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File contains annals, a historical summary, and news clippings on the original Arthur Convent bring torn down. Topics in the annals include: establishing the mission, anniversaries and celebrations, daily life, Sisters' ministries, renovations, finances, deaths of Sisters, and the weather.

File contains annals and financial journal. Topics include renovations, the weather, daily life, and the Sisters' ministries.

File contains annals. Topics in the annals include: establishing the mission, anniversaries and celebrations, daily life, Sisters' ministries, renovations, finances, deaths of Sisters, and the weather.

Subseries contains annals, historical summaries, financial journals, postcards, a booklet from the 150th anniversary of St. John the Evangelist Church, and The Way We Were Stories and Illustrations Vol. 1 No. 1 which records highlights of Arthur's early history.

Financial reports of receipts and expenses of the Sisters' mission in Arthur, Ontario.

File contains photograph album with photographs and news clippings from the Sisters' ministry in Arthur. Photographs include Christmas celebrations, birthdays, feast days, children, St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, and farmers.

File contains a photograph album with photographs and a news clipping from the Sisters' ministry in Arthur. Photographs include St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, St. Joseph's Convent, Sisters, priests, geese, Christmas, crafts, renovations, meals, winter, and gardening.

This series contains records created and accumulated by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario during their mission in Arthur, Ontario. The records include annals, historical summaries, meeting minutes, financial reports, correspondence, postcards, an offer to purchase property, two photograph albums, a booklet from the 150th anniversary of St. John the Evangelist Church, and The Way We Were Stories and Illustrations Vol. 1 No. 1 which records highlights of Arthur's early history. Arthur, Ontario is located within the Saugeen Anishnaabek of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation people which includes the Chippewas of Saugeen and the Chippewas of Nawash. It is the traditional territory of the Anishinabek Nation: The People of the Three Fires known as the Ojibway, Odwaa, and Pottawatomie Nations. On January 6, 1873, Sister M. Joseph Galvin, Sister Scholastica Mannix, and Sister M. Celestine Burns of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario arrived in Arthur, Ontario. Father Laussie, a priest in Arthur, had requested their assistance to meet the needs of the area. Sister M. Joseph was appointed as the local Superior. St. Joseph’s Convent was erected in 1887. In Arthur, the Sisters’ main ministry was to teach, but other apostolates were also undertaken such as that of sacristan, organist, music teacher, homemaker, parish ministry, and the visitation of the ill. The last Sister left in 1995.

Subseries contains correspondence from the Sisters mission in Arthur, Ontario, a summary of a house meeting, and an offer to purchase property.

File contains correspondence related to the Sisters' presence in Arthur, living arrangements, property and renovations, permission to attend events. There is also a summary of a meeting regarding the Sisters' property in Arthur and an offer to purchase property on Eastview Drive.