The fonds consists of records relating to the canonical and the civil administration and operation of the Anglican Church, Diocese of Athabasca. The fonds includes baptismal, marriage and burial registers, accounts of various parishes, residential schools, as well as correspondence files and diocesan accounts, newsletters and journals, meeting minutes, diaries of missionaries, photos, correspondence between missions, histories, biographies, and maps.

The accession includes residential school registers and reports, on microfilm, submitted to the Provincial government in the pre and post war period. In some instances, attendance records indicate a child’s death with a notation of the cause. Children’s names are occasionally organized by ‘Treaty’ or ‘Non-Treaty’ designation.

The records include files relevant to the following schools: Lac La Biche Mission School, Atikameg school, St Augustine (Shaftsbury/ Peace River mission school), Wabasca school, St. John’s (Anglican Wabasca school), Desmarais school, Holy Angels (Fort Chipewyan mission school), and St Francis Xavier (Sturgeon Lake/ Calais mission school). All records include a description of the school’s grounds and outbuildings.

These records also contain teacher reports, student attendance, and hiring information for schools across Alberta.

This file contains photos of the Peace River St Augustine Residential School children and building.

This series includes government records which are relevant to the residential schools in Smoky River and Peace River. It includes records about the operations of the St. Augustine and Shaftesbury Residential Schools in the area.