St. Peter's Cathedral Archives houses and makes available the Cathedral official archives, along with archival materials related to the church community in Charlottetown and across Prince Edward Island.
The photographs show aspects of the visit of Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie, the Countess of Wessex. Photograph A shows the flower gardens in Rochford Square. The remaining photographs show crowds gathered outside the cathedral, including RCMP officers, security guards, clery in their robes, and parishioners and visitors.
The photograph shows a Russian ikon that was given to Reverend Canon E.M. Malone. The photographs were sent to Ian Muncaster so that he could appraise it.
The two postcard photographs show the same image: the western exterior of Peter's Cathedral and the edge of All-Souls' Chapel, with green grass and trees in full bloom.
The photographs all show the same image: a formal class portrait, taken outdoors, of the students and two teachers of St. Peter's School. All the students are male.
The photographs show an archives open-house at St. Peter's Cathedral, including displays of archival photographs, Bibles, and church records. Individuals who have been identified in the photos are Dorothy Acorn, Rosemary Matthis, Anna Ghiz, Shirley Hyndeman, Ralph Moore, Marguerite Ghiz, Peggy Williams, and Adrien Irvine. Only images 0235 A B C D E F have been scanned.
The photographs show the chancel of St. Peter's Cathedral including the rood screen and the altar. The screen was apparently designed by William Critchlow Harris while he was an apprentice to the architect David Stirling at the office of Stirling Dewar in Halifax. There are chairs at the edge of the photo which dates the picture to prior to 1926.Photograph B is slightly cropped and doesn't show the chairs.
The file consists of 44 prints of clergymen, women, other men associated with St. Peter's Cathedral Church, and interior and exterior images of churches in England. Many of these images appear to be "cartes-de-visite," a type of small photograph, often the same size as a visiting card, which was traded among friends and visitors, particularly in the 1860s. People would collect cards and put them into containers or albums and put them on display.
The photographic directory of members consisted of two binders of photographs attached to construction paper, with the names of parishioners written on the paper. Pages appear to have been created for every member of the church but not all pages have photographs attached. The directory was originally divided into three three-ring binders (28 x 29 cm each): the first for parishioners with last names A to J, the second for last names from K to O, and the third for last names from P to Y. In order to preserve the photographs safely, the photographs and sheets of paper were removed from the binders and placed in files in alphabetical order as follows: File 1: A-E, File 2: F-J, File 3: K-Mc, File 4: Me-R, File 5: S-Y, File 6: To Be Identified. The approximate date that the photographs were taken is 1985, based on information provided by parishioners in 2020.