Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.
![]() Father Constantine Scollen, [ca. 1870s]
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Series 1 | Father Scollen's correspondence. - 1861- 1903. - The series consists of original letters written by Father Scollen. For photocopies of other letters, see Series 3. |
| M-8873-1 | Constantine Scollen, Inchicore, Dublin, to
parents. -- December, 1861 |
| M-8873-2 | Constantine Scollen, Mission of St. Joachim,
Fort Edmonton, to Father Wilkinson. -- December 29, 1865 |
| M-8873-3 | Constantine Scollen, Mission of St. Albert, to
parents. - January 3, 1867 |
| M-8873-4 | Constantine Scollen, Fort Edmonton to
parents. -- April 28, 1867 |
| M-8873-5 | Constantine Scollen, Fort Edmonton to
parents. -- April 16, 1868 |
| M-8873-6 | Constantine Scollen, St. Albert Mission, to
father. -- December 30, 1868 |
| M-8873-7 | Constantine Scollen, Mission of St. Albert, to
"Very Reverend and Dear Sir". -- no date [1860s?] |
| M-8873-8 | Vital Grandin, St. Albert Mission to Patrick
Scollen. -- April 23, 1877 |
| M-8873-9 | Constantine Scollen, Fort Macleod, to parents.
-- May 7, 1877 |
| M-8873-10 | Constantine Scollen, Fort Macleod, to
parents. - July 18, 1877 |
| M-8873-11 | Constantine Scollen, Our Lady of Peace
Mission, Fort Calgary, to parents. -- April 29, 1878 |
| M-8873-12 | Constantine Scollen, Fort Macleod, to Sister
Amy. -- July 2, 1878 |
| M-8873-13 | Constantine Scollen, Our Lady of Peace
Mission, to parents. -- July 17, 1878 |
| M-8873-14 | Constantine Scollen, Fort Macleod, to
parents. -- April 23, 1879 |
| M-8873-15 | Vital Grandin, travelling on Cumberland
Lake, to Patrick Scollen. -- July 29, 1879 |
| M-8873-16 | Constantine Scollen, Our Lady of Peace
Mission, Fort Calgary, to sister. -- February 24, 1880 |
| M-8873-17 | Sister M. F. Clare, Convent of Poor Clares,
Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland, to "my dear Friend" [Patrick Scollen?]. -- June 1881 |
| M-8873-18 | Constantine Scollen, Our Lady of Peace
Mission, Calgary, to father. -- September 2, 1881 |
| M-8873-19 | Constantine Scollen, St. Albert to brother
Joseph. -- June 17, 1882 |
| M-8873-20 | Constantine Scollen, St. Albert, to brother
Joe. -- July 27, 1882 |
| M-8873-21 | Constantine Scollen, St. Albert to brother
Joseph. -- November 10, 1882 |
| M-8873-22 | Constantine Scollen, Edmonton, to brother
Joe. -- December 23, 1882 |
| M-8873-23 | Constantine Scollen, Edmonton, to brother
Joseph. -- June 5, 1883 |
| M-8873-24 | Constantine Scollen, St. Albert, to brother
Joe. -- October 3, 1883 |
| M-8873-25 | Constantine Scollen, St. Albert, to brother
Joe. -- January 12, 1884 |
| M-8873-26 | Constantine Scollen, St. Albert, to brother
Joe. -- March 20, 1884 |
| M-8873-27 | Constantine Scollen, St. Laurent, Manitoba,
to Joe. -- December 23, 1886 |
| M-8873-28 | Constantine Scollen, St. John, Rolette Country, Dakota Territory, to brother Joe. -- April 4, 1887 |
| M-8873-29 | Constantine Scollen, St. Stephen's Mission, Fremont County, Wyoming to sister Mary. -- May 7, 1890. -- [near Riverton, Wyoming]. |
| M-8873-30 | Constantine Scollen, St. Stephen's Mission, Fremont County, Wyoming, to brother. -- no date [ca. 1890?]. -- [near Riverton, Wyoming] |
| M-8873-31 | Constantine Scollen, St. Stephen's Mission, Fremont County, Wyoming, to Joe. -- August 13, 1890. -- [near Riverton, Wyoming] |
| M-8873-32 | Constantine Scollen, St. Stephen's Mission, Fremont County, Wyoming, to brother Joe. -- January 26, 1891. -- [near Riverton, Wyoming] |
| M-8873-33 | Constantine Scollen, St. Stephen's Mission, Fremont County, Wyoming, to sister. -- November 14, 1891. -- [near Riverton, Wyoming]. |
| M-8873-34 | Constantine Scollen, St. Stephen's Mission, Fremont County, Wyoming, to Joe. -- November 14, 1891. -- [near Riverton, Wyoming]. |
