(a) Certificate of renewal of registration as a registered nurse and membership certificate, a rectangular piece of paper folded in half, with the printed seal of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, date of issue and validation, registration number, registrant's name, address and space f…
(a) Certificate of renewal of registration as a registered nurse and membership certificate, a rectangular piece of paper folded in half, with the printed seal of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, date of issue and validation, registration number, registrant's name, address and space for her signature, printed signatures of a board member and the registrar, serial number, district number, and attached printed receipt; an additional rectangular receipt (b) is folded in half within the folded certificate.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - certificate - Size: Length 14.0 cm x Width 15.0 cm
b - receipt - Size: Length 14.0 cm x Width 15.0 cm
Provenance
Owned and used by Nora Valleau, Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Graduate Class of 1928; received after her death. Accessions 996.028.153-.183 were all stored together.
Printed on certificate of renewal / receipt: RECEIPT OF PAYMENT // ONTARIO REGISTRATION // 1954 // Incl. in membership // REGISTRATION FEE // ORIGINAL REGISTRATION // RECIPROCAL REGISTRATION // RE-REGISTRATION X // RE-INSTATEMENT // ISSUED BY // THE // REGISTERED NURSES ASSOCIATION // OF ONTARIO // SERIAL 01634 // FOLD HERE // The Nurses Registration Act 1951 // 1954 CERTIFICATE OF RENEWAL OF // REGISTRATION AS A REGISTERED NURSE // DATED AT TORONTO JAN. 15, 1954 // THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE REGISTRATION OF // MISS NORA M. VALLEAU, // ONTARIO REGISTRATION NO // 29-429 // 205 COLLINGWOOD ST., // KINGSTON, ONT. // AS A REGISTERED NURSE IS RENEWED FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 31ST OF DECEMBER 1954. // Bianca M. Beyer // FOR THE BOARD // Mildred F. Weir // REGISTRAR // SERIAL 01634 // SIGNATURE OF REGISTRANT".
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box 7
Condition Remarks
No tears; a thin crease bisects both pieces widthwise; the paper is yellowing slightly
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Timeline
Reference Comments
"Oral History Transcript for Nora Valleau" by Rona Rustige
RNAO’S PROUD PAST, June 2013. https://rnao.ca/sites/rnao-ca/files/RNAOs_Proud_Past_-_June_2013.pdf
Research Facts
The Nurses’ Registration Act, 1951 gave the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario responsibility for: creating regulations regarding standards of admission to schools of nursing; determining courses of study in these schools; setting examinations for registration; and issuing, renewing, and cancelling certificates of registration.