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The collection consists of a photograph album and one newspaper clipping originally tucked into the album.

The album consists of photographs predominantly of northern Alberta and into the Northwest Territories, though some are of Cooking Lake and Edmonton Beach, Alberta.
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Newspaper clipping - Freddy L. Fraser (MS-1195, f. 1)
The newspaper clipping is an obituary for Frederick Lawrence (Freddy) Fraser, grandson of Colin Fraser (Jr.), and great grandson of Colin Fraser (Sr.).

Colin Fraser (Sr.) came to Canada originally as a piper for Sir George Simpson, Governor-in-Chief of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), for Simpson's 1828 trek across Canada and Rupert's Land reviewing each of the HBC forts. The following year he was assigned to HBC York Factory and over the next 25 years worked at various HBC forts becoming an accomplished fur trader. Colin Fraser (Sr.) married Nancy Beaudry and they had 12 children - Betsy, Isabella, Marguerite, Ann, John, Annabella, Flora, Simon, Colin, J. Henry, Adelaide and Caroline.

Colin Fraser (Jr.), son of Nancy Beaudry and Colin Fraser (Sr.), was also an accomplished fur trader, eventually settling in Fort Chipewyan where he had a store and post office. Colin Fraser (Jr.) married Flora Rowland and they had six children - James, Maria, Lovisa, Colin W. (Roderick), Frederick and Mary Jane.

Freddy Fraser, was born 11 Feb 1911 in Fort Chipewyan, to Eliza Jane Loutit and Colin W. (Roderick) Fraser. Freddy left school at a young age to work with his grandfather (Colin Fraser Jr.) hauling furs and freight in northern Alberta. He later hauled mail and freight by dog teams to Yellowknife from mines in the Canadian north. In World War II, Freddy enlisted in the Seaforth Regiment, CEF, and saw action in Italy and the Mediterranean. After the war, Freddy Fraser joined the Wood Buffalo National Park Service, eventually as warden from 1947 to 1952. Freddy retired in 1971, eventually moving to Edmonton. Frederick L. Fraser died 17 Apr 1982 in Edmonton.
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Photo Album (EB-31)
There is very little information about the photo album and only a few of the photographs are annotated. However, those annotations include Jim Fraser, and Royal Nothwest Mounted (RNWMP) Police officers - Inspector Joy, Inspector Phillips, Corporal Doak, and Corporal Clay.

A group of photographs in the album are of Sinnisiak and Uloqsaq (Uluksak, Uluksuk) at Fort Resolution, most likely after their trial in Edmonton and Calgary in 1917 for the murder of two priests. The photographs include Sinnisiak, Uloqsaq as well as witness Koeha, interpreter Ilavinirk (Iiavinik, Ilavinik), interpreter Patsy Klengenberg, Crown counsel Charles C. McCaul, defense counsel James Wallbridge, Inspector Joy and an unidentified RNWMP officer.

There are also photographs of a RNWMP North Patrol with a dog team en route to Herschel Island, possibly after being at Fort Resolution visiting Sinnisiak and Uloqsaq. These photographs include Inspector Joy, Inspector Phillips, Constable Doak, Constable Clay, Mrs. Clay, Mrs. King, Mrs. Anderson, and 'self' (who may be the original creator/owner of the album).

Some of the other photographs in the album (not annotated) are of unknown people, but likely family members, possibly of the Colin Fraser (Jr.) family. These may include Colin Fraser (Jr.) and his trading post at Fort Chipewyan, his son Jim Fraser, and Jim's dog sled team, as well as possibly Colin's daughter, Mary Jane Fraser.

Mary Jane Fraser married Arthur H.L. Mellor, a RNWMP officer, who was often on northern patrols early in his career.

There is one gentleman common to many of the photographs however his identity is not known. For description purposes and to show the connection between the photographs, he has been described as Mr. X.

It is not known for certain who the album belonged to, however, given the newspaper clipping and the photographs are of activities in the far north (Alberta, NWT and Yukon) including RNWMP, it is possible the album belonged to a Fraser family member, perhaps Mary Jane Fraser Mellor, or Jim Fraser.

