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One page report on the closing of St. Joseph's Hospital chapel.

This file contains a historical summary and the annals of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London's time in Woodstock, Ontario. There is also a list of the Sisters who ministered in Woodstock.

This series contains the annals of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario related to their motherhouse, St. Joseph's Convent. There are also scrapbooks, news clippings, correspondence, meeting minutes, a photograph, and a drawing related to the annals.

In 1852, Mother Martha von Bunning, Sister Aloysius Walker, and Sister M. Joseph McDonnell of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto arrived at the first convent at MacNab Street and Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The Sisters moved to St. Joseph’s Convent at Park Street and Colbourne Street in 1857. The Sisters cared for orphan girls, taught music, taught in the separate schools, visited hospitals, prisons, the sick and the poor, and served as sacristans, homemakers, and catechetics teachers.

The Sisters remained in this convent for 94 years until the second motherhouse, St. Joseph’s Convent on Northcliffe Avenue in Dundas, opened in 1951. It was designed by Marani & Morris Architects and spans a length of 250 feet to accommodate approximately 200 residents. It used a variety of locally sourced materials, such a sandstone from Credit Valley Quarries and limestone from Niagara Falls. The building had a copper roof, 125-foot-tall bell tower, and 12-foot steel cross. The bell, a gift from Sophia MacNab, was originally from Dundurn Castle. The convent was built by Pigott Construction and was completed in time to celebrate the Sisters’ 100th anniversary in Hamilton.

The Sisters departed from St. Joseph’s Convent in January 2020 and the property was sold.

Hamilton is located on the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. The land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant and the Between the Lakes Purchase of 1792.

This series contains the annals of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario's mission in Paris, Ontario. There are also historical summaries, news clippings, photographs, lists of Sisters stationed on this mission, and a poem.

Paris is part of Brant County which is located on the traditional lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Six Nations of the Grand River, and the Attiwanderonk. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario’s founded their first mission outside Hamilton in Paris, Ontario in 1858. Mother Bernard Dinan was the first superior of the Paris mission. She was accomponied by Sister Ambrose Collins and Siste Agnes O’Donohoe. The Sisters lived and taught in the same building. The school would eventually become Sacred Heart School. While in Paris, the Sisters also taught music and catechetics and served as organists, sacristans, and homemakers. This mission lasted until 1977.

12 photographs of a fancy dinner originally in a photo album.

This fonds consists of records primarily related to the history and administration of the St. Joseph Health Care Society in London. There are some additional materials related to its responsibilities to facilities in Chatham and Sarnia. The fonds contains correspondence, legal documents, minutes and reports.

A binder with various files from the dermatology division concerning the clinical and educational programs. There is correspondence and meeting minutes related to presentations, infection control, teaching and connections with Western University, the opening of the Pigment Lesion Clinic, appointment of staff, finances, allocation of resources and space, the out-patient and in-patient clinics, equipment, and delineation of privileges. There are records from the Department of Medicine, including a detailed statement of offices and examination rooms required, meeting agenda and minutes, a paper on the assignment of residency positions, draft policies, and an address by Dr. H. J. Albers. There are also meeting minutes of the Advisory Committee, the hospital mission statement, rounds schedules, news clippings, partial plans of floor renovations, photographs of skin conditions, policy and procedures of counter-signature of treatment orders, and lists of department resources.

A binder of material from the dermatology division related to history of the division and statistics. Includes information on in-patients and out-patients, academic teaching, skin biopsies, and annual reports. Also included are lists of doctors and trainees and call schedules.