The commencement exercises from the 1947 Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing graduation ceremony; on a piece of paper folded in the centre with printing on all pages; on the front is the list of graduates, inside is the program for the event, and on the back is the Florence Nightingale Pled…
The commencement exercises from the 1947 Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing graduation ceremony; on a piece of paper folded in the centre with printing on all pages; on the front is the list of graduates, inside is the program for the event, and on the back is the Florence Nightingale Pledge and an advertisement for the Women's Aid Annual Tea and Garden Party.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned by the donor's mother, Joan Stewart Prichard, a graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1947.
Joan Steward Prichard graduated in 1947; dated May 27, 1947.
Material
paper: white
ink: black
Inscriptions
Printed on first page: "Graduation Exercises // Kingston General Hospital // School of Nursing // Tuesday Evening, May 27th, 1947 // 8:15 P.M. // GRANT HALL, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY // Graduating Class, 1947 // Frances Mary Ault Morrisburg, Ontario // Doris Jane Andrews Brockville, Ontario // Helen Margaret Buchanan Havelock, Ontario // Lillian Crozier Burd Deseronto, Ontario // Helena Frances Burtch Collins Bay, Ontario // Ruth Isobel Oxford Almonte, Ontario // Margaret Free Crothers Kingston, Ontario // Ann Constance Davies Ottawa, Ontario // Gwendolyn Isabelle Dewar Kemptville, Ontario // Mary Elizabeth Dingwall Cornwall, Ontario // Mary Louise Faulkner Ottawa, Ontario // Gratia Magee Foster Trenton, Ontario // Evelyn Mary Freeman Battersea, Ontario // Marion Flora Fritsch Denbigh, Ontario // Helen Evelyn Geraldi Kingston, Ontario // Jean Ruth Godard Ottawa, Ontario // Keitha Mae Hadley Trenton, Ontario // Phyllis Mae Hefferman Athens, Ontario // Vesta Mae Jack Lansdowne, Ontario // Jean Ruth Lang Picton, Ontario // Edna Luella Larocque Winchester, Ontario // Marion Isabelle Lashbrook Belleville, Ontario // Freda Margaret Leadbeater Seeley's Bay, Ontario // Mary Evelyn Maclaren Renfrew, Ontario // Marion Edith Martin Milles Roches, Ontario // Rosalind Luella May Trenton, Ontario // Maxine Olive McAdam Carleton Place, Ontario // Hilda Jean McGhee Bancroft, Ontario // Doris McLaren Kingston, Ontario // Mary Alice McQuay Manitoulin Island, Ontario // Jean Audrey Milne Mountain, Ontario // Ruth Waldron Mooney Woodroffe, Ontario // Jean Eleanor Moynan Ottawa, Ontario // Ruth Anne Munns Kingston, Ontario // Elizabeth Hope Murray Perth, Ontario // Margaret Olivia Nixon, New Liskeard, Ontario // Mary Grace Purvis Lyn, Ontario // Freda Ileen Ramsbottom Merrickville, Ontario // Helen Noreen Richmond Roblin, Ontario // Jean Elaine Ritchie Westport, Ontario // Margaret Joan Robertson Morrisburg, Ontario // Elva Jean Sexsmith Trenton, Ontario // Joan Aileen Stewart Kingston, Ontario // Emily Hope Sully Ottawa, Ontario // Miriam Elaine Wallace Morrisburg, Ontario // Jean Eileen Whitman Kirkland Lake, Ontario // Elizabeth Murray Wilson Ottawa, Ontario // Margaret Anne Whytock Hamilton, Ontario // Dorothy Myrtle Zurbrigg Kingston, Ontario"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G KGH School of Nursing Graduation Binder
Length
24.0 cm
Width
14.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 24.0 cm x Width 14.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Some minor wear to the paper.
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 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.