This series consists of records that document the management functions of the Oblates in the course of the work performed throughout OMI Lacombe in the west. The records consist of administrative and operational correspondence with Oblate administrators at various levels, including Rome and with the various missions and parishes the Oblates served, and also with the Catholic Church and with external organizations. The series also includes correspondence files with the administrators of other provinces, the administrators of various Catholic bodies, with religious organizations of men and women, and with the administration of institutions run by the Oblates, including Indian Residential Schools and the federal government. Administrative records also include those related to Oblate vocational work and clergy formation as well as records pertaining to the establishment of missions, schools, orphanages, hospitals and the operation of chapels and churches in various communities.

This sub-series includes the publications of the Oblate administration. The records consist of directories at the local, provincial and international level, training material and agendas, presentations, historical presentation maps and displays, publications and promotional material written by Oblates and/or laity on various topics such as Oblates and their history and Francophones.

This sub-series consists of administrative records of the Provincial of OMI Lacombe Canada, in dealing with administrators of dioceses, archdioceses, vicariates and other bodies. The records in this sub-series consist of correspondence and memoranda with numerous dioceses and secular organizations, as well as loan agreements or contracts with the Musée Héritage, Provincial Museum of Alberta (PMA), Mackenzie Diocese, and the Sisters of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. There are inventory lists of returned, transferred and/or appraised artifacts from the Faculté St-Jean, Royal Alberta Museum (RAM), Inuit people, Fort Smith Northern Life Museum, Centre Vital Grandin, St. Paul’s Province and St. Mary’s Province. Furthermore, there are requests from the RAM and publications such as the Museletter from Musée Héritage, brochures, training sessions, year-end reports, proposals, thank you letters, and school tour correspondence from the St. Albert tour guides as well as storyline texts, cataloguing procedures for historical items, proposals from the Centre Vital Grandin. The records also contain historical notes about St. Joseph’s Basilica, St. Albert’s 100th and its 125th anniversary, St. Albert Parish, Lac La Biche and its 75th anniversary, and the Mackenzie Diocese regarding ordination liturgies, reflections, articles, newsletters, and Polish oblates.

This sub-series consists of records of Oblate dealings with Oblate Associates and the Oblate Associates Commission within Grandin Province, now OMI Lacombe Canada. There are also proposals, mission statements, reflection journals, minutes, miscellaneous records and correspondence.

This sub-series contains a broad range of administrative records related to the running of the provincial office and subjects of direct concern to the administration of OMI Lacombe Canada.

These records relate to the reorganization of Grandin Province, and to the creation of OMI Lacombe Canada, as well as. committee closures, groundbreaking ceremonies, the Justice & Peace Committee, transfer of members, corporations, agreements, residential schools, lists of Oblates, relationships with the apostolic vicariate, OMI policies, the Oblate Parish Mission Team, sermons, publications, scrapbooks, manuals, financial records, articles, reports, the Local Community Council, and Oblate histories.

There are also photographs of various places, events and individuals, including Vital Grandin Centre, Foyer Lacombe and its opening, obituaries, retirements, volunteers, and Christmas parties.

The series consists of financial records that document all financial transactions completed, directly or indirectly by the Oblates in the course of the work performed for OMI Lacombe Canada. The records includes correspondence on Parkland Industrial Park, Indigo Springs Equities Inc. and Classic Motifs Ltd. and a financial review and year-end report for Grandin Province.

This sub-series includes a financial review and year-end report for Grandin Province.

This series contains the personnel files and records belonging to or created by Oblates, other religious persona, laity as well as unsuccessful candidates of the Oblate order. Created as part of the administrative function of the office of the Provincial, these records are human resource management files and are primarily administrative in nature. The files in this series include those managed at the Foyer Lacombe in St Albert, and include the records for Oblates who had some responsibility within OMI Lacombe and its predecessor organizations.

Individual files vary; the personnel records often consist of evaluations, biographical notes, reports and scholarly returns, ordination and service history, and correspondence with the Provincial. While primarily administrative, the records can include material of interest to the individual Oblate. These files may also include obediences, farewell tributes, funeral cards, journals, address books, research papers, stories related to life in parishes and missions, photograph albums, certificates, newspaper and magazine articles, newsletters, artwork, and manuscripts.

The series contains records pertaining to the Oblates’ specific involvement with the First Nations, directly or indirectly. The series includes mining records on the Dog Rib First Nation, a DVD about the Lubicon land claim and photocopies of photographs from a Williams Lake residential school photo album. It also includes Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) project records, articles, books, transcripts and workshops on the culture of Indigenous peoples, specifically the Inuit and Blackfoot, and Indigenous languages such as Anishinâbe, Ojibway, Syllabics, and Kitchitwa Miteh.

This series includes records created or acquired in the course of the administration of institutions established or maintained by the Oblates in OMI Lacombe Canada. A direct tool and means to propagate the Catholic faith, the Oblates created or ran these institutions to help evangelize various communities, both secular and religious. The series consists of digital versatile discs documenting various Oblate retreats and related events, including the Brother Anthony local retreat.

This sub-series consists of digital versatile discs documenting various Oblate retreats and related events, including the Brother Anthony local retreat.

This series contains digital photographs of Oblates in British Columbia, the Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church in Hobbema [Maskwacis], AB and member photographs of the Brother Anthony Local Council.

The series consists of recordings created in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories and beyond the geographical limits of OMI Lacombe Canada such as Quebec and British Columbia. The records consist of documentaries of Indian Residential Schools (IRS) in Quebec, and of Dunbow Residential School in Alberta, on the Inuit, and on Oblate parishes and missions and the 100th anniversary mass in Maillardville in British Columbia.

The series consists of geographical, geological or topological published maps collected by the Oblates. The records include digitized maps on DVD of Canadian dioceses in 1947.

In the course of their administrative work, the Oblates created, acquired and made use of published resources. This series consists of published monographs and periodicals on the subject of the Oblates, the Anglican and the Roman Catholic Church, its missions, and the indigenous population of western Canada. Records were created by Oblates and non-Oblates.

This sub-series includes monographs on the subjects of St. Mary’s Province, St. Michel’s Parish, Sacred Heart Parish, Nicola Valley Missions, St. Paul Indian Catholic Church, and Indian Residential Schools (IRS) such as the Roman Catholic Indian Residential School of Holy Angels in Fort Chipewyan, AB, St. Martin’s in Desmarais, AB, Wabasca in Desmarais, AB, St. Bruno’s in Joussard, AB. Monographs also relate to the indigenous population of western Canada specifically the Métis, Plains Cree and Blackfoot as well as the Inuvialuit region. Also, included are index cards of a Codex Historicus for Aklavik, NWT.

This sub-series includes scans of the Missions de la congrégration between the years of 1862 to 1914.

This series relates largely to the administration of parishes, missions and other localities in Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories. The records in this series vary according to each mission and parish, but can include codices historici which are daily journals written by the Oblates about the parishes and missions and its surrounding communities, libri animarum which are records of families, histories of given names and families, dates of births and deaths, marriages accumulated by Oblates, correspondence with the Provincial or the Bursar, correspondence with the local diocese, financial reports and accounts, list of personnel, histories of the parish, newsletters, church bulletins, diaries, press clippings and scrapbooks.

Community material can include brochures, censuses, interviews, records of church construction, press clippings, maps, advertisements, articles, local planning or committee records, presentations, newsletters, genealogy records, project files, video recordings of events, and anniversary celebration material specific to the locale.

The series also includes images of local activities, including sports, bands, students and schools, high school graduations, landscapes, lakes, churches, missions, buildings, individuals, and groups.

In addition, there are Lac St. Anne pilgrimage records such as board meetings, transfer of lands, minutes, agendas, reports, bylaws, board manuals, covenants, audits, financial records, business plans, insurances, emergency plans, video recordings, confirmations, sacraments of the sick, schedules, programs, histories, newsletters, legal titles, articles, displays, media projects, booklets, cemeteries, properties, prayers, fundraising, posters, and the way of the cross.

