File consists of correspondence regarding the performance and publications of John Beckwith's Sharon Fragments as well as his own analysis of the source material for a presentation that Beckwith gave at Carleton University (October 27, 1980).

File includes letters from Jay MacPherson, Istvan Anhalt, H. Wiley Hitchcock, and Waterloo Music Company.

File consists of correspondence between Talivaldis Kenins and the Waterloo Music Company regarding the publication of his "Psalm 150" for mixed choir a cappella and "Piae Cantiones Novae." File includes a manuscript copy of "Piae Cantiones Novae" with editorial markings from Kenins and William Brubacher.

Fonds consists of manuscript scores written by Keith Bissell, including early unpublished works and music published by the Waterloo Music Company. Fonds also includes Bissell's correspondence with the Waterloo Music Company regarding the publication and engraving of his music. Manuscript scores sent to the Waterloo Music Company include editorial markings from Keith Bissell and Frank Daley.

File consists of the manuscript score for an arrangement by Keith Bissell of the prelude "God's Time is Best" from Cantata no. 106 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged for small band (flute, 2 clarinets, trumpet, horn, trombone, baritone, and bass).

File consists correspondence between Keith Bissell and Waterloo Music Company regarding the potential publication of various pieces, including:

• Sunday, Sunday (1958)
• God save the Queen (1958)
• Trio suite for organ (1963)
• Two English folk songs (1967)
• Passion according to St. Luke (1971)
• In Canso Strait (1971)
• Four songs for high voice and harp, with texts by William Butler Yeats (1972)
• In the modes : 15 modal pieces for percussion and recorder (1981)
• Singing and playing for primary grades, Book 2 (1982).

File consists of the manuscript score for an anthem by Keith Bissell with editorial markings from Bissell and Frank Daley of the Waterloo Music Company.

File consists of the manuscript score for a piece for voice and piano by Keith Bissell with words by William Shakespeare, correspondence between Bissell and Frank Daley regarding the piece, and an annotated copy of the publication proof from Waterloo Music Company.

File consists of the manuscript score for a choral piece by Keith Bissell with words by Christina Rosetti. File includes correspondence between Bissell and Frank A. Daley, Manger, Educational Services Department, Waterloo Music Company Limited regarding the publication of the piece.

File consists of an annotated copy of a piece by Keith Bissell and his accompanying note to Frank Daley of the Waterloo Music Company.

File consists of the manuscript score for an anthem with music by Keith Bissell with Bissell's and Frank Daley's editorial markings. File includes Bissell's letter that accompanied this submission to the Waterloo Music Company.

File consists of the manuscript score with text and music by Keith Bissell and related correspondence between Bissell and Frank Daley, Waterloo Music Company.

File consists of the manuscript score for a setting of a Gaelic folk song with words and musical arrangement by Keith Bissell.

File consists of the manuscript score for an anthem with music by Keith Bissell and Bissell's accompanying letters to Fred Daley, Waterloo Music Company.

File consists of the manuscript score for a choral piece with piano accompaniment by Keith Bissell with words by Ethelwyn Wetherald.

File consists of the manuscript score for a piece for voice and piano by Keith Bissell.

File consists of the manuscript score for a piece for voice and piano by Keith Bissell with words from Poem LIV (54) of A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman.

File consists of the manuscript score for Keith Bissell's first composition, written age 16-17 at Runnymede Collegiate Institute. The piece is for voice and piano.

At the invitation of Bishop Robidoux, OMI, three Sisters arrived in the late summer of 1971 to teach in the local schools in this town on the western shore of Hudson’s Bay, about 1,600 kilometres north of Winnipeg. At the Duke of Marlborough Elementary School, Sister Patsy Flynn taught Grade 3 and Sister Marilyn Gillespie served as a special education teacher. Sister Anita Hartman taught Grade 7 at Hearne Hall School, a junior high school.

In 1972, Sister Gillespie moved to Rankin Inlet [now part of Nunavut, then part of Northwest Territories] to teach. Sister Hartman gave music lessons, which grew into a full-time program at the Sisters’ rented residence. Sister Flynn was also involved with the School Dance Club and was the religious coordinator for the parish. Sisters Flynn and Hartman left Churchill in 1975. Sister Gillespie returned to Churchill to teach until 1979.

Subseries consists of administrative records and reference materials from the SOS mission in the Churchill, Manitoba. Record types include: annals, mission histories, correspondence, and reports.

