Silver plate teapot with attached tray. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is stamped on one side. Lid is hinged with ball handle. Attached tray is oval with lip on front.

Silver single serve teapot with The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is stamped on one side. Lid is hinged with ball top handle.

Silver single serve teapot with The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is stamped on one side. Lid is hinged with ball top handle.

File contains silver and glass items such as flatware, teapots, bowls, a glass and other items.

White ceramic tea cup saucer with blue line around rim, and a garland and bow pattern around the edge.

White ceramic plate with faded blue line around rim, and a garland and bow pattern around the edge. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms in stamped in one spot along edge.

White ceramic dinner plate with faded blue line around rim, and a garland and bow pattern around the edge. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms in stamped in one spot along edge.

File contains Royal Worcester china used at The Wellesley Hospital.

White china limoges plate with gold line around rim of plate. Orange, yellow, pink, and blue flowers on a vine line the edge of the plate.

White and blue china plate with blue line and flower pattern around rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is on one side. The plate is inset into a silver dish with spout for adding hot water to. Silver dish also has handles.

White and blue china small pitcher with blue line and flower pattern around rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is on one side. Handle has gold embellishment.

White and blue china sugar bowl [?] with blue line and flower pattern around rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is on one side. Side grips have gold embellishment.

White and blue china demi-tasse cup. Blue line and flower pattern on exterior rim of cup. Gold line on interior rim of cup. Gold embellishment on handle. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms in on one side on the cup.

White and blue china condiment dish and lid. Plate attached to bottom. Blue line and flower pattern around rim of lid, top of dish and around edge of attached plate. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is on one side of dish. Lid handle is embellished with gold, and lid has small opening for spoon.

White and blue china ramekin with blue line and flower pattern around rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is on one side.

White and blue china milk or cream jug with blue line and flower pattern around rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is on one side. Handle is embellished in gold.

White and blue bowl with blue line and flower pattern around rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is on one side.

White and blue china soup bowl with attached plate and separate lid. Blue line and flower pattern around rim of plate, bowl and lid. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on one side of lid and bowl. Small handles on either side of bowl embellished with gold.

White and blue china soup bowl with attached plate and separate lid. Blue line and flower pattern around rim of plate, bowl and lid. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on one side of lid and bowl. Small handles on either side of bowl embellished with gold.

White and blue china small bowl with blue line and flower pattern around rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is on one side.

White and blue china small bowl with blue line and flower pattern around rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is on one side. China is very thin.

Blue and white china dinner plate. Blue line and flower pattern along rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on one side.

Blue and white china dinner plate. Blue line and flower pattern along rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on one side.

Blue and white china dinner plate. Blue line and flower pattern along rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on one side.

Blue and white china dinner plate. Blue line and flower pattern along rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on one side.

Blue and white china dinner plate. Blue line and flower pattern along rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on one side.

Blue and white china side plate. Blue line and flower pattern along rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on one side.

Small blue and white china tea cup saucer. Blue line and flower pattern along rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on one side.

Small blue and white china saucer with blue line and flower pattern along rim.

Small blue and white china saucer with fluted edge. Blue line and flower pattern along rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on one side.

File contains pieces of the original Limoges china used to serve patients at The Wellesley Hospital. There is also an additional Limoges plate in a different pattern.

Sub-series contains artifacts included dinnerware, flatware, condiment containers, teapots, and other items related to food service for patients and staff at The Wellesley Hospital.

Series contains artifacts related to the Wellesley Hospital. Included are dishes used to serve patients, medical equipment, and other ephemera.

Cassette tape of Dorothy Eden reading two of her speeches given in 1973. The first is a speech given during a celebration of her career at The Wellesley on August 1, 1973. The second speech was originally given August 8, 1973 at the School's graduation exercises. It is unclear as to when the tape was recorded.

File contains a photograph of an architectural rendering of George William Allan's home which would later be the first Wellesley Hospital.

Employee i.d. cards for The Wellesely Hospital archivists.

File contains correspondence in the form of cards and letters to The Wellesley Hospital Archives. Included with some of the correspondence are newspaper clippings about Wellesley related people.

Series contains materials relating to The Wellesley Hospital Archives. Included is correspondence, a photograph, a audiocassette, and staff i.d. cards for the Archivists.

