Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Archival
Communication
Nursing
Commemorative
Ephemera
Classification
Archival
Communication
Nursing
Commemorative
Ephemera
Accession Number
001043014 a-b
Description
A homemade booklet done for the 1931 Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing 50 Year Class Reunion; made out of red construction paper with photocopied photographs glued to it; the booklet (a) has 12 photocopied pages held in it with white and red string; the pages have pictures of different nu…
A homemade booklet done for the 1931 Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing 50 Year Class Reunion; made out of red construction paper with photocopied photographs glued to it; the booklet (a) has 12 photocopied pages held in it with white and red string; the pages have pictures of different nurses glued to it with information about there current whereabouts on some of them; there is a photocopied photograph of the nurses' home on the cover and a hand-drawn Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing symbol (white cross with KGH written across it); there is another handmade nursing symbol (b) that has come unattached.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - booklet - Size: Length 23.0 cm x Width 15.2 cm
b - symbol - Size: Diameter 5.3 cm
Provenance
Belonged to Ruth Wallace of Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing the Class of 1931; used at the class of 1931's 50 year reunion (1981); donated to the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association by Ruth's daughter Barbara Earl Gilbert in 1963.
Maker
Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1931
"1931 1981 // 50th Reunion" printed in marker at the top of the cover; "NEW NURSES' HOME, KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL" printed under the picture on the cover.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box 8
Condition Remarks
Some wear on the paper; the Kingston General Hospital (KGH) symbol should be attached.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Website
Reference Comments
Marilyn Boston
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
Possibly a template for a booklet that would have been distributed.
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.