The records pertain to the following locations: Alexander Reserve, AB, Assumption, AB, Athabasca, AB, Atikameg, AB, Bankhead, AB, Barhead, AB, Beaver Lake, AB, Beaver Lodge, AB, Black Lake, NWT, Blood Reserve, AB, Bonnyville, AB, Boyle, AB, Burnside River, NWT, Cadotte Lake, AB, Calling Lake, AB, Cambridge Bay, NU, Clyde, AB, Cold Lake, AB, Colville Lake, NWT, Cranbrook, BC, Dease Bay, NWT, Deline, NWT, Delmas, SK, Donnelly, AB, Eagleham, AB, Edmonton, AB, Eleske, AB, Enoch Reserve, AB, Fairview, AB, Falher, AB, Fishing Lake, AB, Fort Chipewyan, AB, Fort Fitzgerald, AB, Fort Good Hope, NWT, Fort Kent, AB, Fort McMurray, AB, Fort McPherson, NWT, Fort Norman, NWT, Fort Providence, NWT, Fort Rae, NWT, Fort Resolution, NWT, Fort Simpson, NWT, Fort Smith, NWT, Fort Vermilion, AB, Fort Wrigley, NWT, Fox Lake, AB, Garden River, AB, Girouxville, AB, Grande Cache, AB, Granum AB, Gurneyville, AB, Guy, AB, Hay River, NWT, High Level, AB, High Prairie, AB, Hinton, AB, Hobbema [Maskwacis], AB, Holman Island, NWT, Indian Cabins, AB, Inuvik, NWT, Jasper, AB, Jean Côté, AB, Jean D’Or, AB, Jean Marie River, NWT, Joussard, AB, Kamloops, BC, Keg River, AB, Lac Dumay, AB, Lac La Biche, AB, Lac La Nonne, AB, Lac Ste-Anne, AB, Lafond, AB, Lamoureux, AB, Legal, AB, LeGoff, AB, Little Red River, AB, Maillardville, BC, Mallaig, AB, Marie-Reine, AB, Marten River, AB, McLennan, AB, Meander River, AB, Mearns, AB, Medicine Hat, AB, Merritt, BC, Morinville, AB, Mundare, AB, Muskeg Lake, SK, Nahami Butte, NWT, Nampa, AB, Norman Wells, NWT, Nose Creek, AB, Paddle Prairie, AB, Peace River, AB, Picardville, AB, Plamondon, AB, Pleasant View, AB, Radway, AB, Rae Lakes, NWT, Rainbow Valley, NWT, Red Deer, AB, Rivière-Qui-Barre, AB, Rocky Mountain House, AB, Rycroft, AB, Saddle Lake, AB, St. Albert, AB, St-Augustin, AB, St-Bernard, AB, St. Edouard, AB, St-Isidore, AB, St. Joachim, AB, St. Michael, AB, St-Paul, AB, St. Peter, AB, St. René Parish, AB, St. Vincent, AB, Sandy Lake, AB, Sarcee Reserve, AB, Sexsmith, AB, Skaro, AB, Slave Lake, AB, Smith, AB, Snowdrift, NWT, Spirit River, AB, Steen River, AB, Stoney Plain, AB, Sturgeon Lake, AB, Tangent, AB, Trappers Lake, NWT, Trout Lake, AB, Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Uranium City, SK, Vegreville, AB, Vermilion, AB, Villeneuve, AB, Vimy, AB, Wabamun, AB, Wabasca, AB, Westlock, AB, Wetaskiwin, AB, Whitefish Lake, AB, William’s Lake, BC, Wostok, AB, and Yellowknife, NWT.

The series contains records of a personal nature, belonging to, created, or acquired by individual Oblates over the course of their careers in Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the Arctic. The series also includes the personal records of lay people. The records were in the possession of the Oblate administration during the Lacombe Canada period and may include personal papers of Oblates who served in predecessor organizations.

This sub-series consists of material created by and collected by individual Oblates over the course of their careers, and can include sermons, notebooks, journals, research materials on First Nations peoples and languages, on local flora and fauna, publications, records of interest to an Oblate, presentations made, indigenous and Indian Residential School related educational materials and research, articles, correspondence, contracts, and various histories on the Oblates and related religious organizations such as the Grey Nuns, the Sisters of Providence, and Soeurs Oblates de Béthanie.

The papers also include letters to family, family photographs, images of vacations, and memoirs of various families. The series also includes photographs of various Oblates in their working and their personal lives, of buildings, towns and surrounding areas, missions and institutions, including Indian Residential Schools, and people, families and also events such as baptisms, weddings and funerals held at the various missions.

These communities include: Alexandria Reserve, BC, Alexis Lake, BC, Alkali Lake, BC, Anahim, BC, Calgary, AB, Canoe Creek, BC, Chilko Lake, BC, Duck Lake, SK, Lac St. Anne, AB, Lejac, BC, Nemiah Valley, BC, Toosey, BC, Vancouver, BC, and William’s Lake, BC.

The Laity sub-series consists of correspondence and memoirs of various families collected or created by non-Oblates. These memoirs include correspondence, photographs, histories and publications.

The sous-fonds as a whole includes the administrative and the operational records of Grandin Province and its predecessor bodies in western and northern Canada, from both the civil corporation and the canonical entity. It consists of administrative, financial, personnel, personal, parish and mission and institutional records, as well as those relating to First Nations and indigenous affairs. The records include textual and published material, photographs and negatives, sound, film and video recordings, cartographic material, architectural drawings and plans.

This series consists of records that document the management functions of the Oblates in the course of the work performed by the Provincial Administration throughout Grandin Province. The records consist of administrative and operational correspondence with Oblate administrators at various levels, including Rome and with the various missions and parishes the Oblates served, and also with the Catholic Church and with external organizations. The series also includes correspondence files with the administrators of other provinces, the administrators of various Catholic bodies, with religious organizations of men and women, and with the administration of institutions run by the Oblates, including Indian Residential Schools and the federal government. Administrative records also include those related to Oblate vocational work and clergy formation as well as records pertaining to the establishment of missions, schools, orphanages, hospitals and the operation of chapels and churches in various communities.

This sub-series consists of correspondence between the Oblate Congregation in Grandin Province and the Superior General, whose role was to set and enforce the rules of the Congregation. The records deal with the relationships between the Provincials and the Superior General on the administration of the Congregation. The matters include those controlled by the administration in Rome, and the impact on the General Chapter.

This sub-series consists of correspondence of a general nature between the Provincial of Grandin Province and Oblates, other clergy and staff on various issues and matters of relevance to the administration of the Province. The records include those concerning administrative and financial issues, the placement of priests, the relationship between clergy and lay people, expenses, indigenous affairs and Oblate work with the communities and the federal government.

This sub-series consists of publications of the Oblate administration related to the administrative structure at a provincial and world-wide level. The publications include Oblate personnel directories from various Oblate provinces and the Catholic Church, Grandin Province bulletins and various memoirs, and reports and manuscripts related to the Oblates of Grandin Province.

This sub-series consists of administrative records created and acquired by the Provincial of Grandin Province to support dealings with bishops, vicars and communities of religious women, and those administrators of dioceses, archdioceses, vicariates and other bodies. The records in this sub-series consist of correspondence, articles, clippings and historical resources, circulars and memoranda on spiritual and theological issues, business matters and concerns in the communities related to education, finances and individuals.

The topics of the records vary according to the bodies involved, but specifically, the records deal with some common themes, including administrative concerns and pastoral duties, diocesan and ecclesiastical affairs, archives and museum work in the province, the administration of the missions and work in other provinces, residential schools and the parishes, as well as the day to day administrative work of these bodies and their interactions with the Oblates.

The sub-series consists of records pertaining to various institutions and organizations the provincial administration in Grandin Province either established, administered or were involved with in some capacity, either directly or indirectly in the course of its business. These include records either directly related to the administration of the subordinate institutions, or material acquired in the course of business. The records relate to various educational and community institutions, specifically the Juniorat/Collège Saint-Jean, Indian Residential Schools, Collège Notre-Dame de la Paix, Catholic Bible College, as well as Placid Place.