| M-8873-35 | Constantine Scollen, St. Stephen's Mission, Fremont County, Wyoming, to little sister. -- March 31, 1892. -- [near Riverton, Wyoming]. |
| M-8873-36 | Constantine Scollen, Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming, to sister Mary. -- March 10, 1893 |
| M-8873-37 | Constantine Scollen to ?. -- no date [ca. 1890s]. -- [Letter incomplete]. -- re his illness of 8 months; his autobiography "Thirty Years Experience among the Indians of the Northwest". |
| M-8873-38 | Constantine Scollen, Orleans, Harlan County, Nebraska, to sister Mary. -- March 5, 1896 |
| M-8873-39 | Constantine Scollen, Orleans, Harlan County, Nebraska to brother Joe. -- no date [1896?] |
| M-8873-40 | Constantine Scollen, Orleans, Nebraska, to sister. -- July 6, 1896 |
| M-8873-41 | Constantine Scollen, Concordia, Kansas to sister Mary. -- February 5, 1897 |
| M-8873-42 | Constantine Scollen, Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas, to sister Mary. -- August 18, 1897 |
| M-8873-43 | Constantine Scollen, Chicago, to brother Joe. -- January 12, 1898 |
| M-8873-44 | Constantine Scollen, Chicago to brother Joe. -- March 24, 1898 |
| M-8873-45 | Constantine Scollen, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio, to brother Joe. -- December 22, 1898 |
| M-8873-46 | Constantine Scollen, Urbana, Champagne County, Ohio, to Joe. -- nd |
| M-8873-47 | Constantine Scollen, Urbana, Champagne County, Ohio, to niece. -- February 5, 1901 |
| M-8873-48 | Constantine Scollen, Urbana, Champagne County, Ohio, to sister Mary. -- December 27, 1901 |
| M-8873-49 | Constantine Scollen, Urbana, Champagne County, Ohio, to sister. -- March 19, 1902 |
| M-8873-50 | Sister Lamberta of St. Francis, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Dayton, Ohio, to Sister Mary. -- September 18, 1902 |
| M-8873-51 | Sister Lamberta of St. Francis, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Dayton, Ohio, to Sister Katherine Marie -- November 12, 1902. -- Re death of Constantine Scollen. |
| M-8873-52 | Sister Lamberta of St. Francis, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Dayton, Ohio to Sister Catherine Marie. -- April 4, 1903 |
| M-8873-53 | [Constantine Scollen?] to uncle. -- no date. -- [Letter incomplete]. |
Series 2 | William Scollen's correspondence. - 1877- 1890 |
| M-1108-1 | William Scollen to parents. - [ca. 1877]. - Regarding abilities
of Reverend Father Scollen, and initial trip to Southern Alberta from Fort Benton. Letter incomplete -
missing salutation page. |
| M-1108-2 | William Scollen to parents. - October 14, 1877. -
Regarding initial trip from Fort Macleod, horse riding, signing of Treaty number seven, and
personal belongings. Incorrect date added later. |
| M-8873-54 | William Scollen, Our Lady of Peace
Mission, Fort Calgary, to parents. -- [ca. 1877-1878]. -- Letter incomplete - missing last page. |
| M-1108-3 | William and Margret Scollen to Joseph Scollen. - [ca.1878]. - Regarding
sending portrait, and return to Britain, also includes song composed by Father Scollen. No date,
possibly written in later 1878 or early 1879. |
| M-1108-4 | William and Margret Scollen to Joseph Scollen. - April 29, 1878. -
Regarding consequences of marriage, plans to bring Joseph to Canada, and attempt to refute
charge of selfishness. |
| M-1108-5 | William Scollen to parents. - August 24, 1878. -
Regarding mail routes, conditions in the country, First Nations menace, and provisions of
food. |
| M-1108-6 | William and Margret Scollen to parents. - [ca.1878]. - Includes
complaints
regarding Mounted Police, farm conditions, and First Nations attacks on John Glenn and Sam
Livingston. Letter incomplete - missing salutation page. |
| M-1108-7 | William Scollen to Joseph Scollen. - June 1879. -
Regarding letter writing, friends in Ireland, present to Margaret Scollen, smoking, and farming.
