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This subseries consists of biographical information on Mother Ignatia Campbell. The biographical material consists of photocopies of the original Act of Reception and Act of Profession. There are materials related to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography (University of Toronto Press) entry, and correspondence between Dr. Elizabeth Smyth and Sister Pauline Leblanc regarding the editing process of the revised entry. The City of London also included Mother Ignatia Campbell in the monument for downtown London created by artists Stuart Reid and Doreen Balabanoff that was unveiled on August 5th, 1991. The sculpture is located on Wellington Street near Queens Avenue, and there are newsclippings, photographs, and correspondence about this. There is information related to the “Mother Ignite Campbell Bursary for Women” that was implemented at Regis College in 2005 in honour of Mother Ignatia as well as other newspaper clippings. There is also the research notes and correspondence of Sister Esther Bardawill, who was conducting genealogical research on Mother Ignatia Campbell. The subseries comprises biographical transcripts, brochures, chronicles, correspondence and facsimile, information sheets, newspaper clippings, obituary information, photocopies of books and original records, photographs, and a sermon transcript.

This sub-series consists of correspondence, journal articles, historical reports, newspaper clippings, prayer cards, sermons, and photographs pertaining to the life of Bishop Fallon. These records include biographical material about the Bishop’s career as a clergyman, such as a photocopy of his his naturalization papers from the United States of America, dated 1908. Of particular note, there is material about his involvement in the bilingual controversy of 1910, where Bishop Fallon was quoted by the Toronto Globe, out of context, making derogatory remarks about French Canadians and their education within schools run by the Church, and the subsequent investigation by the Catholic Church. Also included are sermons and speeches he made during his canonical visits to the Sisters of St. Joseph between 1917 to 1926. The sub-series also contains the eulogy that was written about the Bishop after his death in 1935.