Records of the Oblate-founded Collège Saint-Jean, include miscellaneous administrative and commemorate files of Collège Saint-Jean and its predecessor, the Juniorat Saint-Jean, in Edmonton, Alberta, as well as images and photograph albums related to the Collège.

The sub-series also includes administrative records related to the now-defunct Collège Notre-Dame de la Paix, in Falher, Alberta, such as correspondence, files on Collège benefactors and personnel, as well as numerous images of the Collège.

The Catholic Bible College was an institution established in Canmore, Alberta in the 1980s, and the sub-series includes records related to its operations, such as images, photo albums and scrapbooks, steering committee records and property lease contracts and other related material.

The sub-series also includes reports, bulletins and correspondence of the Missionary Association of Mary Immaculate, an incorporated group of lay Oblates and friends and family that partner with the Congregation in serving the poor. In addition, there is correspondence, agreements, handbooks and codici historici from Placid Place, a complex of apartments for retired Oblates in Edmonton, Alberta. The apartment building was purchased by the Oblates in 1984 to support Foyer Grandin and provide a level of health care and service to retiring clergy from Alberta and the north. It also served as a guesthouse for clergy visiting the Edmonton area.

This sub-series consists of administrative records created or acquired by the Oblates in dealing with various publishing companies or in the course of the administration of its publishing companies in Grandin Province.

The publishing companies allowed for access to the various Francophone communities served by the Congregation. The records include administrative correspondence related to the personnel, operation, sales and maintenance of Compagnie la Bonne Presse limitée, Imprimerie Canadienne, the La Survivance building and Le Franco-Albertain.

This sub-series specifically contains records related to dealings with the Western Canadian Publishers, which was originally known as the Canadian Publishing Company. It was responsible for publishing the Western Canada Weekly, founded by German Oblates in 1907 as well as other papers. In 1925 financial difficulties pushed the Oblates to purchase the property and equipment and reconstructed the company as Canadian Publishers Ltd. The records include texts and publishing files, bylaws, correspondence, contracts, agreements, annual reports, administrative council records, executive committee records, distribution, advertising and financial material. There are conference records and material related to the Colloque Histoire des OMI Conference and the Histoire des oblats dans l’Ouest Conference.

In addition, there are records for La Survivance, a weekly newspaper publication of l'Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta (ACFA) which was first published in 1928. From 1967 to 1979, it ran under the title Le franco-albertain and from 1979 onward, it has been run under the title Le franco. The records relate to the administration of the newspaper, and also to the building maintained by the Oblates and include building, structure and property appraisals, plans, blueprints, tax assessments, and records of maintenance repairs.

This sub-series consists of records acquired by the Oblates related to the function of establishing and providing hospitals for charity. The Oblates were involved in provision of religious services to First Nations patients at the Charles Camsell Hospital, and many patients were sent there from the various northern missions and communities the Oblates served. This sub-series consists of related correspondence.

This sub-series consists of records created and maintained in the course of the administration of the Provincial’s office in Grandin Province. The records are wide ranging in subject, and are mostly administrative in nature.

Specifically, the records include files on the Congregation’s constitutions and restructuring, Council minutes, correspondence and reporting, projects, the canonization and beatification causes of Eugène de Mazenod and Antoine Kowalczyk, biographies, articles, discussions of separate schools, as well as miscellaneous correspondence and reports relating to residential schools. The sub-series also contains general correspondence, various codecies, as well as records of and relating to Vital Grandin, Albert Lacombe and Pope John Paul II’s visit to Canada.

The series consists of financial records that document all financial activities and transactions completed, directly or indirectly by the Oblates in the course of the work performed in Grandin Province. The records consist of correspondence and transactions related to Oblate properties and the management and sale of buildings and lands, as well as financial reports and accounts.

This sub-series includes correspondence from the Grandin Province Finance Committee. Also, decisions made by the committee and the Provincial concern funds to be spent on personnel, administration activities, mission work, education and building projects.

This sub-series consists of financial reports for Grandin Province for 1999 and 2005.

This sub-series relates to Oblate ownership of properties and related transactions involved in the purchase, management and sales of properties within Grandin Province and the Northwest Territories. The series also includes catalogued lists of artifacts owned by the Oblates with accompanying photographs. There are also insurance appraisals, project meeting minutes, legal opinions, correspondence, agreements, newsletters, histories, reports, tax notices and receipts, and land titles.

The records specifically relate to properties in Beaver Lake, AB, Calgary, AB, Candle Lake, SK, Canmore, AB, Duck Lake, SK, Edmonton, AB, Enoch Cree Nation, AB, Falher, AB, Fort Smith, NWT, Girouxville, AB, Lac La Biche, AB, Lac St. Anne, AB, Red Deer, AB, Shaw’s Point, AB, St-Albert, AB, and Yellowknife, NWT.

This sub-series covers a wide range of economic activities, ranging from management of properties to dealings with corporations on financial matters. Specifically, the records include correspondence on Oblate owned Siksika Reserve building transfers to the Diocese of Calgary, and mineral rights in Saskatchewan. There is also correspondence between the Oblates and Terra Linda Developments Ltd., Oakland Petroleum Ltd., Trax Petroleums, Alta Gas Trunk Line Co. Ltd. and Barrington Petroleum Ltd.

This sub-series includes miscellaneous financial records accumulated by the Provincial administration on a variety of subjects over time, and includes minutes from the Grandin Provident Fund Trust, old bonds, financial records of the Bank of Commerce, and debit and credit accounts of the Air Transport Division of Roman Catholic Missions of Mackenzie.

This series contains the personnel files and records belonging to or created by Oblates as part of the administrative function of the office of the Provincial. These records are human resource management files and are primarily administrative in nature. The files in this series include those managed at the Foyer Lacombe in St Albert and include the records for Oblates who had some responsibility within Grandin Province and its predecessor organizations.

Individual files vary; the personnel records often consist of evaluations, biographical notes, reports and scholarly returns, education, ordination and service history, and correspondence with the Provincial. While primarily administrative, the records can include material of interest to the individual Oblate. These files may also include obediences, farewell tributes, family and school records, funeral cards, journals, address books, research papers, stories and records related to life in parishes and missions, photograph albums, certificates, newspaper and magazine articles, newsletters, and manuscripts.

The series contains records pertaining to the Oblates’ activities and missionary work related to the evangelization of the Indigenous people, as well as administrative records of Oblate involvement with the First Nations, directly or indirectly, or records pertaining to the First Nations and accumulated by the Oblates. Records have been created by Oblates and non-Oblates. The records pertain to the Lubicon Land Settlement, Indian Residential Schools, indigenous history, culture and languages, the Louis Riel Rebellion and the Frog Lake Massacre.

This sub-series consists of administrative and operational records created and accumulated by the Oblates during their work with the federal government on First Nations affairs and administering education. This sub-series includes records related to Canada’s Aboriginal Action Plan, Memoranda of Understanding and government regulations on Indian Residential School education.

This series includes records created or acquired in the course of the administration of institutions established or maintained by the Oblates in Grandin Province. A direct tool and means to propagate the Catholic faith, the Oblates created or ran these institutions to help evangelize various communities, both secular and religious. The series includes records of administration of educational institutions, including local community and mission schools, residential schools, and administrative records of institutions for religious training and retreats. This series relates to the administration of Oblate-run or administered institutions, and Catholic organized schools in Grandin Province.

This sub-series of records consists of Assumption Indian Residential School (IRS) school chronicles, history, copy of a photo album, photographs, reports, articles, and information cards on Dunbow IRS.

This sub-series relates to the administration of noviciates, the religious house for Oblate novices, prior to them taking their vows. The records consist of a book of admissions and pamphlets.

