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 of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1968. Photo was taken outside of the hospital building.

Photograph taken at the 1968 Mother-daughter tea for the Wellesley class of 1968. The nurses are pinning corsages on their mothers.

Three copies of a photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduating class of 1969. Photo was taken outside in front of the hospital.

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.

Photograph shows three people standing around talking and eating.

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 the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1972B third year pinning ceremony.

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.

Photograph of Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1972B graduate with her family.

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 standing in line waiting for the procession from the hospital to St. Paul's Church.

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. Photograph was taken at the reception following the graduation ceremony.

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.

Graduation composite photograph of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduating class of 1973.

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 of members of the class of 1975 seated in the Ryerson Theatre for the graduation ceremony.

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.

Photograph showing the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduating class walking back down the aisle after the end of their graduation ceremony.

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.

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 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 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 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 two copies of the 1961 Lion's Tale yearbook.

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.

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

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

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 starched apron. worn over dress skirt.

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.

One white cotton apron.

One white cotton apron.

One white starched cotton apron worn with the student nursing uniform between 1941-1948.

One white cotton apron.

One white cotton apron.

1 White cotton starched bib. Worn over uniform dress with apron. No button wholes, so bib was just tucked into apron.

1 White cotton starched bib. Worn over uniform dress with apron. No button wholes, so bib was just tucked into apron.

White cotton starched bib. Worn over top of uniform along with apron.

White starched bib worn with apron over the uniform dress.

White starched bib worn with apron over the uniform dress.

White starched bib worn with apron over the uniform dress.

White starched bib worn with apron over the uniform dress.

White starched bib worn with apron over the uniform dress.

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.

Short sleeved blue and white striped uniform. Worn with detachable eton collar and cuffs, apron, and bib. This uniform worn the first 2 years, with the third intern year switching to the white uniform. Uniforms worn from 1960-1969 were the same except the cuffs were attached.

Short sleeved blue and white striped uniform. Worn with detachable eton collar, apron, and bib. Worn for the first two years of schooling. Third year students wore a white uniform for their intern year. Uniform from 1941-1948 were similar, except the cuffs were detachable.

One white cotton dress with long sleeves. Pleating design from shoulder to waist.

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 paper collar with material stitched to outside. It is an Eton 6 collar, made to wear with size 14 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 neck shirts. Attached at back and front to uniform with detachable buttons.

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

One starched nursing cap, pinned in formation. Worn by Wellesley students between 1948-1959.

White cotton nurses cap (unfolded). Cap designed and put into use after Wellesley left its partnership with Toronto General Hospital. Held in shape with a detachable button.

White cotton nurses cap folded in shape. Cap designed and put into use after Wellesley left its partnership with Toronto General Hospital. Held in shape with a detachable button.

Two WWI medals attached together on backing board. One is the British War Medal and the other is the Victory (Inter-Allied) War Medal. Awarded to Clarissa MacNeill for her service as part of the Canadian Army Medical Corps. Her name and rank is engraved on the bottom edge of both medals. The following information on the medals can be found at the Veterans Affairs website:

British War Medal - A circular, silver medal, 1.42 inches in diameter. Obverse side shows the King George V, bareheaded coinage effigy, facing left, with the legend: GEORGIVS V BRITT : OMN : REX ET IND : IMP :. The reverse side shows a horseman (St. George, naked), armed with a short sword (an allegory of the physical and mental strength which achieves victory over Prussianism). The horse tramples on the Prussian shield and the skull and cross-bones. Just off-centre, near the right upper rim, is the sun of Victory. The dates 1914 and 1918 appear in the left and right fields respectively. It was attached to a watered ribbon is 1.25 inches wide, and consists of seven stripes: blue (0.125 inches), black (0.0625 inches), white (0.125 inches), orange centre (0.625 inches wide), white (0.125 inches), black (0.0325 inches), and blue (0.125 inches).

The medal was awarded to all ranks of Canadian overseas military forces who came from Canada between 05 August 1914 and 11 November 1918, or who had served in a theatre of war. Those who had enlisted in the O.M.F.C. in the United Kingdom and had not served in a theatre of war were not entitled to this medal. The requirements for RAF personnel were the same as for the army. Naval personnel were required to have 28 days of mobilized service or to have lost their lives before this period of service was complete. Seamen of the Canadian Merchant Marine who served at sea not less than six months, and crews of Dominion Government Ships and the Canadian Mercantile Marine were also eligible. There was no bar to this medal. The medal was authorized on 26 July 1919.

The Victory or Inter-Allied War Medal - Victory Medal (Inter-Allied War Medal: A circular, copper medal, lacquered bronze, 1.42 inches in diameter. The obverse side shows the winged, full-length, full-front, figure of Victory, with her left arm extended and holding a palm branch in her right hand. The reverse side shows the legend THE GREAT / WAR FOR / CIVILISATION / 1914 - 1919 in four lines, surrounded by a wreath, with dots below the words. The watered ribbon 1.5 inches (39 mm) wide, and consists of nine coloured stripes: violet, blue, green, yellow, red (centre), yellow, green, blue, and violet. Only the Mentioned-in-Despatches multiple-leaved emblem is worn on this medal when it was awarded for WWI. There were no other bars

The medal was awarded to all ranks of the fighting forces, to civilians under contract, and others employed with military hospitals who actually served on the establishment of a unit in a theatre of war between 05 August 1914 and 11 November 1918 (inclusive). It was also awarded to members of the British Naval mission to Russia 1919 - 1920 and for mine clearance in the North Sea between 11 November 1918 and 30 November 1919. This medal was never issued alone and was always issued with the British War Medal. The Inter-Allied War Medal was agreed to by all allies in March 1919. All medals were to be almost identical to obviate the need to exchange allied medals and each was patterned after a French medal of 1870. The medal was authorized in Britain (and for Canadians) on 01 September 1919.