An audiocassette recording of The Wellesley Hospital staff choir singing Christmas carols.

A single page listing the reasons for hospital restructuring. Unclear if this restructuring occurred.

A memorandum from the directors of Nursing Services to all departments and all nursing units. Memo contains the names and phone numbers for all nursing services staff.

File contains stationary and cards related to The Wellesley Hospital. Included are two greeting cards with images of The original Wellesley Hospital building on the front cover, one memorandum pad, and one document holder with "The Wellesley Hospital" on the front.

File contains a press release from The Wellesley Hospital about grants awarded to the Ross Tilley Burn Centre, and an advertisement for the 9th annual Cabbagetown mini marathon which was giving half the money raised to the Ross Tilley Burn Centre.

A variety of materials including stationary, cards, a cassette tape and general information about the hospital.

A photocopy of Bill 102 - an act respecting the Toronto General Hospital and The Wellesley Hospital. The act separated the two hospitals (which had amalgamated in 1948), leaving The Wellesley an independent institution once again. The first reading of the bill was March 11, the second March 21, and the final March 24.

Two copies of a booklet containing the Acts respecting Toronto General Hospital dated 1911-1939, and the hospital's by-laws dated 1912-1929.

A commemorative booklet "A Greater Hospital" created to celebrate the opening of the new hospital extensions at Toronto General Hospital between April 21-26, 1930. The booklet has a brief history of the hospital and information about the new buildings. Booklet includes photographs.

The Toronto General Hospital. On August 25, 1948, The Wellesley Hospital amalgamated with Toronto General Hospital - becoming the Wellesley Division of Toronto General Hospital. They would remain that way until 1960, when Wellesley became an independent hospital once again.
Series contains materials relating to the Toronto General Hospital, and to its amalgamation with The Wellesley.

File contains meeting minutes and accompanying materials for the Board of Directors, the Public Relations Committee, and the Finance Committee of The Wellesley Hospital. All date from 1984.

Information regarding the Nursing Education funds post integration into the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology.

File contains information on the consolidation of Hospital Nursing Schools into Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology.
The majority of the material relates to agreements between Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and The Wellesley Hospital regarding the use of hospital space for student nursing clinical experience. Included in the file are draft and final agreements between Ryerson's Board of Governors and The Wellesley Hospital's Board of Governors; correspondence, and draft agreements from other institutions.
Also in the file is a copy of the Province of Ontario's guidelines for the transition of diploma nursing education into Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology, and correspondence regarding the Nursing Task Force.

The Nursing Task Force at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute was organized in response to the January 1973 memorandum regarding the integration of Hospital School's of Nursing into Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology. The task force formed in July of 1973. Ryerson Vice President Administration George Korey was the chairman and was composted of representatives all institutions involved. It's purpose was to guide the integration of the nursing schools from The Wellesley Hospital, Sick Children's Hospital, and Women's College Hospital into Ryerson's nursing program. Three working committees were established: Committee on Curriculum and Clinical Facilities; Committee on Teacher-student Affairs and Internal Resources; and Administrative and Finance Committee all overseen by an executive committee.
File contains a copy of the final report of the task force published in January of 1974, and one copy of appendix f - Nursing Task Force meeting minutes.

Correspondence, meeting minutes, and accompanying material regarding the Nursing School libraries. The majority of the materials relate to the re-classification of the School of Nursing libraries from National Library of Medicine system to the Library of Congress for their move into the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology.
The file also contains meeting minutes and reports of the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute Nursing Department's sub-committee on internal resources regarding the coming together of the libraries.

Copy of a letter from W. P. Scott, Chairman of The Wellesley Hospital's School of Nursing Committee, to Mr. J. McNie, Minister of Colleges and Universities.

File of correspondence sent to Chairmen of Public Hospital Boards, Administrators of Public Hospitals, Chairmen and Directors of Regional Schools of Nursing, Chairmen of other Educational Institutions financed by O. H. S. C. from the Minister of Health, and the Ontario Hospital Services Commission.

File of correspondence between The Wellesley Hospital's Executive Director G. E. Thornton and Ontario's Minister of Health A. B. R. Lawrence, and between A. B. R. Lawrence and Donald MacIntyre, president of the Ontario Council of Administrators of Teaching Hospitals.

