Arrangement and Description of Peterborough’s Historical Hospital Records

Includes: Final Report

By Rebecca Lindsay

Completed for: Peterborough Museum and Archive Supervising Professor: Sharon Beaucage-Johnson, Trent University Trent Centre for Community-Based Education

Department: Forensics Course Code: 4890Y Course Name: Forensic Community-Based Education Research Project Term: Fall/Winter 2011-12 Date of Project Submission: April 2012

Project ID: 4219

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Table of Contents

Abstract ...... 3 Acknowledgements ...... 4 Ket Research Terms ...... 5 Introduction ...... 6 Methods ...... 10 Results ...... 15 Conclusion ...... 19 Literature Cited ...... 24 Appendix 1 ...... 25

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Abstract

Since 1885, there have been four Protestant hospitals in Peterborough, Ontario – Moira Hall, Nicholls Hospital, Peterborough Civic Hospital (PCH) and Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC). The administration records of these hospitals have been collected into the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Archives along with material from independent hospital organizations such as the Women’s Auxiliary, School of Nursing Alumnae and the Museum and Archives Collection. The majority of the material within the archive was received from the administrative body of which the records originated and secondarily from private donors; the records are currently located at the Peterborough Museum and Archives. The hospital archive was divided into fonds at the main level description, then sous-fonds as subcategories followed by series as the lowest level of description. The research project objectives include creating an inventory of the material to serve as a finding aid, arranging the material in an accessible manner by grouping similar records together and to write archival descriptions to describe the archive contents in detail.

A complete inventory was produced of the hospital archive material, indicating the basic content and location of any particular record. Also the Museum and Archives Collection archival descriptions were completed and the material was simultaneously arranged. Archival descriptions and the arrangement process still remains to be completed for the PRHC Fonds, Women’s Auxiliary Fonds and the School of Nursing Alumnae Fonds. In summary, the organization of the hospital records allows for greater accessibility of material for research purposes.

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Acknowledgements I would like to thank everyone that helped me in the process of working on my research project. First and foremost to Mary Charles at the Peterborough Museum and Archives who put up with my constant questioning and confusion throughout the entire experience. Thank you for answering my questions patiently and constantly; it has been a pleasure working with you and I have learned so much about archiving with your help. In addition, it has been a pleasure to work with everyone at the Peterborough Museum and Archives – namely Kim, Cindy, Susan – with whom great conversations were had over lunch. Second, I would like to say thank you to Sharon Beaucage-Johnson, my course instructor. Thank you for the constant encouragement and motivation talks on Monday mornings; I do not think I would have been able to stay sane doing this project without you. A thank you as well to Marjorie McDonald from the Trent Community-Based Education Program for all your help throughout this past year.

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Key Research Terms

Accession – 1. The act of transferring legal and physical control of records and papers to the archives or records centre. 2. The materials which have been transferred to the archives

Archival description – An overall report on the content and history of the records in a collection/fonds.

Arrangement – The act and result of physically organizing records in accordance with archival principles. This process includes sorting, packing in file folders and boxes, labelling and shelving.

Catalogue/Inventory – To organize information about records according to a specific classification system such as subject, author, date or place.

Fonds – Records or papers of a particular individual, institution or organization, ledgers, maps etc.

Records – Recorded information, regardless of physical format or characteristics; ie notebook, looseleaf, photographs, etc.

Series – Records or groups of records arranged in accordance with a particular filing system or maintained as a unit because of their relationship to one another. Ex: Minutes of meetings from the Board of Directors at Civic Hospital.

Sous-fond – Related material within a record group, usually composed of the records of a sub- administrative unit.

