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1954-1988 (Creation)
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4.75 m of textual records 159 photographs 35 photographic negatives 49 photographic slides 5 videocassettes 1 audio cassette
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Administrative history
St. Leonard's House, established in Windsor on 8 May 1962 by the Rev. T.N. Libby was the first halfway house in Canada for released prisoners. In time, calls came to St. Leonard's House to assist other communities start their own halfway houses. These requests grew to the point where the St. Leonard's Society of Canada had to be created to separate itself from the local St. Leonard's House. The St. Leonard's Society of Canada began full-time operations in November 1967 with its head office at 327 Ouellette Avenue. In 1968, this operation became totally separate from the St. Leonard's House in Windsor. Over the years, numerous houses from all across the country became affiliated with St. Leonard's Society of Canada, making the Society a truly national one. In 1989 the Society moved its head office from Windsor to Mississauga, Ontario.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, letters of incorporation, by-laws, budgets, financial statements and auditors' reports, press releases, scripts, policies, brochures, newspaper clippings, newsletters, Christmas cards, statistics, invitations, speeches, plans, a manuscript, and a book, documenting the activities of the St. Leonard's Society of Canada, the local St. Leonard's House of Windsor and member houses of the national Society. Photographs, negatives, slides, videocassettes, and an audiocassette compliment the textual records. Fonds consists of the following series: St. Leonard's House, Windsor Member Houses St. Leonard's Society of Canada Photographic Material Audio-Visual Records
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Fonds was acquired from creator in 1989.
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Restrictions on access
Several files within the collection have restricted access due to the information they contain. Researchers may view photocopies with sensitive information removed from the files.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Researchers are responsible for observing any copyright regulations which may apply to the publication of their research. Credit for all documentation reproduced is to read: Municipal Archives - Windsor Public Library, followed by the appropriate document/photograph citation. Photographic material depicting residents of St. Leonard's Society houses may be viewed by researchers, but cannot be duplicated. The reproduction of all other photographic material may take up to two weeks.
Finding aids
Expanded series-level descriptions of the fonds are included in Guide to the Holdings of the Municipal Archives. A detailed inventory is available St. Leonard's Society of Canada fonds (MS41).
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Accruals
No further accruals are expected.