Program from the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing's 75th anniversary ceremony; printed in thick paper in black and white with a picture of Kingston General Hospital on the cover and a red cross at the top of the cover page; the inside has a menu, greetings, and toasts; the back has the …
Program from the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing's 75th anniversary ceremony; printed in thick paper in black and white with a picture of Kingston General Hospital on the cover and a red cross at the top of the cover page; the inside has a menu, greetings, and toasts; the back has the Kingston General Hospital logo and signatures hand written in pen.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Belonged to Mrs. Betty Young Macpherson, the donor, who graduated from the Kingston General Hospital Nursing School in 1944.
Dates
1961
Date Remarks
Date of event
Material
paper: cream
ink: black, red, blue
Inscriptions
Printed on cover: "KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL // SCHOOL OF NURSING // 75TH ANNIVERSARY // 1886-1961 // LEONARD HALL // QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY // FRIDAY, JUNE 2ND /1961"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box 8
Length
21.5 cm
Width
14.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 21.5 cm x Width 14.0 cm
Condition Remarks
The paper at the bottom of the cover page is slightly bent and torn.
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 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.