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Introduction In 1885, Moira Hall was established as the first private Protestant Hospital in Peterborough, Ontario for the citizens of the county and surrounding areas (1). Due to the limited space and the high demand for hospital bed availability, Nicholls Hospital was built to replace Moira Hall five years later in 1885 by the trust fund of Charlotte Jane Nicholls (1) at which time Moira Hall ceased to exist as a hospital. Mrs. Nicholls was the wife of a successful merchant in Peterborough; she donated part of her fortune to the construction of the public hospital institution in memory of her late husband (1). This privately-financed hospital existed until 1944 when the private trust fund could no longer support Nicholls Hospital and the hospital was forced to go to the city for financial support . At this point, Nicholls Hospital was superseded by the Peterborough Civic Hospital (PCH), a private hospital no longer and was rebuilt in 1950 to provide more bed space (2). The Catholic Hospital in Peterborough – the St. Joseph’s Health Centre – was built in 1890 that provided health care to all individuals. Over the years, St. Joseph’s and Nicholls or PCH have been corroborative in their health care provisions to the public, such as the transfer of the paediatric unit from St. Joseph’s to Civic Hospital and the development of the cooperative emergency department (3). Due to increased population growth within Peterborough and surrounding area, negotiations were undertaken between PCH and St. Joseph’s to merge the two institutions to enable the building of a new hospital – Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC). PRHC was built in the late 1990s and opened officially in 2008 (4). The Peterborough Civic Hospital and the St. Joseph’s Catholic Hospital were subsequently closed. At present day, the PRHC exists as the primary health center for the Peterborough and surrounding areas.

Since the opening of the first hospital, administrative records have been produced and subsequently filed. When board meetings, executive and administrative meetings or committee meetings occur, records are made of the proceedings. The records included information such as what was discussed, what decisions were made and copies of reports that were presented. The administrative information was maintained by the organization over the years. Along with this material, material of personal value – tokens and memorabilia of hospital events or 7

organizations – have been collected by individuals. Over time, the hospital records have accumulated and been collected into an archive currently in the process of being acquired by the Peterborough Museum and Archives which is located on Hunter Street in Peterborough, Ontario. A relatively small public organization, the Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA) collects memories within the community. The objective of the PMA is to preserve, present and make accessible the heritage and culture of Peterborough and surrounding area for the education and enjoyment of both residents and visitors (5). With the assistance of the PMA, I have worked on the Peterborough Hospital Archives research project with the objective of determining the contents of the hospital archive and developing archival descriptions for the hospital records recently acquired.

Previously, the PRHC Archive had been organized at the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives, located within the hospital, by a committee of volunteer archivists. This committee acquired all material donated and then organized the records according to accession number, as any archival institution would acquire and document records. However, the concept of archival appraisal – the evaluation of relevancy to the hospital history of all donated material – was not prevalent in the accessioning of the hospital material. This has resulted in the accumulation of replicated documents. While the initial method used to organize the Hospital Archive gives a general sense of the fonds/collection content, the archive is not organized in the most concise way. Within the past five years, approximately 50-80 feet of these hospital records have been acquired by the Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA). The materials within the PRHC fonds at the Peterborough Hospital Museum & Archives have been transferred from the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives – an organization that contained only hospital- related records – to a larger institution at the PMA where they have become just one more fonds/collection amongst approximately 1720 other fonds. For this current research project, the eventual aim will be the reorganization and description of the hospital records existing at the PMA starting with a general overview of the hospital operation and proceeding to individual hospital departments. The organization process will begin with a detailed 8

inventory of all records currently in possession of the PMA, followed by the development of archival descriptions and simultaneously, the physical arrangement of material.

Many types of material exist within the PRHC archive. This includes, but is not limited to, meeting minutes of hospital committees, photographs, nursing lecture notes, and correspondence. Within the hospital records currently at the PMA there exist both private and administrative material. Private donations were given to the hospital archive and the PMA is striving to maintain the integrity of these donations that have personal value to the donating individual – such as a yearbook or lecture notes – whereas administrative records of the hospital are official business documentation produced by the institution. The material will be arranged for the purpose of developing archival descriptions. Archival descriptions are an overall explanation of the content and history of the material contained within the fonds/collection; they function as a background for researchers to understand the organization of the hospital fonds/collection.

