This series consists of records documenting the publicity, background, funding, and sale of the Rosewood House group home for people with mental illness in Brantford, Ontario when it was owned by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton. 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. In 1998, Rosewood House was founded in Brantford, Ontario at 42 Nelson Street as a for-profit group home for people with mental illness. The property was owned by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton before it was sold in 2000, after which time Rosewood House became a not-for-profit charitable organization. The records include newspaper clippings, financial records, advertisements, and correspondence between Rosewood staff and executives, community members, and Sisters pertaining to the opening, running, and sale of the house.
Sem títuloThis file consists of records documenting the background and funding of the Rosewood House group home for people with mental health problems in Brantford, Ontario when it was owned by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton. The records include newspaper clippings, financial records, and advertisements, as well as memos, emails, and other correspondence pertaining to the running of the house between staff, executives, a variety of businesses and charities, and between members and staff of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton.
This file consists of two pieces of internal correspondence within the Sisters of St. Joseph in Hamilton between November 9th and 10th, 2000. The correspondence consists of a memo in response to the issue of the potential sale of Rosewood House in 2000 and a press release on that subject.
This file consists of one photocopy of a newspaper clipping from The Brantford Expositor newspaper in Brantford, Ontario titled "Rosewood scrambles for survival" by Cheryl Bauslaugh, detailing the reactions of the residents and staff of Rosewood House, a group-home for mentally-ill young people owned by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, to the news that the house may be sold to the Brantford Pregnancy Centre.