Rectangular black textured cover yearbook with the title printed in white; part of the cover is embossed with a geometric pattern of squares with textured patterns in them; small white sticker with handwriting in dark blue ink on it in the upper left corner of the cover; contains numerous monochrom…
Rectangular black textured cover yearbook with the title printed in white; part of the cover is embossed with a geometric pattern of squares with textured patterns in them; small white sticker with handwriting in dark blue ink on it in the upper left corner of the cover; contains numerous monochrome photographs of the graduating and current classes of the Ontario Hospital, Kingston School of Nursing, as well as their teachers, doctors, psychiatrists, etc.; also contains anecdotes from the past year and information on sports, inside jokes, etc.; pages not numbered; 34 pages.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a) yearbook: Length 28.0 cm X Width 20.9 cm X Height 1.2 cm
b) library card: Length 12.5 cm X Width 7.5 cm
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 School of Nursing Class of 1962. From the Nurses' Library at the Ontario Hospital, Kingston.
Dates
1965
circa 1965
Date Remarks
Publication date
Material
paper: cream, black
ink: black
Inscriptions
Printed on front cover: "Memoires '65"; stamped in blue ink on the first page: "NURSES' LIBRARY // ONTARIO HOSPITAL, KINGSTON"; printed on title page: "ONTARIO HOSPITAL, KINGSTON // SCHOOL OF NURSING"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-1-4
Condition Remarks
Small amount of white powdery adhesive residue at the base of the spine
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.