The Athabasca University Archives was created on May 28, 1979, by Athabasca University Governing Council (AUGC). In November 1991 the archives was renamed the Thomas A. Edge Archives & Special Collections as a tribute to Tom Edge, AU's first Librarian.
![One church on a dirt street with several buildings in the background, [Alberta]. Note on the back reads: ""unknown to me"".](https://athabascau-i2.arcabc.ca/_flysystem/repo-service/styles/solr_grid_thumbnail/repo-bin/2018-10/au_4519.jpg.jpeg?itok=uxPQg805 "One church on a dirt street with several buildings in the background, [Alberta]. Note on the back reads: \"\"unknown to me\"\".")
![A body of water and across it is a very steep rocky shore, [Alberta].](https://athabascau-i2.arcabc.ca/_flysystem/repo-service/styles/solr_grid_thumbnail/repo-bin/2018-10/au_4486.jpg.jpeg?itok=1cbGTfiQ "A body of water and across it is a very steep rocky shore, [Alberta].")
![Two boats landed at a shore line. People and cloth coverings in both boats, [Alberta].](https://athabascau-i2.arcabc.ca/_flysystem/repo-service/styles/solr_grid_thumbnail/repo-bin/2018-10/au_4449.jpg.jpeg?itok=cU674Io8 "Two boats landed at a shore line. People and cloth coverings in both boats, [Alberta].")
![Boats on a shoreline, [Alberta].](https://athabascau-i2.arcabc.ca/_flysystem/repo-service/styles/solr_grid_thumbnail/repo-bin/2018-10/au_4408.jpg.jpeg?itok=uRcEzUAt "Boats on a shoreline, [Alberta].")
![One man driving four horses attached to plow, while one man walks beside, [Alberta].](https://athabascau-i2.arcabc.ca/_flysystem/repo-service/styles/solr_grid_thumbnail/repo-bin/2018-10/au_4640.jpg.jpeg?itok=fkKJZY7A "One man driving four horses attached to plow, while one man walks beside, [Alberta].")
![A community with wooden and white wooden structures. It is winter and the land is covered in snow and the water frozen, [Alberta].](https://athabascau-i2.arcabc.ca/_flysystem/repo-service/styles/solr_grid_thumbnail/repo-bin/2018-10/au_4508.jpg.jpeg?itok=ksp4-_rn "A community with wooden and white wooden structures. It is winter and the land is covered in snow and the water frozen, [Alberta].")
![Views from a hilltop of a body of water and an island, [Alberta]. Note on the front reads"" ""Island in Slave River near Boundary"".](https://athabascau-i2.arcabc.ca/_flysystem/repo-service/styles/solr_grid_thumbnail/repo-bin/2018-10/au_4535.jpg.jpeg?itok=epuH42cw "Views from a hilltop of a body of water and an island, [Alberta]. Note on the front reads\"\" \"\"Island in Slave River near Boundary\"\".")