See M-8873-55 below for the probable last page of this letter. |
| M-8873-55 | William and Maggie Scollen, Our Lady of
Peace Mission, Fort Calgary, to brother. -- [ca. June 1879]. -- Letter incomplete - probably last page
of M-1108-7 above. |
| M-8873-56 | William Scollen, [Our Lady of Peace
Mission, Fort Calgary] to parents. -- [ca. 1879 or 1880] |
| M-8873-57 | William and Margret Scollen, Our Lady of
Peace Mission, Fort Calgary, to parents. -- March 4, 1879 |
| M-8873-58 | William Scollen, Our Lady of Peace
Mission, Fort Calgary, to parents. -- April 24, 1880. -- Letter incomplete - missing last page. |
| M-8873-59 | William and Margret Scollen, Our Lady of
Peace Mission, Fort Calgary, to Joseph. -- May 8, 1880 |
| M-8873-60 | William Scollen, Fort Calgary, to father. --
January 25, 1882 |
| M-1108-8 | Mary Scollen to family. - April 5, 1882. - Regarding father's death. Written from St. Johns Convent, Maryport, Cumberland, England. |
| M-8873-61 | William Scollen, Calgary, to Joe. -- March 7,
1885. -- Letter incomplete - missing last page. |
| M-8873-62 | William Scollen, Calgary, to Joe. -- April
27, 1885 |
| M-8873-63 | William and Maggie Scollen, Calgary, to
Joe. -- January 15, 1887 |
| M-8873-64 | William Scollen, Calgary, to brother. --
July 6, 1889. -- Letter incomplete - missing last page. |
| M-8873-65 | William Scollen, Calgary, to sister. --
January 3, 1890 |
Series 3 | Vincent Scollen's research materials. - 1861-1987 |
| M-8038-1 | Father Scollen's correspondence. - 1861-1869. - Includes photocopies and transcriptions. |
| M-8038-2 | Father Scollen's correspondence. - 1872-1879. - Includes photocopies and transcriptions. |
| M-8038-3 | Father Scollen's correspondence. - 1879-1885. - Includes photocopies and letters regarding Riel Rebellion. |
| M-8038-4 | Father Scollen's correspondence. - 1902. - Includes photocopies and last letters between Scollen and Father Lacombe. |
| M-4343 | Father Constantine Scollen. - 1879-1902. - 2 cm of textual records, photocopies. - Consists of letter to Major Irvine of the North West Mounted Police about the welfare of First Nations in Fort Macleod area (1879); and other letters. These are photocopies of originals held by the Provincial Archives of Alberta and the National Archives of Canada. |
| M-8038-5 | Research notes from Textbooks on Father Scollen. - 1861-1902 |
| M-8038-6 | General history regarding Father Scollen, Oblates |
| M-8038-7 | Our Lady of Peace Mission history |
| M-8038-8 | Northern Arapaho Translation booklet. - Also includes notes on Scollen's linguistic abilities. |
| M-8038-9 | Vincent Scollen correspondence. - 1969-1967. - Regarding family genealogy. |
| M-8038-10 | William Scollen letters-photocopies |
| M-8038-11 | Roman Catholic prayer card from Father C. Scollen |
| M-8038-12 | Research notes. - Regarding Father Lacombe, Crowfoot, Red Crow, and personalities. |
| M-8038-13 | Research notes. - Regarding Constantine and William Scollen, Father Lacombe, Reverend Macdougall, and the North West Mounted Police. |
| M-8038-14 | Research notes. - Regarding Western Canadian history post-1860. |
| M-8038-15 | Research notes. - Regarding First Nations groups and Metis. |
| M-8038-16 | History of Catholic Missionaries in Alberta and Canada |
| M-8038-17 | Non-Catholic influences in Western Canada. - Includes Reverend John Mcdougall. |
| M-8038-18 | Thomas Louise Connolly |
| M-8038-19 | Canadian Political Figures post-1860 |
| M-8038-20 | Newspaper articles. - 1877. - Also includes transcriptions. |
| M-8038-21 | Western Canadian history notes. - 1873- 1876 |
| M-8038-22 | Treaty 6 and Treaty 7 notes |
| M-8038-23 | Treaty 7 anniversary program |
| M-8038-24 | History notes. - 1881-1886. - Includes Riel Rebellion |
| M-8038-25 | Indian Agent letters. - 1891 |
| M-8038-26 | Miscellaneous notes. - Includes photographs and maps regarding missionaries and First Nations groups. |
| M-8038-27 | Vincent Scollen correspondence. - Regarding research and publishing. |
| M-8038-28 | North West Mounted Police miscellaneous notes. - Includes Fort Edmonton, Fort Calgary, and Fort Macleod. |
| M-8038-29 | First Nations issues, notes. - 1975-1986. - Includes Kainai News. |
| M-8038-30 | Bibliographic research notes |
| M-8038-31 | Miscellaneous notes. - Includes First Nations and Metis. |
| M-8038-32 | Canadian government on First Nations issues |
| M-8038-33 | First Nations Constitutional issues. - 1977-1987. - Includes newspaper articles. |
| M-8038-34 | Miscellaneous notes, First Nations culture and people. - Includes newspaper articles. |
| M-8038-35 | Notes on Ireland |
| M-8038-36 | Canadian government speeches. - Includes First Nations issues. |
| M-8038-37 | Duplicate notes |
| M-8038-38 | Duplicate notes |
| M-8038-39 | Lists of dates |
| M-8038-40 | Miscellaneous unrelated material |
| M-8038-41 | Pamplets |
| M-8038-42 | Record book |
| RCT-108 | William Edward Scollen. - 1973. - 1 audio tape reel. - Consists of an interview with William Edward Scollen about Father Scollen. |
| RCT-866 | Vincent Scollen. - [ca. 1970s-1980s]. - 8 cassettes. - Consists of interviews undertaken by Vincent Scollen about Father Scollen and the Scollen families. Note: These cassettes have been missing since 1991. |
| NA-2670 NA-3022 |
Photographs. -- [ca. 1860s]-1909. -- 5 photographs. -- Consists
of photographs of Father Scollen and the Joseph Scollen family. |


