Collection consists of 48 glass lantern slides (29 of them tinted) and 2 negatives. The lantern slides include images related to four Residential Schools: Elkhorn (Manitoba), St. Michael’s (British Columbia), Shingwauk (Ontario), and Choutla (Yukon).

Collection includes images of the schools, classrooms, and different areas of the buildings (dining room, kitchen, etc.); the staff, students, and families engaged in different activities; and surroundings of the schools (cemeteries, churches, villages, etc.). Collection also includes images of landscapes and two images unidentified villages.

Collection might be similar to the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada fonds, at the Anglican Church of Canada Diocese of Rupert's Land, Manitoba.

Lantern slides shows were used during the 1920s and 1930s by the Church of England in Canada to promote the work of their missionaries and to raise funds. The slide shows took place during missionaries’ services, church services, Sunday school groups, and special church programs. Usually, the slide shows were complemented with a text with basic commentary on the mission and content of the slides.

Item is an image of pictographs and petroglyphs. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade.

Item is an image of pictographs and petroglyphs on a vertical surface. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slid

Item is an image of pictographs and petroglyphs on a vertical surface. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade.

Item is an image of pictographs and petroglyphs on a vertical surface. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade.

File contains graphic materials depicting petroglyphs and pictographs in the coast of British Columbia. According to annotations, some of the photographs were taken by L. M. Greene.

Item is an image of a coastal area. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade in 1969.

Item is an image of a coastal area with a shore boat. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade in 1969.

Item is a close-up image of a wall. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade.

Item is an image of petroglyphs. Original slide includes number 2 and 31.

Item is an image of a rubbing of a petroglyph on a paper sheet. Original slide includes number 4 and 22.