Series contains correspondence, reports and associated materials relating to the transfer of Schools of Nursing from the Hospitals to the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology. The majority of the materials relate specifically to the transfer of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing to Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.

In 1998 when the Wellesley Central Hospital closed its medical departments and clinics were moved under the umbrella of St. Michael's Hospital. The Wellesey Central Hospital became the Wellesley Central site. On July 5, 2001 the final inpatient department was moved from the Wellesley site to St. Michael's Hospital on Bond Street. On July 18, 2001 a garden party, sponsered by St. Michael's Hospital and the Wellesley Central Health Corporation (WCHC), to commemorate the official closing of the site. The site would revert back to WCHC on July 31, 2001.
The file contains an invitation and a programme from the July 18, 2001 garden party. It also contains a special edition of the St. Michael's Hospital newsletter In Touch - "A Tribute to the Wellesley Central Site".

One menu card for The Wellesley Hospital 30th Anniversary Reunion held at The Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Card in white, one fold, with an image of the hotel embossed on the front with a gold sticker "30".

The Edmund C. Bovey Lithotripsy Unit officially opened at The Wellesley Hospital on Tuesday January 19, 1988. The unit was a University of Toronto program being run at The Wellesley.
File contains a Wellesley Hospital folder. Inside the folder are two brochures and a two page informational packet about the lithotripsy machine. Also in the folder is an invitation to the opening.

One copy of the speech read during a presentation to Dorothy Eden celebrating her 41 years at The Wellesley Hospital and her move with the School of Nursing to Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.

File contains 1 programme for the fifth annual long service awards dinner held April 23, 1991 at the King Edward Hotel.

A blank note card with "25 years of Caring The Wellesley Hospital Auxiliary 1960-1985" in blue on the front along with the Hospital crest. Stapled to the card is a fake blue flower tied with light and dark blue ribbons.

File contains 2 brochures for The Wellesley Hospital's 22nd annual clinical day held at the Inn on the Park Wednesday March 27, 1991. Dr. David Suzuki was the Herbert and Angela Bruce lecturer that year.

The Wellesley Hospital Medical and Research Centre began construction in 1964, with the demolition of the original Hospital Building "Homewood". The cornerstone laying ceremony was held Wednesday May 19, 1965. The building was officially opened October 10, 1967.
File contains invitations and programs for the cornerstone laying ceremony and the official opening of the building.

File contains programs for the Hospital's 25 year club celebrations. First introduced in 1969, the dinner has been held almost every year since then. Included are two programs from the May 9, 1988 dinner held at the Four Season's Hotel, one from the May 4, 1993 event also held at the Four Season's hotel, and one from the September 30, 1997 dinner held at The King Edward Hotel.

Series contains items and files related to various events held by The Wellesley Hospital. Included events are long service awards, the Wellesley Auxiliary anniversary, the 25 year club, and the cornerstone laying and grand opening of the Medical Building.

File contains brochures about programs and treatment. Included are brochures about post-natal exercise, Options for Seniors Inc., Burns and Emergency First Aid, and the Lupus Databank Research Program.

File contains two brochures advertising the "The Lion's Tale" book by Joan Hollobon, two biographies of Dr. Herbert Bruce, and one Gift of Health donation brochure.

File contains brochures created to give the reader information about the hospital as a whole. Included are four brochures from 1967 designed to be a "tour" of the hospital, and brochures from 1976, 1976, and 1988 that would have been given to people coming to The Wellesley for treatment.

Series consists of brochures created by and for the Wellesley Hospital to promote the hospital, its departments, and activities.

The committee, consisting of members from both the Wellesley Hospital and the Department of Nursing at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, studied a pilot project "The Buddy System" in The Wellesley Hospital's Medical-Surgical units. The project paired new graduates with a mentor. The project lasted 6 months.

Year in Review and later annual reports put out by the Wellesley Hospital and its Board of Governors. Included in the file are:
Year in Review 1976 (1)
Year in Review 1977-1978 (1)
Year in Review 1980-1981 (1)
Year in Review 1982-1983 (1)
Year in Review 1983-1984 (1)
Annual Report 1985-1986 (1)
Annual Report 1987-1988 (1)
Annual Report 1989-1990 (2)
Annual Report 1991-1992 supplement (1)

File contains 2 copies of the 1987-1988 annual report created by The Wellesley Hospital Research Institute titled "Advancing Research...Advancing the Quality of Life"

One copy of "Review 1978", an annual report created by The Wellesley Hospital Auxiliary.

