Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Archival Items
Nursing
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Classification
Archival, Publications
Nursing
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Accession Number
001043003
Description
Yearbook; 60 pages; black cover with a lamp on it; there are notes hand-written throughout the book about some of the people in it; there is a photograph taped to the back cover of the book.
Yearbook; 60 pages; black cover with a lamp on it; there are notes hand-written throughout the book about some of the people in it; there is a photograph taped to the back cover of the book.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Was originally given to class member Mabel McColl when she graduated from Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1935; it was donated to the nursing alumnae by her daughter Kaye Wilson.
"MABEL K. McCOLL" printed on the cover in the lower right corner; "The Year Book // of the // Graduating Class '35 // of 1934 - 1935" printed on the first page.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G
Length
26.5 cm
Width
21.9 cm
Depth
1.1 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 26.5 cm x Width 21.9 cm x Depth 1.1 cm
Condition Remarks
The cover is stained.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Website
Reference Comments
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
The first official graduating class of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing was in 1888; the school was created in order to educate nurses as the demand for them increased, as well as providing a labour force to the hospital. When the first nurses graduated, they were given a certificate of completion, twenty five dollars, and a nursing medal. Over the years, nurses were sometimes given pins and/or rings or other memorabilia to commemorate their graduation from the school.