This series consists of records documenting the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton’s time at St. Joseph’s Convent at 75 pearl Street, Brantford, Ontario. Brantford, Ontario is located on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg and is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and adjacent to Haldiman Treaty territory. Sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario first came to Brant County in 1858 where they were teachers at Sacred Heart School in Paris. They opened a convent in 1859 and the St. Joseph’s Convent at 75 Pearl Street, Brantford, Ontario, in 1912. While there, the Sisters were involved in education, health care, and parish ministry. This convent closed in 1976, those Sisters still working in Brantford moved to other residences. Despite being labelled as annals, this series does not actually contain any annals or historical summaries of the activities at St. Joseph’s Convent, though it does contain the house meeting minutes of the Sisters living at the convent. The series also contains financial and insurance records, correspondence, notes, photographs prayer cards, news clippings, lists of Sisters, and material from the Centennial Jubilee. Some other items of note include a floor plan for the Sisters’ living quarters, a report on the condition of the attic, a summary of the Sisters’ involvement in the field of education, questions about Bethany House, prayer cards, a business card for R. L. Evans & Sons, a list of rules for teachers in New York in 1872, a description for cornets and bands in the Sisters' Habits, a service guide from Mother M. Alacoque's funeral, Rev. Hugh J. Hayes’ obituary, and a copy of The Sacred Congregation on the Discipline of the Sacraments An Exclusive Instruction from the Chancery Office of the Diocese of Hamilton.
