Class of 1962 classmates looking through a photo album.

Fundraising chairman selling chocolate covered almonds.

File contains three photographs taken at the Alumnae Association's Spring dinner.

Photograph of 6 alumnae seated at a table at the dinner. Alumnus on far left and the far right are from the class of 1946.
Printed on page 16 of the Fall & Winter 1986/87 edition of the Wellesley World magazine.

Photographs taken at the Royal York Hotel shows a woman leaning on table top podium speaking with another woman on the other side of the table. They are identified on the back as Lotta Dempsey, and a member of the class of 1929. Lotta Dempsey was a reporter for the Globe and Mail, and then The Toronto Star.

Photograph of class of 1942 alumnae Grace Carter, Margaret Jackson, and Margaret McCartney.
Photograph published in the Fall 1972 edition of the Wellesley World.

Three women with nametags on seated on a bench.

Photograph of two alumnae seated on a bench. One of the women has been identified as Grace Bolton Farthing, class of 1933. Garden party tent is visible in the background.

Class of 1937 graduate Evelyn Graham Jolly and Class of 1940 graduate Dorothy Arnot in front of the hospital.

Class of 1937 graduate Evelyn Graham with two unidentified women standing in front of the walkway in to the Wellesley Hospital.

File contains photographs taken at various reunion events for different Alumnae classes.

Photograph of members of the Wellesley class of 1971 at their 15th reunion. A photocopy of the photograph is included with a listing of names of people in the photograph (not all names are accurate).

Photograph at the dedication of the tree donated and planted by the Classes of 1946 to the Wellesley Hospital on their 35th anniversary of graduation. Group of Alumnae stand in background with one woman holding a plaque while a man attaches to plaque to a pole in front of the tree.

Photograph of members of The Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association at the Hospital's 75th Anniversary celebrations. The five are dressed in nursing uniforms from 1912-1974. Photograph was taken on the lawn of the hospital during the garden party.

Certificate awarded to Edith Cowan, class of 1920, making her a life member of the Alumnae Association of the Wellesley Hospital. It is signed by Grace Bolton, president and Gretchen Schwindt, secretary.

File contains the names and addresses of Alumnae Association members.

Series contains artifacts created and/or used by the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association. Included are silver tea sets and coffee urns, a shovel used in the sod turning for the nurses residence in 1951 and later gifted to the Alumnae Assocation, and an embossing die used for printing.

Ornate silver plate teapot, creamer, and sugar bowl.

Wood handled garden spade with metal scoop. Was used in the ceremonial sod turning for the new Wellesley student nursing residence.
It has two plaques on handle. First one is stirling silver and says:
"Presented to The Honourable Dr. Herbert A. Bruce on the occasion of he turning of the first sod for the Nursing Residence Wellesley Division Toronto General Hospital November 5, 1951."
The second plaque is brass coloured and says:
"Donated to the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association in recognition of their caring contribution to the people of Toronto and in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Wellesley Hospital Presented by Dean Emeritus, Susanne Williams, RN BNSc.Med Co-Chair, Wellesley Institute This 26th of May 2012."

Small rectangular metal die for embossing. Engraved on front is "WHAA" (Wellesley Hospital Alumnae Association) in a ribbon over top of a seated female figure in an oval. Underneath in a ribbon is the Wellesley Hospital motto "Jamais sans Esperance".

One audiocassette. Side A has continued interview with Helen Carruthers, class of 1919 (See RG 946.01.02.01.01 for beginning of interview). Side B has interview with Florence (Stewart) Roberts, class of 1919. See RG 946.01.02.01.03 for continuation of her interview.

One audiocassette. Side A and B have interview with class of 1933 graduate Grace (Bolton) Farthing. See RG 946.01.02.01.06 for more interview with Grace Farthing.

One audiocassette. Interview with Grace (Mitchell) Berry, class of 1927.

The 64 slide show created by the Alumnae Association as an intro the beginnings of the Hospital and its current (to the 1980s) layout and features. The initial slide show was created in 1980 with slides 58-64 were added in 1981-1982. Slides (put in order according to enclosed listing) are as follows.

