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The fonds consists of records which document the life of Rt. Rev. Emile Joseph Legal and his actions and activities as the second Bishop of St. Albert and first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Edmonton and includes written and typed copies of his pastoral and circular letters, his personal journals and diaries, the diaries he kept while pastor at the St. Albert Parish in St. Albert, as well as large amount of correspondence between Legal and his family, friends, fellow clergymen, members of the laity, organizations and business that he interacted with in the course of his daily activities as a priest, bishop, and administrator of the Diocese of St. Albert and Archdiocese of Edmonton.

The fonds is arranged into five series:

1. Pastoral Letters (1898-1919)
2. Journals (1880-1918)
3. Miscellaneous Writings (1894-1919)
4. Personal Papers (1894-1920)
5. Correspondence (ca. 1860-ca.1920)

Photograph album contains black and white photographs taken by Archbishop Legal which document his actions and activities as Bishop of the Diocese of St. Albert and Archbishop of Archdiocese of Edmonton. Album includes photographs from parishes and missions in Alberta. Several pages include photographs of First Nations peoples and their reserves. Many of the photographs are identified, however some are not.

Index to Album pages:
pg1-5, 8-9, and 35. St. Albert (various scenes)
pg6-7. Edmonton
pg10-11. Calgary
pg12-13. Pincher Creek
pg14. McLeod
pg15. Dunbow (Industrial School)
pg16. Dunbow
pg17. Calgary
pg18. Lethbridge
pg19. Medicine hat; Duhamel
pg20-21. Hobbema
pg22. Banff
pg23. Train in distress
pg24. Wetaskiwin and Strathcona
pg25. Strathcona
pg26. Mission Blood Indians
pg27. Mission Peigan Indians
pg28. Grand Prairie; St. Albert
pg29. St. Albert
pg30. Nicolet
pg31. Asylum (St. jean de Dieu)
pg32. Morinville; Grand Prairie
pg33. St. Alexander
pg34. Indian Camps
pg36-38. Galicians
pg39. En Campement
pg40. N.D. of Lourdes
pg41 and 43. Villeneuve.
pg42. Saddle Lake
pg43. Beaver Lake and Vegreville
pg44-45. St. Paul
pg46. Metis Camps
pg47. Athabaska Landing
pg48. Onion Lake
pg49. St. Mathias; Good Fish Lake
pg50. Lac la Biche

Photograph album contains black and white photographs taken by Archbishop Legal which document his actions and activities as Bishop of the Diocese of St. Albert and Archbishop of Archdiocese of Edmonton. Album includes photographs from parishes and missions in Alberta as well as photographs of mission in British Columbia. Several pages include photographs of First Nations peoples and their reserves. The album also includes photographs from Bishop Legal's trip to Rome. Many of the photographs are identified, however some are not.

Index to Album pages:

pg.1-4. St. Albert
pg.5-6. Unknown
pg.7. Rome 9Forum, Maronite Convent); Naples
pg.8. Seeschelt B.C.; Franciscans in Edmonton
pg.9. Banhead; Coleman
pg.10. Valley of Belly River; Vegreville
pg.11. Lethbridge; Coutts; N.D. D’ Anvers (church); Cree Indians
pg.12. Dunbow, Blood Indians
pg.13. Dunbow
pg.14. Midnapore Home; Castor Hospital; St. Albert Cathedral; Pincher Creek
pg.15. Tawatinaw; Lemarchand Mansion, Edmonton
pg.16. Dunbow; Blood Indians; St. Edmund’s Edmonton
pg.17. Lac La NBiche Mission; Peigan Mission
pg.18. Blackfoot Indians
pg.19. Blood Indians
pg.20. Millet Church; St. Ann Convent, Edmonton; Coutts
pg.21. Blood Indians; Cree Indians
pg.22. Dunbow; Blackfoor Crossing (New School)
pg.23. Unknown
pg.24. Hobbema Mission; Blood Reserve (rectory)
pg.25. Yarrow (Escorts)
pg.26. Spring lake church and rectory; Coronation Church
pg.27. Delmas Mission
pg.28. Frank Slide
pg.29. Coleman; Bankhead
pg.30. Round Hill Church; Krakow Church
pg.31. Canmore; Kopernick
pg.32. Beaudrap Family
pg.33. Beaudrap Home; St. Nazaire Missionl Saddle Lake (Escort)
pg.34. Hobbema pupils and Indian Family; Athabaska landing (chuch); St. Paul convent
pg.35. Prince Albert Cathedral; Indians
pg.36. Cardston Church; Cold Lake
pg.37. Calgary Catholic Separate School and Convent; MacLeod Convent; Calgary Mission
pg.38. Villeneuve Church and Rectory; Duhamel Church; Picardville Church
pg.39. Saddle Lake (Church); Blackfoot mission
pg.40. Cold Lake; St. Nazaire Church

Photograph album contains black and white photographs taken by Archbishop Legal which document his actions and activities as Bishop of the Diocese of St. Albert and Archbishop of Archdiocese of Edmonton. Album includes photographs from parishes and missions in Alberta as well as photographs of mission in British Columbia. Several pages include photographs of First Nations peoples and their reserves. The album also includes photographs from trips taken by Legal to France and Rome. Many of the photographs are identified, however some are not.

Index to album pages:

pg1-2. Nice
pg.3. Seeschelt, B.C.
pg.4. McLeod Mission
pg.5. Steamship Scenes
pg.6. Unknown
pg.7. St. Pierre de Bouguenais
pg.8. Reverend Portier and family
pg.9. Rome: Chateay bastin (OMI Scholasticate)
pg.10. Nantes
pg.11. Dunbow
pg.12. Blood Indians (Convent and Mission)
pg.13. Edmonton (Franciscans first church)
pg.14. Indian Groups
pg.15. Blood Indians; Piegans
pg.16. Piegan Mission
pg.17. Dunbow
pg.18. Kermabon (at. Mr Gendre’s Home)
pg.19. Trochu
pg.20. Villeneuve
pg.21. Legal
pg.22. Beaumont; Lacombe Home Children
pg.23. Fire in Edmonton
pg.24. Daysland Church and Hospital; Edmonton General Hospital
pg.25. Duhamel
pg.26. Brosseau Church and Rectory; Duhamel Church
pg.27. Bishop Dontenwill, OMI; Bishop Grandin, OMI; Rev. Lacombe, OMI; Rev. J.M. Lastanc, OMI
pg.28. Villeneuve; Franciscans Convent, Edmonton
pg.29. Blood Indians; Cold Lake (Indians); Misericordia Hospital
pg.30. Convents: Faithful Companions of Jesus; Franciscans
pg.31. Indian Groups
pg.32. Blood Indian Mission
pg.33-35. Indian Groups
pg.36. Medicine Hat; Consort; Coronation
pg.37. Blackfoot Crossing Mission; Dunbow
pg.38. Dunbow
pg.39. St. Albert (group of women)
pg.40. Exshaw
pg.41. Nantes; Cardston