A number of correspondence can also be found in the fonds, most of which was produced from the 1920s to 1940s at Spanish, Ontario, as well as Cape Croker, Port Arthur, and Nipigon, and which reports on his mission work.