This series consists of photographs of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chatham, many of which were originally housed in separate photo albums. The first file contains photos of the first hospital in the old Salvation Army barracks; the hospital at its King Street location; the first Sisters in the hospital; the nurses’ classrooms and study hall; the wards; the first addition in 1914 to the hospital which was an operating room and nursery; graduates of the School of Nursing including Sister Jane Francis O’Rourke; the nurses’ residence; and Sisters on staff. The second file contains the demolition of the old wings; the boiler room building prior to 1975; and the new wing front entrance in 1975. The third file contains the turning of the sod for the new addition in 1971; and board members. The fourth file contains a photo album belonging to Sister Mary Lourdes Therens with photos of the new addition, board members, the opening attended by Lt. Gov. Pauline McGibbon, as well as Sisters and staff. The fifth file contains photos of the new addition in 1975, the front entrance and areas of the hospital, the operating rooms, intensive care, coronary care, and the parking lot in 1988. The sixth file contains a card with a black and white photo of the original hospital building, and a black and white drawing of the modern hospital building. The seventh file contains photos of nursing sisters and clergy, one drymounted photograph and a photocopy of a newspaper clipping. The eighth file contains photos of hospital scenes and activities. The ninth file contains photos of hospital administrators, two lists of administrators and one newspaper clipping. The tenth file contains photos of the first and last babies born at the hospital with captions and newspaper clippings. The eleventh file contains photos of activities of staff and friends with captions and newspaper clippings. The twelfth file contains photos of the Terry Fox Run with captions. The thirteenth file contains photos of activities at St. Joseph’s Hospital with captions. The fourteenth file contains photos of St. Joseph’s Hospital staff activities at the “Festival of Nations” at Tecumseh Park, Chatham, ON with captions and note page.
The majority of the photographs show children performing at the annual Orphans’ Festival. They are in various costumes posing for pictures, or they are performing on stage. The orphanage dining hall is featured in several photographs. Children are seen eating while the Sisters are working in the room. These images also show what the interior of the orphanage building looked like. Images of children playing games and holidays are also included in this series. There are also several photographs of the Sisters, such as an image of Sr. Clarice Van Tassel fixing a girl’s dress. Several photographs of children receiving their communion also comprise this series.
This series consists of photographs that were originally part of a photograph album of Alberta hospitals.
The series contains a photo album with photographs of the opening of St Mary’s Hospital in 1951 and of the new addition. There is also a scrapbook with photographs, news clippings, and ephemera documenting the history of St. Mary’s Hospital. The loose slides and photographs are of St. Mary's Hospital interior and exterior, construction, the official opening in 1951, 1995 Sod Turning Ceremony, and staff, Sisters, and patients at St. Mary’s Hospital and Marian Villa.
The subseries consists of four framed black and white photographs. The photographs include two of "The Class" (1942-1943 and 1945-1946), and two of the choirs: one of the "Little Radio Choir" (1943-1944), and one of "The Choristers" (1944-1945).
This sub-series consists of photographs of Guatemala during and after the Sisters’ mission there. There are photographs showing the construction of Colegio San José, the dental clinic, and homes after the 1976 earthquake. There are many photographs depicting the Sisters working in the school, local clinics and Nutritional Centre. Several photographs show the opening of the new chapel on December 12, 1964. There are photographs showing Guatemalan children dressed up for Communion. The sub-series also contains photographs of the 25th anniversary of the Colegio San José depicting school children parading through the streets in celebration. There are also numerous photographs showing the damage caused by the earthquake, as well as reconstruction efforts. Operation Guatemala, a program initiated by the Sisters in Hamilton, is depicted in several photographs. In these images Sisters are filling large drums with supplies to send to Guatemala. Photographs of school children who were sponsored through the beca education program also make up part of this collection. There are also photographs of the Nutritional Centre and Colegio San José sent by the Capuchin Sisters after they were given control of these institutions in 1979. A photograph of the 1985 tribute ceremony plaque awarded to the Sisters of St. Joseph also comprises this sub-series.