RG 946.01.02.02.01.01 Toronto, 1910
RG 946.01.02.02.01.02 2nd Toronto street scene
RG 946.01.02.02.01.03 The Homewood
RG 946.01.02.02.01.04 Homewood painting by Paul Kane, 1848
RG 946.01.02.02.01.05 Dr. Bruce
RG 946.01.02.02.01.06 Lion Crest and motto
RG 946.01.02.02.01.07 Original 1912 room
RG 946.01.02.02.01.08 1912 Reception room
RG 946.01.02.02.01.09 1913 original hospital
RG 946.01.02.02.01.10 Main Entrance, 1942
RG 946.01.02.02.01.11 Main Entrance view from Sherbourne St., 1967
RG 946.01.02.02.01.12 View from Wellesley St., 1967
RG 946.01.02.02.01.13 Floor plan, 1967
RG 946.01.02.02.01.14 Basement floor plan
RG 946.01.02.02.01.15 Cafeteria
RG 946.01.02.02.01.16 Ultra sound image
RG 946.01.02.02.01.17 CAT scanner - Weston Foundation
RG 946.01.02.02.01.18 Main Lecture theatre
RG 946.01.02.02.01.19 Ground (street) level floor plan
RG 946.01.02.02.01.20 Emergency room entrance
RG 946.01.02.02.01.21 patient on stretcher
RG 946.01.02.02.01.22 Ground floor plan
RG 946.01.02.02.01.23 Outpatient Department medical clinic
RG 946.01.02.02.01.24 Wilhelmsen House family practice unit, 1975
RG 946.01.02.02.01.25 St. James Town family practice unit, 1972
RG 946.01.02.02.01.26 Main floor plan
RG 946.01.02.02.01.27 heading into Turner wing elevators from main lobby
RG 946.01.02.02.01.28 Founder's room
RG 946.01.02.02.01.29 Screen in Founder's room is stained glass from Homewood
RG 946.01.02.02.01.30 Main lobby tapestry by Grace Brevard
RG 946.01.02.02.01.31 Second floor plan
RG 946.01.02.02.01.32 Ewart Angus Intensive Care Unit
RG 946.01.02.02.01.33 ICU Patient Room
RG 946.01.02.02.01.34 OR/ICU family-visitor waiting room
RG 946.01.02.02.01.35 ICU Main desk
RG 946.01.02.02.01.36 ICU Nursing station
RG 946.01.02.02.01.37 ICU Nursing station
RG 946.01.02.02.01.38 6th floor plan
RG 946.01.02.02.01.39 02 private room
RG 946.01.02.02.01.40 7th floor Bruce Wing - Limbic Mechanisms Research Group Scott Laboratory, 1978
RG 946.01.02.02.01.41 7th Floor - Wellesley Foundation research labs, 1978
RG 946.01.02.02.01.42 Psych patient lounge - 7N Turner Wing
RG 946.01.02.02.01.43 9th floor plastics - burn bath
RG 946.01.02.02.01.44 1953 Nurses residence - Jones building
RG 946.01.02.02.01.45 Jones Building medical library
RG 946.01.02.02.01.46 Geriatric chair
RG 946.01.02.02.01.47 Centrifuge machine
RG 946.01.02.02.01.48 Diagnostic set
RG 946.01.02.02.01.49 Breast pump
RG 946.01.02.02.01.50 Doppler ultrasonic stethoscope
RG 946.01.02.02.01.51 Nurse at wrought iron gate, 1915
RG 946.01.02.02.01.52 Dr. and Mrs. Bruce with 1937 graduates
RG 946.01.02.02.01.53 1923 graduating class
RG 946.01.02.02.01.54 1920's O.R. days
RG 946.01.02.02.01.55 1916 graduate Gladys (Steele) Bateman receiving graduation certificate
RG 946.01.02.02.01.56 Class of 1972 students, 1970
RG 946.01.02.02.01.57 Lion's Crest and motto
RG 946.01.02.02.01.58 Chart for hospital progression 1912-1965
RG 946.01.02.02.01.59 Chart for hospital progression 1966-1982
RG 946.01.02.02.01.60 New projects
RG 946.01.02.02.01.61 Entrance to 3rd floor blood work labs
RG 946.01.02.02.01.62 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Women's oncology unit
RG 946.01.02.02.01.63 T.R. Meighan QC plaque
RG 946.01.02.02.01.64 Entrance to new administrative offices

Photographs, in some places, are in a slightly difference order on the VHS and DVDs of the presentation.

DVD version of a tour of Wellesley Hospital. Uses script and photographs from slide show.

Front of page 15 entitled "POSTAGE" has a list of recipients of 1942 Christmas boxes. Included are Nursing Sisters C. Tavener, H. Pangman, C.J. Cuthbert, L. Jamieson, R. Adams, A. Dalrymple, D. Lodge, H. Crease, R. Hepburn, A. McElhern. Boxes also sent to Major A. Shaw, Helen Cunningham, and Mildred McMullen.

