Series PR0003.001SF.0012 - Localities, Missions and Parishes series

6.77 m of textual records
3,729 photographs
2,229 negatives
14 transparencies
12 videocassettes
1 floppy disk
1 positive film
5 compact disks
3 audiocassettes
4 audio microcassettes
1 artwork
1 map

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.