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- Joan Stewart Prichard Collection
commencement exercises programme
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact11167
- Dates
- 1947
- circa 1947
- Collection
- Joan Stewart Prichard Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Nursing
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Classification
- Archival Items
- Nursing
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Accession Number
- 005015011
- Description
- The commencement exercises from the 1947 Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing graduation ceremony; on a piece of paper folded in the centre with printing on all pages; on the front is the list of graduates, inside is the program for the event, and on the back is the Florence Nightingale Pled…
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- Accession Number
- 005015011
- Collection
- Joan Stewart Prichard Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Nursing
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Classification
- Archival Items
- Nursing
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Description
- The commencement exercises from the 1947 Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing graduation ceremony; on a piece of paper folded in the centre with printing on all pages; on the front is the list of graduates, inside is the program for the event, and on the back is the Florence Nightingale Pledge and an advertisement for the Women's Aid Annual Tea and Garden Party.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Owned by the donor's mother, Joan Stewart Prichard, a graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1947.
- Maker
- Hanson & Edgar Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Kingston
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1947
- circa 1947
- Date Remarks
- Joan Steward Prichard graduated in 1947; dated May 27, 1947.
- Material
- paper: white
- ink: black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on first page: "Graduation Exercises // Kingston General Hospital // School of Nursing // Tuesday Evening, May 27th, 1947 // 8:15 P.M. // GRANT HALL, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY // Graduating Class, 1947 // Frances Mary Ault Morrisburg, Ontario // Doris Jane Andrews Brockville, Ontario // Helen Margaret Buchanan Havelock, Ontario // Lillian Crozier Burd Deseronto, Ontario // Helena Frances Burtch Collins Bay, Ontario // Ruth Isobel Oxford Almonte, Ontario // Margaret Free Crothers Kingston, Ontario // Ann Constance Davies Ottawa, Ontario // Gwendolyn Isabelle Dewar Kemptville, Ontario // Mary Elizabeth Dingwall Cornwall, Ontario // Mary Louise Faulkner Ottawa, Ontario // Gratia Magee Foster Trenton, Ontario // Evelyn Mary Freeman Battersea, Ontario // Marion Flora Fritsch Denbigh, Ontario // Helen Evelyn Geraldi Kingston, Ontario // Jean Ruth Godard Ottawa, Ontario // Keitha Mae Hadley Trenton, Ontario // Phyllis Mae Hefferman Athens, Ontario // Vesta Mae Jack Lansdowne, Ontario // Jean Ruth Lang Picton, Ontario // Edna Luella Larocque Winchester, Ontario // Marion Isabelle Lashbrook Belleville, Ontario // Freda Margaret Leadbeater Seeley's Bay, Ontario // Mary Evelyn Maclaren Renfrew, Ontario // Marion Edith Martin Milles Roches, Ontario // Rosalind Luella May Trenton, Ontario // Maxine Olive McAdam Carleton Place, Ontario // Hilda Jean McGhee Bancroft, Ontario // Doris McLaren Kingston, Ontario // Mary Alice McQuay Manitoulin Island, Ontario // Jean Audrey Milne Mountain, Ontario // Ruth Waldron Mooney Woodroffe, Ontario // Jean Eleanor Moynan Ottawa, Ontario // Ruth Anne Munns Kingston, Ontario // Elizabeth Hope Murray Perth, Ontario // Margaret Olivia Nixon, New Liskeard, Ontario // Mary Grace Purvis Lyn, Ontario // Freda Ileen Ramsbottom Merrickville, Ontario // Helen Noreen Richmond Roblin, Ontario // Jean Elaine Ritchie Westport, Ontario // Margaret Joan Robertson Morrisburg, Ontario // Elva Jean Sexsmith Trenton, Ontario // Joan Aileen Stewart Kingston, Ontario // Emily Hope Sully Ottawa, Ontario // Miriam Elaine Wallace Morrisburg, Ontario // Jean Eileen Whitman Kirkland Lake, Ontario // Elizabeth Murray Wilson Ottawa, Ontario // Margaret Anne Whytock Hamilton, Ontario // Dorothy Myrtle Zurbrigg Kingston, Ontario"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-2-2 Box 4
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 14.0 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- Length 24.0 cm x Width 14.0 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Some minor wear to the paper.