Fonds is a term commonly used to describe archival material. It is the records or papers of a particular individual, family, business (including governmental bodies) or organization. The records that will be processed will be described overall as the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) fonds. The fonds will be divided into sous-fonds – sub-categories – and then again into series which are records or groups of records arranged in accordance with a particular relationship to one another. These terms will be used frequently within this report.

The main objective of this research project is to develop an understanding of the hospital organization based on the records held in the archive. This will allow for researchers to explore the social science and relations of the Peterborough public with the health care system provided over an extended period of time. Furthermore, information such as the evolution of the hospitals, the financial status of employees and citizens, prevalent diseases at a given time period, nursing employment status and other relevant history to Peterborough County will be discovered. Developing archival descriptions of the material within the archive summarizes the 9

information available for researchers or people in the community to easily access. The research project of developing archival histories for the PRHC hospital archive will unveil information about the medical history of Peterborough County and City.

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Methods The first step of the archiving process was to produce an inventory of all material within the PRHC fonds. All material was physically examined and documented according to the box number location in which it was received into the Peterborough Museum and Archives to determine the content of the archive; the boxes were labelled 1 through 100. The Information recorded included: the name of the donor or where the material originated, the dates of creation, an identifying description (ie blue duo-tang report title: Master’s Program) and the box number location. Box location is one of the most important aspects of the inventory because it functions as a finding aid. This allows for processing archivists to easily find and access material quickly. In the inventory process, identical duplicates, when present, were removed and destroyed. Reference items – information based material such as text-books, histories and compilations of information – were removed to a vertical file library. Reference material is secondary source information for use as general research or interest. Similarly, newspaper clippings were removed to a vertical file to be organized by an undetermined method at a later date. This type of reference material was considered secondary in nature and offered little additional information to the hospitals history that could not be obtained in other primary sources. The processing of the newspaper clippings will occur later due to the time constraints of the current research project to organize the hospital archives; the organization method is currently unknown because neither the variety nor quantity of newspaper clippings has been assessed to determine the most efficient method.

As a result of the completed inventory, I determined what records and materials were present to identify those that are absent, providing a comprehensive inventory. The inventory and subsequent description serves to provide intellectual control over the records. Intellectual control refers to knowledge of the location and content within the fonds. From this list, I determined how best to arrange the materials in an organized manner that allowed for the descriptions to go from a general to a specific level of detail. The inventory also allowed me to determine what records should be arranged according to what hospital and department they corresponded. Furthermore, the complete inventory and archival descriptions will be utilized as 11

the documentation for the accession process1 and the additional receiving of material currently residing at the PRHC Museum and Archives at the hospital. Also, material that will remain in the PRHC fonds is decided based on its relevancy to the Peterborough County and hospital community. Some records may not be kept and returned to PRHC for disposal should they be deemed to offer little to the knowledge or understanding of the history of the hospitals.

Next, I determined how best to organize the PRHC fonds. The archival descriptions will begin at the most general level, providing the most basic overview of the hospital. Further descriptions included increasingly more specific information as it progressed to the series level. No information included in the highest level of organization was described in the lower levels thus avoiding redundancy. For example, specific information pertaining to a committee would be described in the lower levels of organization – the series – and therefore not described in any detail at the highest level – the fonds – other than to mention that the committee exists. The records acquired from the PRHC M&A were divided into four fonds: PRHC, Women’s Auxiliary, School of Nursing Alumnae and the Museum & Archives Collection. I will first describe the organization process of the PRHC fonds, followed by the Women’s Auxiliary fonds and the School of Nursing Alumnae fonds and finally the Museum & Archives Collection.

The PRHC fonds was sub-divided into sous fonds; These included Moira Hall, Nicholls Hospital, Peterborough Civic Hospital and Peterborough Regional Health Centre. Some information was provided from St. Joseph’s Catholic Hospital as well and will be included as a sous-fonds in the PRHC fonds. Next, each sous-fonds has corresponding series. Series include individual departments within the hospital as well as the Board of Governors and committees. The Board of Governors, being the ultimate authority in the hospital are described first at the series level. This provides the most general description of the hospital operation as an organization. The Board of Governors function to make decisions concerning hospital policy and administration, and it is to this board that all board committees within the hospital are

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responsible to. The administration committees and other departments of the hospital are described next, providing more information regarding hospital function. Hospital administration descriptions include reports from lower level committees. Each department represents a series and includes descriptions of their duties and responsibilities that relate specifically to them.

