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A historical summary of Mount Hope, the House of Providence, St. Mary's Hospital, and Marian Villa written by Sr. Julia Moore.

This subseries documents the history of Mount Hope and the House of Providence from 1857 to 1980. There is a chronological history of Mount Hope. Other histories document the construction of Mount Hope and its transition into the House of Providence. Also included is correspondence from 1869 between Frank Smith and Bishop John Walsh regarding the purchase of Mount Hope. There is also an 1868 report card from an orphan who attended Mount Hope. There are two aerial maps, one of which is a photocopy of an 1840 map depicting the planned area for Mount Hope, and the other a photocopy showing London West in 1897.

This subseries contains records related to the history of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London's St. Joseph's Convent and Holy Rosary Convent in Windsor. These records include chronicles, historical summaries, correspondence, news clippings, pamphlets, newsletters, news clippings, programmes, invitations, photographs, certificates, reports, and bookmarks. The records document the Sisters' ministries and social activities, daily tasks, weather, achievements of students, events at the schools the Sisters were involved with, and events in the city and globally. It covers from the Sisters first arriving in what is now Windsor to just after the closing of Holy Rosary Convent.

File contains a postcard of St. Joseph's Convent in Arthur, copy of a drawing by Bill Downey of St. Joseph's Convent, house listing and property description for lots on Eastview Drive, brief historical summaries, and lists of Sisters who served in Arthur and entered from there.

This file contains historical summaries of the Red Lake mission, lists and biographies for the Sisters involved, and a guide for keeping annals.

This subseries contains records pertaining to Medaille House history, Medaille House annals from 1975-1990, and the history of the Medaille House labyrinth.

Sub-series contains Sister Norita Keenan’s one page memoir, postulant requirement list, souvenir booklet of the Diamond Jubilee, chaplain list, meal seating plan, and stationery.

This subseries contains several historical summaries of the activities and events in the Archdiocese of Edmonton by the Congregation of the Sister of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. Of noteworthy consideration is a historical summary on the western houses in Alberta from 1972 to 1983, written by Sister Catherine Cunningham. Topics include the events and activities of the Sisters’ Canadian western mission in the field of education, such as: teacher meetings, school re-openings in September, open house visits and school reunions, and the Edmonton Catholic School District. Sister Cunningham also recorded day-to-day activities like celebrations, year-end outings, religious retreats and workshops, weather reports, spring house cleaning, Community days at Sylvan Lake cottage, the annual Klondike Days fair and exhibition, and the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. The summary also includes a list of Sisters who worked in the western missions, the transfer and appointments of Sisters and new apostolates, the funeral of Monsignor James Alexander MacLellan on January 24, 1981, and a map of the five dioceses of Alberta from 1912 to 1959. Sister Cunningham also compiled a report, 50 Golden Years in Canada’s Golden West. This report contains pages of printed photographs assembled as collages. The pictures comprise individual and group portraits of the Sisters formally dressed in their holy habits, as well as pictures of Archbishops, Reverend Fathers, and friends. This compilation also has an illustrated diagram, that include the names of 17 Sisters, each in a cross with their year of passing from 1945 to 1971; and it contains early news clippings from 1928, 1930, and 1933, on the religious ceremony, reception and profession of the Sisters at the Sacred Heart Convent in Edmonton. This subseries has two notebooks, one dated from January 2, 1933, to October 8, 1938, and the other dated from July 30, 1938, to August 27, 1940, about the activities of the Sisters at the Sacred Heart Convent. In addition, there is a historical summary from 1650 to 1997, that has several printed pictures of the Sisters. The author of these documents is unknown.