Letter from Major A. G. Shaw ( a doctor from The Wellesley Hospital) to Grace Bolton. Letter is blue and folds up into its own envelope - an armed forces air letter. He was stationed at the 12th Canadian General Hospital in Horley, England.

Letter from Nursing Sister Rae Adams. Letter is blue and folds up into its own envelope - an armed forces air letter. Her letter is dated 3 days after D-Day and the landing on the beach at Normandy by Allied Forces. Rae Adams had been injured during an air raid on Catania, Sicily, on September 2, 1943 when anti-aircraft shell fell on No. 5 Canadian General Hospital, injuring her and 11 other nurses. She was sent back to England for recovery.

Letter from Nursing Sister Helen (Leonard) Cuddy. Letter is blue and folds up into its own envelope - an armed forces air letter. Sent from #2 Canadian General Hospital in Bramshott, England.

Letter from Nursing Sister Daisy Lodge. Letter is blue and folds up into its own envelope - an armed forces air letter. Sent from #9 Canadian General Hospital in Horsham, England.

Letter from Nursing Sister Anne Dalrymple Ironside. Letter was sent from the #16 Canadian General Hospital in Marston Green, England.

Letter from Nursing Sister Enid Moore. Written on Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps stationary and sent from the #18 Canadian General Hospital in Cherry Tree, England.

Letter from Nursing Sister Harriette Pangman. Letter is blue and folds up into its own envelope - an armed forces air letter sent from #15 Canadian General Hospital in Bramshott, England.

Airgraph sent from Nursing Sister Anne Dalrymple at the #16 Canadian General Hospital in Cuckfield, England.

File contains newsletters written by the Alumnae Association for its members. Included are the Lion's Roar and its antecedent publications.

File contains newsletters written by members of the class of 1956.

Series consists of materials, including invitations and programs, created for various special events. Events include Alumnae dinners, Hospital Anniversaries, and annual meetings.

Programme from a luncheon related to Ryerson's School of Nursing. No dates on the programme. Susanne Williams, the Director of the School of Nursing and then Ryerson President Terry Grier spoke at the luncheon. Included in the timeline is a history of significant moments in the school's history.

One copy of "Text-book of the Principles and Practice of Nursing" 3rd edition by Bertha Harmer, R.N., B.S., A.M. (Columbia University).

One copy of the 1975 constitution and by-laws for the Wellesley School of Nursing Alumnae Association.

Faxed copy of the Wellesley Hospital - Residence Rules from the late 1960's or early 1970's.

File contains two copies of Wellesley School of Nursing calendars. One dates from around the mid-1960's and the other from around 1970. Calendars contain information on a wide variety of topics including program curriculum, admissions, fees, financial assistance, and other topics students need to know about attending the school.

File contains magazines printed in the 1980s. In Fall 1982 the magazine switched back to a glossy magazine style.
File contains:
Fall 1980 (1)
Spring/Summer 1982 (1)
Fall 1982 (2)
Winter 1983 (1) - The Wellesley Hospital Research Institute annual report
Summer 1984 (3)
Fall/Winter 1984 (1)
Spring/Summer 1985 (2)
Winter 1986 (3)
Fall/Winter 1986-1987 (4)
Spring 1987 (4)
Summer 1987 (3)
Fall/Winter 1988-1989 (4)

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.

Wellesley School of Nursing nursing procedures manual containing instructions on a variety of topics. Manual was used during the time with Wellesley Hospital was a division of the Toronto General Hospital. Topics include patient admitting and discharge, room cleaning, medical procedures, pre- and post-operative care, medicine administration, charting, and equipment use. Included are examples of the variety of forms used by doctors and nurses and a separate booklet of information on oxygen administration published by the Linde Company.

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.

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.

Registered Nursing certificate 1920 Wellesley School of Nursing graduate.

Series contains scrapbooks

1930 training school report sent to the Department by Gertrude Ross, the School's superintendent.

The 1934-1935 Wellesley Training School report compiled by Gertrude Ross, Superintendent of the School for the Department of Health, Nurse Registration branch.

The 1941 Wellesley Training School report compiled by Elsie K. Jones, Superintendent of the School for the Department of Health, Nurse Registration branch. Also included is the inspection report by Department Inspector on April 1 and 2, 1941.

The 1942 Wellesley Training School report compiled by Elsie K. Jones, Superintendent of the School for the Department of Health, Nurse Registration branch. Also included is the inspection report by Department Inspector on Jan. 19 and 20, 1943.

