Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Nursing
Classification
Commemorative
Nursing
Accession Number
005036024
Description
Gold class ring with oval face depicting the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing emblem, and a tiny enameled red cross in the centre bottom; custom made from local jeweler, Kinnear D'Esterre.
Gold class ring with oval face depicting the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing emblem, and a tiny enameled red cross in the centre bottom; custom made from local jeweler, Kinnear D'Esterre.
On face of ring: "19 // Kingston General Hospital // 33"; engraved inside ring: "O. E. V. // K & D. E. 10K".
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-2 Box 1
Length
1.6 cm
Width
2.0 cm
Depth
1.8 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 1.6 cm x Width 2.0 cm x Depth 1.8 cm
Condition Remarks
Minor scuffing on gold.
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
Received by Ora Vincent upon her graduation from the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1933. Ora Vincent spent her entire nursing career at the Kingston General Hospital.
The first 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 to commemorate their graduation from the school.