White cotton graduation dress. Would be worn with apron, bib, and collar.

White cotton graduation dress. Would be worn with apron, bib, and collar.

White cotton graduation dress. Would be worn with apron, bib, and collar.

White cotton top with blue and white striped epaulets on the shoulders. First male students at the Wellesley started in 1970, which is when the pantsuit was introduced for female nurses as well.

Short sleeved blue and white striped a-line dress with white mandarin collar and white cuffs. Worn with white stockings and shoes. This dress has the "WH School of Nursing" patch on the left arm.

Short sleeved blue and white striped a-line dress with white mandarin collar and white cuffs. Worn with white stockings and shoes.

White short sleeved dress worn by 3rd year interns in the Nursing program. "WH School of Nursing" patch on left shoulder.

File contains 23 collars used with Wellesley School of Nursing uniforms. The majority of the collars are eton collars, with one clerical collar.

Starched white paper collar with material stitched to outside. It is an Arrow brand eton 6 collar, made to wear with size 13.5 neck shirts. Attached at back and front to uniform with detachable buttons.

Starched white paper collar. It is an eton 6 collar, made to wear with size 14.5 neck shirts. Attached at back and front to uniform with detachable buttons.

Starched white paper collar. It is an eton 6 collar, made to wear with size 14.5 neck shirts. Attached at back and front to uniform with detachable buttons.

Starched white paper collar. It is an eton 6 collar, made to wear with size 14.5 neck shirts. Attached at back and front to uniform with detachable buttons.

Starched white cotton eton 6 collar, made to wear with size 14.5 neck shirts. Attached at back and front to uniform with detachable buttons.

Starched white paper collar It is an Arrow brand eton 6 collar, made to wear with size 14 neck shirts. Attached at back and front to uniform with detachable buttons.

File contains four different cuffs. Two of each are from the same period but are different sizes or styles.

One starched material cuff worn on the arm and attaching to the short sleeved uniform with a tab at the back, and the ends attaching together with a detachable button.

One white cotton unstarched nursing cap. Worn by Wellesley students betwee 1912 and 1921 or 1922. By 1923 the students were wearing a different style of caps.

Cream coloured card stock nursing cap with black velvet band across front. Cap was worn for graduation.

The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1972A graduate cap. The cap is not formed into shape.

Sub-series consists of medals and other objects worn by or awarded to graduates of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing during their service in the Canadiam Armed Forces.

File contains Canadian (British) and American World War I and II medals. Some were awarded to Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1915 alumnus Willmina Ferguson and the others were donated by her family to the Archives.

File contains a variety of pins and a coronation medal.

Humorous book looking at nursing work in hospitals.

A handbook of medical conditions.

Nursing textbook about bacteria and infectious disease.

Book written by Florence Nightingale on nursing. Originally published in 1859.

Published convention proceedings from the 23rd annual convention of the National League of Nursing Education held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 26 - May 2, 1917.

Published convention proceedings from the 27th annual convention of the National League of Nursing Education held in Kansas City, Missouri April 11 - April 14, 1921.

Book published as a manual for beginners in the study of regional anesthesia or nerve blocks.

Monthly attendance ledger for period beginning in October 1927 and ending January 1943. This ledger includes information on staff rotations as well.

Monthly attendance ledger for period beginning in January 1943 and ending August 1951. This ledger includes information on staff rotations as well.

An 8 page address about changing nursing education to reflect the changing needs of society. The author/orator is unknown. The speech is typed on Toronto General Hospital - Wellesley Division letterhead.

File part contains Curriculum Meeting minutes from April 10 - Nov. 17, 1953 and then minutes starting September 25, 1956. Also included are minutes from related meetings - Head Nurses etc.

File contains meeting minutes and reports related to the committee formed to study the role of the public health nurse in nursing schools.

File contains copies of residence and dress code rules for the Nursing residence for The Wellesley School of Nursing - Toronto General Hospital.

File contains green hardback notebook kept by Elsie K. Jones. It is a assumed these notes were taken during her time as a student in the Nursing school and not while she was head of the School. Notes include everything from how to make a patients bed to bandaging to catherization.

File of charting notes, handouts, schedules, course notes, and lecture notes regarding all years of the Wellesley Nursing programme.

