This subseries contains the legal documents and correspondence about the land ownership in the Village of Belle River, in the County of Essex, by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. There is an official folded document, a Deed of Land dated September 29, 1891, and an official Article of Agreement dated September 5, 1893, about the sale and purchase of property at Belle River. There are two handwritten letters addressed to the Reverend Mother Ignatia from Sister Josephine Gerard, one dated on March 9, 1892, and the other from August 11, 1899. The letters concern Mr. Murphy, the lawyer from London, and the Registry Office regarding the land transaction at Belle River.
This file consists of a report concerning the acquisition and sale of the Sylvan Lake property in Alberta by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario.
This file primarily contains the legal and financial documents concerning the building and renovation of property at Sylvan Lake by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. The Sisters purchased, built, updated, and repaired a cottage lake house in the Summer Village of Birchcliff during their western mission in the Archdiocese of Edmonton, Alberta. There are communications with the City of Red Deer, Edmonton House Builders’ Association about the construction of a house on the property, and legal letters to engage a contractor, Fekete Construction Co. Ltd. The certified land survey plan titled Sylvan Lake Plan Showing a Subdivision of Lot B by the City of Red Deer Land Surveyor, Mr. J. C. Horn, on July 2, 1974, is present. There are also two newsletters titled, The Summer Village of Birchcliff, one dated Fall 2001 and the other Summer 2002. The topics include the official election results of the new Mayor and Councillor, council meetings, estates subdivisions, shoreline restoration, and a septic system study and sewer inspection for the Birchcliff region. This file also contains a purchase of property legal record and financial documents on taxes for residential improvements. There is also the Santae Viae Crucis Erectio Canonica (The Canonical Erection of the Holy Way of the Cross), the blessing of the Sylvan Lake house chapel on July 4, 1966, conducted and signed by Monsignor James Alexander MacLellan.
Two fold out pamphlets describing the work of the Lawson Research Institute. They are the same, but one includes a donation form and one includes a different photo.
Annual reports from the Lawson Research Institute from 1990, 1988, and 1983-84.
Four photographs of laying of cornerstone of new nurses' residence event.
A summary of the laying of the corner stone in 1949 with excerpts from The Canadian Register and the London Free Press.