A black and white photograph of Cora Burnside; she is not wearing her nurse's uniform; contains some historical information printed on the back
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Possibly a graduation photograph.
Dates
1923
circa 1923
Date Remarks
Dated 1923
Material
paper: black; white
ink: black
Inscriptions
"CORA FRANCES // BURNSIDE // KGH 1923" printed on the front beneath the picture; "CORA FRANCES // BURNSIDE // IROQUOIS ONTARIO // COUSIN OF ARMOREL LOUISE BEACH // BOTH KGH 1923 // RETIRED FROM NURSING // NEW YORK // NOV 30 1971 // DIED FEB 1996" prined in pen on the back.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box 8
Length
12.5 cm
Width
7.4 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 12.5 cm x Width 7.4 cm
Condition Remarks
Some minor wear.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Website
Reference Comments
Susan Muer-Simpson
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
Cora Frances Burnside was a graduate of Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing class of 1923; she worked in New York until 1971 and died in 1996.
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.