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This file consists of records documenting the background and funding of the Rosewood House group home for people with mental health problems in Brantford, Ontario when it was owned by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton. The records include newspaper clippings, financial records, and advertisements, as well as memos, emails, and other correspondence pertaining to the running of the house between staff, executives, a variety of businesses and charities, and between members and staff of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton.

This series contains records concerning the involvement of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Pembroke with St. Joseph’s Hospital in Barrhead, Alberta. The records cover the establishment of the hospital, the administration and operation of the hospital, the transfer of the hospital, and the Sisters’ involvement with the Catholic Hospital Association and the Alberta Hospital Association. Materials include financial records, agreements for the purchase and sale of property, annals, memoirs, pamphlets, booklets, newsletters, lot maps, hospital floor plans, hospital bylaws, correspondence, and photographs. The major topics within the correspondence include establishing and operating the hospital, finances, the purchase and sale of property, construction and renovations, Catholic hospitals and medical ethics in Alberta, the changing role of Sisters in the hospital, and the relinquishing of ownership of the hospital. The photographs are of the hospital and Sisters at various events and locations.

The bulk of this series contains the annals from 1978-2004 of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Pembroke, Ontario at St. Joseph’s Convent and St. Francis Convent in Barry’s Bay, Ontario. Subjects in the annals include but are not limited to religious, educational, healthcare, births, funerals, fund-raising, social, and cultural events as well as day-to-day activities. There are also newspaper clippings, histories, and photographs of the National Evangelization Team for Youth, II Nocturn Cottage-Combermere, and General Treasurers of Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph communities. A printed historical summary from 1921 to 1972 covers the growth of the Pembroke Sisters since their foundation in 1921, the establishment of the convent in 1928, and printed black and white pictures of the Sisters and the convent. A second printed historical summary from 1960 to 1970 covers the founding of St. Francis Memorial Hospital in Barry’s Bay in 1960 with printed black and white pictures of the Sisters and the hospital.