Small black soft-covered journal with blue-lined paper; content is hand written in black pen in cursive; topics are for nursing studies and written on one side of the paper except for a few pages at the end.
Small black soft-covered journal with blue-lined paper; content is hand written in black pen in cursive; topics are for nursing studies and written on one side of the paper except for a few pages at the end.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
The donor found the notebook in the wall of her house, which was built in 1890. It was written and originally belonged to student nurse Cora Knott at the Rockwood Hospital Kingston, Ontario, also kown as Kingston Psychiatric Hospital or Ontario Hospital Kingston.
On the inside: "Cora Knott // R. H. K."; "General Nursing // Miss Dougherty // Junior Year"; "Nursing Ethics"; "General Nursing // Nursing Ethics // Rubber Gloves // Day Duty in 1925 // Night Duty in 1925"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Length
21.0 cm
Width
14.0 cm
Depth
1.2 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 21.0 cm X Width 14.0 cm X Depth 1.2 cm
Condition Remarks
Though the content is still legible, covers and pages show lots of wear; covers are very worn out, causing them to lose colour, while the initially white pages have darkened into a brownish colour; the pages are also riddled with stains
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Website
Reference Comments
"Kingston Psychiatric Hospital," Asylum Projects, accessed August 4, 2020. http://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Kingston_Psychiatric_Hospital
Research Facts
In 1859, the Rockwood Asylum opened in Kingston (Portsmouth). The name was later changed to Rockwood Hospital, and then in 1920 to Ontario Hospital - Kingston. Over the course of its earlier years, a gymnasium was added, then libraries, etc. in order to better serve the patients. During and after the Second World War, the hospital was understaffed due to the war, but by 1959, new buildings were added and the original asylum became known as the Penrose building, which housed people with disabilities. In the 1960s, a music department was added, as well as a unit for children and adolescents. In 1965, the name changed again to the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital. In March 2001, the hospital was placed under the authority of the Providence Continuing Care Centre's Governing Board. Its name was changed a final time to Mental Health Services, and the original asylum building, which had been closed since 1997, remains empty as of 2020.