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White ceramic tile, glaze on one side only, with The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms in blue in the centre. Tile is inside a metal hanging frame that is removeable.

H & R Johnson Ltd.

Ceramic tile from fireplace

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Green bordered ceramic tile that is sectioned into 4 quarters. Each smaller square has a different plant or flower on it - shamrock, thistle, rose, and a leaves. Tile is supposed to represent flora of the British Isles - shamrock = Irelend; Rose = England; thistle = Scotland; and the leaves.
Tiles were used around the fireplaces in the original hospital rooms in Wellesley's "Homewood" building. This tile was taken from the fireplace in room 20. A green felt backing has been added to the tile.

Ceramic tile from fireplace

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Green bordered ceramic tile that is sectioned into 4 quarters. Each smaller square has a different plant or flower on it - shamrock, thistle, rose, and a leaves. Tile is supposed to represent flora of the British Isles - shamrock = Irelend; Rose = England; thistle = Scotland; and the leaves.
Tiles were used around the fireplaces in the original hospital rooms in Wellesley's "Homewood" building. This tile was taken from the fireplace in room 17. A green felt backing has been added to the tile.

Ceramic tile from fireplace in wooden case

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Green bordered ceramic tile that is sectioned into 4 quarters. Each smaller square has a different plant or flower on it - shamrock, thistle, rose, and a leaves. Tile is supposed to represent flora of the British Isles - shamrock = Irelend; Rose = England; thistle = Scotland; and the leaves.
Tiles were used around the fireplaces in the original hospital rooms in Wellesley's "Homewood" building. This tile was been placed in a finished wood box of sorts with green felt backing.

Letter opener

RG 946.02.12.03
Stuk

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Silver metal letter opener with ornate engraved head with red stone in centre.

The Wellesley Hospital floor plan printing blocks

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Three wooden printing blocks with metal printing face nailed on.
RG 946.02.12.04.01 - Ground Floor
RG 946.02.12.04.02 - Second Floor
RG 946.02.12.04.03 - Third Floor

Frederick C. Lee, Architect

2 oz measuring cup

RG 946.02.12.05.01
Stuk
[1912-1971]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

2oz enamalware measuring cup. Blue lines on interior measure 2oz, 1-4 tablespoons, and 1-4 teaspoons.

Kockums Sweden

14 cm bowl

RG 946.02.12.05.02
Stuk
[1912-1971]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

White and blue enamelware bowl.

Kockums Sweden

White and black enamelware bowl

RG 946.02.12.05.03
Stuk
[1912-1971]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

White and black enamelware bowl.

20 oz measuring jug

RG 946.02.12.05.04
Stuk
[1912-1955]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

White and blue enamelware jug with measurement on inside for 20 oz and 500 grams. Front of jug has "Oz. 20 Gr. 500" in blue and handle is blue.

Kockums Sweden

40 oz measuring jug

RG 946.02.12.05.05
Stuk
[1912-1955]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

White and blue enamelware jug with measurement on inside for 40 oz, 1000 grams, and 2 pints. Front of jug has "Oz. 40 Gr. 1000" in blue and handle is blue.

Kockums Sweden

7 oz urine specimen bottle

RG 946.02.12.05.06
Stuk
[1920-1969]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Clear glass bottle with "Urine Specimen Bottle" on one side and measurements for 7 oz and 210 cc.

Glasco

Enamel K-basin

RG 946.02.12.05.07
Stuk
[1920-1969]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

White and blue enamelware "K" or kidney basin used for medical waste etc.

Glasco

Enema jug

RG 946.02.12.05.08
Stuk
[1920-1969]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

White and black enamelware jug used for performing enemas.

Glasco

Becton Dickinson "Admiral" Portable Blood Samples Case

RG 946.02.12.05.09
Stuk
[1940-1949]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

"Admiral" Nickel Silver Portable Blood Samples Case manufactured by Becton Dickinson Co. Metal case contains glass syringe, 2 needles, 5 glass vials with cork stoppers, and a tube for sharps attached to case. A red felt carrier with black stitching on edges and "BD" on snap closure was with case.

