Framed architectural rendering of the new nursing residence called the "Elsie K. Jones Building" Rendering was presented to Mrs. C. A. LaVenture (Elsie K. Jones) at the naming of the residence. Written under the rendering is:
"This drawing was presented on the Fourteenth day of April, 1971, to Mrs. C. A. LaVenture (Elsie K. Jones) on the occasion of the naming of the Nurses' Residence the "Elsie K. Jones Building".
Under her guidance as Director of Nursing at the Wellesley Hospital, the highest standards of nursing education and nursing service were established, and her devotion and willingness to serve remain a lasting inspiration to the nursing profession."

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."

File contains newspaper and magazine articles about the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Included in the file is an extensive article in the Canadian Hospital magazine on the Nursing School and the new residence.

File contains invitations to the Wellesley annual carol tea and programs for the annual carol sing performed by a choir of student nurses. Included with the 1968 program are several copies of a record created of the choir singing.

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.

File contains small advertising posters for the January 16, 1971, and the February 19, 1972 School of Nursing open houses geared towards high school students.

File contains correspondence, budget information, memos, news clippings, and guest lists pertaining to the Open House held March 11th, 1965 to show off the Hospital's new educational space for its School of Nursing.

The Hospital for Sick Children program, in place since 1919, was offered to nurses from Toronto General Hospital, Toronto East General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Wellesley Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital, Branson Hospital, Women's College Hospital, and Soldiers' Memorial Hospital in Orillia. Graduate Nurses preparing for Ontario registration and students from the University of Toronto (come with their own instructor) were also in the program. Pediatric nursing was made a compulsory course for Nurses wishing to become registered with the Province of Ontario. The program itself lasted 8 weeks and covered conditions that were the most serious or most common in children including allergic conditions, cancer, congenital conditions, and exceptional children.
File contains a duotang with an outline of the pediatric nursing affiliate program.

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

Purple covered notebook belonging to a class of 1944 graduate. Inside the notebook are lecture notes and a copy of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing procedures manual relating to the second year of training. Lecture notes for classes - Dietetics, Orthopedic surgery and Surgical Nursing.

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 contains a brown covered loose leaf notebook with "Climax" embossed on cover in black. Inside are lecture and course notes for surgical nursing. Dorothy Arnot was the instructor. Also in the notebook is a TIME magazine stories about penicillin and tuberculosis.

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

File contains copies of residence and dress code rules for the Nursing residence.

File contains copies of the Student Nurses' Association of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing constitution, and residence & general conduct rules.

File contain a two page report on the state of bursary and loan needs for Nursing Students at Wellesley Hospital.

File contains meeting minutes and associated materials for the Wellesley Hospital Nursing library, and the audio-visual committee.

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

File is combination of 4 different files with Curriculum committee meeting minutes and accompanying materials. Each file part represents one of the original file folders with the original file name. Dates on the file parts sometimes crossover into the next file.

RG 946.03.10.01.01 Curriculum Meetings, 1953, 1956-1958
RG 946.03.10.01.02 Curriculum Committee, 1958 to Feb 1st 1961
RG 946.03.10.01.03 Curriculum Meetings Apr.30, 1959 - Dec. 7, 1959
RG 946.03.10.01.04 Curriculum Committee Meetings, 1961-1965

File contain 5 speeches/addresses that were given at The Wellesley Hospital, to the School of Nursing or by Wellesley staff.

File contains 4 log books - 3 time (attendance) logs and one mark/attendance book for that track individual students.

File contain program calendars from the 1950s to the 1970s. There are some dates written on the front of the booklets in pen, but no clear dates printed in the actual calendar. There are broken down into three file parts - 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

File contains a variety of pins and a coronation medal.

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 an identification bracelet, 4 uniform should pips, and 2 medals awarded to Clarissa MacNeill.

Small bag of white plastic and metal uniform closures (like cuff links) used to fasten front of uniform dresses, caps, aprons, and bibs.

File contains nine nursing caps of different styles and materials. They range in date, style wise, from 1912 to the 1970s.

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

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

File contains a variety of student uniforms, both male and female. There are examples of student uniforms - worn during the first two years of training as well as third year intern uniforms.

File contains uniform dresses worn for the graduation ceremonies. Also included is one graduation uniform top worn by male graduates from the program. The first male graduate convocated in 1972.

File contains 25 bibs worn over the front of the uniform dress. The long straps crossed in the back and attached to the apron.

File contains 20 white cotton nursing uniform aprons. Some are dated and some have names sewn onto the waist band.

File contains complete (minus hat) 1948-1959 uniform worn by nursing students. Between 1948 and 1959 the Wellesley Hospital amalgamated with the Toronto General Hospital, and became known as the Wellesley Division.

File contains complete 1941-1948, 1960-1968 uniform (minus hat) that nurses wore at the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing.

File contains complete 1912-[1926] uniform (minus hat) that nurses wore at the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing.

Four white uniform sleeve patches with royal blue stitching "WH School of Nursing". Three are identical with the fourth being of a slightly different shape.

File contains a 26 minute film that includes: the graduation exercises for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing held June 7th, 1951; a short section showing people using a stethoscope; and the rest of film is the cornerstone laying by the Honourable John Robarts for the new wing of the Wellesley Hospital on May 19, 1965.

File contains materials used to create Wellesley certificates. Included are negatives, templates, order invoices etc.

Two copies of the 1971 Lion's Tale yearbook. One copy belonged to G. E. Thornton, Director of the Wellesley Hospital - his name is embossed in gold on the front cover.

File contains four copies of the 1969 Lion's Tale yearbook.

File contains two copies of the 1961 Lion's Tale yearbook.

