One piece of rectangular-shaped paper folded in half to create a square card; cream-coloured thick paper with black script printed on the cover; inside lists names of all nurses graduating in 1928; envelope is included.
One piece of rectangular-shaped paper folded in half to create a square card; cream-coloured thick paper with black script printed on the cover; inside lists names of all nurses graduating in 1928; envelope is included.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - card - Size: Length 14.8 cm. x Width 17.1 cm. x Depth 1.0 mm.
b - envelope - Size: Length 15.5 cm. x Width 9.4 cm. x Depth 1.0 mm.
Provenance
Owned and used by Nora Valleau, Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1928 Graduate.
On cover, "The Governors of // The Kingston General Hospital // announce // The Commencement Exercises // of the School of Nursing // to be held in // Grant Hall, Queen's University // on Tuesday evening, May the fifteenth // nineteen hundred and twenty-eight // at eight o'clock"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box 7
Condition Remarks
Announcement has one fold mark running horizontally through the middle; envelope has small black dot on front 4.9 cm from the right side and 6 mm from the bottom; a grey smudge appears on the reverse 4.8 cm from the right side and 2.9 cm from the bottom
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Website
Reference Comments
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
Ms. Valleau graduated along with 34 other nurses in 1928. The first official 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. Over the years, nurses were sometimes given pins and/or rings or other memorabilia to commemorate their graduation from the school.