Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Archival
Nursing Education
Communication
Commemorative
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Ephemera
Classification
Archival
Nursing Education
Communication
Commemorative
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Ephemera
Accession Number
005036014
Description
A program from the 1941 commencement exercises for the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing; on the front the names of graduates are printed, and inside is the program for the event; on the back is the Florence Nightingale Pledge and an advertisement for the Women's Aid Annual Tea and Garden…
A program from the 1941 commencement exercises for the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing; on the front the names of graduates are printed, and inside is the program for the event; 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
Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae.
Printed on front of program: "Graduation Exercises // Kingston General Hospital // School of Nursing // Monday Evening, June 9th, 1941 // 8.15 P.M. // GRANT HALL, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY // Dr. Harold S. Dawson Chief Resident and Assistant, Surgery // Dr. Howard Garfield Kelly Senior Interne on Medicine // Dr. Jack Garner Jenkins Junior Rotating Interneship // Dr. Barney Bernstein Junior Rotating Interneship // Dr. Thomas Evans Currier Junior Rotating Interneship // Dr. Bruce Harold Young Junior Rotating Interneship // Dr. Paul Scriven Rutherland Pathology // Post Graduate Nurses // SIX MONTHS OPERATING ROOM // Eileen Margaret Balmer // Lenora Amelia Loyst // Graduating Class, 1941 // Lois Dorothy Bell Moscow, Ont. // Frances Annie Blue Madoc, Ont. // Evelyn Anna Campbell Flinton, Ont. // Vivian Frances Cherry Kingston, Ont. // Edna Winnifred Chiles Havelock, Ont. // Harriet Therese I.L. de St. Remy // Kingston, Ont. // Sophia Jean Donald Harold, Ont. // Ardith Beatrice Everett Belleville, Ont. // Viola Eileen Geddes Snow Road, Ont. // Alice Lucinda Gibson Kingston, Ont. // Alice Amelia Giles Almonte, Ont. // Helena Victoria Greenlees Kingston, Ont. // Jane Elizabeth Haight Bath, Ont. // Gladys Amelia Hill Seeley's Bay, Ont. // Lola Harris Ketcheson Tweed, Ont. // Gwyneth Irene Knapp Windsor, Ont. // Joyce Louise Laing Windsor, Ont. // Annabelle Margaret MacMillan // Ottawa, Ont. // Grace Isobel McKellar Kingston, Ont. // Mildred Madelene McQuaig Selby, Ont. // Margaret Edna Martin Napanee, Ont. // Florence Margaret Mustard Elgin, Ont. // Margaret Jean Oddie Campbellford, Ont. // Leah Elizabeth Scott Napanee, Ont. // Anna Gertrude Smith Elgin, Ont. // Mary Jane Snelgrove Fort William, Ont. // Grace Ellen Southall Kingston, Ont. // Doris Irene Stinson Tamworth, Ont. // Evelyn Jea Thomson High River, Alta. // Mary Alice Ungar Napanee, Ont. // Marion Helena VanExan // Smiths Falls, Ont. // Orpha Christena Watt Athens, Ont. // Jean Elizabeth Wartman Napanee, Ont. // Annie Jean Napier Wartman Napanee, Ont. // Arpa Laura Clara Zadow Pembroke, Ont."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G KGH School of Nursing Graduation Binder
Length
28.0 cm
Width
25.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 28.0 cm x Width 25.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Creased down the centre.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Website
Reference Comments
"A Century of Caring 1888-1988", by Kingston General Hospital Nurses Alumnae, 1988
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
The first two nurses graduated from Kingston General Hospital in 1886 but the school of nursing was not officially started until 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.