Round white fabric with blue text embroidered logo patch badge; embroidered words "ONTARIO HOSPITAL KINGSTON" with the crest of Ontario with a cross at the top and three maple leaves.
Round white fabric with blue text embroidered logo patch badge; embroidered words "ONTARIO HOSPITAL KINGSTON" with the crest of Ontario with a cross at the top and three maple leaves.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Used by donor’s great aunt, Connie Cox (20 Aug 1939- 5 June 2010), while working at the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital for over 35 years. Ontario Hospital Kingston Nursing School, Graduate Class of 1962.
Dates
1958
1962
circa 1958-1962
Date Remarks
Date based on the year the owner of the item graduated from Ontario Hospital Kingston Nursing School in 1962.
Material
fabric: white
thread: blue
Inscriptions
"ONTARIO HOSPITAL // KINGSTON"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-3
Height
0.1 cm
Circumference
22.3 cm
Diameter
7.1 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Diameter 7.1 cm X Height 0.1 cm X Circumference 22.3 cm
Condition Remarks
Fabric slightly wrinkled and discoloured
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.