Subseries 12 - Edmonton, 105th Street, Alberta

12 cm of textual records

The Catholic Women’s Hostel, later known as the Sisters of Service Girls’ Residential Club, opened on May 8, 1929. Located at 9919 105th Street, the residence became “home” to hundreds of young women during the next 38 years.

The first residents were young women from Europe and the British Isles, and later from Alberta farms. Room and board were provided at a reasonable cost for the women, who were furthering their education or finding suitable employment. In the final years, the girls’ residence accommodated 30 young women between the ages of 17 and 25, and provided the transition to independent living and an opportunity to practice the Catholic faith. The Sisters also instructed converts and taught religious classes on the weekends and in the summers. In the summer, SOS on staff took turns with other SOS in teaching in religious vacation schools.

Throughout the years, other Sisters also lived at the residence, including teachers, nursing students and social workers. With costly renovations looming, the residence was closed on June 30, 1967.

Subseries consists of administrative and community records from the SOS mission at 105th Street, Edmonton, Alberta. Record types include: newsclippings, reports, correspondence, and mission histories.

The SOS had several overlapping missions in Edmonton. Upon transfer to USMC, the records from each of these were arranged as discrete subseries, this distinction has been maintained.

Created by F Rousselle Dec 11, 2025.
Revised by F Rousselle Dec 16, 2025.

Mission history by SOS archivist, MC Havey, inherited upon transfer to USMC.