Two WWI medals attached together on backing board. One is the British War Medal and the other is the Victory (Inter-Allied) War Medal. Also included are 2 oak leaf sprays (one attached to Victory Medal and the other is loose). Awarded to Willmina Ferguson for her service as part of the Canadian Army Medical Corps. Her name and rank is engraved on the bottom edge of both medals. The following information on the medals can be found at the Veterans Affairs website:

British War Medal - A circular, silver medal, 1.42 inches in diameter. Obverse side shows the King George V, bareheaded coinage effigy, facing left, with the legend: GEORGIVS V BRITT : OMN : REX ET IND : IMP :. The reverse side shows a horseman (St. George, naked), armed with a short sword (an allegory of the physical and mental strength which achieves victory over Prussianism). The horse tramples on the Prussian shield and the skull and cross-bones. Just off-centre, near the right upper rim, is the sun of Victory. The dates 1914 and 1918 appear in the left and right fields respectively. It was attached to a watered ribbon is 1.25 inches wide, and consists of seven stripes: blue (0.125 inches), black (0.0625 inches), white (0.125 inches), orange centre (0.625 inches wide), white (0.125 inches), black (0.0325 inches), and blue (0.125 inches).

The medal was awarded to all ranks of Canadian overseas military forces who came from Canada between 05 August 1914 and 11 November 1918, or who had served in a theatre of war. Those who had enlisted in the O.M.F.C. in the United Kingdom and had not served in a theatre of war were not entitled to this medal. The requirements for RAF personnel were the same as for the army. Naval personnel were required to have 28 days of mobilized service or to have lost their lives before this period of service was complete. Seamen of the Canadian Merchant Marine who served at sea not less than six months, and crews of Dominion Government Ships and the Canadian Mercantile Marine were also eligible. There was no bar to this medal. The medal was authorized on 26 July 1919.

The Victory or Inter-Allied War Medal - A circular, copper medal, lacquered bronze, 1.42 inches in diameter. The obverse side shows the winged, full-length, full-front, figure of Victory, with her left arm extended and holding a palm branch in her right hand. The reverse side shows the legend THE GREAT / WAR FOR / CIVILISATION / 1914 - 1919 in four lines, surrounded by a wreath, with dots below the words. The watered ribbon 1.5 inches (39 mm) wide, and consists of nine coloured stripes: violet, blue, green, yellow, red (centre), yellow, green, blue, and violet. Only the Mentioned-in-Despatches multiple-leaved emblem is worn on this medal when it was awarded for WWI.[Willmina Ferguson awarded two - one attached to medal and the other is loose.]

The medal was awarded to all ranks of the fighting forces, to civilians under contract, and others employed with military hospitals who actually served on the establishment of a unit in a theatre of war between 05 August 1914 and 11 November 1918 (inclusive). It was also awarded to members of the British Naval mission to Russia 1919 - 1920 and for mine clearance in the North Sea between 11 November 1918 and 30 November 1919. This medal was never issued alone and was always issued with the British War Medal. The Inter-Allied War Medal was agreed to by all allies in March 1919. All medals were to be almost identical to obviate the need to exchange allied medals and each was patterned after a French medal of 1870. The medal was authorized in Britain (and for Canadians) on 01 September 1919.

Four miniature American WWI and WWII medals. Came into collection in a donation with Willmina Ferguson's medals, but could not have been awarded to her. No other provenance is known about these medals.

1. American Silver Cross - first awarded in 1932 for gallantry in action - replaced the silver citation used in WWI.
2. American WWI Victory medal with silver citation (small star attached to ribbon)
3. Purple Heart
4. Battle of Verdun, 1916 [This unofficial medal was "created on 20 November 1916 by the Municipal Council of Verdun to commemorate the heroism of its defenders. Originally intended to be awarded to those who served on the Verdun front between 21 February 1916 and 2 November 1916, the medal was, in fact, awarded to those who served anywhere on the Argonne and St Mihiel sectors between 31 July 1914 and 11 November 1918. The original, and most commonly found, version was by Vernier but since supplies of this medal were inadequate, others created Verdun medals and at least seven versions of varying rarity are known"] www.museumvictoria.com.au

Pin awarded to Helen Carruthers by the Central Business College of Toronto. Pin has laurel leaf pattern across bottom with filagree across the top surrounding a round metal disk inscribed with "Central Business College Toronto" around a typewriter. The back of the pin is inscribed "Awarded to Helen Carruthers Dec 1900".

Plastic replica of a the traditional Wellesley School of Nursing graduation day corsage. Made up of a large white centre flower surrounded by smaller white and blue flowers and greenery.

A textbook on surgical nursing.

Medical manual intended for doctors, students of medicine, and interns. Was part of the Wellesley Library and Archives.

A book about the history of nursing and its relationship with world events.

A small dictionary of pronounciation of medical words and terms.

A book about the history of nursing and its relationship with world events.

A teacher's supplementary book to accompany "The Art, Science and Spirit of Nursing".

Nursing Papers was the publication of the School of Graduate Nurses at McGill University in Montreal. Contains 2 papers: "Profession or Union: Who Will Call the Shots?" by Joan M. Gilchrist; and "Learning the Concept: Nursing in Chronic Illness" by Margaret Hooton. Both authors were assistant professors in the school.