The 1948 Wellesley Training School report compiled by Elsie K. Jones, Superintendent of the School for the Department of Health, Nurse Registration division. Also included in a letter and questionnaire from the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario.

The 1950 Wellesley Division -Toronto General Hospital report compiled by Elsie K. Jones, Superintendent of the School for the Department of Health, Nurse Registration division.

The 1957 Wellesley Division -Toronto General Hospital report compiled by Elsie K. Jones, Superintendent of the School for the Department of Health Nursing branch. Also included is correspondence with various parties about the report.

The 1958 Wellesley Division -Toronto General Hospital report compiled by Elsie K. Jones, Superintendent of the School, for the Department of Health Nursing branch. Also included is the site visit report by the Senior Inspector Schools of Nursing and the Supervisor Public Health Nursing, and a variety of correspondence surrounding the reports. There appears to be some correspondence from 1960 included in the with these reports - not sure as to why this was stored with the 1958 report.

The 1961-1962 Wellesley School of Nursing report compiled by Elsie K. Jones, Superintendent of the School, for the Department of Health Nursing branch. Also in the file is a copy of the annual report for 1961 presented by Elsie K. Jones for the Board of Directors of the Wellesley Hospital, and a copy of a report for the Department of Health on the title of person responsible for the administration of the educational programme.

The 1962-1963 Wellesley School of Nursing report compiled by Elsie K. Jones, Superintendent of the School, for the Department of Health Nursing branch - College of Nurses Ontario. Also in the file are copies of the annual reports for 1962-1963 and 1963-1964 presented by Elsie K. Jones for the Board of Directors of the Wellesley Hospital, and other correspondence and reports related to the running and registration of the school with various governing bodies.

The College of Nurses of Ontario annual report completed by Dorothy Arnot, Director of the Wellesley School of Nursing. Also included is correspondence and a questionnaire from the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and the Canadian Nurses' Association, two copies of the 1963-1964 annual report for the Wellesley Hospital Board of Directors by Elsie K. Jones, correspondence relating to the College of Nurses annual report, and a questionnaire about student teaching facilities from the Ontario Hospital Services Commission.

The College of Nurses of Ontario annual report for 1965-1966 completed by Dorothy Arnot, Director of the Wellesley School of Nursing. Also included in the annual reports created for the Wellesley Hospital Board of Directors for 1965-1966 (2 copies) and 1966-1967, and the Canadian Nurses' Association questionnaire about students from diploma schools of nursing.

Four copies of the annual report on the Wellesley School of Nursing by the school's assistant director of Nursing Dorothy Eden.

The College of Nurses of Ontario annual report for 1971 completed by Dorothy L. Eden, Principal at the Wellesley School of Nursing. Also in the file is information on student nurses graduating from Wellesley in 1971 and where they will be working after graduation.

Sub-series contains annual reports created by the Directors of the Wellesley School of Nursing. The majority of the reports are the ones sent to the Department of Health, and then the College of Nurses of Ontario to register the school. Included with some of these are the reports by the Department inspectors as a result of their visits to the Nursing School. The file also contains annual reports written for the Wellesley Hospital Board of Directors, and a variety of correspondence and questionnaires from other Nursing ruling bodies including the Canadian Nurses' Association and the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario.

One copy of the Spring/Summer 1986 edition (Vol. 1 No. 3) Developments newsletter put out by the Hospital's Development office.

Sub-series contains photographs taken of various milestones, events, drives, and fundraiser's held in conjunction with the Wellesley Hospital.

Photograph of a woman in a lab coat holding a Union Jack flag. She is standing in front of Union Jack curtains and a table with photographs of Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria party held at the hospital.

Photographs of staff and others participating in Red Cross blood donor clinics.

Photographs taken at the party held for Dorothea (Dodie) Elines retirement party. At the time of her retirement she was the Hospital Services co-ordinator.

Photographs found in original photo developer's envelope and inscribed "Staff Appreciation day 1984 Nov 14. Photographs from this event were all taken in the hospital's cafeteria. Not all of the photographs are of the staff appreciation day - some of the negatives show teaching and posed group photos.

Photograph of two women standing beside a table covered in food. Sign on wall (with balloons over top) gives names of residents leaving and the date, time, and location of the party "Thursday June 18, 1987 12pm-1:30pm 7-N lounge"

Photograph of a woman dancing. Back of photograph inscribed in pencil "social" "and the beat goes on...". No indication of date or event photograph was taken at.

Photographs taken at they Wellesley Hospital Nursing open house held in July of 1981.

