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
995002120
Description
Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing 1961 graduation program; printed on both sides and folds into thirds; contains the names of the graduates, the event program, and a list of scholarships and prizes.
Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing 1961 graduation program; printed on both sides and folds into thirds; contains the names of the graduates, the event program, and a list of scholarships and prizes.
Date of graduation printed on object is June 5th, 1961.
Material
paper: cream
ink: red, yellow
Inscriptions
Printed on cover: "KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL // SCHOOL OF NURSING // 75th Anniversary // Graduation Exercises // GRANT HALL // MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 5TH, 1961"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G KGH School of Nursing Graduation Binder
Length
23.0 cm
Width
15.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 23.0 cm x Width 15.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Minor scuffing at edges; brown stain across cover
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Website
Reference Comments
Donor file
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
Lottie Smith was a Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing graduate of 1937 and spent her entire career at Kingston General Hospital until her retirement in June 1958. The graduation ceremony for the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1961 was also the 75th anniversary of the School.
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.