This sub-series consists of records related to the administration, theology and courses taught at Kisemanito Centre, an Oblate sponsored seminary established in 1980 in Grouard, Alberta, tailored to Indigenous men preparing to take holy orders. The records include rehabilitation center records, evaluations, administrative minutes and financial statements, newsletters, programs and brochures, workshop and course materials and readings, correspondence, articles and press clippings, and also photographs and albums of Kisemanito Centre. There are also records from the Ministry Formation Program such as evaluations, history, contracts, proposals, orientation manual, reports, presentations, articles, adult education, and conferences.

This sub-series consists of administrative records of the Star of the North Retreat House. This house of retreat was opened in 1953 offering retreats and spiritual oasis to the Christian community at large. It also offers formation in spirituality, contemplative private retreat for personal renewal, and human growth, psychological, emotional, and spiritual as well as wisdom teachings around justice, peace, and integrity of creation. They also offer hospitality for groups seeking an alternative and affordable place to gather for their meetings, conferences, and retreats. The records include reports, studies, board members, organizational charts, correspondence, programming, meeting minutes, projects, conferences, manuals, archival material, agreements, budgets, video footage from various conferences and presentations on various religious topics, and audio recordings from various assemblies.

This series consists of photographs, negatives, slides and transparencies of various subjects taken in or related to the communities of western and northern Canada in Grandin Province. The images were created or collected by the Oblates in the course of their administrative work or personal lives, and the records often reflect their secular interests. The breadth of the subject matter is immense and unique and documents many aspects of western and northern Canada and its peoples. Subjects may include Oblates and sisters in the various communities, missions, religious events and activities.

The images show communities and activities and include local landscapes, indigenous camps, missions, waterways, fauna, fishing, churches and buildings, indigenous people and families, transportation, hunting, fur trade, trapping, colleges and schools, Indian Residential Schools and students, museums, sports, industries and farming. There are also visiting cards, and albums.

The subjects also focus specifically on the various communities the Oblates served in the geographic area of Grandin Province, notably in Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, as well as Bangladesh, Europe and Mexico.

Also, there are plans of a mission Church in Goodfish Lake as well as newspaper clippings, correspondence, and card visits.

The series consists of recordings created and collected by the Oblates of Grandin Province, and primarily relate to Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Arctic. The records consist of professional and amateur recordings of events such as anniversaries, vow and ordination celebrations, Christmas activities, conferences, pilgrimages, and funerals. Documentary subjects include the forest, the Inuit, Dene and Cree, various Oblates, Castle Mountain, and cultures and indigenous peoples of Alberta and the north. In addition, there are recordings of masses and programs such as “Reflections”.

The series consists of recordings created in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories and beyond the geographical limits of the Oblate Grandin Province. The recordings were created, collected or acquired by the Oblates of the Province in the course of their administrative and evangelization activities, and therefore the themes of the recordings are wide-ranging. The records include a number of religious themes and document the personal thoughts and viewpoints of a number of Oblates and highlight First Nations cultures and languages.

The series consists of recordings from Radio-Canada about the history of the Oblates and “Le matin de la fête” show. There are also recordings regarding the history of the church in the West, indigenous missions, relationships between the OMI and other religious denominations, the Métis and the 1885 Rebellion, OMI education, the state of the future, various interviews, sermons, songs, conferences, retreats, messages, anniversaries, prayers, hymns, biblical theologies, Easter, funerals, memorials, masses, marriages, homages, CHFA radio station, talks, and Pope John Paul II.

The series consists of published maps collected and acquired by the Oblates to document properties owned and maintained by the Roman Catholic Church, and for reference purposes. The records include maps and plans of Lac St. Anne, plans of the St. Albert residence, plan of the Canmore Three Sisters Drive, and maps of the municipal district of Sturgeon, and Vulcan County.

This series consists of architectural drawings and plans collected by Grandin Province. The majority of the plans and drawings are of buildings constructed and maintained by the Oblates. Specifically, this series consists of drawings of the Bishop Grandin House and the Oblate mission. The plans are of proposed renovations of the Grandin House, the Provincial House, St. Alberta Parish and the basement of Foyer Grandin. Also, there are plans for the Brother Anthony House, St. Albert Hill also known as Mission Park, La Survivance, Canmore Bible College, St. Albert parking lot plans, the church and Father Lacombe Chapel, Lac Ste. Anne subdivision shrine by Thorkelsson Architects, conference facility, Father Lacombe Youth Camp at Lac Ste. Anne, plans of new church, new boy’s dormitory, the Lac Ste. Anne McMan complex and final drawings for the camp facilities.

In the course of their administrative work, the Oblates created, acquired and made use of published sources. This series consists of published monographs and periodicals on the subjects of the Oblates, the Roman Catholic Church, its missions, residential schools, and the indigenous population of the Canadian west and the Northwest Territories. The material includes administrative circulars sent by Oblate Superiors General to the Congregation members, outlining spiritual and temporal deeds and accomplishments. The series also consists of indigenous periodicals from various communities. Records were created by Oblates and non-Oblates.

This sub-series includes monographs created by the Oblate Grandin Province administration, individual Oblates, and non-Oblates on a variety of subjects, and acquired by the organization in the course of its work. The published works relate to the subjects of Canadian history, orphanages, Indian Residential Schools (IRS) and abuse, indigenous culture, and history, the Oblates’ history and their missions, biographies, memoirs, anniversaries and milestones, training literature, pilgrimages, politics, the Lubicon settlement, Pope John Paul II, and various communities in Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The published letters of Oblate founder, Eugène de Mazenod are also included.

This sub-series includes various publications created by the Oblates – “Info Grandin,” “La croix oblate,” “Nouvelles oblates,” and “Oblate Missions,” – as well as serials from Alberta and Northwest Territories indigenous communities, such as “Blood Tribe News Kainaiwa,” “Cardston Chronicle,” “Deh Cho Drum,” “Eskimo,” “Inuvik Drum,” “Kayas Nooze,” and “News North.”

This series relates largely to the administration of parishes, missions and other localities within Grandin Province, covering the area of Alberta and portions of western Saskatchewan. The records in this series vary according to each mission and parish, but can include codices historici which are daily journals written by the Oblates about the parishes and missions and its surrounding communities, libri animarum which are records of families, histories of given names, dates of births and deaths and marriages accumulated by Oblates, correspondence with the Provincial or the Bursar, correspondence with the local diocese, property and land records, financial reports and accounts, list of personnel, histories of the parish, newsletters, church bulletins, diaries, press clippings and scrapbooks.

Community material can include brochures, censuses, interviews, records of construction, press clippings, advertisements, articles, local planning or committee records, newsletters, genealogy records, project files, weather related material, school yearbooks, bulletins, and pamphlets specific to the locale.

The series also includes textual records and images of various Indian Residential Schools and their surrounding communities, such as Assumption, Brocket, Cardston, Cluny, Desmarais, Fort Chipewyan, Grouard, Dunbow, Hobbema [Maskwacis], Joussard, St Albert, Blue Quills, and Sturgeon Lake in Alberta. As well, some records relate to the following Saskatchewan schools, Delmas, Duck Lake, Onion Lake, as well as St. Patrick’s orphanage in Prince Albert.

The series includes numerous photographs, negatives and transparencies of local communities, subjects and activities. These include images of missions and churches and convents, residential schools, hospitals, buildings, industry and settlements. Images relate to members of the communities, students, teachers, clergy and nuns. Events include family and community celebrations, religious events, marriages, sports such as hockey, skiing, diving and ice carving, activities such as the Queen’s visit, the Papal visit, gardening, floods, oil work, burials, fires and other experiences of the communities.