Becton, Dickinson and Company

B & A-Haemometer

RG 946.02.12.05.10
Stuk
[1912-1950]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Franz Bergmann haemometer used to determine blood cell count using a mix of blood and hydrochloric acid.

Franz Bergmann K-G

B & A-Haemometer

RG 946.02.12.05.11
Stuk
[1912-1950]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Franz Bergmann haemometer used to determine blood cell count using a mix of blood and hydrochloric acid.

Franz Bergmann K-G

Bausch & Lomb otoscope

RG 946.02.12.05.12
Stuk
[1912-1960]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Bausch & Lomb otoscope. Case hold base, 2 heads, a glass optical, and 6 other small pieces of the otoscope. Unsure as to whether of not set is complete.

Bausch & Lomb

Coldlite auroscope

RG 946.02.12.05.13
Stuk
[1930-1949]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Coldlite auroscope (otoscope, aurioscope, opthalmoscope) in black leather case. Inside case is silver base with ten parts and small compartment filled with 2 sizes of light bulbs.

Coldlite auroscope [incomplete] in case

RG 946.02.12.05.14
Stuk
[1930-1949]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Coldlite auroscope (otoscope, aurioscope, opthalmoscope) parts in the original leather case. Incomplete instrument - base of tool missing. Nine attachments are in case along with small compartment with 3 light bulbs in it.

B-D Empire all metal ear syringe

RG 946.02.12.05.15
Stuk
[1940-1960]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

B-D Empire all metal 4 oz syringe. Box [broken], care of syringe sheet and 2 extra tips are also with the syringe.

Becton, Dickinson and Company

Lister bandage scissors

RG 946.02.12.05.16
Stuk

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Silver metal lister bandage scissors.

Thermometer

RG 946.02.12.06
Stuk

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Long, large glass thermometer with glass ring at one end. Marked from -10 to 120 degrees celsius

Director of Nursing sign

RG 946.02.12.07
Stuk
[1940-1997]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Silver and black metal wall sign "Director of Nursing".

The Wellesley Hospital playing cards

RG 946.02.12.08
Stuk
[1925-1950]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Two decks of playing cards - one white with blue (54 cards) and the other blue with white (52 cards) - in a box. Cards and box have The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on the front. The white and blue deck of cards has two extra - one blank and the other has instructions for contract bridge.

Chas. Goodall and Son Ltd.

Brick and block trowel

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Wood handled brick and block cement trowel. Trowel used by Ontario Premier John Robarts during the 1965 cornerstone laying for what would be named "The Turner Wing" of The Wellesley Hospital. The Turner wing opened in 1967.

H. K. Porter Company (Canada) Ltd. - Disston division

Trophy

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Small silver cup style trophy. Cup is silver and bottom is painted metal. Handles are on either side of the cup with twining patterned band around top of cup. Front has been engraved "For the Best Nurses in Toronto Christmas 1936 J. R. T."

The Wellesley Hospital HB pencil

RG 946.02.12.11
Stuk

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

White HB pencil with eraser end. Pencil has been used and eraser is used up. "The Wellesley Hospital" is on one side in blue.

Table top flag

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Blue and white flag "The Wellesley Hospital 60 Years of Service" stapled to a black plastic stick with pointed gold end. Stick fits in small black round wood base.

Dorothy Eden, Mrs. LaVenture, and Dorothy Arnot

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Photograph and negative showing former Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing director Mrs. LaVenture (Elsie K. Jones) with new directors Dorothy Eden and Dorothy Arnot. Photograph taken at the opening of the new school area on the 6th floor of the hospital.

Gilbert A. Milne & Co. Limited

Wellesley School staff at a Christmas carol sing

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Group of members of the teaching staff of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing standing in their uniforms singing, and drinking beverages.

School of Nursing instructors

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Posed photograph of 13 members of the instructional staff for the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They are in uniform and posed in 2 seated rows. There is a small yellow publication tag attached to the bottom of the photograph.