The Women’s Auxiliary existed as a separate entity from the proceedings of the hospital administration; therefore it is the Women’s Auxiliary fonds. The organization follows the same format as that of the PRHC fonds, but proceeds from the fonds level description to the series level description. The organization starts with the Board of Directors, a general description of their operation, and subsequently progresses to the description of the Auxiliary committees.

The School of Nursing Alumnae fonds are also an organization that operates independently from the hospital. They possess their own executive and administration committees. Again, the Alumnae fonds proceeds from the fonds level description to the series level description of their individual committees since there is only one alumnae organization for the nursing schools of all hospitals.

Private donations are described within the Hospital Museum and Archives Collection. It is a collection due to the variety of materials collected concerning a wide range of topics and large number of donors. The collection will proceed directly to the series level where each individual’s materials are a series level archival description, detailing the contents they donated.

For every fonds, sous fonds and series within the PRHC fonds I will create an archival description. The descriptions are based on the inventory developed during the inventory phase. Each description includes all of the components outlined below as regulated by the Rules for Archival Description (RAD) guidelines (6). Included is a title, based on the contents of the material. For this project, the title is “PRHC fonds.”

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Next, a custodial history is presented which involves describing all of the locations where the material had been stored or located and where it originated. The custodial history maintains the integrity of the material to ensure the authenticity of the records. A custodial history is analogous to a chain of custody in a forensic situation. Following the custodial history is either the biographical history or the administrative history. The biographical history I included in private donation archival descriptions and it provides a brief biography on the person(s) who donated the material. The administrative history, however, provides the history of the organization or cooperation, rather than the individual or family. The archival descriptions format also includes the dates of creation which provide a time-line context to the records. A physical description is established next for the archival description. It acts as the inventory for the fonds or collection being described. Within the physical description section was the type of content and dimensions if applicable; for example, it might resemble “400 photographs, 1 meter of textural material, 2 VHS videos.” The presence of the physical description allows for the easy identification of content within a fonds or collection for research purposes. It also indicates to a researcher or individual how much material they should prepare to observe, which helps to narrow the search process for the desired information and time manage their research. The last aspect of the archival descriptions is the scope and content; this is a detailed description of what kind of information can be found in the material within a given fonds/collection. Essentially, it summarizes important content within the given set material.

The last process of this research project is to arrange the materials in an organized manner. This involves determining what materials exist in what location (inventory) and then physically arranging – re-housing – them into relevant categories. The categories are the series levels as described above. In an archival sense, this is referred to as physical control. Material that is dated is arranged chronologically, with like materials grouped together (for example, all minutes for the medical and surgical committee), which ensures greater accessibility of the hospital records. The arrangement process I will complete simultaneously with the description 14

process – on an as-touched basis – to ensure that all material of a similar nature is located in the same archival box and also to reduce the processing time of the hospital archive as a whole.

The information summarized from the archival descriptions will allow the information available for study to be more accessible to a greater proportion of people. Knowledge of the exact content and location of specific material will be available, providing a useful reference tool and finding aid.

