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The fonds contains records relating to the religious life of Michael Karhaienton Jacobs, S.J., and demonstrate the pertinence of his Kanien’kehá:ka heritage. As the first Kanien’kehá:ka Jesuit, Father Jacobs’ fonds contains a number of records relating to events, speeches, and celebrations that highlight his unique position. His ground-breaking 1934 ordination at the Saint-François-Xavier Mission is illustrated through many photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondences. Similarly, his widely celebrated 50th Jubilee is marked by a number of newspaper clippings, press releases, invitations, and photographs.

His interest in research and education is demonstrated through a series of research notes, essays and talks pertaining to the roots of the Kanien’kéha language, the history of the Onondaga Nation, and the story of Kateri Tekakwitha; records pertaining to the local high school including class lists and educational catalogues can also be found in the fonds.

A number of drafts, correspondences, and newspaper clippings document the process by which Father Jacobs worked to research, design, install, and commemorate a “liberty bell” at St. Regis. The erection of a number of other statues and plaques are the subject of many of the records in the fonds including newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondences. Father Jacobs’ involvement in the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville, New York, is represented in the fonds through correspondence, photographs, and leaflets; his membership in a number of societies, including Knights of Columbus, is demonstrated through group photos, receipts, and event invitations and bulletins. Additionally, personal documents, including extensive documentation around his ironworker brother, Thomas Jacobs, and family correspondence pertaining to personal and estate matters can also be found in the fonds.

Finally, several objects in the fonds mark Jacobs’ role in his community: gold model lacrosse sticks illustrate his attempt to revive sports in St. Regis; a series of multicoloured feathers refer back to his Kanien’kehá:ka identity, and a number of crucifixes speak to his religious dedication.

This series offers responses to questions concerning the Collège Saint-Boniface, in Winnipeg.

The series consists of grammars, dictionaries, and lexicons in Kanien’kéha, French, and English. It includes annotated lexicons in Kanien’kéha, religious scriptures translated into Kanien’kéha, French-Kanien’kéha dictionaries, English-Kanien’kéha dictionaries, language exercises and compositions, and notes on basic Kanien’kéha vocabulary. This series includes published materials as well as unpublished manuscripts, lexicons, and notes.

The series consists of documents on the mission’s life and activities as well broader Catholic Church activities and information. It includes press and magazine clippings; newsletters, booklets, bulletins, and typescripts on the parish activities and on the region; individual and group portraits of people involved in the mission; registers of baptisms, marriages, and deaths; an engraving of Jesuit priests; correspondence, press clippings, and photographs on sports and music activities at the mission; and documents pertaining to the building of the St. Regis church.

The series provides information on Jesuit communication networks and activities in regards to the St. Regis Mission and overall Jesuit presence in North America. The series consists of correspondence between Jesuit priests concerning social, cultural, and religious activities at St. Regis and beyond. Letters and typescripts form the majority of the series, but manuscripts, diaries, and journals testifying to the Jesuit presence in the Ahkwesáhsne region are also part of the series.