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The subseries consists of a list of representatives present at a meeting of the London Diocese Sisters’ Council, memberships lists of 1972-1982, and correspondence concerning council members from 1969-1973. It also consists of the “Directory of Communities of Religious Women of the Diocese of London” produced by the Sisters’ Council in 1975. There are nomination forms for the executive positions of the Sisters’ Council and results from the 1972 nominations. There is also a list of members eligible for election to the Executive Committee and of new members accepting their position on the Council.

This subseries contains records tracking statistics concerning membership and demographics within the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the London diocese. The data recorded in these statistics covers the time period 1858 to 2009. Material includes surveys, lists, quantitative summaries, and correspondence. These statistics log the ages and numbers of novices, postulants, professed Sisters, withdrawals, and Superiors within the community. There is also material tracking Sisters’ deaths, funerals, and burial locations. The Sisters’ works and occupations are a major topic, particularly their involvement in Ontario and Alberta. There are records tracking the positions of leadership within the community and the various missions, hospitals, and motherhouses the Sisters were involved with. This includes those who were General Superiors, on the General Counsil, or Treasurers. There are also statistics concerning Sisters’ occupations, particularly as teachers and health care workers. Some statistics are based on specific events, such as Sisters’ jubilees and the Sisters’ chosen religious names after Vatican II.

In relation to the statistical information, there is correspondence from the General Council about the appointment of Treasurers and a letter from the Sacred Congregation for Religious and for Secular Institutes in Rome requesting information for the 1971 Annuario Pontificio, the Holy See’s annual directory.

Series consists of collected chronicles of Sisters’ reminiscences, including newspaper clippings, reports and staff newsletters, as well as correspondence, histories of the music ministry and the Colborne Street branch of the school, and memoirs.

This subseries contains booklets and celebration cards from jubilees celebrated at the congregation. The first two files contain pouches with booklets and other memorabilia from jubilees celebrated in that year. Most pouches only contain one year’s worth of information, but the first pouch contains documents from 1952 to 1966, including a telegram from Cardinal Villot to the Sisters celebrating their jubilees. Other memorabilia includes programs for the jubilees, celebration cards, and speeches made at the jubilees. The third and fourth files titled “Booklets” only contain programs from jubilees celebrated between 1990 and 2012. Finally, the subseries also contains celebration cards with all the names of Sisters celebrating their jubilees.

This subseries contains various memorabilia of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph’s of London, Ontario during their Mission at St. Peter’s Parish, in Goderich, Ontario. There are several pamphlets from events including the official opening of St. Mary’s School addition in 1970, the 100th anniversary of the Sisters of St. Joseph in St. Peter’s Parish in 1973, and a program and dinner menu for the 150th anniversary Banquet of St. Peter’s Parish in 1984. There is a small booklet titled, A Century of Goderich, written by Victor Lauriston, and published by Signal-Star Press, that covers the history of the Town of Goderich from 1823 to 1927. There are newsclippings related to the history of St. Peter’s Parish of Goderich from 1923 to 2007. There are also postcards with photographs that depict the interior and exterior of St. Peter’s Church and aerial views of the Town of Goderich. There is a booklet titled, The Goderich Illustrated Signal-Star, Board of Trade Edition, published on March 25, 1889, with articles on the accomplishments of the town, public works, schools and churches, prominent businesspeople, and hand drawn maps, printed etchings of buildings and people of Goderich. In addition, there are images and photographs of St. Joseph’s Convent on North Street, a centennial celebration in 1973, the Convent being torn down in 1989, the interior and exterior of St. Peter’s Church, and a Grade 3 class photo of pupils from 1966 to 1967 taken at St. Peter’s School. There is also a scrapbook commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the arrival of the Sisters and their accomplishments at Goderich from 1873 to 1973. The scrapbook contains photographs, printed pictures, newspaper articles, and correspondence related to the open house, reception, afternoon tea, and dinner events that celebrated the Centennial of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London at St. Peter’s Parish, in Goderich, Ontario.

The series contains a guest book for the “Legacy of St. Joseph” event in 2004. The series also contains a nursing kit that belonged to Jean Wright Trudell, a former nurse, who was a graduate of the nursing school. This kit is in a leather case with her name stamped on it in gold, and contains four sharps, two hypodermic needles, one blood collection vial, and one set of tweezers. The series also contains an iron-on fabric crest for the School of Nursing that belonged to Mrs. Trudell, and a graduation invitation from 1914.

Series forms part of the Mount St. Joseph Academy sous-fonds and includes 4 photo albums, numerous photographs, programs, certificates, newspaper clippings about notable events and people, and a short story written by a former student.

The series is made up of two sub-series which contain memorabilia of St. Joseph’s Hospital in the form of news clippings and scrapbooks.