Photographic composite with head shots of each graduate of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1967. Graduates names are listed under each photo.
Photograph of Dorothy Eden, Director of Nursing Education, and Dorothy Arnot, Assistant Administrator Nursing and Food Services, having corsages pinned on them. Pinning took place during the graduation breakfast.
Two copies of a photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1967 leaving down the centre aisle of St. Paul's Church after the graduation ceremony. The pews and front of the cathedral are visible with Nursing director Dorothy Arnot, and Assistant director of Nursing education Dorothy Eden standing in the middle of the stage at the front.
Two copies of a formal posed group photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1967. The photograph was taken in the rotunda of Wellesley Hospital.
Two copies of a photograph showing Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1970 graduate posing for the camera with her arm around a young boy in a suit.
Photograph of a man's arm and hand resting on the waist of a woman in a nurses uniform. Nursing students were not allowed to marry without the Nursing director's permission, and only in the last 6 months of their training. Photograph taken during graduation events for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. Apparently several members of the class of 1971 married during their last year of training. Photograph published in the Wellesley World magazine, Winter 1971 edition.
Photograph shows a crowd of people standing around talking. In the foreground is a young girl in a striped dress and glasses. She is biting into a sandwich. Photograph published in the Winter 1971 edition of the Wellesley World magazine.
Photograph shows an older man and woman, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. LaVenture, seated. Mrs. LaVenture (aka Elsie K. Jones, former long serving director of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing) is holding a teacup in her lap and shaking hands with Mrs. Evelyn Jolley, Wellesley class of 1937. Mrs. Jolley was also the head of the Alumnae Association at that time. Photograph was published in the Winter 1971 edition of the Wellesley World magazine.
Photograph of Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduates and their mothers at the annual Mother-daughter tea held as part of graduation week. The tea was held at the Prince Arthur House. They are standing outside on the front porch with umbrellas over their heads. Photograph published in the Fall 1972 edition of the Wellesley World magazine.
Photograph of three Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1972A graduates standing in their graduation uniforms, caps, and corsages. The graduate on the far right is Irene Denby.
Photograph of three Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduates holding bouquets of flowers. Standing with them is Angela Bruce, wife of the Wellesley Hospital founder Dr. Herbert Bruce.
Photograph of Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1972A graduate Donna Filsinger holding a bouquet of flowers. She is talking to Angela Bruce, wife of The Wellesley Hospital founder Dr. Robert Bruce. Photograph was published in the Fall 1972 edition of the magazine.
Photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1972B in their first year. This class had the first male students admitted to the school. List of student names included with the photograph.
Photograph of women sitting out on a veranda drinking tea. A server is seen passing out food. In the background you can see more women sitting out on the grass at tables. The mother - daughter tea was part of graduation week for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1972B and was held at Prince Arthur House. Photograph was used in the Fall issue of the Wellesley World newsletter put out by the hospital.
Photograph of two lines of class of 1972B graduates walking, clapping and singing as they walk along a sidewalk in front of the hospital. The nurses walked to St. Paul's Church for their graduation ceremony.
Photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduating class 1972B walking from St. Paul's church after the ceremony. At the front of the line is Jan Cook, the first man to graduate from the school. Photograph published in the Fall 1972 edition of the Wellesley World magazine.
Photograph showing the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduates from the class of 1915 Mrs. M. S. Roberts (Jeanette Simpson) and Mrs. R. Thomson (Gladys Herod) seated with class of 1972B graduates Rosanne Quinn and Kathryn Sheluk. Photograph published in the Fall 1972 edition of the Wellesley World magazine.
Photograph shows the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1972B graduate Margaret Kinsley, winner of the Bruce pin, speaking with Angela Bruce, the wife of Wellesley Hospital founder Dr. Herbert Bruce. Photograph published in the Fall 1972 edition of the Wellesley World magazine.
Photograph of an unidentified Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1972B graduate. She is standing holding a bouquet of roses beside an unidentified man.
Mother-daughter tea as part of the graduation of class 1972B. Photograph shows a group of women talking in a room. The mother's are wearing corsages. In centre of photograph is Dorothy Eden, principal of the School of Nursing.
Photograph of members of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1973 beginning their walk to St. Paul's Church for the graduation ceremony. They are clapping and singing as cross Wellesley St. and make their way up Jarvis St.
Photograph looking up the aisle of St. Paul's Church during the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing's class of 1973 graduation ceremony. Photograph is taken from above, looking towards the front of the 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 3 women in sundresses standing talking and drinking from teacups. A fourth woman in a nurses uniform stands on the far right. Photo taken at the reception after the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduation ceremony for the class of 1973.
Photograph of Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1973 graduate, former school administrator Dorothy Arnot, and hospital assistant adminstrator James Nicol. Photograph taken during the reception following the graduation ceremony.
Photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1974. Photo taken before the graduation ceremony on the hospital grounds. Photograph published in the November 1974 edition of the Wellesley World newspaper.
Photograph taken inside Ryerson Theatre. The audience and the graduates are standing at their seats. Graduates from Sick Children's Hospital School of Nursing, Women's College Hospital School of Nursing and the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduated at the same ceremony.
Photograph of a graduate receiving her diploma on stage and shaking hands with an unidentified man. Ryerson Vice President Administration Dr. George Korey is standing in between them.
Photograph taken at the Mother & Daughter tea which was part of graduation week festivities. The seven women in the photograph are seated or standing around a tree.
Tarnished silver pin with Wellesley lion perched on top of the letter "W", which is conjoined with the letter "H". Small chain attachs to the numbers "32".
Laura M. Lambe, class of 1925 graduation pin. Gold and enamel graduation pin. Pin feature the hospital crest and motto encircled by a band with "Wellesley Hospital" on it. The person's name and date of graduation is engraved on the back of the pin.