Fonds consists of administrative records and research materials accumulated during the writing of both editions of the Cypress Hills history book titled Cypress Hills: The Land and its People and Cypress Hills: An Island by Itself as well as copies of numerous resources in researching the history; administrative records and research materials accumulated for other articles related to Canadian Plains history; photographs from various research trips; and copies of maps used in Cypress Hills: An Island by Itself.

The collection consists of materials collected by Joseph P. Brumlik of Edmonton from 1966-1976. Consists of the caveat, submissions, reference material, exhibit books, reasons for judgment, factums, case on appeal volumes, and the final ruling of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada relating to a landmark native land rights case involving the use of oral tradition in native cultures and tried by Justice William G. Morrow.

The collection consists of pen and ink drawings, water colours, oil paintings, a tapestry, an engraving, pencil sketches, numbered prints, an acrylic, a lithograph and a colograph. The pictures depict the St. Albert mission, old and new buildings, grain elevators, religious motifs, Father Lacombe and Hector Gervais. The works are by Doug Barry, Keith Bell, Ludo Bogaerdt, Robert Briskie, Carol Brown, Danny Burns, Loren Chabot, G. Chevillet, Brian Clark, Ted De Jong, Robert Hursey, Alexander Loemans, William Stock, Vandenburg and Emilie Petitot, OMI.

The collection consists of:;1) Western People, a supplement to the Western Producer newspaper. May 27, 1999. "Hard Bargains, the Making of Treaty 8" by Jeffrey S. Murray. 2) University of Alberta. New Trails. "The Making of Treaty 8" by Jodeen Litwin. 3) The Spirit of the Alberta Indian Treaties.Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1978. "The Spirit and Terms of Treaty Eight" by Richard Daniel. 4) Research Branch, Corporate Policy, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1981. "British Columbia Indian Treaties in Historical Perspective" by Dennis Madill. The books are titled:;1)Through the MacKenzie Basin by Charles Mair, 1908. 2) As Long as this Land shall Last by Rene Fumoleau, 1975. 3) On the Trail North, the Treaty 8 Diary of O.C.Edwards, 1998. 4) Treaty 8 Revisited: selected papers on the 1999 Centennial Conference, 2000. 19.02; Certified Copy of Treaty 8

The collection consists of an album of photographs of the City of Red Deer and of the nearby Red Deer Indian Industrial School which was prepared by an unknown teacher at that school.

Athabasca Archives' reference book collection includes rural school district histories, fur trade and homestead references, Indigenous records, occasional papers, personal stories, NWMP/RCMP stories and records, Alberta histories and records, Canadian histories and records, and local authors.

The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches, poetry, plans and others; photographs in the form of prints, negatives, transparencies, albums, postcards, etc. sound recorded interviews and programmes; and motion pictures. Material pertains broadly to the Banff area and many other areas within the Archives collecting mandate. Notable items include: Walter Wilcox letter; George Kinney report; interviews with Bill Round and Edward Feuz; original copy of Treaty Number Seven; Mary Schaffer material, including letters, notes, photograph and report; reports on the Nakimu Caves; film pertaining to Banff Winter Carnival; Georgia Engelhard letters and photos; plans for buildings and structures; George Noble photograph; W. S. Park photograph.

The fonds consists of letters from the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation enclosing copies of documents supporting their land claim: statements from government and Lubicon officials; letters to and from the same; supporting resolutions from other Native bands; newsclippings of articles, editorials, cartoons and reader comments which support their position. Also included are direct statements from the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation, the March 1990 report from the Human Rights Committee (sent May 10, 1990), and The Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review Final Report, issued in March of 1993.

The collection consists of reproduction photographs of images originally dating circa (ca.) 1895 from the Siksika First Nation Reserve at Gleichen, North-West Territories, by photographers R.H. Trueman & Co. and N. Caple & Co., both of Vancouver, British Columbia, and a photograph dating ca. 1950 of Siksika people at Gleichen, Alberta by Vern Kent of the Visual Education Branch of the Saskatchewan Department of Education.