The series contains records that document the Spanish Residential School buildings and property. It contains sketches, floor plans and descriptions of the property, as well as records pertaining to the construction of the buildings. It also contains the St. Peter Claver School Farm Memo Book. The series also contains photographs created by Fr. William Maurice, S.J. and other unknown photographers of the various buildings at the Spanish site, such as the schools, the chapel, and the mill. It also contains photographs of the surrounding area: the river, the hill and the rocky shore. The series also contains, to a lesser extent, photographs of empty classrooms and the dormitory.
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.
Mission Cape CrockerThe 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.
Devine, Edward J.This series contains certificates and notes about the military service of Julien Paquin, S.J. during the First World War. It also includes three medals belonging to Father Paquin.
The series provides information on religious activities at the St. Regis Mission. It includes liturgical work, catechisms, prayer cards and sermons.
The series provides information on Kateri Tekakwitha. It contains booklets on the beatification of Kateri Tekakwitha, bulletins, newspaper clippings, books, illustrated booklets, periodicals, notebooks, typescripts about the life of Kateri Tekakwitha. It also includes prayer cards and postcards illustrating Kateri, in addition to photographs of the Kateri Center in Ahkwesáhsne, photographs of the bust of Kateri, medals and a plaque at the effigy of Kateri Tekakwitha.