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Results

During the process of working on the research project of organizing the Peterborough Hospital Archive, I completed a comprehensive inventory of the material and records within the archive; the inventory now functions as a finding aid for the PRHC archive. Within the archive, I organized the material into 4 fonds; those being the PRHC fonds - which includes the 5 sous- fonds: Moira Hall, Nicholls Hospital, Peterborough Civic Hospital, Peterborough Regional Health Centre and St. Joseph’s Catholic Health Centre – the Women’s Auxiliary, the School of Nursing Alumnae and the Hospital Museum and Archives Collection. Each inventory reflects the fonds, sous-fonds, and series level of descriptions (refer to appendix I). By processing the material I determined that the Women’s Auxiliary and the School of Nursing Alumnae were independent organizations from the hospital – possessing their own executive and committees – and therefore needed to be described independently from the main hospital institution. Also, I determined that each hospital should be described as a sous-fond rather than a continuous organization of superseded hospitals – which was considered an option to describe the archive. Although there is some overlap of hospital committees when Nicholls Hospital became PCH and when PCH merged with St. Joseph’s, there is enough of a distinction of the hospitals as independent institutions to describe them as such; this was indicated through the production of the inventory and analysis of the archive records.

When writing archival descriptions, only the Hospital Museum and Archives Collection was completed beyond the fonds level description; the PRHC fonds, School of Nursing Alumnae fonds and the Women’s Auxiliary fonds have only a fonds level archival description to provide a general overview of each respective collection of material. All private donations within the Hospital Museum and Archives Collection were described according to the RAD guidelines (refer to appendix II); in total, there are fifty-four series-level archival descriptions. The Hospital Museum and Archive Collection includes all material of personal significance that was independently donated to the hospital archive. I completed the arrangement process at the same time as writing the archival descriptions by re-housing the material into newly labelled archival boxes to provide better accessibility of the items; as a result, there exist six archival 16

boxes – which translates to approximately 75cm of textural records – for the Hospital Museum and Archives Collection. I found that a good majority of the privately donated material is of either from the Nicholls Hospital Training School of Nursing or the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing and the School of Nursing Alumnae which offers a lot of insight into the organization, and teaching methods of the nursing schools over time. It is the third largest fonds in the hospital archives, following the PRHC fonds and the Women’s Auxiliary fonds in size. Archival descriptions for the remaining fonds – PRHC, Women’s Auxiliary and the School of Nursing Alumnae fonds – have not been completed beyond the fonds level description; however a general sense of the type of information within these fonds can be determined from the completed inventory.

The PRHC fonds is the largest of the four fonds found in the hospital archives since it contains material from the five hospital sous-fonds. Moira Hall, the first sous-fonds of the PRHC fonds, contains very little material due primarily to its short existence of 5 years between 1885 and 1890. The Moira Hall sous-fonds consists mainly of photographs of the building and of the nursing superintendants. Nicholls Hospital is a slightly larger sous-fonds of the PRHC fonds and has three series: Legal, School of Nursing Committee and Finance Committee (refer to table 3, appendix II). The largest sous-fonds of the PRHC fonds is the Peterborough Civic Hospital which comprises the majority of the hospital archive. PCH sous-fonds has approximately 21 series of various committees such as the Finance Committee, Medical and Surgical Committee, Nutrition Committee, Board of Governors and many others (refer to table 2, appendix II). The majority of material exists in the form of committee meeting minutes which documents the proceedings of meetings over time. Within the meeting minutes are departmental and committee reports; correspondence is another type of record that is frequently observed in the PCH sous-fonds. Besides these records, other material such as photographs, programmes and informational booklets is included in the sous-fonds. The fourth hospital – Peterborough Regional Health Centre – is a relatively recent hospital, and therefore its sous-fonds is also small, comparable in size to the Nicholls Hospital sous-fonds (refer to table 4, appendix II). PRHC sous-fonds material 17

is primarily photographs and informational pamphlets of the new building that describe the new facilities available.

The second largest fonds within the hospital archive is the Women’s Auxiliary fonds which has approximately 11 series (refer to table 5, appendix II). Some examples of the series include the Executive Committee, the Volunteering Committee and the Finance Committee. The Women’s Auxiliary is mainly represented in the archive by the committee meeting minutes, reports and correspondence that occurred in this organization.

The last fonds is the Nicholls School of Nursing Alumnae fonds. The Nursing Alumnae from both the Nicholls Hospital and the Peterborough Civic Hospital developed an organization independent of the hospital to celebrate fellow nurses as they progressed in their careers. A relatively small fonds – of comparable size to the Nicholls Hospital sous-fonds – there are four series: the series are Graduation Events, Newsletters, Legal and Administration. Information concerning the alumnae is depicted in information booklets, committee minute meetings, photographs and graduation programmes among other types of material (refer to table 6, appendix II).