School of Nursing instructors

RG 946.03.01.01.04
Stuk

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Posed photograph of 9 members of the instructional staff and the two directors of the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. They are posed in two rows, one seated and one standing, with Directors Dorothy Eden and Dorothy Arnot seated in the front row.

Elsie K. Jones

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Photograph of Elsie K. Jones, Assistant Director of the School of Nursing at Wellesley Hospital.

Dorothy Eden (Mabley)

RG 946.03.01.01.06
Stuk
[1967-1973]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Photograph of Dorothy L. Eden (Mabley), Director of Nursing from 1967 until the amalgamation in 1973. Miss Eden joined Ryerson's nursing staff.

Elisabeth Flaws

RG 946.03.01.01.07.01
Stuk
[1912-1926]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Portrait of Elisabeth Grace Flaws. She was the superintendent of Nurses at The Wellesley Hospital between 1912 and 1926.

Farmer Bros.

Elisabeth Flaws

RG 946.03.01.01.07.02
Stuk
[1912-1926]

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Portrait of Elisabeth Grace Flaws. She was the superintendent of Nurses at The Wellesley Hospital between 1912 and 1926. The photograph has been painted over to look like a painting and is framed in a gold wood frame.

Farmer Bros.

Dorothy Arnot

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Framed portrait of Dorothy Arnot. She was part of the Wellesley class of 1940 and was the director of the Wellesley School of Nursing between 1964-1967,

Nursing staff members

RG 946.03.01.01.09
Stuk
ca. 1947

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Photograph of class of 1944 graduate and Wellesley Hospital and School of Nursing employee Dorothea Elines and another identified nurse standing outside the old hospital building.

Class of 1950 capping tea

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Photograph of 7 members of the class of 1950 standing behind a table with one of their instructors seated and pouring the tea.

Charles-Osland freelance "press" photographer

Class of 1950 on the hospital steps

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Two copies of the class of 1950 standing in two rows on the front steps of the Wellesley Hospital.

Charles-Osland freelance "press" photographer

Class of 1950 on the hospital steps

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Close up of the class on 1950 on the front steps of the Wellesley Hospital. Students are in 4 rows with their instructors on either side of the bottom row.

Charles-Osland freelance "press" photographer

Class of 1952 seated for capping ceremony

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Members of the class of 1952 seated on chairs during their capping ceremony.

Class of 1952 standing in line with their caps

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Members of the class of 1952 standing in a row holding their caps in their hands. School Superintendent Elsie K. Jones is holding one cap and talking to woman at the front of the line.

Superintendent Elsie K. Jones checking caps

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Members of the class of 1952 standing in a row holding their bibles and wearing their caps. School superintendent Elsie K. Jones is checking the cap of a student nurse.

Eight members of the class of 1952 after capping ceremony

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Eight members of the class of 1952 standing in a row in their caps and holding up their bibles.

Three student nurses posing for camera

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Three members of the class of 1952 standing arm in arm.

Wellesley Nursing students singing for staff at party

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Photograph of one of the student nurses at the organ playing with other students on risers behind her singing. A woman in leading them and staff can be seen behind her watching.

Wellesley Nursing students singing for staff at party

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Crowd of Wellesley staff and students standing looking at Nursing students singing for them. Another nurse is leading the singing.

Wellesley Nursing students carols in the hospital hallways

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Group of Wellesley student nurses in the hospital hallway singing carols. Two nurses hold the arms of an elderly patient standing and listening to the singing.

Three student nurses sitting and standing around another student dressed as Santa Claus

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Three nursing students stand (one seated on Santa's lap) around another student dressed as Santa Claus.

Wellesley student nurses gathered singing Christmas carols

Part of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association fonds

Large group of Wellesley student nurses seated and standing singing Christmas carols. There is a Christmas tree behind them and an information board for the The Womens Auxiliary of Wellesley Hospital on the right side of the photo.

Wellesley student nurses gathered singing Christmas carols