The series contains records that document student affairs and community life at the Spanish Residential School. It contains records that document student life and academic life, such as school schedules, calendars, enrollment numbers, students’ grades, assignments, student diaries and graduation programs. It also contains photocopies of newspaper clippings about the Spanish Residential School, as well as copies of the school newspaper “The Wigwam,” and the school journal “The Club Star.”
The series also contains photographs that document various aspects of student life, both at school and in the community. Photographs of students playing sports, especially hockey and football, make up a significant portion of the series. Photographs also depict extracurricular activities such as theatre performances, celebrations such as weddings, religious processions and ceremonies, holiday events, graduations, student portraits, visits from politicians, and other social and cultural activities at the school and in the Spanish, Ontario, region.
The series contains photographs created by the students at the Spanish Residential Schools and Fr. William Maurice, S.J. The photographs were developed in an amateur photography laboratory started by Maurice. Students took photographs and were responsible for developing and printing them. Maurice kept the negatives and some prints. The photographs in the series, taken by the students, represent their perspective on school community life and activities. The photographs, all taken outdoors, depict the residential school’s students, especially the girls at St. Joseph’s.
This series testify to the presence of Julien Paquin, S.J in different missions, in particular in Northern Ontario, in Killarney, Spanish, and Port-Arthur, and of his involvement in the Jesuit Mission Academy.
This series provide information on the administration of the St. Regis Mission. It consists of financial records, such as invoices, expenses accounts, and financial reports. In addition, the series contains insurance policies.
The series testifies to the relationships maintained by the Jesuit community with external persons and organizations in the context of their missions and ministries in Northern Ontario. Mainly composed of correspondence, the series provides information about the relations between the Jesuits and private companies, departments of the Crown, the United States and the Canadian governments, as well as with Indigenous communities, parishioners, and other Catholic organizations. A significant part of the series is made up of correspondence with the bishops of Peterborough, Sault Ste. Marie, Hearst, Hamilton, and Thunder Bay, and bears witness to the extent of the partnerships maintained between the Jesuits and secular dioceses in the management of parishes.
The series is divided into two series: Parish Communications; and Relations with External Persons and Organizations. It contains parish bulletins for Armstrong, Fort William, Garden Village, Pays Plans, St. Andrew’s, and St. Anne’s, in addition to correspondence and photographs of bishops.
The series attests to the data collection and research activities carried out by some Jesuits concerning, among other things, the history of Northern Ontario’s territories, populations, and the Jesuit presence.
The series is divided into two sub-series: Historical Notes, Publications and Testimonies; and the William Maurice, S.J. Historical Collection. It contains historical and bibliographical notes, publications, work documents, manuscripts and drafts, testimonies, and an album composed of press clippings and photographs. The William Maurice, S.J. Historical Collection is composed of correspondence, photographs of a map that he created for the 150th anniversary of the Jesuit presence in the region of present-day Thunder Bay, photocopies of sacramental register from 1848 to 1999, historical references, master indexes, and genealogical tables.
The fonds contains correspondence from the 1870s and 1880s written by Pierre Hamel, S.J. mostly addressed to other Jesuits at Immaculée-Conception in Montreal. Two photograph portraits of Father Hamel, a small hand-painted booklet dedicated to Father Hamel from a school, and an official 1887 Jesuit document (written in Latin) can also be found in the fonds.
Hamel, Pierre