This album, comprised of 100 pages on which 99 photographs are mounted, is concerned solely with the church's involvement in missions, schools, and hospitals in the North during the specified time period. There are many photographs of missions and what they looked like in earlier days versus their "present day" appearance. The photos are accompanied by statistics inserted into the album. These statistics are gathered information about: the total number of priests, nuns, churches, chapels, day schools, residential schools, students, teachers, as well as the total number of Catholics and Protestants in the area and what their racial background is (Caucasian, Native, Inuit, or "other", e.g. half Caucasian, half African-Canadian). The statistics are from 1950 - 1951 and based on the Mackenzie district, Alberta and Saskatchewan. The source of the album is the Vicariate Apostolique of Mackenzie (?) and the majority of the photographs are from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Negative numbers associated with this album are e010983820 to e010983873; e008439072; e011092405.
The following schools can be found in the album: St. Theresa's school, Fort Smith; St. Joseph school, Fort Resolution; St. Margaret school, Fort Simpson; Sacred Heart school, Fort Providence (interiors of rooms as well); Immaculate Conception school, Aklavik.
The following missions and churches can be found in the album: Fort Smith, church and mission; Yellowknife, church and mission; Fort Rae, church and mission; Fort Liard, mission; Fort Wrigley, 1890; Norman Wells, chapel; Good Hope, church and mission; Aklavik, chapel and mission; first mission of Tuktuk; Paulatuk, mission; Coppermine, mission; Lettie Harbour, mission; Hay River, mission; Fort Providence, mission; Fort Simpson, church (interiors); Fort Norman, church and mission; Fort Franklin, chapel and mission; Arctic Red River, church and mission; Fort McPherson, mission; Stanton, mission; Holman Island, mission (interior); Minto Inlet, mission; Burneside, mission.
The following pupils can be found in the album: pupils of St. Margaret school, 1935; pupils of St. Theresa school with Sister Lavoie, 1945; pupils of St. Joseph school, 1945; pupils of Sacred Heart school, 1940; pupils of Immaculate Conception school, boys and girls separate, 1934.
The following clergy members can be found in the album (* appear in other photographs): Sister Gagnon; Sister Sokwa; Father L'Helgouac'h; hospital personnel, Fort Simpson; Mgr. Breynat; Mgr. Antoniutt?; Mgr. Fallaize; Mgr. Trocellier; Brother Latreille; Father Gathy; Father Posset; Father Trassard; Father Duchaussois; Father LeMeur; Father Turcotte; Father J. Dessy; Father DeHurthevent; Father Serrurst; Father Leroux; Father Gosselin; Father Jacque; Father Lassard; Father Laffont; Father Latreille; Father Beaucage; Father Gouy; Father Metayer; Father Bégin; Father Vermant; Father Porte; Father T. Chaloux; Sister Sylvain; (Group shot in Fort Smith, 1951 - Brothers: *Dabrowski; Crenn; L'Abbe; Bruyere; L'Ecuyer; Szczepaniak; Plante; *Brodeur; Pelletier; Tesnière; *Kérautret; Turgeen; *Jurczyk; Fathers: Letreste; *Mansoz; Michel; Renaud; Coty; *Mokwa; *Rion; Philippe; *Dénis; *Lesage; Gilles; Mousseau; *Haramburu;) Father Ebner; Father Brépeau; Father Beaudet; Father Petrin; Father Larocque; Father Mezza; Father De Lalande; Brother Kraut; Father LeMer; Father Laplante; Father Beauregard; Father Lizé; Father Cook; Father Feuvrier; Father Robin; Father Labouré; Father Gourion; Father Franche; Father Bourbonniere; Father J. Kergoat; Sister A. Gadbois; Sister Monastesse.
The following places can be found in the album: Waterways; Fort McMurray.
The following events can be found in the album: picnic with sisters and children; children learning in classrooms; consecration of Bishop P. Fallaize; mass service in a tent.
The following objects can be found in the album: "Santa Maria" airplane; altar in Aklavik chapel; "Our Lady of Lourdes", boat; hospitals.