As the first Western Canadian mission of the Sisters of Service, it opened in August 1924 at the request of Archbishop Arthur Sinnott of Winnipeg. Fresh from Novitiate and first vows, foundress Sister Catherine Donnelly and Sister Catherine Wymbs, a First World War nurse, resided temporarily in quarters in one of the two-room buildings at the summer camp. Named after Monsignor Morton, the camp was located on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, about 100 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

Within eight days, Sister Donnelly started teaching at King Edward School No. 1 and Sister Wymbs, also the mission’s superior, served as the area’s community nurse. In October, Sister Margaret Guest arrived to teach in King Edward School No. 2. By January 1925, the trio moved into a newly-constructed house. A stable was built on the Sister’s property.

In 1937, Sister Alice Walsh began to teach at Bismarck School at Berlo, 10 kilometres from Camp Morton. Instead of travelling each day, the Sister-teacher stayed in the living quarters at the school during the week and return to Camp Morton for the weekends.

All three schools closed in 1967 and the students travelled by bus to the new larger school in Gimli. Sister Lena Renaud taught at Gimli Public School (1967-1983) and was the longest-serving member of Camp Morton from 1953 to 1988. Sister Catherine Donnelly retired to Camp Morton in 1956 until January 1981. The Sisters participated in community life, as well as providing catechetical lessons, sacramental preparation for the adjacent St. Benedict’s church.

In 1974, the Sisters gathered to celebrate their 50th anniversary of the founding of the mission and the 50th anniversary of the first vows of Sisters Catherine Donnelly and Margaret Guest. The mission was closed in 1988 with Sisters Lena Renaud and Margaret Murphy as the last Sisters in the mission.

Subseries consists of administrative and community records from the SOS mission in Camp Morton, Manitoba. Record types inlcude: correspondence, reports, financial records, mission histories, newsclippings, community annals, ephemera from anniversaries and celebrations, and guest books.

File contains early correspondence (1952-53) between the Redemptorists, Fr. George Daly, and the SOS regarding the possibility of setting up an SOS mission in Brazil. Later correspondence (1964 onwards) is between the SOS, Redemptorists, and various clergy and organizations in Brazil, pertaining to the establishment of the SOS in Brazil in 1969, and reporting on SOS activities there.

The teaching mission was founded in July 1938 at the request of Regina Archbishop Monahan and Father Beechy, the local parish priest. The small Diamond Coulee School and a smaller house were located in Bergfield, a village in southern Saskatchewan. In August 1940, the Sisters moved to Diamond Crossing, where they lived in the former RCMP barracks and taught at the Jutland school. Throughout the years, the Sisters taught catechism, sacramental preparation organized a choir in nearby Minton as well as at the missions of Lake Alma, Ratcliffe and Gladmar, often on weekends. The mission closed in 1948 when the two rural schools were closed and the students were transported by bus to Minton.

Subseries consists of the history, annals, correspondence, and reports produced by the SOS mission in Bergfield, Saskatchewan.

In preparation for the establishment of a Catholic school, two Sisters arrived in Peace River in September 1950 to take a census of the Catholic population in this northwest Alberta community and the surrounding area. The Sisters also organized religion classes, home and hospital visits as well as formed a choir and taught music lessons. In the fall of 1953, the Sisters taught in the two classrooms of the temporary Catholic school. A year later, Immaculate Conception Separate School with four classrooms was built and enrolment grew. Four more classrooms were added in 1958 as well as a science lab, a typing room and a teachers’ staff lounge. Sister Ruth Mill, the first principal of Immaculate Conception separate school (1957-1960), was succeeded by Sister Marge Denis, who was instrumental in establishing the Glenmary High School, which opened in January 1963. As superior of the mission (1956-1967), Sister Rita Sullivan continued the tradition of visiting the sick and always had a bag of treats for visiting children. Later she nursed at the Peace River Auxiliary Hospital (July 1972-March 1980). Sister Marilyn Gillespie taught in the separate school (1980-1981). The mission closed in 1981.

Subseries consists of correspondence, reports, community annals, newsclippings, mission histories, and guest book from the SOS mission in Peace River, Alberta.

File contains annual financial reports by mission location.

File contains correspondence and reports from the SOS mission in Peace River, Alberta. Most of the correspondence is with the SOS motherhouse in Toronto, but also includes correspondence with the school board, and clergy, including Fr. George Daly and Bishop Henri Routhier, OMI. Accompanied by some supplemental scans of newsclippings and excerpts from the SOS magazine, The Field at Home.