All the photographs in this subseries represent Mother Ignatia Campbell at different ages, but the dates of each photo are not provided. One photograph was printed at Jas. Egan’s photographic gallery in London, Ontario, and another by Frank Cooper, also of London, Ontario. One of the photos has the label: “Mother Ignatia Campbell, 1840-1929, First Superior General of The Sisters of St. Joseph of London Diocese”; and on the photocopy taken from the same photo a note is added: “who accompanied Sister Rose Bondy and Sister Ambrosia Durkin to Windsor when they began teaching at Notre Dame School in Windsor,” and another version “when they began teaching at Our Lady of the Rosary Church.”
This subseries primarily contains colour photographs on the closing of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario’s St. Joseph’s Convent Regional House in Edmonton, Alberta. There are photographs of people who were present during the closing ceremonies from June 29 to July 2, 2001, such as the Sisters, Archbishop, Fathers, and Priests. There are photographs of the interior and exterior of the Regional House and chapel. There are also photographs of the transfer of ownership of the Regional House on October 2, 2000, and the ribbon cutting ceremony in which the keys and blueprint of the building were handed over to John and Ausma Birzgalis, the new property owners. The subseries also contains photographs of two pilgrimages to cemeteries to visit the tombstones of deceased Sisters on June 30 and July 7, 2001. The Birzgalis’ turned the house into the Venta Manor Nursing Home and there are photographs form August 2004 showing the renovations of the former library becoming a dining area, a new lounge section, former dining room becoming a kitchen, former kitchen and dumb waiter, new entrance of nursing home, the second-floor chapel, ground floor hallway, first floor parlour, and enclosed courtyard. In addition to the photographs, there are several printed news clippings. The clippings from 1922 to 1934 are on the religious reception ceremonies of the Sisters at the Sacred Heart Convent in Edmonton, Alberta. The newspaper articles from 1960 to 2003, cover the achievements of Sisters Mary Lourdes, Catherine Cunningham, Clare Lawrence, Rose Leahy, and Joan Kirk; Sisters’ Jubilees; the opening of the new Motherhouse; the Edmonton’s Folk Music Festival; and the Klondike Festival. In addition, there is a map of Alberta indicating the hospital and health care foundations in Stettler, Galahad, Killam, and Rimbey established by the Sisters from 1926 to 1990. There is one photo album and two scrapbooks that contain photographs of the interior, exterior, construction, and surrounding landscape of various buildings such as the Joseph’s Convent (Regional House), Sacred Heart Convent, St. Bernard’s School, Venta Nursing Home, and Sylvan Lakehouse cottage in Alberta. There are photographs of Sisters, Fathers, and Bishops participating in social, cultural, and spiritual events including celebrations, Jubilees, seasonal holidays, and religious retreats. There are also documents inside the scrapbooks, for instance letters, greeting cards, pamphlets, prayer book, hymns, short histories, lists of Sisters, and printed memories and farewell speeches related to the 75th Anniversary of the Sisters of St. Joseph service in health care and education, and the closing of their mission in the Archdiocese of Edmonton.
This subseries consists of photographs of the summer vacation house St. Joseph’s-on-the-Lake in Kingsville, Ontario. There are panoramas of Sisters seated in the chapel and in the dining hall at St. Joseph’s-on-the-Lake, as well as panoramas of the lake house cottage and the surrounding landscape. There is an album of photographs compiled by Sister Claire Marie Pageau from the closing celebration of St. Joseph’s-on-the-Lake. The event took place at St. Joseph’s-on-the-Lake from October 17 to 18, 1998. In addition, there is a photographic collage of St. Joseph’s-on-the-Lake comprised of photos taken by Sister Simone Batte. There are also two photograph albums that document the various events the Sisters participated in at the Kingsville summer vacation house. One album provides a visual record of their holidays, workshops, retreats, and celebrations, and the other album is related to the farewell dinner and entertainment for the closing event at the Kingsville cottage.
Subseries contains correspondence and photographs depicting events, facilities, and people, including the construction of the Mount. St. Joseph Motherhouse and the move to it from Sacred Heart Convent. The subseries also includes Mount St. Joseph Academy class photographs, postcards, and negatives showing the Sisters, priests, staff, and students. There is also a drawing to scale depicting the Motherhouse and Academy buildings.