The records pertain to the following locations: Aklavik, NWT, Albertville, SK, Aldina, SK, Arctic Red River, NWT, Assumption, AB, Athabasca, AB, Batoche, SK, Battleford, SK, Beacon Hill, SK, Beauval, SK, Biggar, SK, Big River, SK, Brocket, AB, Buffalo Narrows, SK, Calgary, AB, Calling Lake, AB, Calville Lake, NWT, Cambridge Bay, NU, Canoe Lake, SK, Cardston, AB, Cluny, AB, Cochin, SK, Cold Lake, AB, Coppermine, NWT, Cut Knife, SK, Deline, NWT, Delmas, SK, Denholm, SK, Desmarais, AB, Drayton Valley, AB, Duck Lake, SK, Dunvegan, AB, Eaglesham, AB, Edmonton, AB, Falher, AB, Fishing Lake, AB, Fond du Lac, SK, Fort Carlton, SK, Fort Chipewyan, AB, Fort Cumberland, SK, Fort Good Hope, NWT, Fort MacLeod, AB, Fort McMurray, AB, Fort Norman, NWT, Fort Pitt, SK, Fort Providence, NWT, Fort Rae, NWT, Fort Resolution, NWT, Fort Simpson, NWT, Fort Smith, NWT, Fort Vermilion, AB, Fort Wrigley, NWT, Frog Lake, AB, Girouxville, AB, Gleichen, AB, Green Lake, SK, Grimshaw, AB, Grollier Hall, NWT, Grouard, AB, Hafford, SK, Hardieville, SK, Hay Lake, NWT, Hay River, NWT, High Level, AB, Hobbema [Maskwacis], AB, Ile à la Crosse, SK, Inuvik, NWT, Jackfish Lake, AB, Jasmin, SK, Jean Côté, AB, Joseph Bighead Reserve, SK, Joussard, AB, Keheewin, AB, Lac Caribou, SK, Lac La Biche, AB, Lac La Rouge, SK, Lac Ste-Anne, AB, Le Pas, MB, Lethbridge, AB, Letty Harbour, NWT, Maidstone, SK, Makwa, SK, Maple Creek, SK, Marie Reine, AB, Meadow Lake, SK, Muskeg Lake, SK, Nampa, AB, North Battleford, SK, Notre-Dame de Lourdes, NWT, Okotoks, AB, One Arrow Reserve, SK, Onion Lake, SK, Ouelletteville, AB, Patuanak, SK, Paulatuk, NWT, Paynton, SK, Peace River, AB, Pelican Lake, SK, Pine Point, NWT, Ponoka, AB, Portage La Loche, SK, Poundmaker Reserve, SK, Prince Albert, SK, Radisson, SK, Red Pheasant Reserve, SK, Rocky Mountain House, AB, Saddle Lake, SK, Saskatoon, SK, Slave Lake, AB, Snowdrift, NWT, Spirit River, AB, St. Albert, AB, St. Cyr, SK, St. Isidore, AB, St. Laurent, SK, St. Paul des Métis, AB, Standoff, AB, Sturgeon Lake, AB, Sturgeon Lake, SK, Thunderchild Reserve, SK, Trout Lake, AB, Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Wabasca, AB, Wabush, SK, Waseca, SK, Waterhen, SK, Willow Bunch, SK, Winterburn, AB, and Yellowknife, NWT.

The series contains records of a personal nature, created or collected by individual Oblates over the course of their careers in Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the Arctic. The series also includes the personal records of lay people. Grandin Province administered the records, and may include personal papers of Oblates who served in predecessor organizations.

This sub-series consists of material created by and/or collected by individual Oblates over the course of their careers, and can include sermons, memoirs, scrapbooks, day planners and notebooks, journals, research papers on and audio and visual recordings of First Nations peoples, culture and languages, on local flora and fauna, publications, records of interest to an Oblate, presentations made, indigenous and Indian Residential School related educational materials and research, articles, correspondence, and various histories and files on the Oblates and related religious organizations such as the Sisters of St Anne, the Sisters of Providence, among others.

The sub series also includes letters to family, family photographs and histories, recordings of events, images of vacations, and memoirs of various families. The series also includes photographs of various Oblates in their working and their personal lives, of buildings, towns and surrounding areas, missions and institutions, including Indian Residential Schools, and people, families and also events such as parties, convocations, baptisms, weddings and funerals held at the various missions.

These communities include: Albertville, SK, Assumption, AB, Banff, AB, Cadotte Lake, AB, Calgary, AB, Cooking Lake, AB, Coppermine, NU, Deline, NWT, Desmarais, AB, Edmonton, AB, Falher, AB, Fish River, AB, Fond du Lac, SK, Fort Chipewyan, AB, Fort Franklin, NWT, Fort Good Hope, NWT, Fort Norman, NWT, Fort Providence, NWT, Fort Resolution, NWT, Fort Simpson, NWT, Fort Smith, NWT, Fort Wrigley, NWT, Fox Lake, AB, Garden Creek, AB, Garden River, AB, Girouxville, AB, Good Fish Lake, AB, Grouard, AB, Hay Lake, AB, Hay River, NWT, Henribourg, SK, Jagger Lake, AB, Kakisa Lake, NWT, Lac La Biche, AB, Lac St. Anne, AB, Lebret, SK, Lethbridge, AB, Mackenzie, AB, Maillardville, BC, Marten Lake, AB, Montreal, QC, Peace River, AB, Pincher Creek, AB, Pine Point, NWT, Plamondon, AB, Poisson Blanc, QC, Rivière Rouge, QC, St. Albert, AB, Sandy Lake, AB, Shaw’s Point, AB, Slave Lake, AB, Snowdrift, NWT, Sturgeon Landing, SK, Teslin Lake, YK, Trout Lake, AB, Uranium City, SK, Yellowknife, NWT, and Wabasca, AB.

There are also records for the following locations: Rome, Italy, Africa, the Arctic, Sydney, NS, and the Middle East.

The Laity sub-series consists of articles, projects, correspondence, studies, scrapbooks, and interview transcripts collected or created by non-Oblates.

The sous-fonds as a whole includes the administrative and the operational records of the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan, and its predecessor bodies in western and northern Canada, from both the civil corporation and the canonical entity. It consists of administrative, financial, personnel, personal, parish and mission and institutional, records, as well as records related to the First Nations, and the evangelization of the First Nations peoples, including Indian Residential Schools. The records include textual and published material, photographs and negatives, sound, film and video recordings, cartographic material, architectural drawings and plans.

This series consists of records that document the management functions of the Oblate in the course of their work performed by the Provincial Administration throughout the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan. The records consist of administrative and operational correspondence with Oblate administrators at various levels, including Rome and with the various missions and parishes the Oblates served, and also with the Catholic Church and with external organizations. The series also includes correspondence files with the administrators of other provinces, the administrators of various Catholic bodies, with religious organizations of men and women, and with the administration of institutions run by the Oblates, including Indian Residential Schools and the federal government. Administrative records also include those related to Oblate vocational work and clergy formation as well as records pertaining to the establishment of missions, schools, orphanages, hospitals and the operation of chapels and churches in various communities.

This sub-series consists of correspondence between the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan and the Vatican on all issues and matters of relevance to the administration of the province. The records include those concerning situations where reporting or consultation with Rome is required, such as the division of provinces, appointment of priests, state of the missions, missionary rules, the state of evangelization, the rules and hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church and its representatives in the Vatican, Rome, Ottawa and in the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan.

Specifically, the sub-series includes correspondence with the Vatican and copies of letters from western Canada sent to Rome and maintained in the Oblate archives in Rome; correspondence dealing with church matters of the Oblate Congregation, including missions, sacred matters and vocations; Encyclical letters, official records relating to the Roman Catholic religion and issued by the Pope; correspondence with the Apostolic Delegation in Ottawa; Propagation of the Faith reports and annual reports to Rome providing information on Oblate priests, and on the administrative and financial situation of the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan.

This sub-series consists of correspondence between the Oblate Congregation in the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan and the Superior General, whose role was to set and enforce the rules of the Congregation. The records include those between the Oblate Provincial House and the administration in Rome, and deal with the relationships between the Provincials and the Superior General on the administration of the Congregation. The matters include those controlled by the administration in Rome, and the impact on western Canada and Oblate administration over time.

Specifically, the sub-series includes correspondence to and from the provincial House and the Superior General in Rome; circulars relating to Oblate administration; Canonical visits and acts; petitions to Superior general regarding matters such as vows, approval for nominations and changes of positions or permissions for retreats; rescripts outlining vows as well as observances, prayers, hierarchy and qualifications; constitutions and regulations; directories and necrology notes containing biographical information on Oblates.