- 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.
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commencement announcement
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact11168
- Dates
- 1947
- circa 1947
- Collection
- Joan Stewart Prichard Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Nursing
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Classification
- Archival Items
- Nursing
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Accession Number
- 005015012
- Description
- An invitation to the Commencement Exercises of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing 1947 graduation ceremony; printed on a single piece of paper folded in half to form a booklet; contains the names of graduating nurses and where they are from.
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- Accession Number
- 005015012
- Collection
- Joan Stewart Prichard Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Nursing
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Classification
- Archival Items
- Nursing
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Description
- An invitation to the Commencement Exercises of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing 1947 graduation ceremony; printed on a single piece of paper folded in half to form a booklet; contains the names of graduating nurses and where they are from.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Owned by the donor's mother, Joan Stewart Prichard, a graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nurses' in 1947.
- Maker
- Kingston General Hospital
- Site Made (City)
- Kingston
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1947
- circa 1947
- Date Remarks
- Joan Steward Prichard graduated in 1947; dated 1947.
- Material
- paper: white
- Inscriptions
- "1886 // 1947 // The Governors of // The Kingston General Hospital // announce // The Commencement Exercises // of the // School of Nursing // to be held in // Grant Hall, Queens University // on Tuesday Evening, May the twenty-seventh // nineteen hundred and forty-seven // at eight-fifteen o'clock" printed on the cover.
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-2-2 Box 4
- Length
- 17.2 cm
- Width
- 14.6 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- Length 17.2 cm x Width 14.6 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Some minor wear to the paper.
- 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.
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convocation programme
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact11169
- Dates
- 1948
- circa 1948
- Collection
- Joan Stewart Prichard Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Classification
- Archival Items
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Accession Number
- 005015013 a-b
- Description
- A convocation program (a) from Queen's University's 1948 graduation ceremony; in the form of a booklet with 11 pages; there is also an instruction sheet for graduates (b) folded in half resting in the booklet.
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- Accession Number
- 005015013 a-b
- Collection
- Joan Stewart Prichard Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Classification
- Archival Items
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- MeSH Heading
- Education, Nursing -- ephemera
- Anniversaries and Special Events -- ephemera
- Universities -- ephemera
- Description
- A convocation program (a) from Queen's University's 1948 graduation ceremony; in the form of a booklet with 11 pages; there is also an instruction sheet for graduates (b) folded in half resting in the booklet.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a - programme - Size: Length 25.8 cm x Width 17.2 cm x Depth 0.1 cm
- b - instructions - Size: Length 28.0 cm x 22.0 cm
- Provenance
- Owned by the donor's mother, Joan Stewart Prichard, a graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1947.
- Maker
- The Jackson Press
- Site Made (City)
- Kingston
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1948
- circa 1948
- Date Remarks
- Date printed on document.
- Material
- paper: white
- ink: black
- Inscriptions
- "QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY // At Kingston, Ontario // CONVOCATION // AT THE CLOSE OF THE // ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH SESSION // GRANT HALL, MAY 15th, 1948" printed on the cover "Directions for Candidates for Degrees" printed at the top of the instruction sheet
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-2-2 Box 4
- Condition Remarks
- Some minor wear to the paper.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Website
- Reference Comments
- Queen's University, Faculty of Health Sciences, "School of Nursing celebrating 75 years," Dean's Blog, 1 February 2016. https://healthsci.queensu.ca/comment/411
- Research Facts
- Planning for a School of Nursing at Queen's University began in 1941, and the first director, Ms. Riches, was appointed in 1946. The first two candidates were awarded the Bachelor of Nursing Science in May 1947, and in 1948, 10 students graduated. The School of Nursing was first housed in Kingston Hall and moved to Summerhill in 1960 where it remained until 1982, when it moved to the Cataraqui Building.
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The Order for the Celebration of the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion [church program]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact11170
- Dates
- 1947
- circa 1947
- Collection
- Joan Stewart Prichard Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Ephemera
- Nursing
- Classification
- Archival Items
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Ephemera
- Nursing
- Accession Number
- 005015014
- Description
- A church program from the Chalmers Church of Kingston's Nursing Service in 1947; printed on red cardboard with a paper insert; contains an order of service for observing communion.