Series consists of files containing information on various events, holidays, and other miscellanea within the collection. Included are:

RG 946.03.13.01 New educational facility open house
RG 946.03.13.02 School of Nursing open house
RG 946.03.13.03 songs and poems
RG 946.03.13.04 Christmas Carol service and tea
RG 946.03.13.05 Newspaper and magazine articles
RG 946.03.13.06 Certificate of Appreciation - Elsie K. Jones
RG 946.03.13.07 Architectural rendereing - Elsie K. Jones building

File contains a poem about being a nurse, and a sheaf of song lyrics for various songs about nursing in the tune of popular songs.

Framed certificate of appreciation granted to Elsie K. Jones upon her retirement from Wellesley's School of Nursing in 1964. It reads as follows:
"The Wellesley Hospital Toronto, Ontario Canada
To
Elsie Kathleen Jones
On the occasion of your retirement the Directors
and Staff wish to record their sincere
appreciation of your selfless devotion as
Director of Nursing of this hospital. Your great con-
tribution to the Hospital and the field of nursing is
reflected in the excellent nursing standards demonstra-
ted by the many students who have graduated from
the School of Nursing under your direction
You have been of inestimable value in a period of growing com-
plexity in Hospital Administration and Nursing Education.
Your loyalty, sense of humility and willingness to serve, have been
an inspiration to many. In your 27 years as Director
of Nursing, your aim has always been to promote the highest
standards of nursing care, thereby making a memorable and last-
ing contribution to your profession.
In the years to come, your lifetime of devotion to
duty and your spirit of giving of yourself will
serve as guidance for us all.
On behalf of the Directors and Staff of Wellesley Hospital
September 1964
G. E. Thornton, Administrator
E. Dorothy Arnot, Director of Nursing."

Series consists of certificates, diplomas and other honours awarded to Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduates.

Scrapbook unbound with laminated basswood covers. Pages contain photo clippings from various sources that have been glued to the pages. The topics included nurses, healthcare, hospitals/residences, Nursing associations and memorials.

People included are: Paula (of Rome?); St. Elizabeth; Sister Andrea Arntzen (Norway); Jeanne Mance; Elizabeth Fry; Hildegarde; Frederika Fliedner; Florence Nightingale; Edith Cavell; Flora Madeline Shaw; Linda Richards; Margaret Breay; Mary Snively; Agnes Jamieson; Jean S. Wilson; Miss Clayton; Mabel F. Hersey; Dorothy Dix; Elizabeth L. Smellie; Dr. Anna Hamilton; Norah Livingston; Mrs. Rebecca Strong; Miss Bessie Beavis; Mlle. Chaptal; Baroness von Hogendorp; Sister Dora; Anna Caroline Maxwell; Rahere and King Henry I; Representatives from 5 countries accepted into the International Congress of Nurses - Yugoslavia, Greece, Philippines, Brazil, and Sweden; Grand Council of ICN; Nurses from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland; American Women's Hospitals School in Greece first graduating class; Sir Ronald Ross; and Joseph Baron Lister.

Buildings and places and things included are: Royal Ottawa Sanitorium (Ottawa); Presbyterian Hospital (New York); L'Hotel Dieu (France); Stevenson Memorial Hospital (Alliston); Royal Victoria Hospital (Montreal); Anna C. Maxwell Hall (Columbia University); Lady Mortimer Clark Residence for Nurses; Hospital for Sick Children nurses' residence (Toronto); Military Base Hospital (Toronto); Hospital of Sick Children (Toronto); Nurses leaving residence (Sick Children's Hospital); Toronto Western Hospital; Toronto Hospital for the Incurables; Toronto General Hospital nursing residence; Trudeau Sanitorium (New York); Sanatorium Point (Muskoka Lake); Southam Pavilion, Mountain Sanatorium (Hamilton); Queen Alexandra Sanatorium (London, Ontario); La Salpetriere (Paris); Ecole des Infirmieres Salpetriere (Paris); International Hygiene Exhibit in Dresden Germany; Nurses Home (Jerusalem); Jeanne Mance monument (Montreal); Jeanne Mance statue (Hotel Dieu, Montreal); portraits and memorials to Miss Nightingale; Miss NIghtingale's wheelchair; Carriage at St. Timothy's Hospital; Nurses in Crimea; McGill University campus; Health Welfare Centre (Israel); Interior pavilion at Lakeside Home; Canadian Nurses Association display; and sign from original Presbyterian Hospital (New York);

Graduate composite for the class of 1959 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Graduates names are listed underneath the head shots. 25 graduates are pictured. See RG 946.03.04.01.41.02 for the other set of graduates from that year.

