Paper booklet with two staples; academic calendar for the School of Nurses at Toronto General Hospital; contains information and illustrations about the program, applicants, curriculum, and instruction in theory; titled printed in brown ink on front cover; signed by original owner Gertrude M. Orr o…
Paper booklet with two staples; academic calendar for the School of Nurses at Toronto General Hospital; contains information and illustrations about the program, applicants, curriculum, and instruction in theory; titled printed in brown ink on front cover; signed by original owner Gertrude M. Orr on front cover; contained with are application directions (b); application form (c); questionaire (d); 11 pages.
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a - booklet - Size: 22.8 cm x Width 15.2 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
b - application directions - Size: Length 27.8 cm x Width 21.4 cm
c - application form - Size: Length 27.8 cm x Width 21.4 cm
d - questionnaire - Size: Length 27.8 cm x Width 21.4 cm
Printed in booklet (a): "CALENDAR // SCHOOL FOR NURSES // TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL // TORONTO - CANADA // "Augere Quam Acquirere" // 1948-49"; hand-written on front cover: "Gertrude M. Orr // Tweed // Ontario // Canada"; printed on application directions (b): "DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING AN APPLICATION TO THE SCHOOL FOR NURSES"; printed on application form: "PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE // THE MEDICAL EXAMINER IS REQUESTED TO MAKE A CARE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE APPLICANT."; printed on questionaire: "QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BY THE APPLICANT // 1. NAME IN FULL // 2. AGE: DATE, MONTH, YEAR"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-5 Box 18
Condition Remarks
Cover of booklet (a) worn from use; pages faded; loose papers (b-d) have severe crease at one location horizontally
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Archives website
Reference Comments
"Toronto General Hospital. School of Nursing," Archeion, Archives Association of Ontario. https://www.archeion.ca/toronto-general-hospital-school-of-nursing.
Research Facts
The Toronto General Hospital Training School for Nurses (also School for Nurses or School of Nursing) was established in April 1881 and closed in August 1974. In the first year, the School had 17 students, eight of whom dropped out in the first seven months. The first graduating class (March 1883) had five students. In 1956 the education program changed from three years of instruction to two years, plus a one-year internship for professional experience. It was closed in 1974 because nursing education moved in Ontario to the community college system.