Box Bournemouth 3

Scope and Contents note The file consists of several note books in which notes were kept for the annals, the day to day lives of the people in the Convent and St Joseph's Home at Bournemouth. There are the contents of an exercise book with details of events from 13 April 1904 to 29 July 1911; a volume with notes for the annals from February 1933 to 22 November 1936 with a register of patients which runs from 01 October 1890 to 14 September 1891 included; one volume which began as notes for science but also has...

Scope and Contents note The file consists of three sets of annals recording the day-to-day life of the Sisters and St Joseph’s Convalescent Home. One handwritten volume runs from the foundation of the Bournemouth community in 1888 to its closure in October 1992, with many entries recording Chapter election results. A second set, compiled by M Liguori Smith RSM, includes a history of the Bournemouth Sisters of Mercy and St Joseph’s Convalescent Home, with photographs. A third set covers 1888–1988 through photocopies...