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- Accession Number
- 005015014
- Collection
- Joan Stewart Prichard Collection
- Classification
- Archival Items
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Ephemera
- Nursing
- MeSH Heading
- Religion -- ephemera
- Education, Nursing -- ephemera
- Anniversaries and Special Events -- ephemera
- Description
- A church program from the Chalmers Church of Kingston's Nursing Service in 1947; printed on red cardboard with a paper insert; contains an order of service for observing communion.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Owned by the donor's mother, Joan Stewart Prichard, a graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1947.
- Site Made (City)
- Kingston
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1947
- circa 1947
- Date Remarks
- Date printed on document
- Material
- cardboard: red
- paper: white
- ink: black
- Inscriptions
- "THE ORDER // FOR THE // Celebration // of the // Lord's Supper // or // Holy Communion // AT // Chalmers Church // Kingston" printed at the top of the cover "ON THE OCCASION OF THE ATTENDANCE OF // THE GRADUATING CLASS // OF // THE NURSING SCHOOL // OF // THE KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL // TOGETHER WITH // THE UNDERGRADUATES AND PROBATIONERS // Sunday, May 25th, 1947 // 7:30 P.M. // THE CHORAL PORTION FROM // THE COMMUNION SERVICE // BY // CHARLES FRANCOIS GOUNOD" printed at the bottom of the cover
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-2-2 Box 4
- Length
- 25.0 cm
- Width
- 13.2 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- Length 25.0 cm x Width 13.2 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Some minor wear to the paper.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Websites
- Reference Comments
- Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
- "History of Chalmers," Chalmers United Church. https://chalmersunitedchurch.org/who-we-are/history/
- Research Facts
- The first 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.
- Chalmers United Church in Kingston first met in 1847, and moved to its current location at Barrie Street, Clergy Street and Earl Street in the 1890s. At that time it was the Chalmers Free Presbyterian Church, and became part of the new United church (made from the union of the Congregational Church, Methodist Church and Presbyterian Church) in 1925.
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commemorative event menu
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact11171
- Dates
- 1961
- circa 1961
- Collection
- Joan Stewart Prichard Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Nursing
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Classification
- Archival Items
- Nursing
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Accession Number
- 005015015
- Description
- A menu from the Queen's University School of Nursing's 1961 Annual Reunion Dinner; printed on a small piece of paper folded in half to form a booklet; has a drawing of the profile of a nurse on the cover.
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- Accession Number
- 005015015
- Collection
- Joan Stewart Prichard Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Nursing
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Classification
- Archival Items
- Nursing
- Communication
- Commemorative
- Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
- Ephemera
- Description
- A menu from the Queen's University School of Nursing's 1961 Annual Reunion Dinner; printed on a small piece of paper folded in half to form a booklet; has a drawing of the profile of a nurse on the cover.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Owned by the donor's mother, Joan Stewart Prichard, a graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1947; she would have saved this from the 1961 reunion dinner.
- Maker
- The Jackson Press
- Site Made (City)
- Kingston
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1961
- circa 1961
- Date Remarks
- Dated 1961.
- Material
- paper: white
- Inscriptions
- "THE SCHOOL OF NURSING // QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY // presents // The Annual Dinner // THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH OF FEBRUARY // NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE" printed on the cover; printed on inside first page: "GUEST SPEAKER // MADAME FRANÇOISE DUNCAN"; printed on second page: "Menu // FRUIT COCKTAIL // ROAST TURKEY WITH DRESSING // MASHED POTATOES // PEAS AND CARROTS // CRANBERRY SAUCE CELERY AND OLIVES // ROLLS // STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM PIE // COFFEE"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-2-2 Box 4
- Length
- 14.0 cm
- Width
- 10.7 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- Length 14.0 cm x Width 10.7 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Some minor wear to the paper.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Article
- Reference Comments
- Ian MacAlpine, “Nurses Ready for Reunion,” The Kingston Whig Standard, May 31, 2019. https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/nurses-ready-for-reunion
- Research Facts
- The Kingston General Hospital Nurses Alumnae Reunion is held annually, and graduates of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing return to Kingston to celebrate.
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