An invitation to the Commencement Exercises of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing 1947 graduation ceremony; printed on a single piece of paper folded in half to form a booklet; contains the names of graduating nurses and where they are from.
An invitation to the Commencement Exercises of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing 1947 graduation ceremony; printed on a single piece of paper folded in half to form a booklet; contains the names of graduating nurses and where they are from.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned by the donor's mother, Joan Stewart Prichard, a graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nurses' in 1947.
Joan Steward Prichard graduated in 1947; dated 1947.
Material
paper: white
Inscriptions
"1886 // 1947 // The Governors of // The Kingston General Hospital // announce // The Commencement Exercises // of the // School of Nursing // to be held in // Grant Hall, Queens University // on Tuesday Evening, May the twenty-seventh // nineteen hundred and forty-seven // at eight-fifteen o'clock" printed on the cover.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G KGH School of Nursing Graduation Binder
Length
17.2 cm
Width
14.6 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 17.2 cm x Width 14.6 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.