Graduate composite for the class of 1959 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Graduates names are listed underneath the head shots. 47 graduates pictured in this photograph. See RG 946.03.04.01.41.01 for remainder of graduates.

Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing superintendent Elsie K. Jones walking beside Dorothy (Dot) Arnot walking to graduation. Two other unidentified women walk behind them.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1960 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They include the graduation composite and other pictures taken after the ceremony.

Wellesley graduates stand together holding bouquets of roses. Background is very dark but a man and a woman can be seen seated in the background.

Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1960 leaving St. Paul's Church after their graduation ceremony.

Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1960 walking in procession back onto the Hospital property after their graduation ceremony.

Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing superintendent Elsie K. Jones and Dorothy (Dot) Arnot walking in outside of St. Paul's Church.

Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1960 walking in procession back onto the Hospital property after their graduation ceremony.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1963 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They include the graduation composite and other pictures during and after the ceremony.

Photograph looking up the towards the front of St. Paul's Church. The nurses and their guests are seated in the pews and School leaders and invited guests stand on the dais at the front of the church.

Photograph of Dorothy Arnot, Assistant Director of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing, fixing cap on graduate while graduates mother looks on.

Miss Elsie K. Jones, Director of Nurses and the School of Nursing; Nursing graduate; and Mr. Harold M. Turner, Wellesley Hospital Board Chair. Pose together during graduation events.

Photograph of the 40 graduates from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1965. Names of the graduates are listed under

Two copies of a photograph featuring all the members of the Class of 1965 forming the number "50". The Class of 1965 was Wellesley's 50th graduating class - the first class of 10 having graduated in 1915.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1966 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They include various graduation and reception pictures.

Contact print of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1966. They are standing in front of the Hospital. Nursing director Dorothy Arnot stands centre in the front row of the photograph.

Contact print of members of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1966 walking away from the hospital along a sidewalk.

Photograph taken from above looking down onto a group of Wellesley Hospital Nursing graduates and students. For similar photographs see RG 946.03.04.01.48.04., 06, and 14

Photograph of Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1966 graduate Donna Vaughan showing her diploma to her sister Heather. Heather is a first year student at Wellesley. For similar photograph see RG 946.03.04.01.48.16. This photograph was published in the Wellesley World newsletter. For cutline information see RG 946.03.04.01.48.34.

Photograph of 4 members of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduating class.

Photograph of a an unidentified Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1966 graduate. She is reading a piece of paper while an older woman stands on her left and an older man stands on her right holding her diploma.

Photograph of an unidentified member of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1966. She is showing something pinned to her uniform to an unidentified woman with a fur stole, and Nursing director Dorothy Arnot.

Photograph of an unidentified member of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1966. She is standing speaking with an unidentified man and woman.

Photographic composite with head shots of each graduate of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1969. Graduates names are listed under each photo.

Photograph of the nurses procession up the centre aisle of St. Paul's Church. The graduation ceremony took place at St. Paul's.

Photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1970. The photograph was taken outside with the hospital in the background.

Photograph of 4 graduates stand outside of the hospital after the graduation ceremony. The hospital is in the background.

Photograph of the Mother - Daughter tea thrown by the Alumnae association for the 1971 graduating class. The tea was held at Prince Arthur House. Representatives from the classes of '37 and '61.
Photograph published in the Winter 1971 edition of the Wellesley World magazine.

Group photograph of the Class of 1972A. Photograph appears to have been taken in their first year. They are wearing their school uniforms. A list of typed names has been taped to the bottom of the photograph.

Photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1972A running from their chartered TTC bus in to St. Paul's Church for the graduation ceremony. Photograph published in the Fall 1972 edition of the Wellesley World magazine.

Photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1972A walking down the centre aisle of St. Paul's church after the graduation ceremony was completed.

Photograph of four Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduates holding bouquets of flowers. In the photograph (from L-R) are: Susan Cole; Elizabeth Bruce; Janet Berkley; and Maria Van der Loo. Photograph published in the Fall 1972 edition of the Wellesley World magazine.

