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The collection contains original correspondence written by Jean-François Chambon, S.J. in the 1890s, as well as an 1884 typed account of Father Chambon’s time at Garden River addressed to the Superior. The collection also includes lumber receipts and other lists of materials, as well as photocopies of biographical material pertaining to Father Chambon.

Une copie abrégée du père Étienne de Carheil, Radices Huronicae, inclut des mots de racines huronnes des première, troisième, quatrième et cinquième conjugaisons. Pierre potier, s.j. a ajouté ses propres notations et additions, dans une écriture similaire. La liste des racines verbales a été conçu dans l’objectif de servir comme un manuel et comme ressource pour les missionnaires huron-wendat, avec des dérivés et des exemples.

Le fonds témoigne principalement des activités professionnelles de Maurice Buist, s.j., à titre de professeur et de directeur l’Observatoire de sismologie et de météorologie du Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. On retrouve entre autres des cahiers de théorie, des tapuscrits de conférences, des travaux de recherche, des demandes de subventions, des mémoires et des rapports, des prix remis par le Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf pour témoigner du travail de père Buist. S’y trouve également une grande quantité de correspondance technique (entre autres avec Ernesto Gherzi, s.j. qui a travaillé au Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf avec Buist), un inventaire du matériel de l’Observatoire et de sa valeur et des factures d’achats d’instruments scientifiques. Le fonds comprends aussi des dossiers et des photographies concernant des éclipses de soleil.

De plus, le fonds contient des documents personnels tels : visas, certificat de baptême, passeports, image souvenir de son ordination, triduum, notes de voyage, documents concernant les revenus et les pensions, documents médicaux. Il contient également des manuels d’écriture de père Buist en tant qu’élève et des notes prises en cours d’histoire.

Le fonds contient aussi des documents de nature spirituelle : des sermons, un manuel sur les retraites d’orientation, des notes tapuscrites et manuscrites de retraites. Finalement, on retrouve des images de la résidence de vacances des jésuites à Barkmere (autour de 1930) et quelques documents en lien avec des adoptions : des carnets d’adoption (notes manuscrites sur les « adoptants » et les « adoptés »), de la correspondance à propos d’adoption et des photographies et des négatifs en lien avec des adoptions.

Le manuscrit est un dictionnaire de la langue Miami-Illinois avec des parties en français. Il contient 674 pages dont 96 sont vierges.

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.

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.

The fonds includes records pertaining to Brother Vandermoor’s religious life including transcribed prayers and prayer cards as well as a spiritual notebook. Receipts and correspondence, particularly with the residential school in Spanish, Ontario, as well as vehicle motor repair certifications and correspondence about the mechanics class Brother Vandermoor oversaw at Spanish are also included in the fonds.

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