This sub-series consists of correspondence of a general nature between the Provincial of the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan and Oblates, other clergy and the federal government on various issues and matters of relevance to the administration of the Province. The records include those concerning administrative and financial issues, the placement of priests, the relationship between clergy and lay people, expenses, indigenous affairs and Oblate work with the communities and the federal government.

This sub-series consists of publications of the Oblate administration related to administrative structure at a provincial and world-wide level. The publications include letters from Oblates and notices of newly published works. The circulars at the provincial level include news of recent events, business requirements, notices of meetings and retreats, as well as notices of obligations and important works.

Specifically, the sub-series includes publications of the General House, such as “AROMI,” “Entre-Nous,” “État général du personnel de la congrégation des missionnaires oblats de Marie Immaculée,” “Missio,” “Notre Midi,” “Our Heritage,” “Personnel abrégé de la congrégation des missionnaires oblats de Marie Immaculée,” “Petites annales de la congrégation des missionnaires oblats de Marie Immaculée,” and “Revue apostolique de Marie Immaculée.”

This sub-series also includes directories, obituaries, general state of personnel, personnel summaries, list of Oblates, Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) information, OMI documentation, OMI forums, OMI couriers, OMI communiqués, newsletters, letters, OMI personnel, OMI Rome personnel, explanations, congregation members, exhibitions, photographs for the Brother Anthony brochure, annual calendars, and articles.

This sub-series consists of administrative records of the Provincial of the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan, in his dealings with the Provincials of other provinces in Canada and abroad. The sub-series also includes those of subordinates to the Provincial, but dealing with matters at the provincial level. The records include those concerning theological issues, rules and laws within respective civil administrations, local education, pastoral letters to clergy and evaluations of staff.

Specifically, the sub-series includes correspondence with: the Provincial of the Province of Manitoba; the Provincial of St. Paul’s Province in British Columbia; the Provincial of St. Mary’s Province in Saskatchewan; the Provincial of the Province of Eastern Canada. As well, the sub-series includes correspondence with the Provincials of the Provinces of: Asia and Africa, Europe, France, Latin America, and the United States.

This sub-series consists of administrative records of the Provincial of the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan, in dealings with bishops, vicars and communities of religious women, those administrators of dioceses, archdioceses, vicariates and other bodies. The records in this sub-series consist of correspondence, circulars and memoranda on spiritual and theological issues, business matters and concerns in the communities related to education, finances and individuals.

The topics of the records vary according to the bodies involved, but specifically, the records deal with some common themes, including administrative concerns and pastoral duties, diocesan and ecclesiastical affairs, the administration of the missions, residential schools and the parishes, conflicts between Anglophones and Francophones, as well as the day to day administrative work of these bodies and their interactions with the Oblates.

The sub-series consists of records pertaining to various institutions and organizations the Oblates either established, administered or were involved with, including Juniorat/Collège Saint-Jean, La Survivance / Le Franco-Albertain.

The Oblates established the Saint-Jean school in Pincher Creek, Alberta, in 1908. It was founded as a Juniorat, a place to instruct junior members preparing for life in the Oblate order. In 1910, the Juniorat Saint-Jean was moved to Edmonton, and in 1943, renamed Collège Saint-Jean. Over time, religious instruction gradually included more general courses and the institution grew more closely affiliated with the University of Alberta. It became Collège universitaire Saint-Jean in 1970, and following the sale of the college to the University of Alberta in 1976, was renamed Faculté Saint-Jean in 1977. It was renamed Campus Saint-Jean in 2005.

The records in this subseries consist of the administrative and operational records of the Juniorat Saint-Jean and Collège Saint-Jean, from the time of its founding to sale to the University of Alberta. The sub-series also includes some educational and related records.

Specifically, the records relate to administration of the school, and include correspondence, financial accounts and reports, contracts and agreements, budgets and accounts, staffing and alumni related records, committee material, and records of maintenance and renovation and construction work, as well as property insurance and evaluation records. Also included in the sub-series are various daily registers and codices historici.

Operational records include those related to courses, curricula, yearbooks and graduations, as well as staff and student histories and biographical information. The sub-series also includes numerous personal records and pedagogical materials of faculty and students, such as notes, journals, brochures and publications, as well as photographs and photograph albums.

This sub-series consists of records created or acquired in the course of the administration of publishing companies established or maintained by the Oblates in the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan.

The publishing companies allowed for access to the various Francophone communities served by the Congregation. In 1928 the Association Canadienne-Française de l'Alberta (ACFA) decided to establish its own paper in Edmonton, Alberta, called La Survivance, and an accompanying printing company, La Survivance Printing Ltd.. Imprimerie Canadienne Ltd. was incorporated in October the same year and a contract was signed with La Survivance Printing Ltd. on the 16th of February 1929 stipulating that the latter was to lease, use and maintain the printing machines of Imprimerie Canadienne Ltd. All three companies, La Survivance Printing Ltd., La Survivance, and Imprimerie Canadienne Ltd., were financed and controlled by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Despite the financial problems of the journal, the Oblates provided financing and unpaid qualified workers until 1973, when the journal (which had changed its name to Le Franco-Albertain in 1967) and the printing company were sold to ACFA for the symbolic amount of 1 dollar. The paper would eventually become Le Franco.

The Oblates published Le Patriot de l’Ouest out of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, after acquiring the paper when the former publisher, la Bonne Presse limitée, was liquidated in 1933. The Oblates operated the paper under Le Patriote Publishing Company. In 1941, the paper merged with the Winnipeg newspaper La liberté to form Liberté et le patriote.

The records include administrative correspondence related to the personnel, operation, sales and maintenance of Compagnie la Bonne Presse limitée, Imprimerie Canadienne, the La Survivance building and Le Frano-Albertain.

This sub-series consists of records created or acquired in the course of the administration of radio stations established or maintained by the Oblates in the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan. The radio stations allowed for access to the various Francophone communities served by the Congregation in the west. As with publishing companies and newspapers, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate collaborated with the Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta (ACFA), and in 1944, the Radio Committee of the ACFA and Edmonton citizens started the fundraising for a completely French radio station in Alberta.

Radio-Edmonton Ltd. was incorporated on September 25, 1947, with Bishop Ubald Langlois, Leon Omer Beauchemin, Louis Phillippe Mousseau and Alphonse Brosseau as initial directors. Under the auspices of the ACFA and the Oblates, its objective was to obtain the license for a radio frequency and to inaugurate and operate a French radio station. The license was granted on May 12, 1948 to establish a private commercial broadcasting station at Edmonton, Alberta, with a power of 5000 watts on the channel 680 KC. The first program of Radio CHFA (680AM) was broadcast November 20, 1949 from Garneau Theatre, Edmonton. The station was affiliated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) French language network in the west. CHFA continued to broadcast to predominantly Francophone communities under the auspices of Radio-Edmonton Ltd. and ACFA until April 1, 1974, when the radio station was sold to CBC / Société Radio-Canada.

This sub-series consists of plans for the Edmonton radio station CHFA and the office building of La Survivance, brochures, campaign subscriptions, administrative papers, and correspondence.

This sub-series consists of records acquired by the Oblates related to the function of establishing and providing hospitals for charity. The Oblates were involved in provision of religious services to First Nations patients at the Charles Camsell Hospital, and many patients were sent there from the various northern missions and communities the Oblates served. This sub-series consists of records from the Charles Camsell Hospital such as publications like “The Camsell Arrow” and “Pictorial Review” as well as burial registers. There are also plans for the Saint-Louis hospital in Bonnyville. In addition, there is correspondence, minutes, and financial statements for the St. Mary hospital in Desmarais/Wabasca.

This sub-series consists of records created and maintained in the course of the administration of the Provincial’s office in the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan. The records are wide ranging in subject, and are mostly administrative in nature.

Specifically, the records include files on the Congregation’s constitutions, Council rules and reporting, projects, canonization and beatification causes, biographies, articles, discussions of separate schools, the Catholic Women’s League and Conférence Religieuse Canadienne conferences. The sub-series also contains Métis Land Scrip applications and list of claimants in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, as well records related to the 1885 Rebellion and Riel trial.