Photograph of the 1972B graduating class of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing entering and walking up the aisle of St. Paul's Church for the convocation ceremony.

Photograph of two Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1972B graduates posing together holding rose bouquets. Photo taken during the reception following the graduation ceremony on the Wellesley grounds.

Photograph of three Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1972B graduates. Two of the women are holding their diplomas and bouquets of roses.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1973 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They include the first pinning ceremony, the mother-daughter tea, graduation and the reception afterwards.

Photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1973 graduate and her mother at the annual mother-daughter tea held during graduation week.

Photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1973 stading outside the hospital waiting to walk to St. Paul's Church for the ceremony. In the foreground school director Dorothy Eden speaks with a group of graduates. In the background the class is lined up.

Photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1973 graduates standing in the pews at St. Paul's Church.

Photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1973 graduates exiting the church after the ceremony. Photo taken with bird's eye view looking up the centre aisle.

Photograph of two Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1973 graduates holding bouquets of roses. Standing behind them are two unidentified men. Photo was taken outside of the hospital.

Photograph of Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing director Dorothy Eden.

Photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1974 taken in their first year at the school.

The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1974 walks along the sidewalk in front of the hospital clapping and singing. They are walking to St. Paul's Church for their graduation ceremony.

Eleven oval head shots of Class of 1974 graduates. Writing on back of photos identifying graduates.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1975 of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Included are the class composite, and photographs of the ceremony. This is the last year the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduated a class. The school amalgamated with Ryerson Polytechnical Institute's nursing program in 1973 (along with those of Sick Children's Hospital and Women's College Hospital). The graduation ceremony was held on June 2 and included the last classes from all three schools.

Small gold two piece pin. A small rectangle with the Wellesley Lion embossed on over top of "WH" that is attached by a short thin chain to "33".

Graduation pin given by Ryerson Polytechnical Institute to the last graduating class of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing in 1975.
The large round gold pin features the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute coat of arms and motto "Mente et Artificio" on front and graduates name and graduation date engraved on the back. Left side of pin has small chain attached to a small gold "lion rampant" - Wellesley Hospital crest - pin.

File contains address given by Dr. J. E. Elliott at the 1929 Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduation ceremony.

File contains an invitation to the graduation exercises on May 28, 1959 at the Sherborne United Church, and two copies of the the superintendent's report given as an address at the graduation ceremony. Report contains information about the school and the hospital.

File contains materials relating to the Class of 1964 graduation from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Included in the file are a copy of the superintendent's report given during the ceremony, one invitation to the graduation reception, and one invitation to the graduation ceremony.

File contains materials relating to the Class of 1969 graduation from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Included in the file is one copy of the valedictory speech, three ceremony programs, three ceremony invitations, one invitation to the graduation breakfast, two copies of the speech given by Canadian Oil Companies Ltd. president W. Harold Rea (whose daughter graduated from Wellesley in 1963), an assortment of correspondence and memos relating to graduation.

File contains materials relating to the Class of 1971 graduation from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Included in the file are one invitation to the graduation breakfast, two copies of the invitation to the graduation ceremony, two copies of the ceremony program - one official and the other an oversize unbound copy, a copy of the valedictory speech, and one copy of the working copy of the ceremony invitation.

File contains materials relataing to the graduation of both the Class of 1972A on June 22, 1972 and the Class of 1972B on September 7, 1972.
For the Class of 1972A, the file contains two invitations to the graduation breakfast, two ceremony invitations, one invitation to the graduation tea, one ceremony invitation mock-up, and one copy of the ceremony program.
For the Class of 1972B, the file contains two copies of the ceremony program, one copy of the graduation breakfast invitation, and two copies of the ceremony invitation.
Also included in the file are various memos and correspondence about the ceremonies.

File contains materials relating to the Class of 1974 graduation from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. This was considered the "last" Wellesley class graduation - although there was a 1975 graduation for the students that joined Wellesley in 1972. Included in the file are three copies of the ceremony program, one invitation to the Class of 1974 tea, one name plate, three copies of the ceremony invitation, two invitations to the graduation breakfast, one special guest instruction card, one copy of the graduation speech of Carol Whiting - Acting Principal of the Wellesley School of Nursing, three copies of G. E. Thornton's, Director of the Wellesley Hospital, speech, a news clipping fromt the Toronto Star about the graduation, and memos and correspondence in regards to convocation.