Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Archival Items
Communication
Commemorative
Ephemera
Nursing
Classification
Archival Items
Communication
Commemorative
Ephemera
Nursing
Accession Number
995002121
Description
Paper celebratory hand made card for Lottie Smith upon her retirement from the Kingston General Hospital; ribbon tie closure; inside is filled with hand written signatures.
Paper celebratory hand made card for Lottie Smith upon her retirement from the Kingston General Hospital; ribbon tie closure; inside is filled with hand written signatures.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Belonged to Lottie Smith and was given to her upon her upon her retirement from the Kingston General hospital where she had worked for her entire career and schooling as a nurse.
Dates
1958
circa 1958
Date Remarks
Written on artefact
Material
paper: white
ink: black, blue
plastic: light blue
Inscriptions
Hand written on cover in black ink: "To Miss Lottie Smith // with best wishes // from // her friends on departure // from the // Kingston General Hospital // June 1958"; signed inside by approximately 120 people.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-3 Box 16
Length
21.5 cm
Width
14.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 21.5 cm x Width 14.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Minor scuffing at edges; brown stain in upper right of front cover
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Websites
Reference Comments
Donor file
Providence Care, "History of KGH – Working in an old hospital without paying attention," October 20th, 2014. https://providencecare.ca/history-of-kgh-working-in-an-old-hospital-without-paying-attention/
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 there until her retirement in June 1958.
The main building at Kingston General Hospital was built in 1833-1835 as a charitable hospital. It did not open as a public hospital until 1845, as it was the first home of the Canadian Parliament after the union of Upper and Lower Canada from 1841-1844. 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.