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This series contains material related to the receptions and professions of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Diocese of London, Ontario. The records are primarily concerned with Sisters who had their receptions and professions in London, Ontario and at the mission in Edmonton, Alberta. This series includes records related to the vows and vow ceremonies, which are the rituals involved in becoming a member of a religious community. These ceremony records include correspondence, invitations, seating charts, guest lists, and forms of vows. The first receptions occurred at Mount Hope which was the Sisters’ first motherhouse in London, and a historical summary of those early ceremonies is present. There are also scripts for speeches and homilies and written accounts. Photographs, prayers, and ephemera including booklets, programs, and newspaper clippings from these ceremonies are also present. One pamphlet is from the 1987 Profession of the Sisters of St. Michael the Archangel of the Diocese of Ekiti, Nigeria. Various lists of Sisters’ ceremony dates, stages of religious life, deaths and withdrawals are also included. The vows present here are primarily in bound volumes, though some are on individual sheets of paper. Many of the volumes have related correspondence, renewals, or scripts for the vows (referred to as forms) tucked or pasted within. The vows are generally formulaic, though some are unique. Some, mainly first vows, list the Sisters’ hometown, age, and parents.

Fonds consists of 17 minute books of the Quinte Women's Institute and the group's Tweedsmuir history, which includes postcards, press clippings and photographs. Also included is a banner for the institute, history of the institute and files of loose papers for each minute book (letters, receipts, newspaper articles, reports, programmes and newsletters).

The fonds consist of the following Series:
Series 1: Minute Books (1947-1997)
Series 2: Tweedsmuirs (1960-before 1997)
Series 3: Financial (1987-2020)

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by the Port Stanley Women's Institute. Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-Letters series, 1946-1955
-Minutes series, 1934-1957
-Tweedsmuir History series, ca. 1855-1955

This series contains records reflecting the policies and procedures of the congregation from the late 1960s to the mid-2000s. Included in the series are community handbooks and Called to Unity booklets (guidance for the Sisters in their union with God and the community), both of which discuss the Sisters’ role within and outside the congregation. Topics include community prayer, education, donations, finances, legal advice and procedures, and travel policies. Also included are position papers detailing how a Sister is to behave and conduct herself as a member of the congregation, which were prepared by various committees including the spiritual life commission, habit commission, commission on education, and homemaking commission. Records relating to congregational staff include the Human Resource Policies Handbook, which details the roles and responsibilities related to the working environment. The other records in this series pertain to the congregation as a whole; these include information on sexual misconduct, alleged abuse, and how misconduct is reported and dealt with in the congregation. Also included is policy pertaining to the appropriate use of technology, such as computers and the Internet. There are also correspondence, memos, and reports related to the development of policy by the travel committee, who mediated discussions around the Sisters’ travel.

Fonds consists of records of the Pine Ridge Women's Institute and is organzed into the following series:

Tweedsmuir Histories
Minute Books

Fonds contains the records of the Pine Grove Women's Institute.

Fonds is arranged in the following series:

Tweedsmuir Histories
Scrapbooks & Albums
Minute Books
Programmes & Handbooks
Miscellaneous

Fonds consists of records illustrating Kemp’s career as a poet, playwright, performer and educator as well as the activities of Pendas Productions. It also contains personal materials. It includes personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts and drafts, proofs of publications and CDs/DVDs, recordings of performances in various audiovisual formats, photographs, posters, drawings, clippings, ephemera, publicity materials, and published material.

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by the Paynes Mills Women's Institute. Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-History series, 1946-2002
-Minutes series, 1946-2009
-Hall Records series, 1905-1989
-Programs series, 1929-2004
-Treasurer's Books series, 1979-2009

This series includes digital and printed transcripts of oral history interviews with the Sisters, a hand bound typed and illustrated memoir, a typed draft memoir, e-mail correspondence regarding the Federation oral history project, and a newspaper clipping.

This series consists of newsletters produced by the Sisters of St. Joseph in the Hamilton diocese. These newsletters cover various topics and events, such as healthcare and pilgrimages, discussions about daily life including feast days and projects, messages from Sisters, as well as news about the surrounding geographical locale. A list of deceased Sisters and family members, information about ministries, memorial biographical sketches, and Chapter information are also topics included in the newsletters. These newsletters are important sources for gaining a better understanding of the Sisters’ daily lives and learning more about their charitable works and efforts. Sisters were very actively engaged in charitable work, with several projects occurring, such as hospital work, orphan care, and missions aiding Canadian Indigenous communities, as well as helping the poor in developing countries. Locations of Sisters’ missions and ministries include, but are not limited to, Fort St. James, Cape Croker, Kenilworth, Guelph, Jamaica, Kitchener, Hamilton, Guatemala, and Fort St. John.

The fonds consists of one scrapbook compiled by Helen (Nellie) M. Carryer of Woodstock. It consists of magazine images, poetry, stories, and other items pasted into an old accounts’ ledger by Miss Carryer, which includes financial entries dated 1856 and 1857. The ledger may have belonged to her father, who worked as a saddler and harness maker on Dundas St.

This fonds consists of a scrapbook created by the Naughton Women's Institute.

Series contains agenda, materials and minutes of the national council.

The fonds consists of minute and cash books, Tweedsmuir History Books, photographs, house histories, a Life Membership certificate, publications, and subject files pertaining to the activities of the Napanee Women’s Institute. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Series 1: Minutes Series 2: Tweedsmuir history books Series 3: Publications Series 4: Photographs Series 5: Life memberships Series 6: Objects

Fonds consists of records of the Mrs. Alfred Watt Memorial Women's Institute (1953-2012) and is organized into the following series:

Tweedsmuirs
Scrapbooks
Minute Books
Miscellaneous

The series contains correspondence, newsletters, photographs, scrapbooks, postcards, diagrams, clippings, bulletins, brochures, programs, song sheets, posters, publications, dramatic scripts, and reports. This material is related to the history of the third Mother House of the Sisters of St. Joseph in London, which was called Mount St. Joseph. There is information about the construction of the building and detailed information about its special features and decoration, including the Immaculate Conception Chapel, and its grounds, particularly the Grotto. The records also relate to planning the construction of, and move to, the Sisters’ residence in 2007, and the sale of the Mount St. Joseph building and property. There are records which reflect communal life in the convent, including the various organized groups, events, and dramatic and musical entertainment, and menus, meal planning, and recipes. The series contains records related to men religious who served at the Mother House, and other Diocesan correspondence. Information about both Fatima Hall and Ignatia Hall can be found, including the various uses of space in these buildings.

This series includes material created by Mother Philomena Hussey and material collected about her. Included is biographical information; her obituary; an account by Sister St. Philip and correspondence, including some post cards, from Mother Philomena Hussey’s pilgrimage to Rome in 1925. There are also photographs of Mother Philomena Hussey, Sister Euphemia Hussey, James Cardinal McGuigan, and Mother Philomena Hussey with Sister St. Philip and their traveling companions to Rome. Also found are golden jubilee memorial cards; correspondence and a 1933 Report of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Diocese of London, Ontario; as well as correspondence concerning the governance of the Edmonton mission.