List of tools in the Mother House shoe-repair shop

To meet the ongoing needs of the Sisters, whose numbers continued to increase each year, and to provide some autonomy, the administrators of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame created several workshops. In time, the Mother House had shoe-repair, weaving, baking and “apothecary” workshops. Sisters, hired hands and servants worked to supply goods and services to the Sisters and the boarders. These activities are identified in several archival documents such as inventories and accounting ledgers, which date back to New France up to the middle of the 20th century.