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Documents pertaining to the opening of new wings of St. Joseph's Hospital, including a bulletin of the historical committee, plans for a new addition, invitations to opening celebrations, a photograph of a building fund committee, programs, and newspaper clippings.

Includes a receipt for nursing services, highlights of the year 1982-83, event pamphlets, documents from the opening of the new Grosvenor facility, clipping from an annual report, event invitations, timelines and reports of changes to the hospital and events, workshop schedules, basic convictions of the hospital, and a message to patients.

This series includes historical summaries about St. Mary’s Orphanage, from the time the orphanage was located at 204 Park Street, to the House of Providence, Mount St. Joseph, and the Mount Carmel Infants’ Home. There is a list of the Sisters who worked in the orphanage from 1958 to 1961. There is also a timeline of events that outlines important milestones in the orphanage’s history, such as when it was moved into new buildings, and information about fundraising. A copy of the Motherhouse annals also comprises this series. There is also a brief summary of the history of the Mount Carmel Infants’ Home. Frank Mayer’s 1989, "There ‘With’ the Grace of God Go I", text details his life growing up in Hamilton. In Chapters 13-16, he recollects his time spent at St. Mary’s Orphanage in the early 1930s after the Great Depression made it difficult for his father to find work. He discusses topics such as the Orphans’ Festival, the building, the Sisters, as well as outlining what an average day was like living in the home. An October 26, 2015 Hamilton Spectator article details the demolition of Mount St. Joseph.

This series is comprised of a 1976 article entitled “The Care of Emotionally Disturbed Children,” which appears to be published in the book From Once in the Spirit. This article offers a history of the Centre until 1976. It then provides a meditation on the philosophy of child relationships.

Series consists of annals of the hospital called chronicles; a house history consisting of an essay on the sisters; community history, newspaper clippings, correspondence, an invitation, flyers, and a press release; a memoire of a patient; and an essay on significant events at the hospital.