Lydia Beatrice Renouf, Class of 1935 graduation pin. Gold and enamel graduation pin. Pin feature the hospital crest and motto encircled by a band with "Wellesley Hospital" on it. The person's name and date of graduation is engraved on the back of the pin.
Helen Carruthers, Class of 1916 graduation pin. Gold and enamel graduation pin. Pin feature the hospital crest and motto encircled by a band with "Wellesley Hospital" on it. The person's name is engraved on the back of the pin.
Mary Willmina Ferguson, Class of 1915 graduation pin. Mary Willmina was a member of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing's first graduating class. Gold and enamel graduation pin. Pin feature the hospital crest and motto encircled by a band with "Wellesley Hospital" on it. The person's name and date of graduation is engraved on the back of the pin.
Jean Audrey White's class of 1931 graduation ring. Gold ring with rectangular black face with gold Wellesley Lion. Graduation year on shoulders of the ring.
File contains the speech Elsie K. Jones, Superintendent of the Wellesley Hospital and its School of Nursing, to the graduating class of 1939. In the speech she gives some historical information about the hospital.
File contains a the superintendents' report for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1944. Speech addresses numbers of graduates serving in the armed forces.
File contains the superintendent's report given by Elsie. K. Jones to the graduating class of 1946. Included is historical and current information about the Hospital.
Navy blue and royal blue nursing cape. "WH" embroidered in gold on both sides of the upright collar. Cape closed with two wool tabs attached to cape with brass buttons. Cape was part of nurses uniform.
Dress worn by nursing students between 1960-1968. Short sleeved blue and white striped dress with white cuffs on arms. 1941-1948 dress is almost identical except for the detachable cuffs on the sleeves.
White starched pinny that covered the front of the nursing dressing and crossed in the back. Front was tucked into the apron. The back was pinned together and attached to the apron.
White one piece short sleeved uniform dress. Badge on left arm "WD" with "TGH" over top of the "W". This reflected the Wellesley Division of the Toronto General Hospital. Dress has no buttons - was closed with external fasteners like cuff links.
Photograph showing a display case with pieces of the Limoges China and silver used by patients in the early days of The Wellesley Hospital. Two women, one in nursing uniform, are looking in the case. On the well in behind is a tile with the Wellesley crest on it and a photograph of an early 1900s nurse.
Photograph of class of 1948 graduate exiting the front doors of the hospital in uniform, cap and cape carrying binders in her arms. Photo was part of a series of promotional images taken "Day in the Life of a Nurse".
Photograph of the Duke and Duchess of Wellington in the Wellesley Hospital kitchens. Pictured, l-r are: head chef Mr. Ted Pronuik; Her Grace the Duchess of Wellington; His Grace the Duke of Wellington; E. Dorothy Arnot, Assistant Hospital Administrator; G. E. Thornton, Executive Director of the Hospital; and Mr. James Nicol, Hospital administrator.
Photograph for the Duke of Wellington signing the Wellesley Hospital Guestbook at the conclusion of hospital tour. In the background is the Duchess of Wellington and E. Dorothy Arnot, Asst. Administrator Patient Services. Photograph published in the Fall 1972 edition of the Wellesley World Magazine.
Photograph taken in front of the hospital with a Rolls Royce in the foreground. In the background are (l-r): Miss C. J. Barley, Director of Nursing; Mr. G. E. Thornton, Executive Director of Wellesley; Mr. H. M. Turner, Chairman of the Board; The Duchess of Wellington; The Duke of Wellington; E. Doroty Arnot, Assistany Supervisor Patient Services; and Mr. James Nicol, Hospital Administrator.
Blue plastic cover of the photograph/scrapbook. Decorated with gold lines and fleur-de-lis pattern. "Wellesley volume 3" cut out from paper and taped to front top of cover. Small white sticker in upper right corner with "Nursing Alumnae" written in pen. The plastic cover was not retained - but the paper label was and that is what is in the file folder. Front cover was photographed for posterity.
Page 1 contained materials relating to the Wellesley Alumnae dinner in September 25th, 1978. Included are a toast to Grace (Bolton) Farthing, a photograph of the class of 1933 table at the dinner held at the Thornhill Golf and Country Club, a menu and itinerary for the event, and a card to Grace.
Page 2 contained newspaper and magazine clippings. The majority were about a variety of Alumnae organization activities, but also included are obituaries of Alumnae members, and a story about Wellesley employees - Dr. J. Allan Walters and Dorothy Arnot receiving Queen Elizabeth II silver jubilee medals.
Page 3 contains newspaper and magazine clippings. Topics include the annual luncheons, an obituary, a photograph of the 1975 graduating class in Ryerson Theatre, a photograph of Dorothy Arnot and Doraine Ross. Also on the page is a typewritten list of items sent in a package sent to Doraine Ross (class of 1960) in Zambia.
One page article about Toronto Doctor William Edward Gallie. Article written by Toronto Star writer Donald Jones as part of his "Historical Toronto" column.
Newspaper clipping about the opening of the new nursing residence and the graduation of Wellesley Nurses. The majority of the page is taken up with the Alumnae Charity convenor's reports, and one notice about the 1962 graduates garden party at Casa Loma.
News clippings about the 50th anniversary of the Hospital, Graduation, and a newspaper photograph of Elsie K. Jones with 2 nurses Judy Scott and Susan Mason celebrating Elsie K. Jones 25th anniversary as Director of Nursing. Also on the page was a 50th anniversary napkin.
Graduation top worn by male graduates from Wellesley. All white with black velvet bands across the shoulder epaulets - to match the black velvet bands worn on caps of female nursing graduates.