The fonds consists a list of mayors and councillors from 1905-1955; microfilmed council minutes from Aug, 1912 to Feb. 1913, Finance Committee minutes from Dec. 1913 to Feb. 1914, and Town minutes and records when the town was under an administrator May 1921 to April 1926; a statement of town assets and liabilities for 1913 to 1916; a 1913 Building By-Law; the 1919 agreement with A.F.A.Coyne and Co. of London, England to supply natural gas to the Town of Athabasca; minutes of the Town of Athabasca, correspondence, financial statements, briefs and reports, town census (1951-1964,1983,1985), financial records, and taxation records; Court of Revision minutes for 1914-1944; 1938 and 1943 information on the Union of Alberta Municipalities; a 1952 survey by the Department of Economic Affairs; the 1965, 1981 and 1991 General Plans; 1958 and 1980's promotional material; 1986 75th anniversary logo; maps of river lot plans, subdivisions: including East Heights, Glenora and Stanley Park; 1912 cemetery plan; Engineering Department 1914 plans for waterworks system and sewers, sidewalks; Provincial Planning Board maps of Athabasca from the 1980's; 1980 and 1994 Land Use Bylaws, 1993 Impact Assessment on Economic Activity in Athabasca, Boyle and Lac La Biche; 1996 Area Redevelopment Plan.

The fonds consists of material about the Athabasca Regional Economic Development Council; Aborigional program records; NADC annual reports for 1978-79, 1979-80, 1986-87; profiles and inventories of infrastructure for small northern communities and other related material.

The fonds consists of information relating to Michael Gismondi's tenure on the council of the Town of Athabasca and on the Athabasca Riverfront Design Committee and FOTA (Friends of the Athabasca Environmental Association). Topics covered include: Athabasca General Municipal Plan 1981; FOTA meeting minutes 1993-1998; Riverfront Design Review Committee information relating to Home Hardware 1996-1998, Community Centre renovations 1994-1995, Grand Union Hotel 2003, CN Station grounds 1999, 2005; A&W blueprints 1998; Ken-Mar Whispering Hills Golf Course 2002; Woudstra Group tourism 1999; Great Northern Heritage Trail 2001-2002; Cornwall Subdivision 2006; Whispering Hills Daycare Society 2006; Alberta Municipal Government Act, 1994, with amendments as of April, 1998; Pleasant Valley Lodge plans, Communities in Bloom 2004 (includes a heritage tree inventory); Athabasca Municipal Heritage Inventory 2005 and Athabasca Historic Management Plan 2006; Athabasca Regional Waste Management Services Commission 2003; Athabasca Regional Economic Development Association (AREDA) 1995-1997; Athabasca Town and County community profile 2001 census; Industrial and Business Development Athabasca/Boyle Region 2001; Town of Athabasca council/manager review 1993; Town and County of Athabasca cost sharing 1995, amalgamation meeting 2002, joint council meeting 2004; Town of Athabasca Business Plan 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005-2007; Community Economic Development workshop 2004, 2005; Town of Athabasca budgets 2005, Policies and Procedure Manual 2004; Town of Athabasca meeting minutes 2006; town bus transportation 2006; and materials relating to the planning, fundraising and tendering of the Athabasca Regional Multiplex Project 2003-2006. This includes the 2005 Alberta Centennial Legacies Grant application. There are also 8 photographs: the CNR station and land, Dennis Jacobs painting the mural on the Royal Canadian Legion building in 1999, and the Athabasca River. There are mock-ups of historic signage that has been placed on buildings and on bases on the riverfront that interpret Athabasca's history.

The fonds consists of shares for the Moose Lake and Athabasca Oil Co. Ltd., a comical curling challenge sent by Frank Falconer Sr. to J.P.Evans, and photographs of the following subjects: J.P.Evans, Agnes Evans, Anwyl and Dorothy Evans, [1936-37] and 1937-38 hockey teams, 1926 Boy Scout Camp at Baptiste Lake, scows, tracking, Stopping Creek Bridge, new cenotaph-1932, Dominion Day-1932, Hudson's Bay manager's house, AB Provincial Police/RCMP barracks, Grand Union Hotel, dog team at Parker's Store, Lessard's Store as Provincial Bldg., old Legion bldg, Imperial Bank of Canada, bridges over the Tawatinaw Creek, 1952 opening of bridge over the Athabasca River, and the ferry. The artifacts are examples of pottery made by the Athabasca Clay Products between 1964-1968. Also included is the book "Edmonton, Alberta's Capital", 1914.

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 materials created by George Godel of Athabasca between 1942 and 1980 and consists of George Godel's annual report on agriculture in the Athabasca district, 1942-1956 (incomplete), newspaper articles, and agricultural studies by Godel. The fonds also includes minutes of meetings of the Athabasca District Home and Farm Development Association.

The fonds consists of materials created by the County of Athabasca #12 between 1953 and 2007. The fonds consists of annual reports (1981-1994),the 1982 General Municipal Plan, maps of the county, a publicity videocassette, a souvenir brochure of the grand opening of the new County building Feb.27, 1987 and other materials.

The fonds consists of a report of the Entertainment Committee which includes a list of the members,a newspaper article and an expense sheet compiled by Cliff Donahue, secretary-treasurer of the committee.

The fonds consists of excerpts from CBC Edmonton Television program, Monday Magazine, April 17, 1986 regarding: Parkview quilt, Performing Arts Centre, Athabasca Archives, Johnny Guay and stage coach, street interviews, and Mayor Tony Schinkinger; CFRN News report, Sept.20, 1989; and CBC News Dec.6, 1989 feature on Mike Cardinal, M.L.A.

The fonds consists of a 36 page booklet entitled "The Athabaska River Country", a compilation of all authentic information available as to the resources and possibilities of the Athabasca river basin. Contents include history, agriculture, transportation, minerals, timber, and game. There are also 7 photographs including scows at Grand Rapids and the gas well at Pelican. This is a revised edition of portions of "The Unexploited West" compiled by Ernest J.Chambers.