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This subseries documents the history of Mount Hope and the House of Providence from 1857 to 1980. There is a chronological history of Mount Hope. Other histories document the construction of Mount Hope and its transition into the House of Providence. Also included is correspondence from 1869 between Frank Smith and Bishop John Walsh regarding the purchase of Mount Hope. There is also an 1868 report card from an orphan who attended Mount Hope. There are two aerial maps, one of which is a photocopy of an 1840 map depicting the planned area for Mount Hope, and the other a photocopy showing London West in 1897.

This subseries contains photographs of the Mount Hope Motherhouse and surrounding landscape, taken at some time after the 1877 renovations. There is a scrapbook, titled “Ancient Collection from Mount Hope,” which contains newspaper clippings related to Bishop Fallon of London, St. Peter’s Seminary, the London Schools of Catechetic, Henry Edward Dormer, Bishop-Elect Dennis O’Connor, Father Frank Forster, the Canonization of Jesuit Martyrs, and Bishop Alexander MacDonnell. Bishop Fallon of London convalesced at Mount Hope. Three newspaper articles from 1961, 1962, and 1966 reference the Sisters of St. Joseph in London.

This subseries contains correspondence, municipal registration records, and deeds related to the conveyance of lands where the Mount Hope Motherhouse would later be located, all of which are reproductions, apart from one original deed of land dated 1883 transferring land from John Pope to William Thompson the Younger. This subseries also contains a biography of William Barker, the original owner of the Mount Hope property.