Women’s Residence (1932-1968)

At the invitation of the Rosary Hall Association, the Sisters of Service assumed the ownership and its social work in October 1931. Founded in 1919, the association raised $25,000 to build an addition to Rosary Hall to accommodate 50 young women. The house at 478 Albert Street in downtown Ottawa was built by Thomas Seaton Scott, the first Dominion Architect. Rosary Hall provided a temporary home for women seeking employment in the city or convalescing after sickness. Under the Sisters of Service, the residence continued to provide a home-like atmosphere for young women from the local area as well as for immigrant women. St. Anthony’s Club, a social club at the residence, provided a meeting place for immigrants working as domestics, where they participated in sports, crafts, social and religious activities. The residence also offered an employment service. At the outbreak of the Second World War, immigration ceased and women from all parts of Canada flocked to Ottawa for employment. Sister Nora Fitzpatrick was a member of the staff of the Ottawa Housing registry, which found accommodation for women war workers in Ottawa. She looked after the interests of English-speaking Catholics. In the years following the war, Rosary Hall continued services to young women 17 to 21 years of age, who have come to Ottawa to work and to study in short courses. In May 1966, Madame Pauline Vanier, wife of the Governor General, visited the residence to attend the annual tea of the Catholic Women’s League in Ottawa for the benefit of Rosary Hall. The residence was closed in August 1968.

Sister Ella Zink (1968-1987)

Sister Zink held a series of positions in Ottawa. A member of the permanent secretariat office of the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC), she served as its general secretary (1965-1968) and as its public relations director (English section, 1967-1973). For the Catholic Hospital Association of Canada (1973-1975), she was assistant executive director for public relations and publications. At the YMCA and YWCA as the public relations officer (1975-1980), she broke new ground as a vowed religious Sister working for a non-religious organization. During her years in Ottawa, she also was a member of the publicity committee of the Social Planning Council of Ottawa-Carleton and a board member of the Catholic Family Services of Ottawa. In 1980-1982, Sr. Zink served as chair of the Canadian Public Relations Society of Canada. As chief examiner of the society (1973-1987), she headed a board, which approved the accreditation of public relations practitioners. She received an award of merit from the society.

Sister Mary Ellen Francoeur (1994-2008)

Sister Mary Ellen Francoeur with a doctorate in clinical psychology and training in spiritual direction, conducted a clinical practice. Deeply involved in the peace movement, she became the national president of Religions for Peace Canada as well as many social justice projects.

Subseries consists of correspondence, reports, newsclippings, scrapbooks, community annals, activity lists, and visitors books from the Ottawa missions.

At this teaching mission in central Alberta, Sister Bernice Anstett taught 21 years (1964-1985) at the Onoway Elementary School with Sister Colleen Young (1967-1988) equalling Sister Ansett’s longevity at the school. The Sisters lived in a house belonging to St. Rose of Lima parish and were involved in the Onoway parish and its mission church of Lac la Nonne in the liturgies as well as teaching and coordinating religious instruction in the area. At St. Rose church, Sister Young played the organ and Sister Anstett offered Bible classes. Sister Marilyn MacDonald (1986-1988) joined the mission when she was employed in the local office of the Alberta Social Services. The mission on June 30, 1988.

Subseries consists of correspondence, reports, community annals, and supplemental historical materials about the SOS mission in Onoway, Alberta.

Sister Mary MacDougall opened this teaching mission in 1971, remaining for two years in this rural Labrador community, part of the Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation. Sister Joan Coffey (1972-1983) joined her on the teaching staff at Peenamin McKenzie elementary school and later was appointed as its principal. Sister Coffey put in place programs and activities to enhance and support the revival of the First Nations culture. Outside of the school, Sister Coffey joined the executive (1972-1981) of the Newfoundland Teachers’ Association and held the record at that time of the longest-serving female member. Sister Coffey took advantage of the executive meetings in St. John’s to go shopping and return with a variety of items unavailable for families in Labrador. Sister Anna McNally (1973-1974) and Sister Clare Gilmore (1974-1976) also taught the Montagnais and Nascopi communities at Pembina MacKenzie school. Sister Alena Bryden (1973-1980) served as housemother at the senior students residence of the International Grenfell Association. The mission closed in June 1983.

Subseries consists of community annals, correspondence, reports, and supplementary historical materials from the SOS mission in Sheshatshiu Reserve.