The series consists of financial records that document all financial activities and transactions completed, directly or indirectly, by the Oblates in the course of the work performed in the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan. The records consist of correspondence related to properties and management of funds and loans, annual financial reports and account books, policies and guidelines, registers and correspondence for properties and mineral rights, as well as wills and other personnel related financial records of individual Oblates.

This sub-series of records consists of financial directives of the provincial administration, and powers of attorney for the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan.

This sub-series includes meeting minutes of the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan Finance Committee. Decisions made by the committee and the Provincial concern funds to be spent on personnel, administration activities, mission work, education and building projects.

This sub-series of records consists of financial reports for the Province, the General Chapter, St. Joachim and St. Vital. There are also annual reports for the Oblate House. There are also lists of donations, journals, registers of expenses, allocations, and receipts for the Provincial administration and various missions. Furthermore, there are books of intended masses performed and missed for the Provincial Commissary.

This sub-series relates to Oblate ownership of properties and related transactions involved in the purchase, management and sales of properties within the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan. There are registers of properties, as well as files containing Land Titles, Titles of Land Transfer, articles of agreement of sales, mortgages and caveats and registers of rental properties.

The material includes records of transactions, accounts, and correspondence from the Lac St. Anne Farm, records of transactions and correspondence from Duck Lake, SK, as well as titles, property evaluations, correspondence, and registers of sales and properties owned by the Oblates in Beaumont, AB, Bon Accord, AB, Calgary, AB, Delmas, SK, Edmonton, AB, Fort Saskatchewan, AB, Lethbridge, AB, McLennan, AB, Okotoks, AB, Prince-Albert, SK, Rivière-Qui-Barre, AB, Saskatoon, SK, St. Albert, AB, St. Paul, AB, Wandering River, AB, and Whitefish Lake, AB.

There are also property records for the Alberta Lacombe Historical Foundation, a development analysis report for the 1st phase of Bishop Grandin Residence, Grandin House display panels on a renovation exhibit, and artifact inventories at the Vital Grandin Centre.

This sub-series of records consists of correspondence and tax receipts related to the administration of mineral rights on properties at Duck Lake, SK, Lac-La-Biche, AB, and Lac St. Anne, AB.

This sub-series covers a wide range of economic activities, ranging from management of funds and properties to dealings with individuals, corporations, parishes, vicariates, and with Rome on financial matters. Specifically, the records include correspondence regarding property acquisitions, ownership and sales, which includes other material such as municipal tax papers, office leases, property descriptions and evaluations, rent, financial reports and evaluations, property plans and construction details.

The sub series also includes correspondence with the Procure from Rome and of Paris, the general commissary of Rome, the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Vicariate Apostolic as well as various parishes, missions, seminaries, noviciates, scholasticates, and Indian Residential Schools (IRS). Furthermore, there are Lacombe Memorial Fund records such as correspondence and various bursaries.

This sub-series consists of wills and accompanying correspondence relating to the wills and inheritance of individual Oblates.

This sub-series relates to financial activities dealing with debts and loans with various individuals and organizations. Specifically, the records consist of claims, correspondence, mortgages, accounting records, financial reports, legal documents related to individuals, the Missionary Oblates of St. Boniface, the North Battleford school council, Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Evron, Misericordia Sisters and/or the St. Mary’s Province.

This sub-series includes miscellaneous financial records of the Provincial administration on a variety of subjects, and includes reports, records of investments, financial transactions, deposits and donations, contracts, certificates, leases, statements of account, shareholder lists, denied requests, records of government financial aid, mortgages and property related material, records of pension funds, loans, estates, and correspondence with various companies, organizations, and/or individuals the Oblates were associated with.

This sub-series consists of records related to activities of the Provincial House regarding insurance policies and related correspondence. The records refer to policies, various properties, obligations, Oblate personnel, legislation and transportation.

This sub-series of records relates to the financial situation of personnel, and consists of tax returns on employee revenues and clergy certificates from the Canadian Traveler’s Association.

This series contains the personnel files and records belonging to or created by Oblates as part of the administrative function of the office of the Provincial. These records are human resource management files and are primarily administrative in nature. The files in this series include the records for Oblates who had some responsibility within the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan and its predecessor organizations.

Individual files vary; the personnel records often consist of evaluations, biographical notes, reports and scholarly returns, ordination and service history, and correspondence with the Provincial. While primarily administrative, the records can include material of interest to the individual Oblate. These files may also include obediences, tributes, funeral cards and wills, journals and notes, address books, research papers, correspondence related to life in parishes and missions, certificates, newspaper and magazine articles, newsletters, and manuscripts.

The series contains records pertaining to the Oblates’ activities and missionary work related to the evangelization of the Indigenous people, as well as administrative records of Oblate involvement with the First Nations, directly or indirectly, or records pertaining to the First Nations and accumulated by the Oblates. Records have been created by Oblates and non-Oblates.

This sub-series consists of records created or acquired by the Oblate Indian-Eskimo Council and its predecessors. The Council was established in Ottawa in 1936 as the Indian Welfare and Training Commission, the goal of which was to coordinate Oblate apostolic work in First Nations missions. This would expand to include the work in the missions, coordinate educational and legal objectives, and to represent, safeguard and enhance the interests of this work to the federal government. The commission was a national organization made up of an administrative committee and those responsible for missions, that is, Oblate Bishops, Vicars Apostolic (later Vice-Provincials) and the Provincials of the Canadian Provinces. The commission was known variously as the Indian and Eskimo Welfare Commission, the Indian and Eskimo Welfare Commission of the Oblates, and the Oblate Indian-Eskimo Council. In 1962, Indianescom was established as a civil corporation alongside the religious organization of the Council. As the Oblates reduced their roles in Indian Residential Schools, Indianescom became more of a liaison body with the federal government and represented the Oblates mostly on federal policy. Both the Oblate Indian-Eskimo Council and Indianescom were dissolved in 1976.

The records in this sub-series include Council records, national and provincial material relevant to the province, administration and financial records, and education records acquired in the course of the life of the Council. This includes correspondence, reports of annual meetings, finances, reports and studies, articles and handbooks, circulars and bulletins and various publications, as well as some material that postdates the Commission. There are also audio recordings of various conference presentations.

The Propagation of the Faith in the Missions was a body responsible for studying evangelical problems in the various missions. This sub-series includes records from the Propagation of the Faith in the Missions such as mission reports, indigenous evangelization plans, religious instruction courses, Blackfoot catechisms, and prayers and songs in Cree.

This sub-series consists of administrative and operational records created and accumulated by the Oblates during their work with the federal government on First Nations affairs and administering education. The records include subjects like Indian Residential Schools, indigenous communities, agencies, reserves, and education. The records consist of correspondence, regulations, policies, bulletins, pay sheets, press releases, facts and figures, conference information, publications, treaty and relief order books.

This sub-series consists of the records created and accumulated by the Oblates in the course of their administrative work with the Alberta Catholic School Trustees Association. The association is a collective grouping of the Catholic school trustees in the province. The records include constitutions, bylaws, annual convention material, executive meeting minutes, correspondence, school staffing records, student lists, presentations and reports, school and equalization grant material and school specifications. The schools or districts referenced in these records include the Edmonton Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 7, Jasper Place Separate School, the University of Alberta, and Valleyview Separate School District No. 84.

This sub-series consists of records created or acquired by the Oblates related to mission work and their activities in the administration, operation and implementation of federal policies on First Nation schooling and education. This includes elementary and secondary education in general, as well as the operation of residential schools organized along federal guidelines. The records are wide-ranging in nature, and consist of memoranda, procedures, educational and financial regulations and policy documents, curricula discussion papers and studies, handbooks, publications and correspondence created by the Oblates and the federal government on the general administration of First Nations education and concerns.

