A Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing yearbook; off-white cover; 85 pages; has Kingston General Hospital crest on the cover; contains photograph of Kingston General Hospital, photographs of student and graduating nurses, and the Florence Nightingale Pledge.
A Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing yearbook; off-white cover; 85 pages; has Kingston General Hospital crest on the cover; contains photograph of Kingston General Hospital, photographs of student and graduating nurses, and the Florence Nightingale Pledge.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Belonged to the donor's mother-in-law, Pauline Swain (nee Kreiner) a 1955 graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing.
Some damage on the back cover where something has been stuck.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Website
Reference Comments
"KGH Nursing Alumni Memorabilia" by Marilyn Boston
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
Pauline Swain was born in October 1932 and died in December 2004.
Kingston General Hospital Nursing School graduates began producing yearbooks in 1926. 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.