Series consists of copies of the Wellesley World magazine created the the Wellesley Hospital with news and stories about the Hospital, its, staff, and its auxiliary. Also included in the magazine was a page called "The Lion's Roar" which featured news and information from the Wellesley School of Nursing Alumnae Association. The magazine was published four times yearly.
File containing magazines published in the 1960s. Included are: September 1964 (1) September 1966 (1) Christmas 1966 (1) March 1967 (2) Summer 1967 (2) Autumn 1967 (3) December 1967 (4) Spring 1968 (1) Summer 1968 (1) Autumn 1968 (2) Summer 1969 (1) December 1969 (1)
File contains magazines printed in the 1970s. In Fall 1970 the magazine switched to a larger size, and between 1973-1975 it took on a newspaper style. In 1976 it returned to the larger size magazine style format - but not glossy. Some of the magazines are missing pages. File contains: Spring 1970 (1) Fall 1970 (2) Spring 1971 (1) Summer 1971 (2) Winter 1971 (2) 1972 60th Anniversary Commemorative issue (3) Fall 1972 (1) Spring 1973 (1) August 1973 (1) January 1974 (2) May 1974 (1) November 1974 (1) Spring 1975 (1) October 1975 (1) May 1976 (1) September 1976 (1) December 1976 (2) Spring 1977 (2) Fall 1977 (2) September 1978 (2) December 1978 (3) May 1979 (1)
File contains magazines printed in the 1980s. In Fall 1982 the magazine switched back to a glossy magazine style. File contains: Fall 1980 (1) Spring/Summer 1982 (1) Fall 1982 (2) Winter 1983 (1) - The Wellesley Hospital Research Institute annual report Summer 1984 (3) Fall/Winter 1984 (1) Spring/Summer 1985 (2) Winter 1986 (3) Fall/Winter 1986-1987 (4) Spring 1987 (4) Summer 1987 (3) Fall/Winter 1988-1989 (4)
File contains copies of the Lion's Tale newsletter published with information about Wellesley Staff and what's happening at the Hospital. We have one copy of each listed (unless otherwise indicated). Included in the file are:
March 1984 Vol. 2 No. 1 July 1984 Vol. 2 No. 2 (2) August 1986 Vol. 4 No. 1 August 1987 Vol. 5 No. 3 March 1989 Vol. 7 No. 1 May 1989 Vol. 7 No. 2 Pre-summer 1990 Vol. 8 No. 2 (3) July 1990 Vol. 8 No. 3 Fall 1990 Vol 8. No. 4
The Wellesley & You was a Development Office newsletter. Contains newstories about various Hospital departments and fundraising to support them and Hospital research. Included in the file are:
File contains two copies each of the 25 February and 6 March editions of the newsletter. The newsletter contains information for staff about goings on at Wellesley. The 25 February edition was the first edition.
One copy of the first "Merger Talks" newsletter. The newsletter was created to provide information to Wellesley and Sunnybrook staff regarding the proposed merger of The Wellesley Hospital and the Sunnybrook Medical Centre.
File contain two copies of "Research at the Wellesley". Publication is created twice a year for the Governors Circle and friends of The Wellesley Hospital Research Institute.
One copy of "Survival Strategies" edited by David Goyette, Dennis William Magill, and Jeff Denis. Book is about The Wellesley Central (formerly The Wellesley) Hospital.
Series contains photographs associated with The Wellesley Hospital. Many of them were taken by the hospital's public relations department and published in Wellesley World and other hospital publications. Files include staff members, nursing, education, events, equipment, and facilities.
Files contain photographs, majority of which are black and white and posed, of Wellesley Hospital staff including doctors, nurses, and other staff members. They are taken in a various locations around the hospital including wards, labs, and offices.
File contains photographs related to Nurses' Week and Wellesley Hospital. The majority of the photographs relate to Nurses' Week 1984 held May 1 - 7. There is a photograph of an informational display about nurses and 3 photographs of drawings submitted to the poster contest sponsored by the Ontario Nurses Association for children of Wellesley staff. The photographs of the contest winners were published in the July 1984 edition of Lion's Tale staff newsletter. The other two photographs are of a drawing from the 1985 Nurses' Week poster contest; and a photograph of a Nurse modelling in the fashion show that was part of the 1986 Nurses' Week events (Published in the August 1986 edition of Lion's Tale).
Panoramic photograph of the dinner held at the Royal York Hotel in honour of the Wellesley Hospital's 60th anniversary. The dinner capped off three days of events held September 6-8, 1972.
Photograph of a woman in a lab coat holding a Union Jack flag. She is standing in front of Union Jack curtains and a table with photographs of Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria party held at the hospital.
File contains two photographs with Dorothea (Dodie) Elines in them. The first photograph shows her with another nurse and a man and woman. The man is handing Dorothea with a cheque. The second photograph shows Dorothea standing beside another nurse, both are holding the cheque.
Dr. Herbert Bruce's funeral held June 25, 1963 at St. Paul's Anglican Church on Bloor Street. Photograph shows nursing staff members walking up the stairs of the church.
File contains photographs taken at the party celebrating Dorothy Arnot's 25th anniversary working at The Wellesley Hospital and the The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing.
Dorothy Arnot holding up a teapot and a teacup. Unclear as to whether it was a tea in her honour or she was gifted the set as a 25th anniversary present.
Dorothy Arnot standing on a chair giving a speech. The occasion was her 25th anniversary of her working at Wellesley Hospital. G. E. Thornton, executive director of the hospital, stands on the right side of the photograph.
Wellesley Hospital executive director G. E. Thornton presents a framed item to Dorothy Arnot on the occasion of her 25th anniversary with the Hospital.
President of Wellesley's Student Nurses' Association, presenting Dorothy Arnot with a gift to commemorate her 25th anniversary with The Wellesley Hospital.
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.
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 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.
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.
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"
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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"
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)
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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".
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Series contains materials relating to The Wellesley Hospital Archives. Included is correspondence, a photograph, a audiocassette, and staff i.d. cards for the 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.
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.