Series consists of Reports created by various departments and organizations in the Wellesley Hospital. Included are annual reports from the Wellesley Auxiliary, The Board of Governors, and the Research Institute.

A series of photographs of The Wellesley Hospital and Toronto General Hospital staff members. . Between 1948 and 1959 The Wellesley Hospital became a division of Toronto General Hospital.

Colour photograph taken at "SUNdays" at Woodbine racetrack. In photo 6 people are holding an oversized cheque for the The Wellesley Hospital for $135, 000 dollars.

File contains a series of miscellaneous photographs. Three of the prints are of a spread of nursing magazines; one is of an "Innovations in Nursing" display in the hospital's front lobby; one is a composite with the central image of the nurses choir with smaller images of older people; and the final photograph is of six children in the yard of a house.

File contains photographs of various areas in the hospital, and a variety of equipment. Also in the photographs are staff working in the areas and using the equipment. Areas include the Emergency room, the cafeteria, a lab, physiotherapy, and the nursery.

Photograph taken at the sod turning ceremony for the new nurses' residence. In the photograph are Dr. Herbert Bruce, Hospital founder; Nurse Patricia James, President of the Student Nurses' Association; Elsie K. Jones, Director of Nursing; Hiram McCallum, Toronto mayor; and Norman C. Urquhart, Chairman of the Board of Toronto General Hospital. Photograph is published in on page 74 of "The Lion's Tale" by Joan Hollobon.

Contemporary negative of a photograph originally taken at the unofficial opening of the Wellesley Hospital in 1911. In the photograph is Wellesley Hospital founder Dr. Herbert Bruce, Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, and Sir William Mulock.

Photograph of the 2nd nurses residence. Hospital building Bruce Wing visible in the background.

Photograph of the driveway and front entrance to the Wellesley Hospital "Homewood".

Photograph of Nurse standing outside holding a baby.

Man in a white suit and bow tie standing on the second story balcony of the original Homewood building with the new Bruce Wing in the background.

Photograph of Sir William Mulock and Wellesley physician Dr. Marlowe at the opening of the new wing of the Wellesley Hospital on August 27, 1912.

Four photographs of the aftermath of a fire on what appears to be a wooden walkway.

A photograph of the the lavish dining room in the original Wellesley Hospital Homewood building.

A variety of early photographs taken at the Wellesley Hospital.

Photographs taken between March and October 1964 of the demolition of the original Wellesley Hospital building and the construction of the new 9 story medical and research centre. One of the photographs shows nurses removing a painting and other items from the old hospital prior to demolition.

File contains photographs of Wellesley doctor's and nurses working with patients in the Hospital. The photographs were most likely taken for promotional purposes and published in the Wellesley World magazine.

Photographs taken at they Wellesley Hospital Nursing open house held in July of 1981.

Photograph of a woman dancing. Back of photograph inscribed in pencil "social" "and the beat goes on...". No indication of date or event photograph was taken at.

Photograph of two women standing beside a table covered in food. Sign on wall (with balloons over top) gives names of residents leaving and the date, time, and location of the party "Thursday June 18, 1987 12pm-1:30pm 7-N lounge"

File contains photographs of what appears to be several different events. Unclear if the date on the original envelope pertains to all of them.
Photographs include the Golf Tournament, a nursing event, a visit to the hospital by an unknown man and woman and other events.

Photographs found in original photo developer's envelope and inscribed "Staff Appreciation day 1984 Nov 14. Photographs from this event were all taken in the hospital's cafeteria. Not all of the photographs are of the staff appreciation day - some of the negatives show teaching and posed group photos.

Photographs taken of a Wellesley Hospital information table at the Ontario Medical Association's annual meetging on nursing for dialysis patients. The meeting was held May 31-June 3 - the year is unclear.

Photographs taken at the party held for Catherine Moorhead's retirement party. At the time of her retirement she was the Hospital's staffing advisor.

Photographs taken at the party held for Dorothea (Dodie) Elines retirement party. At the time of her retirement she was the Hospital Services co-ordinator.