The sub-series also includes reference to specific institutions and Indian Residential Schools, including Blue Quills, Brocket, Cardston, Cluny and Hobbema [Maskwacis], in Alberta, and Duck Lake in Saskatchewan. There are also records relating to education for St. John’s Seminary in Manitoba and the Group Home Project in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

This sub-series consists of records created and acquired by the Oblates to support evangelical efforts, education administration in First Nation communities and relations with various groups. The studies and the research is created by Oblates and non-Oblates, and include studies on First Nations and Métis. The themes of the material are wide-ranging, and include studies and research on First Nations and includes records such as reports, marriages, Métis settlements, living conditions, negotiations, correspondence, constitutions, evaluations, economic and cooperative developments, manuscripts, historical notes, studies, articles, newspaper clippings, Blackfoot legends, Blackfoot songs and stories, drawings, genealogies, writings and linguistics, Blackfoot chronological board, confessions, questions, Cree and Athabascan hymns, church services in Cree, plant uses for medications, briefs, statements, retired Métis lists, memorandums, agreements, surveys, school programs, conferences, censuses, trends, investigations, curriculum development experiment, memoirs, lessons, workshops, rights and titles, grammar and dictionaries for indigenous languages, music books, notes, and transcripts.

This series includes records created or acquired in the course of the administration of institutions established or maintained by the Oblates in the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan. A direct tool and means to propagate the Catholic faith, the Oblates created or ran these institutions to help evangelize various communities, both secular and religious. The series includes records of the administration of educational institutions, including local community and mission schools, residential schools, as well as administrative records of institutions for religious training and retreat.

The sub-series relates to the creation and administration of various schools including Indian Residential Schools (IRS) and orphanages in the Oblate Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan area. The Indian Residential School (IRS) system was established and developed by the federal government in the 19th century, and was overseen by government officials and by various Christian churches and religious organizations throughout Canada. The major denominations were involved, including Anglican, United, Methodist, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic churches, as well as the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and various religious communities of sisters. The government system was implemented to educate First Nations children, but in practice became one of systematic assimilation and cultural genocide. Residential schools would operate for more than one hundred years.

The Oblates operated 48 schools in Canada. As missions were established, so were boarding schools to evangelize and reach the communities. The goal was to give students a scholastic and religious education, and in some schools, an understanding of industrial or agricultural knowledge. The churches received a monetary grant from the government for each child at a school. The IRS employed Oblates as principals, administrators and teachers, and religious sisters worked at the school, as did lay staff as cooks, farmers, carpenters, blacksmiths and janitors.

The sub-series consists of records created or accumulated in the course of the administration and operation of Catholic residential and day schools, as well as various separate schools. The records contents and formats vary according to school, but can include correspondence, decisions of administration and operational records related to the running of the school, its students and staff, budgets and financial records of the school or associated farm, registers of academic progress, attendance registers, historical notes and employment and pay reports.

The subseries includes records for the following Schools:

Beauval Indian Residential School, Blue Quills Indian Residential School, Bonnyville Public School, Cold Lake Indian Day School, Cowessess Indian Residential School, Crowfoot Indian Residential School, Ermineskin Indian Residential School, Kamloops Indian Residential School, Keheewin School, Lejac School, Notre-Dame-de-Fatima School, Prince Albert orphanage, Sacred Heart Indian Residential School, St. Albert High School, St. Anthony’s Indian Residential School, St. Bruno’s Indian Residential School, St. Catherine School, St. Joseph’s Academy, St. Joseph’s Indian Residential School, St. Mary’s Indian Residential School, St. Michael’s Indian Residential School, Teslin Indian Residential School, and Thunderchild Indian Residential School.

The sub-series also includes records created or acquired related to the following institutions under the responsibility of the Catholic Church, but where Oblates were involved:

Alberta Catholic Schools Trustees' Association, l'Association canadienne des Éducateurs de langue française, Brosseau School Board No. 47 and No. 1614, Catholic Archdiocese School Board of Vancouver, Catholic Indian League, Cold Lake School Board No. 64, Department of Indian Affairs, Diocese of Calgary, Federal Government of Canada, Fédération canadienne française de la Colombie-britannique (FCFCB), Fort Kent School Board No. 46, Glenbow Museum, Grey Nuns, Oblate Indian and Eskimo Commission, St. Pascal of Nazareth Church, St. Patrice Orphanage, Trochu School District of Pontmain No. 20, and Two Hills School Division No. 21.

The sub-series also includes records from the following locations:

Beacon Hills, SK, Blood Reserve, AB, Bonnyville, AB, Brocket, AB, Brosseau, AB, Calgary, AB, Cardston, AB, Cluny AB, Cold Lake, AB, Delmas, SK, Duck Lake, SK, Dunbow, AB, Edmonton, AB, Fort Kent, AB, Fort Vermilion, AB, Grand Centre, AB, Gurneyville, AB, Hobbema [Maskwacis], AB, Joussard, AB, Kamloops, BC, Keewatin, NU, Lac-la-Biche, AB, Lac Vert, SK, Lebret, SK, Legal, AB, Le Goff, AB, Lejac, BC, Maillardville, BC, Marieval, SK, Onion Lake, SK, Pickardville, AB, Pincher Creek, AB, Prince Albert, AK, Saddle Lake, AB, St. Albert, AB, St. Edouard, AB, St. Paul, AB, Standoff, AB, Trochu, AB, and Vancouver, BC.

The records in this sub-series relate to the administration of noviciates, the religious house for Oblate novices, prior to them taking their vows. The records include correspondence, attendance registers, and registers of oblations, postulant entries, as well as accounts, rules and novice lists.

This sub-series consists of records relating to the administration of various scholasticates, a college-level school for those preparing for entry to the seminary and membership in a Roman Catholic religious order. The records include correspondence, personnel lists, acts of visits, articles, scholastic and historical notes, publications, admission conditions, scholastic files, financial reports, retreat programs, Codici Historici, minutes, observations and seminarian accounts.

This sub-series consists of records related to the administration of Séminaire de la Sainte Famille, a seminary for those preparing to take holy orders. The records include rules and admission conditions, rejected postulants, correspondence, booklets of and copied letters. The sub-series also includes a file related to the Kisemanito Centre in Grouard, Alberta.

This sub-series consists of records related to the administration of the Star of the North Retreat Centre in St. Albert, Alberta during the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan period. Opened by the Oblates in 1953, the Retreat house is managed by them and seeks to provide a space of retreat and evangelization, spiritual growth and renewal. It served as a meeting place for Oblates and Catholics on land jointly owned by the Oblates and the Edmonton Archdiocese. The sub-series includes records of administrative decisions, financial activities, correspondence, reports and statistics, as well as conference, course and workshop materials and brochures.

This sub-series consists of records related to retreat houses such as correspondence, finances, books of masses, photographs and plans of alterations, additions and layouts of the Star of the North Retreat House, scrapbooks, constitutions, general information, Codici Historici, acts of visits, anniversary documents, agreements, member lists, minutes, administration papers, hearings, programs, conscience meditations and exams, prayers, psalms, hymns, sermons, priest and ministry lists, conferences, workshops, recruitment materials, reports, statistics, questionnaires, comments, personnel lists, volunteer lists, studies, donations, contributions, register of retreatants, financial reports, fundraising campaigns, debts, loans, expenses, and articles.

This series consists of photographs, negatives, slides and transparencies of various subjects taken in or related to the communities of Canada in the Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan. The images were created or collected by the Oblates in the course of their administrative work or personal lives, and the records often reflect their secular interests. The breadth of the subject matter is immense and unique and documents many aspects of western and northern Canada and its peoples. Subjects may include Oblates and religious actors in the various communities, missions, as well as religious events and activities.

The images show communities and activities and include local landscapes, indigenous camps, missions, waterways, fauna, fishing, churches and buildings, indigenous people and families, transportation, hunting, fur trade, trapping, colleges and schools, Indian Residential Schools and students, museums, sports, industries and farming. There are also visiting cards, stereograph cards, school albums and scrapbooks.

The subjects also focus specifically on the various communities the Oblates served in the geographic area of Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, the Northwest Territories, Yukon, as well as France, Italy, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.