Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Visual Communication
Audio visual
Audio tape reproduction
Communication
Commemorative
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Nursing
Classification
Visual Communication
Audio visual
Audio tape reproduction
Communication
Commemorative
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Nursing
Accession Number
005036039 a-b
Description
Videotape cassette (a) with a recording of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae 1996 reunion; stored in original slip case box (b) with applied title sticker on both cassette and box.
Videotape cassette (a) with a recording of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae 1996 reunion; stored in original slip case box (b) with applied title sticker on both cassette and box.
Part Names
a - cassette - Size: Length 18.9 cm x Width 10.4 cm x Depth 2.6 cm
b - box - Size: Length 19.0 cm x Width 10.6 cm x Depth 2.8 cm
Provenance
Kingston General Hospital Nurses' Alumnae via Marilyn Boston.
Printed on both cassette and box: ""Thoughts and Memories" // KGH NURSES' ALUMNAE // JUNE, 1996"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Condition Remarks
Like new
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Archives
Article
Website
Reference Comments
Archives Association of Ontario, Archeion, “Fonds KGH 5999-950 - Kingston General Hospital Nurses' Alumnae Association fonds,” https://www.archeion.ca/kingston-general-hospital-nurses-alumnae-association-fonds
Ian MacAlpine, “Nurses Ready for Reunion,” The Kingston Whig Standard, May 31, 2019. https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/nurses-ready-for-reunion
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
“The Kingston General Hospital Nurses' Alumnae Association was formed in 1896 by graduates of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing. Its original purpose was the maintenance and furnishing of the nurses' home and making surgical dressings. It later became an organization sponsoring social functions for nursing students and raising funds for the Hospital.
The Kingston General Hospital Nurses Alumnae Reunion is held annually, and graduates of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing return to Kingston to celebrate.
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.