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Records include photographs and a photocopy of a monograph entitled "Historical Sketch of the Origin and Work of the Hay River Mission, Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories." Most of the images are stored in two photograph albums. The first album contains images taken by Reverend Marsh between 1893 and 1907. The second album contains photographs taken by C.W. Mathers, a professional photographer from Edmonton, who toured the Mackenzie River communities in 1901. There are also some loose images taken by Reverend Marsh. The images depict traditional Dene and Inuit lifestyles in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Subjects include mooseskin boats, scows, dog teams, skin tents and kayaks. Many of the images document the development of St. Peter's Anglican Mission at Hay River. There are photographs of the church, boarding school, mission staff and the students who attended the school. A number of images depict Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) posts and the steamers and scows that were used by the Hudson's Bay Company to transport goods in the north. Locations include Fort Good Hope, Fort McPherson, Fort Norman, Fort Providence, Fort Simpson, Hay River and Peel River. The records have been arranged into three series: Series I - Reverend T.J. Marsh photograph album; Series II - C.W. Mathers album; Series III - Reverend T.J. Marsh.

This fonds consists of 69 black and white photographs that were either taken, or collected, by Reverend T.J. Marsh between 1893 and 1907. There is also a photocopy of a monograph entitled "Historical Sketch of the Origin and Work of the Hay River Mission, Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories." Most of the images are stored in two photograph albums. The first album contains images taken by Reverend Marsh between 1893 and 1907. The second album contains photographs taken by C.W. Mathers, a professional photographer from Edmonton, who toured the Mackenzie River communities in 1901. There are also some loose images taken by Reverend Marsh. The images depict traditional Dene and Inuit lifestyles in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Subjects include mooseskin boats, scows, dog teams, skin tents and kayaks. Many of the images document the development of St. Peter's Anglican Mission at Hay River. There are photographs of the church, boarding school, mission staff and the students who attended the school. A number of images depict Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) posts and the steamers and scows that were used by the Hudson's Bay Company to transport goods in the north. Locations include Fort Good Hope, Fort McPherson, Fort Norman, Fort Providence, Fort Simpson, Hay River and Peel River. The records have been arranged into three series: Series I - Reverend T.J. Marsh photograph album; Series II - C.W. Mathers album; Series III - Reverend T.J. Marsh.

Grand Rapids, Athabasca River. The photo shows the H.B.Co's fur boats landing at the foot of the rapid, preparatory to making the portage, 265 miles north of Edmonton. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

A 50 foot scow shooting a rapid. See previous picture. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

A moose and teepee. The moose is not much used being too difficult to train, dogs are used now exclusively instead. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

Indians packing at the foot of Grand Rapids - Athabasca River. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

[11 men photographed after graduation - some of them were later ordained as members of the Anglican Church. Each has signed their names at the bottom of the photo]. Back row left to right: Fred Wilkinson (later Bishop of Toronto), H.Caylwin, John T. Bryan, C.A. Sadleid [?], Thos. J. Marsh (Thomas Jabez Marsh - later Archdeacon). Center row left to right: Carl [?], I.O. Stringer (later Bishop of the Mackenzie), [?]. Front row left to right: Ed Softley, Randolph F. Nies [?], [?] King. [pre-1892]

H.B.Co's post, Chipewyan on Athabasca Lake, 500 miles north of Edmonton. [Alberta, C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

Indians tracking the H.B.Co's fur boats up the rapids on Athabasca River, from Fort McMurray to Grand Rapids, 87 miles is almost one continuous rapid. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

An Indian packer with an average load of 200 lbs. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

Indians packing goods up from the shore of Great Slave Lake at Fort Resolution. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

Hislop & Nagle trading steamer, bringing their supplies into their post at Resolution, Great Slave Lake. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

A group of Dogrib Indian boys. Great Slave Lake. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

Loading the boats again after making the third portage, Slave River. Flour here is worth $10 a hundred lbs. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

Indians running a boat through the rapids on the second portage, Slave River. The boats are run in the channels of the river thereby avoiding the heavier swells in the main part of the river, which is a mile wide and almost impossible to run a boat through. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

Skin Lodges of the Dogrib Indians in front of H.B.Co's Fort Great Slave Lake. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

Indians landing at Great Slave Lake with birch bark canoes, coming to trade at Resolution. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

Indians portaging a 50 ft. scow or boat on the Mantaise Portage, goods and boats are portaged four times in 25 miles on account of the rapids on Slave River. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].

The H.B. Co's steamer "Wrigley" on the Mackenzie, taking a moose aboard, which was shot from the deck. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].