A single-breasted ladies' cream wool jacket with blue twisted piping along the lapels, cuffs, and top of pockets; a non-woven machine stitched Ontario Hospital Kingston crest on left breast pocket; closed by three plastic buttons.
A single-breasted ladies' cream wool jacket with blue twisted piping along the lapels, cuffs, and top of pockets; a non-woven machine stitched Ontario Hospital Kingston crest on left breast pocket; closed by three plastic buttons.
Stitched on crest: "ONTARIO HOSPITAL // KINGSTON"; printed on fabric tag: "MADE TO MEASURE // BY // Richardson's // 546 YONGE / TORONTO ONTARIO".
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010 Closet
Temporary Location
On exhibit “Custodial to Curative Care: Rockwood and the Evolution of Mental Health Treatment” at Museum of Health Care, 30 June 2023.
Length
64.0 cm
Width
58.0 cm
Depth
1.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 64.0 cm x Width 58.0 cm x Depth 1.0 cm
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Website
Reference Comments
"Kingston Psychiatric Hospital," Asylum Projects, accessed August 4, 2020. http://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Kingston_Psychiatric_Hospital
Research Facts
Yvonne Metcalfe worked at the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital with her fellow nurse, Connie Cox. Ms. Metcalfe died in 2008 after a long illness. Ms. Cox donated her friend's nursing memorabilia on her behalf.
In 1859, the Rockwood Asylum opened in Kingston (Portsmouth). The name was later changed to Rockwood Hospital, and then in 1920 to Ontario Hospital - Kingston. Over the course of its earlier years, a gymnasium was added, then libraries, etc. in order to better serve the patients.
During and after the Second World War, the hospital was understaffed due to the war, but by 1959, new buildings were added and the original asylum became known as the Penrose building, which housed people with disabilities. In the 1960s, a music department was added, as well as a unit for children and adolescents.
In 1965, the name changed again to the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital. In March 2001, the hospital was placed under the authority of the Providence Continuing Care Centre's Governing Board. Its name was changed a final time to Mental Health Services, and the original asylum building, which had been closed since 1997, remains empty as of 2020.