The fonds testifies to the Jesuit presence in several communities in Northern Ontario since 1844. The material attests to the work of the Jesuits as missionaries and chaplains in the region of Lake Superior, Sault Ste. Marie, Manitoulin Island, and in the communities along the Canadian Pacific Railway, up until 2015. In addition, the fonds provides information on the Jesuit involvement and interest in setting up schools for the Indigenous children of the region, including the Spanish Residential School, as well as on the history of the region and on the Ojibwemowin language. Documents dating from the 1960s onwards show new reflections within the Jesuit community, leading to a shift in their approach to the work they carried out among Indigenous communities.

The fonds contains diaries and announcement books, personal and historical notes, correspondence, financial statements, annual reports, parish records, Status animarum, baptismal and marriage certificates, church visitors’ books, Jesuits’ vows, insurance policies, meeting minutes, souvenir brochures, programs, legal deeds and agreements, and contracts. It also contains audio reels and cassettes, videocassettes, objects, publications, maps, architectural drawings, photographs, slides, and negatives.

The collection includes biographical information written about Ernest Comte, S.J. in the 1920s, as well as his catalogue page and memorial cards. It also includes original copies of his own writings about his time at Killarney, many correspondences produced by him, an original sermon he authored, accounts of his missions, and transcribed excerpts from several additional letters he wrote. The collection also contains several photograph portraits of Father Comte as well as one negative.

La collection contient de l’information biographique concernant Dominique du Ranquet, s.j., incluant une liste de dates clés. La grande majorité des documents inclus dans la collection offre de l’information sur le temps qu’il a passé au nord de l’Ontario, qui comprend de la correspondance entre père du Ranquet et autres jésuites, et également des échanges entre père du Ranquet et le Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (Washington, D.C.). De plus, la collection contient des documents rédigés en Ojibwe, des coupures de journaux concernant les activités du père du Ranquet et des photocopies de ses journaux intimes. La collection comprend également des portraits du père du Ranquet.

Des dossiers de recherche additionnels sur le père du Ranquet, rédigés vers la fin du 19e siècle jusqu’au tournant du 20e siècle font partie de la collection. Des notes et de la correspondance concernant la mort du père du Ranquet sont également comprises dans la collection.