The fonds consists of materials created by the Edgar F. Goodwin family between 1875 and 1937. The fonds consists of family photographs, photographs of Athabasca Landing in 1906 to 1916, copies of wedding certificates and other family documents, and copies of excerpts from Edgar Goodwin's diary. The subjects of the Athabasca photographs include: the steamboat-Midnight Sun, york boats, CNR depot, Gagnon's sawmill, George Main, Mrs.King and Grace, Alix Williamson, Wm. R. Day and his moose team, and the Methodist Church. There is also a postcard sent from Spokane, WA by Romeo C. Farrell to Edgar Goodwin. Mr. Farrell was a partner in a grocery store with J.A.Daigneau.

The fonds consists of 2 sheets of genealogical information.

The fonds consists of a brief history of Gullick and Christina Svenson, including their marriage license and a 1920 Minnesota census record; a brief history of Oscar Swenson written by his grandson, Dan Newland; fourteen photographs of the Svenson family, hunters on trips, the ferry, Imperial Bank of Canada, the Filteau Block, the burning of the first Hudson's Bay Co. store and the Svenson Taxidermy shop on Coles Street.

The fonds consists of 6 photographs of Gullion family members, 2 photographs of the in-laws of the donor (Lydia Meyn and William Silkie),a family history written by Alice (Gullion) Gilliland,and clippings of obituaries from the Peace River Record. A photograph from the Athabasca Archives collection is of Napoleon Gullion and Frances Pistawka on their wedding day.

The fonds consists of the letters that Hans Armfelt wrote to his family in Denmark between 1931 and 1937, and a book published in 2009 that compiles all the letters that he wrote home from 1926 to 1942. The book is entitled "All I Need Now are some Chickens, a Cow, and a Wife". The book is illustrated with photographs. It was compiled by Richard Merdin Armfelt. There is also a document from the Alberta Department of the Attorney General, acting as administrator of the estate of Axel Smith, which leased Lake Lot 15 to Hans Armfelt in 1939.

The fonds consists of photographs with the following subject headings: Mrs. Alchorn, Clifford Bell, Herman Bieber, Hans Birkigt, Rita Birkigt, Walter Bruchhausen, Ernst Feuereisen, furs, Joe Gill, Earl Kay, Charlie Linders, Fred Meyer, Kurt George (Dick) Naumann (1901-1978), Old Trading Post store, trucking, and Paul Wickers. Rita Birkigt lists the names of other trappers, and mink and fox ranchers, in a seven page article. Other material includes correspondence with Monica Cardinal, Clifford House, May McIntosh, and C.B.Olson; tax receipts and fur licenses, and an article about Rita published in the Jan.1, 1987 edition of Western People, a supplement to The Western Producer. There is a financial statement for the Athabasca Curling Club for the year ending April, 1970. Rita also handled funeral expenses and dispersement of property for Ernst Feuereisen, Abraham Funk and Adeline Logan. The artifact is a snuff can opener.

The fonds consists of Mr. Cull's 1930 income tax return, 2 account books, a ledger book, 2 accounts payable books for Jan. 1924 - June 1932, inventory of July 31, 1935; Jan. to May, 1935 prescriptions; 1922-23 deeds for the sale of a team of grey mares; Power of Attorney certificate to Harvey from his brother Joseph regarding a land transaction; 53 photographs of people and scenes in Athabasca including: Grand Union Hotel, Strathcona Street, Charles Dufferin Allison Barber (Capt.) 1879-1918, cable cage, J.I.Case, Mary Hagen Conquest, 1873-1955; William Conquest, 1865-1942; Mrs. Cor, Ralph Crawford, Fred Cull, Harvey Cull, Ida Agnes Cull, Joseph Arthur Daigneau, Kizzie Dallas, Robert Emmet Delaney (Dr.), Mrs. Dubord, Edmonton-Exhibitions, Agnes Mary Isobel Evans (Ogden)? - 1953, Jean Falconer, 1910-1988, Frank R.Falconer,1883-1970, Catherine Falconer (MacIntyre), ? - 1967, Romeo Farrell, ferries, Miss Forbes, freight and freightage, Georgina Gordon, Archibald Gorman, Egge's Stopping House, Hudson's Bay Company, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Amanda Keir (Stritkin),1889-1950; David Keir, 1873-1957, R.C.Knowlton, Paul Kawulok, 1893-1968,; Arthur LaPorte, John Leonce (Jack) Lessard, 1883-1929, Mr. McDermid, Mrs. McIntyre, A.C. McKay, Louisa Mills (Camsell), 1873-1954; Mirror Landing, Northern Transportation Company, Pelican Portage, J.F.Percival, reindeer, Warren Richards, Mr. Rodgers, Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 103, WW I veterans, Alexander Leonard Sawle, 1884-1971,; Clara Sawle (Thomson), ? - 1955; Anton Schinkinger Sr., scows, Charles Frederick Shoubridge, signs -"Gateway to the Last West", Lance Smith, steamboats - [Northland Star], steamboats - Northland Sun, Angus Sutherland, Don Sutherland, Percy H. (Turner) Taylor, ? - 1963; Dajo Theatre, Mr. and Mrs. Truss, Andrew Turnbull (Dr.), George Watt, Mrs. William Leslie Wood (Nellie McDougall).

The fonds consists of 12 photographs of buildings in the Town of Athabasca. These photographs are interspersed in a photo album with accession 86.39 to show the buildings as they stood in order on the streets of Athabasca.

The fonds consists of some of Mr. Leicht's mayoralty correspondence, materials on the relocation of Athabasca University, statistics on Athabasca, Alberta's 75th Anniversary, blueprints and plans for Athabasca Terraces, information on Athabasca history including: letters regarding Captain Charles Dufferin Allison Barber, Athabasca's 1915 Agricultural Fair, and the Northern Transportation Company steamboat registry. The subjects of the photographs include: Trail North Foundation June, 1978 trip down the Athabasca River, Kurt George (Dick) Naumann, Upper Wells, Herman Leicht, Lee Melsness, German Cabin, 1952 construction of the Athabasca Bridge, 1940's flood, Feb., 1966 Klondike Karavan trip, Friends of Athabasca University: Ken Chapman, Dr. Sam Smith, Doreen Leicht and MLA Frank Appleby, Egge's Stopping House (1906), York boat on Athabasca River (1906), Athabasca Landing (1906), boat "The Beaver", steamboat, Slave Lake (1912), and the Big Smoky River. Also included are the 1976 and 1977 programs for the Athabasca and District Music Festival and an Athabasca Creamery calendar for 1943.

The fonds consists of 2 articles from the RCMP Quarterly and a patrol report by Constable Thorne dated Dec. 1914; copies of 113 B&W photographs and negatives taken during his years of service with the RCMP in the North West Territories and 60 original negatives, from a Kodak negative album, including negatives for 2 photographs taken in 1922 of people during the Nahanni Gold Rush (including Alvah and Hubert Thorne and Poole Field) , scenes at Mud Lake, George Bremner, Thorne at the Edmonton RNWMP barracks, photographs of Fort Simpson and Rae, airplanes, children at the Roman Catholic mission at Providence, and a group of mounties at Jasper.