Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Archival
Nursing
Education
Classification
Archival
Nursing
Education
Accession Number
995002153
Description
Wooden framed Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing graduation certificate; awarded to Jean Frances Guess; governors's seal is affixed at bottom of certificate; wooden frame with glass front and carboard and paper backing.
Wooden framed Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing graduation certificate; awarded to Jean Frances Guess; governors's seal is affixed at bottom of certificate; wooden frame with glass front and carboard and paper backing.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae via Marilyn Boston.
Top: "Kingston General Hospital // KINGSTON, ONTARIO // Incorporated by Act of Parliament 1849 // School of Nursing // This is to Certify that // Jean Frances Guess // has satisfactorily completed a three years' course of instruction and practice in this institution, has passed all // the required examinations, and is qualified to nurse Medical, Surgical, Obstetrical and Infections cases. // In Witness Whereof the underigned have affixed their signatures this fifteenth day of May, // one thoussand nine hundred and twenty eight".
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-1-1
Length
45.8 cm
Width
35.9 cm
Depth
1.7 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 45.8 cm x Width 35.9 cm x Depth 1.7 cm
Condition Remarks
Certificate is faded; paper is wrinkled in top left corner; frame is scratched at edges; loose surface dirt under glass; paper backing is torn on left side
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
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.