At the invitation of Nelson Bishop Emmett Doyle, Sister Frances Coffey with the assistance of Sister Carmelita Camozzi arrived in September 1962 to establish the diocese’s office of Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD). Under the CCD, the Church’s official organization for providing religious instruction to youth and adults, the Sisters provided catechetical in-service courses for catechetists. Sister Camozzi also co-ordinated religious education for four diocesan parishes in Kelowna until 1965. In August 1966, Sister Coffey left the CCD office to teach two courses in catechetics at Notre Dame University in Nelson. Sister Rosemarie Hudon replaced Sister Coffey on the Notre Dame faculty, teaching religious studies (1966-1969). Sisters Agnes Dwyer (1966-1969) and Hilda Lunney (1965-1967) replaced Sisters Coffey and Camozzi in the CCD office, renamed the religious education office after the Second Vatican Council. Sister Margaret Murphy, who had completed a year of study at the Divine Word Institute in London, Ontario, also worked in that office (1967-1969). The mission closed in 1969.

Subseries consists of community annals, correspondence, reports, and supplemental historical materials on the SOS mission in Nelson, British Columbia.

In this Northern Ontario community just south of James Bay, the Sisters’ mission provided teachers and medical support in two missions. In the first, Sister Leona Trautman taught at Bishop Belleau School (1972-1978), and was joined by Sister Clare Gilmore, a specialist in remedial reading in the primary grades (1976-1978) and Sister Irene Profit taught religion (1974-1975). Sister Silvie Nachtegaele nursed at the Moosonee Clinic as well as other Northern Ontario communities of Attawapiskat and Fort Albany (1974-1977). In the second mission, Sister Mary-Ellen Francoeur worked as a resident psychologist for the Ontario government’s Native Mental Health Program (1989-1993), providing care for the reserves along the coast of James Bay. Sister Patsy Flynn taught at Bishop Belleau school (1990-1993). The mission closed in 1993.

Subseries consists of correspondence, reports, newsclippings, and community annals from the two SOS missions in Moosonee.

The Sisters purchased a larger house on 1923 Dorchester Street West to concentrate on women, providing instruction in language and domestic skills. Opened in January 1935, the semi-detached residence had been built in 1894 and owned by railway magnate Lord Thomas Shaughnessy, the third president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1940, the Sisters bought the house on the west side, which had been owned by Lord Strathcona, who co-founded the CPR and drove the last spike to open the railway. With the two houses, the residence provided rooms for 80 residents. Besides the residence, the Sisters continued immigration work, especially assisting the Sudeten refugees in 1939-1940 and immigrants after the Second World War. For girls, aged 6 to 17 years, the Sisters started a club in 1940 to provide recreation at Goose Village, part of the Montréal Redemptorist parish of St. Ann’s.

The closing of the residence resulted from the ending of funding by the Federation of Catholic Community Services of Montréal in 1971 and the expropriation of land around the house for an exit for the Trans Canada Highway in 1971. The Sisters decided to close the residence by August 1973. Two months later, the Québec Government designated it as a heritage property. Architect Phyllis Lambert, daughter of industrialist Sam Bronfman, purchased the property for the Canadian Architectural Conservatory.

Subseries consists of correspondence, financial reports, immigration and Displaced Persons reports, ration cards, newsclippings, community annals, registers, scrapbooks, and account books from the SOS mission on Dorchester Street in Montreal.

At the request of Archbishop Gauthier, the Sisters in 1926 assumed the management of Catholic Women’s League (CWL) Hostel. Known as Loretta House, the three-story residence at 450 Rue de la Gauchetière Ouest was located on the eastern downtown area of Montréal. Close to the harbour, the house became a refuge for immigrants. After the Sisters met the trains, men, women and children were brought back to the hostel for a short-term stay. Upon the archbishop’s request, the Sisters also visited the Detention Centre, where the immigrants were detained. When the hostel work outgrew its location, a larger house was opened in April 1928 on Drummond Street, close to Mount Royal and McGill University. All the subdivisions of the Montréal CWL contributed to the furnishing of the house. In addition to the Immigration work, the hostel accommodated families temporarily until they were released from immigration regulations. The mission was closed in November 1934.

Subseris consists of correspondence, reports, financial records, community annals, immigration reports, and a scrapbook related to the Drummon St. mission.

At the request of Archbishop Gauthier, the Sisters in 1926 assumed the management of Catholic Women’s League (CWL) Hostel. Known as Loretta House, the three-story residence at 450 Rue de la Gauchetière Ouest was located on the eastern downtown area of Montréal. Close to the harbour, the house became a refuge for immigrants. After the Sisters met the trains, men, women and children were brought back to the hostel for a short-term stay. Upon the archbishop’s request, the Sisters also visited the Detention Centre, where the immigrants were detained. When the hostel work outgrew its location, a larger house was opened in April 1928 on Drummond Street, close to Mount Royal and McGill University.

Subseries consists of correspondence, reports, community annals, and a scrapbook from the Lagauchetiere Street mission.