File contains photographs of Wellesley doctor's and nurses working with patients in the Hospital. The photographs were most likely taken for promotional purposes and published in the Wellesley World magazine.

A photograph of the the lavish dining room in the original Wellesley Hospital Homewood building.

Photograph of Sir William Mulock and Wellesley physician Dr. Marlowe at the opening of the new wing of the Wellesley Hospital on August 27, 1912.

File contains a series of miscellaneous photographs. Three of the prints are of a spread of nursing magazines; one is of an "Innovations in Nursing" display in the hospital's front lobby; one is a composite with the central image of the nurses choir with smaller images of older people; and the final photograph is of six children in the yard of a house.

Series consists of Reports created by various departments and organizations in the Wellesley Hospital. Included are annual reports from the Wellesley Auxiliary, The Board of Governors, and the Research Institute.

Year in Review and later annual reports put out by the Wellesley Hospital and its Board of Governors. Included in the file are:
Year in Review 1976 (1)
Year in Review 1977-1978 (1)
Year in Review 1980-1981 (1)
Year in Review 1982-1983 (1)
Year in Review 1983-1984 (1)
Annual Report 1985-1986 (1)
Annual Report 1987-1988 (1)
Annual Report 1989-1990 (2)
Annual Report 1991-1992 supplement (1)

File contains brochures created to give the reader information about the hospital as a whole. Included are four brochures from 1967 designed to be a "tour" of the hospital, and brochures from 1976, 1976, and 1988 that would have been given to people coming to The Wellesley for treatment.

Series contains items and files related to various events held by The Wellesley Hospital. Included events are long service awards, the Wellesley Auxiliary anniversary, the 25 year club, and the cornerstone laying and grand opening of the Medical Building.

File contains programs for the Hospital's 25 year club celebrations. First introduced in 1969, the dinner has been held almost every year since then. Included are two programs from the May 9, 1988 dinner held at the Four Season's Hotel, one from the May 4, 1993 event also held at the Four Season's hotel, and one from the September 30, 1997 dinner held at The King Edward Hotel.

File contains 2 brochures for The Wellesley Hospital's 22nd annual clinical day held at the Inn on the Park Wednesday March 27, 1991. Dr. David Suzuki was the Herbert and Angela Bruce lecturer that year.

The Nursing Task Force at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute was organized in response to the January 1973 memorandum regarding the integration of Hospital School's of Nursing into Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology. The task force formed in July of 1973. Ryerson Vice President Administration George Korey was the chairman and was composted of representatives all institutions involved. It's purpose was to guide the integration of the nursing schools from The Wellesley Hospital, Sick Children's Hospital, and Women's College Hospital into Ryerson's nursing program. Three working committees were established: Committee on Curriculum and Clinical Facilities; Committee on Teacher-student Affairs and Internal Resources; and Administrative and Finance Committee all overseen by an executive committee.
File contains a copy of the final report of the task force published in January of 1974, and one copy of appendix f - Nursing Task Force meeting minutes.

Information regarding the Nursing Education funds post integration into the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology.

A variety of materials including stationary, cards, a cassette tape and general information about the hospital.

File contains a press release from The Wellesley Hospital about grants awarded to the Ross Tilley Burn Centre, and an advertisement for the 9th annual Cabbagetown mini marathon which was giving half the money raised to the Ross Tilley Burn Centre.

A memorandum from the directors of Nursing Services to all departments and all nursing units. Memo contains the names and phone numbers for all nursing services staff.

An audiocassette recording of The Wellesley Hospital staff choir singing Christmas carols.

Sub-series contains artifacts included dinnerware, flatware, condiment containers, teapots, and other items related to food service for patients and staff at The Wellesley Hospital.

Small blue and white china saucer with fluted edge. Blue line and flower pattern along rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on one side.

Blue and white china dinner plate. Blue line and flower pattern along rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on one side.

White and blue china condiment dish and lid. Plate attached to bottom. Blue line and flower pattern around rim of lid, top of dish and around edge of attached plate. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is on one side of dish. Lid handle is embellished with gold, and lid has small opening for spoon.

White and blue china small pitcher with blue line and flower pattern around rim. The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is on one side. Handle has gold embellishment.

Silver single serve teapot with The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms is stamped on one side. Lid is hinged with ball top handle.

Silver condiment stand with two spots for decanters. Tall loop handle and The Wellesley Hospital coat of arms on a plaque on the front. Two small glass decanters with fancy glass stopper tops.

RG 946.02.12.01.03.11.01 decanter
RG 946.02.12.01.03.11.02 decanter
RG 946.02.12.01.03.11.03 stand