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La collection comprend des documents associés aux activités des jésuites du Canada en Nouvelle-France. La grande majorité de ces documents sont des transcriptions effectués par Félix Martin, s.j. et les archivistes qui l’ont suivi au Collège Sainte-Marie. Les documents formant la collection témoignent de leur utilisation et création en tant que documents de recherche. Par conséquent, en plus d’offrir de l’information sur les jésuites en Nouvelle-France, la collection est caractérisé par le processus de développement de connaissances sur les jésuites en Nouvelle-France effectué à partir de 1840. Ces transcriptions comprennent de la correspondance de Charles Garnier, s.j. (1605-1649), Paul Raguenau, s.j. (1608-1680), Paul Le Jeune, s.j. (1613-1664), Barthélémy Vimont, s.j. (1594-1667) et autres jésuites présents au Canada au 17e siècle. La collection inclue également des notes biographiques sur les martyres canadiens, sur les missions jésuites en Huronie, y compris des cartes et notes géographiques. La collection comprend aussi des ménologes d’Isaac Jogues, s.j. (1607-1646) Charles Lallement, s.j. (1587-1674), Noël Chabanel, s.j. (1613-1649), Jacques Bonin, s.j. (1617-1659) et Florent Bonnemer, s.j. (1600-1683). De plus, la collection inclue des copies de Relations, de 1634 à 1668.

En plus des notes de recherche et des manuscrits concernant les jésuites de la Nouvelle-France transcrits par les pères jésuites, la collection contient de la correspondance de Félix Martin, s.j. ainsi que ses recherches, et documents compilés, sur Kateri Tekakwitha. Ces documents de père Martin datent de 1848 jusqu’à 1880.

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.