The teaching mission in this Northern Alberta community began when a new four-room Rosary School opened in 1952. During the 28 years as a mission, 13 Sisters taught at the school, with three Sister teachers over the 1957-1969 period after the expansion of the school, including an auditorium. The first Grade 12 class graduated in 1958. Two other aspects of the mission evolved when Sister Mary Harding worked as a nurses’ aide at the Manning Municipal Hospital (1970-1973). After Sister Anna Green, also an artist, arrived in 1961, the basement of the Sisters’ residence was converted into a studio, where she taught oil painting to interested local women. This artists group met until the mission closed in 1980.

Subseries consists of correspondence, reports, community annals, and supplemental historical information on the SOS mission in Manning, Alberta.

To provide social and education support in Northern Saskatchewan, Sisters Patricia Burke and Anna McNally arrived in LaRonge September 1983. Sister Burke was employed as a social worker by the provincial department of social services in a supervisory capacity in the La Loche, Beauval and Green Lake offices and exclusively in Creighton (1985-1986). Returning to La Ronge, Sister Burke joined the staff of the Northlands Career Centre (1988-1990) as a literacy facilitator. This initiative involved recruiting and training both volunteers and paid tutors as well as developing programs in numerous northern Saskatchewan communities. Also for Northlands College, she served as supervisor (1990-1991) of the home/school counsellor program. Sister Burke established the Gary Tinker Federation for adult disabilities. Sister McNally worked with the Saskatchewan Department of Education as a language development consultant in the La Ronge district, travelling to 35 individual students throughout the area. Later she was an instructor and field supervisor with the Northern Teacher’s Education Program (NORTEP) and Northern Professional Access College (NORPAC), which delivered a wide variety of university classes under the aegis of the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina.

Subseries consists of reports, correspondence, promotional materials, newsclippings, and community annals from the SOS mission in LaRonge Saskatchewan.

Sisters Patricia Burke and Anna McNally provided social services support and teaching in this First Nations (Chipewyan) community of northwest Saskatchewan. The region is the home of the Clearwater River Dene Nation (Tı̨tëlase tué). Sister Burke served as the director of social services for the La Loche region of the provincial Department of Northern Saskatchewan. During this period, she travelled to the offices in Uranium City and Buffalo Narrows. Sister McNally taught at Ducharme School, where she was vice-principal for three years and was instrumental in the Dene High School adapting the school curriculum to the student needs. The mission was opened in 1975 and closed in 1979.

Subseries consists of community annals, correspondence, mission histories and reference materials, newsclippings, and newsletters from the SOS mission in LaLoche.

In September 1968, Sisters Mary and Florence MacDougall began teaching in High Level Public School in this Peace River community of 2,400. As a Grade 1 teacher, Sister Florence honed an expertise to achieving an early reading ability among her students. She taught Grade 1 in this Northern Alberta community until her retirement in 1979. In memory of this outstanding teacher, a new school was named in her honour. The Florence MacDougall Community School was officially opened in High Level on December 1983. Other teachers at the mission included Sister Eileen Gallagher (1984), and Sister Patsy Flynn and Sister Peggy McFadden. Sister Barbara Kowalski taught nearby at a school on Goodfish First Nation (January-June 1984), Sister Sister Joan Schafhauser (September 1973-September 1975) was a community health nurse. Sister McFadden closed the mission in July 3, 1984 at the end of the school year.

Subseries consists of correspondence, reports, and community annals from the SOS mission in High Level, Alberta.

Sisters Agnes Black and Waltrude Donnelly arrived in September 1965 to teach at the Hawk Hills Public School. Located in Hotchkiss in Northern Alberta, the two-room school consisted of 35 pupils from Grades 1 and 8. Sister Black did not return in the fall of 1966 after Protestant parents objected to having two Roman Catholic nuns teaching their children. In November 1966, the school was destroyed by fire and was replaced with a portable classroom. In 1968, Sister Celestine Reinhardt joined the mission and the two Sisters lived in a mobile home. When she retired in 1976, Sister Donnelly only had missed two days of teaching in the 11 years. Sister Reinhardt retired in June 1977 when the Hawk Hills School was closed and the students travelled by bus to Manning.

Subseries consists of correspondence, reports, community annals, and cash ledger from the SOS mission in Hawk Hills.

Upon the closure of the SOS mission at Cornwall Street in 2001, Sister Duffley remained in Halifax, continuing active participation at the downtown parish of St. Patrick’s church. In 2008, she retired to Toronto.

Subseries consists of Sister Duffley's annals and some newsclippings relating to her independent work in Halifax while living at Glebe road.