Rockwood / Kingston Psychiatric Hospital / Providence Continuing Care Centre Collection
Category
Nursing
Classification
Nursing
Nursing Uniform accessories
Accession Number
003044002
Description
Navy wool pocket with white embroidery with initials for the Ontario Hospital Kingston; added to walking out jackets for nursing school students; not previously sewn on a jacket; with raw cut edges.
Navy wool pocket with white embroidery with initials for the Ontario Hospital Kingston; added to walking out jackets for nursing school students; not previously sewn on a jacket; with raw cut edges.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
It was owned by the Nursing Alumnae of Kingston Psychiatric Hospital; it may have been specially made; it was probably part of a blazer.
The Ontario Hospital name was used between this time period.
Material
fabric: blue; black, white
Inscriptions
"O H // KINGSTON"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-3
Length
17.6 cm
Width
14.3 cm
Depth
0.2 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 17.6 cm x Width 14.3 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
Condition Remarks
Minor fraying around the edges
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Website
Reference Comments
"Kingston Psychiatric Hospital," Asylum Projects, accessed August 4, 2020. http://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Kingston_Psychiatric_Hospital
Research Facts
The "O H" stands for Ontario Hospital. In 1859, the Rockwood Asylum opened in Kingston (Portsmouth). The name was later changed to Rockwood Hospital, and then in 1920 to Ontario Hospital - Kingston. Over the course of its earlier years, a gymnasium was added, then libraries, etc. in order to better serve the patients. During and after the Second World War, the hospital was understaffed due to the war, but by 1959, new buildings were added and the original asylum became known as the Penrose building, which housed people with disabilities. In the 1960s, a music department was added, as well as a unit for children and adolescents. In 1965, the name changed again to the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital. In March 2001, the hospital was placed under the authority of the Providence Continuing Care Centre's Governing Board. Its name was changed a final time to Mental Health Services, and the original asylum building, which had been closed since 1997, remains empty as of 2020.