Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Nursing
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Classification
Nursing
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Accession Number
995002024
Description
Gold pin; white ground with gold trim; "KGH" stamped across centre; on the back there is a pin, the arm of which is on a hinge; the initials "L.L." are stamped over the year "1919" in the metal below the arm of the pin.
Gold pin; white ground with gold trim; "KGH" stamped across centre; on the back there is a pin, the arm of which is on a hinge; the initials "L.L." are stamped over the year "1919" in the metal below the arm of the pin.
Provenance
Awarded to Lillian Lord during commencement of Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing, 1919
Dates
1919
circa 1919
Date Remarks
Stamped on object
Material
metal: white; yellow
Inscriptions
To front centre: "KGH"; engraved to back: "L L // 1919 // 14 K [symbol that resembles a "C" with a "3" inside.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-1
Diameter
2.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Diameter: 2.0 cm.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Website
Reference Comments
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
Owned by Lillian Mary (Lord) Dougherty, who graduated from the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1919, while she was a nursing student.
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.