This water-colour by James D. Duncan, painter and teacher of drawing, known for his representations of Montreal, was among the illustrations in Jacques Viger’s book entitled "Costumes des communautés religieuses de femmes en Canada en 1853" (The Dress of the Communities of Women Religious in Canada in 1853).

Calisthenics was a series of exercises considered beneficial for the physical development of children and young women. This form of training was established in England at the beginning of the 19th century by Swiss teachers and spread throughout boarding schools in Europe and North America. It was, among other things, part of the programme in certain schools of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame.

コングレガシオン・ド・ノートルダムの創立当初から、シスターたちは会の宣教活動を記録してきました。年々、記録担当のシスターたちは修道会の大きな出来事、共同体にまつわる記憶に留めるべき事柄や思い出、修道会の発展状況、関わりのある聖職者や生徒などについて記録しました。こうした記録には、時には写真、挨拶状、招待状、新聞記事の切り抜きなども含まれました。

De la politesse au pensionnat (Boarding School Manners), a book written by Madame la Comtesse Drohojowska, born Symon de Latreiche (2e edition revised and corrected by the author, Paris, V. Sarlit, 1864) was part of the library collection of the Yamachiche boarding school. From the 17th to the 19th century, numerous treatises and manuals on the art of savoir-vivre and etiquette were published. They made known the rules of practical and acceptable behaviour in society.