Copies of the School of Nursing's directors messages for the yearbook. Messages written by Elsie K. Jones, and Dorothy Arnot.

File contains a photostat of the speech given by Sheena Elliott to the last class of Nurses from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Ceremony took place in the Ryerson Theatre.

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.

File contains materials relating to the Class of 1973 graduation from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. This was the last graduation ceremony held before Wellesley became part of the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute School of Nursing. Included in the file is one copy of a speech given by Dorothy Arnot, one copy of the valedictory address, one copy of Dorothy Eden's speech, two ceremony invitations, one ceremony program mock-up, and various memos and correspondence regarding the graduation ceremony.

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 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 relating to the Class of 1970 graduation from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Included in the file is an invitation to the graduation breakfast, an invitation to the graduation ceremony, an ceremony program, a copy of the valedictory address, and a copy of the superintendent's report given at the 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 1968 graduation from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Included in the file is one copy of the superintendent's report given during the ceremony, one copy of the valedictory speech, 2 copies of the ceremony program, three copies of the ceremony invitation, some memos, and a letter.

File contains materials relating to the Class of 1966 graduation from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Included in the file are two invitations to the ceremony, a graduation program, five copies of the valedictory address, a seating list of graduates, a press release regarding awards, and three copies of the superintendent's report given during the ceremony.

File contains materials relating to the Class of 1966 graduation from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Included in the file is an invitation to the ceremony, a graduation program, and a copy of the superintendent's report given during the ceremony.

File contains materials relating to the Class of 1965 graduation from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Included in the file are two copies of the superintendent's report given by Dorothy Arnot during the ceremony, two invitations to the graduation reception, two invitations to the graduation ceremony, one copy of Miss Jenny Weir, Director of the School of Nursing at Queen's University, speech, i copy of the programme, and 2 copies of a press release about the graduation ceremony.

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 1963 graduation from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Included in the file are two copies of the superintendent's report given during the ceremony, one copy of the speech given by York University President Murray G. Ross, a list of platform guests, memos regarding the ceremony, and a financial report comparing costs for the graduation ceremonies for 1961, 1962 and 1963.

File contains materials relating to the Class of 1962 graduation from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. This also marked the 50th Anniversary of the Hospital and the School. Elsie K. Jones, superintendent, was honoured with a the unveiling of her portrait (commissioned by the student nurses). Hospital founder Dr. Herbert Bruce did the unveiling. Included in the file is one copy of the superintendent's report given during the ceremony, 3 invitations to the graduation exercises, memos regarding the ceremony, and a financial report comparing costs for the graduation ceremonies for 1960, 1961 and 1962.

File contains an invitation to the graduation exercises on June 1, 1961 at the St. Luke's United Church, and a copy 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 an invitation to the graduation exercises on June 1, 1960 at the Sherborne United Church, and a copy 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 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 two invitations to the graduation exercises on May 29, 1958 at the Sherborne United Church, and one copy 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 two invitations to the graduation exercises on May 30, 1957 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 two invitations to the graduation exercises on June 5, 1956 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 an invitation to the graduation exercises on May 31, 1955 at the Sherborne United Church, and the superintendent's report given as an address at the graduation ceremony. Report contains information about the school and the hospital.

File contains an invitation to the graduation exercises on June 10, 1954 at the Sherborne United Church, and the superintendent's report given as an address at the graduation ceremony. Report contains information about the school and the hospital.

File contains an invitation to the graduation exercises on June 29, 1953 at the Sherborne United Church, a card noting Ontario Prime Minister Leslie Frost would open the new nursing residence, and the superintendent's report given at the graduation ceremony. This class was the 2nd to graduate from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing, Toronto General Hospital.

File contains an invitation to the graduation exercises on June 12, 1952 at the Sherborne United Church and the cornerstone laying for the new students' residence, and the superintendent's report that includes information on the school and the hospital. The Class of 1952 were the first to receive diplomas and pins from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing, Toronto General Hospital.

File contains undated materials related to graduation at the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Included in the file are invitations, programme covers, choir member lists, and the last page of a graduation address.

File contains photographs of various graduation related photographs that have no apparent date attached to them.

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.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1974 of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Included are photographs of the ceremony, and the reception afterwards.

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.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1972B from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They include the pinning ceremony, the graduation ceremony, and reception. The ceremoy took place on September 7th.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1972 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They include the mother - daughter tea, graduation, and reception. The graduation ceremony took place June 22nd.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1971 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They include photos from the graduation reception and the parent's night hosted by the graduates.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1970 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They include the graduation composite and other graduation related photos.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1969 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They include the graduation composite and other graduation related photos.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1968 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They include the graduation composite and other graduation related photos.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1967 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They include the graduation composite and other graduation related photos.

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

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1965 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They include the graduation composite and other graduation related photos.

File contains photographs of the graduating class of 1964 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They include the graduation composite and other graduation related photos.

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.

Graduate composite for the class of 1962 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Graduates names are listed underneath the head shots.

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.

File contains two different graduating class composites for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1959.

File contains photographs for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduating class of 1958.

File contains photographs of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1954.

2 composite images of the graduation class of 1944 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. One is oversized original and the other is a smaller copy of the original.

Graduation photographs for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1933.

Graduation photographs for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1929.

Graduation photographs for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1928

Graduation photographs for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1925

Composite graduation photographs of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing.

Composite graduation photographs of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing.

File contains photographs and letter relating to the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1920.

Photographs of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1919.

File contains correspondence, reports, job descriptions and other materials related to the re-organization of Wellesley's nursing program from 3 years to 2 years.

File contains two blank applications and reports. The first is an application to The Wellesley School of Nursing and the second is a Principal's report from the applicant's last school attended.