A Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing reunion pin; the face has the Kingston General Hospital school of nursing white cross design with the spaces on the cross filled in with gold; attached beneath the cross in a white banner.
A Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing reunion pin; the face has the Kingston General Hospital school of nursing white cross design with the spaces on the cross filled in with gold; attached beneath the cross in a white banner.
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.
The pin celebrates the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing reunion in 1988.
Material
metal: yellow, white
Inscriptions
"K G H" printed across the cross; "1888-1988" printed on the banner; "A.C.E. // WINNIPEG // TAIWAN" embossed on the back of the pin.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-1
Length
1.8 cm
Width
1.7 cm
Depth
0.7 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 1.8 cm x Width 1.7 cm x Depth 0.7 cm
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Website
Article
Reference Comments
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
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 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.
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.