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 they walk.

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 of former School adminstrator Dorothy Arnot framed looking into the car she is getting into. Over her shoulders are Dorothy Eden, School Director, and W. P. Scott, vice chairman of the Wellesley Board of Trustees. Photograph was taken from inside the car.

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 standing in the pews at St. Paul's Church.

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 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 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 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 a class of 1973 Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduate kneeling down and letting a small girl smell her bouquet of roses. The little girl is holding the hands of one woman while another looks on.

Photograph of Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1973 graduate. Photograph was taken at the reception following the graduation ceremony.

Photograph of the reception held after the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduation ceremony. Photo taken looking down a long driveway with people standing around.

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 showing the food table at the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduation reception for the class of 1973.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Photograph of the diploma presentation part of the graduation ceremony. Ceremony took place at St. Paul's Church. Former school director Dorothy Arnot is presenting the diplomas to graduates. She is assisted by acting principal Carol Whiting. Elizabeth Podnieks is at the podium reading the graduates names. Published in the November 1974 edition of the Wellesley World newspaper.

Photograph of 8 class of 1974 graduates of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing standing with an Hospital executive director G. E. Thornton holding a pin box in his hands. The photo was taken outside of the hospital after the graduation ceremony. Photograph published in the November 1974 edition of the Wellesley World newspaper.

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.

Composite photograph of the Wellesley Hospital Nursing Department in Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. Names of the graduates are listed below the graduates photos.

Class photograph taken in the breezeway between the Ryerson theatre and Kerr Hall. The graduation ceremony took place in the Ryerson Theatre.

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.

Close up shot of Class of 1975 graduate.

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.

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

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

Formal graduation photograph for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing's class of 1947.

File contains the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing year pins and graduation pins. The year pins were given to students at the start of their 3rd year and the graduation pins were handed out at graduation. Unlike other hospital nursing schools, the Wellesley pin stayed the same from 1915-1974. The graduating class of 1975 received a different pin because of the amalgamation for the school of nursing into Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. The Lion rampant used for both pins is from the Wellesley Hospital crest which Dr. Herbert Bruce received permission from the Duke of Wellington (Wellesley) to use the family's crest as the Hospital's crest.

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".

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".

Small gold two piece pin. The Wellesley lion with blue stone eye and blues stones across crown (one missing) is attached by thin chain to "35".

Small gold two piece pin. The Wellesley lion is attached by thin chain to the number "50".

Small gold two piece pin. The Wellesley lion with is attached by thin chain to the number "67".

Miss Jean Lowe, class of 1921 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.

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.

Edith L Carson, 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.

Ethel Hogaboom, Class of 1915 graduation pin. Ethel was a member of the first graduating class at the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. 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.

Alice Grace Bolton, Class of 1933 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.

Annie S. Carson, Class of 1922 gradution 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.

Ethel Marie Sewell, Class of 1937 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.

Clarissa Chapman MacNeill, Class of 1915 graduation pin. Clarissa 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.

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.

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.

Small gold two piece pin. The Wellesley lion with is attached by thin chain to the number "75". Pins were worn on the nursing caps.

Sub-series contains correspondence, programmes, invitations, superintendent reports, and speeches relating to the graduation ceremonies for the The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing.

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

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 graduation superintendent's report for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1942. Speech addresses staffing shortages due to the war.

File contains the superintendent's report for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1943. Speech addresses staffing shortages due to the war, numbers of graduates serving in the armed forces, and the fact that there were no students admitted in September of 1942.

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 for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing class of 1945. Speech addresses hospital history, services, and expansion.

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 the superintendent's report to the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduating class of 1947. Speech contains information about the school and the hospital.

File contains superintendent's report to the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduating class of 1948. Speech contains information about the school and the hospital.

File contains the superintendent's report to the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduating class of 1949. Speech contains information about the school and the hospital.

File contains the superintendent's report to the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduating class of 1950. Speech contains information about the school and the hospital.

File contains the superintendent's report to the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing graduating class of 1951. Speech contains information about the school and the 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

Sub-series contains Lion's Tale yearbooks from 1961, 1963, 1964, 1969, and 1971. It also has a file of copies of the Directors' messages for printing in the yearbooks.

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

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

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

File contains one copy of the 1970 Lion's Tale yearbook.