The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada Archives has been working hard on sharing the history of the Sisters of St. Joseph in our four neighborhoods with the public.
Last summer, a group of students researched the sites of historical significance to the Sisters in London. This summer, another group of students will be researching sites of historical importance in Windsor, Chatham and Sarnia. This research has provided a wonderful synopsis of the missions and ministries of the Sisters through time.
Based on this research, the Archives published a booklet, and each of our neighborhood archives has a copy. Copies were also given to the public library and various archives in London.
We decided to use the History Pin website to share the history of the Sisters more widely. History Pin is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving local history. So far, we’ve added the history of the Sisters in London, but we hope to add histories from Peterborough, Pembroke and Hamilton as well. You can visit by going to the Archives web page and clicking on the History Pin icon /csj-archives
We are very proud that the Archives is the most recent institution which has been accepted to The Commons.
The Commons was launched on January 16 2008, as a pilot project between Flickr and The Library of Congress. The program has two main objectives:
To increase access to publicly-held photography collections.
To provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge.
The Commons is an excellent way for us to share the rich history of the Sisters of St. Joseph in all our neighborhoods. Please visit https://www.flickr.com/commons/institutions/ to learn more. You can also jump over to our photos by going to our Archives web page and clicking on the Flickr icon http://www.csjcanada.org/csj-archives
Over the coming year, we hope to begin digitizing some of our slide collections at our neighborhood archives, and sharing these on The Commons. We hope you enjoy the results!
Mary Kosta
Archivist