Due to the creation of the inventory, gaps in the hospital material – manifested as missing records – can be determined by the dates of creation of the material; therefore the material can be recovered from the records remaining to be transferred to the PMA from the PRHC M&A to complete the series in question if they are available. The type of material most easily identified as missing was meeting minutes and annual reports. Some correspondence files were identified as incomplete as well. From the Peterborough Civic Hospital sous-fonds, Finance Committee meeting minutes from 1951, and 1953 to 1958 were not found to be present in the hospital archive. Also from the finance series, were incomplete records of the finance committee balance sheets; the 1951 records were not present. The finance committee payment recommendations of the year 1949 were also missing from the finance series. The legal series had apparent gaps in the By-laws Committee meeting minute records from the 18

years 1971-72 and between 1974 and 1982. Other meeting minutes were found to be absent including the Executive Committee meetings between the years of 1948 and 1950 and again between 1953 and 1955 and the Administration Committee meetings between 1978 and 1993. In addition are the Labour-Management Advisory Committee meeting minutes that were determined missing between the years of 1959 to 1984 and 1988 to 1990. Some correspondence was also found have missing files such as for the correspondence that occurred with the Board of Governors; there was no indication of the records for 1949 and 1951 to 1974.

Also established were the gaps in the hospital archive records within the Women’s Auxiliary fonds. For example, the Auxiliary Executive Committee meeting minutes are absent for the years 1983 to 1993 as well as from 1996 to 1997. Other records – primarily meeting minutes – are incomplete including the Auxiliary Annual Meeting, Auxiliary General Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting. This was determined by assessing the records that are present in the hospital archives through the production of the inventory. By knowing what records are absent and what series are incomplete, the request and transfer of material currently located at the PRHC M&A to the PMA can be done to complete the hospital archive.

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Conclusion

The first objective of my research project at the PMA of organizing the hospital archive was to complete a comprehensive inventory of the material in possession of the PMA; I completed this step first by documenting the information into notebooks and then transcribing them into an electronic copy. Creating the inventory was an important and necessary step – one that took the longest to complete – for two reasons. First, going through all of the material so thoroughly allowed me to become familiar with what types of records were present in the archive. I developed an ability to easily recognize certain items and know what fonds or sous- fonds they belonged to upon sight and also to determine the association and relationship of two types of material to each other if they were observed in different locations. This familiarization also allowed me to recognize the presence of duplicate copies of materials which could then be removed from the archive. Second, the inventory acts as a finding aid for items within the archive. Before the compilation of the inventory, there was no master list of the material; having a list allows for increased accessibility of the material since its exact location is now known. In addition, the inventory allows me to observe gaps in the records. For example, the inventory may indicate that there are records of the minutes for the Board of Governors at Civic Hospital from 1945-1970 and 1975-1990. By knowing that these records are present, it can be easily observed that the meeting minutes are missing between 1970 and 1975; from this, the missing records can be requested from the PRHC M&A – which still possesses material from the hospital archive – to complete the collection currently located at the PMA. Overall, although this step is time-consuming, it is also very necessary for the continuation and later completion of the organization of the hospital archive.

The gaps in the material of the hospital archive were indicated by the dates of creation on the records. Primarily, data such as meeting minutes were easily identified as having missing records from a particular series; this is likely because official meetings were regular and scheduled with dates on every document. Meeting minutes are the most important information to have complete records since they provide the most information concerning the administrative operation of the hospitals. Minutes often have committee and administrative 20

reports associated with them which can also provide insight into the hospital operation at the highest level of control, the Board of Governors, or at the Committee level. It can be difficult to determine if any of these reports are missing from the minutes unless the record is directly mentioned in the minute document as being present from the record. I found that a lot of the meeting minutes had mention of reports that were not present with the record, or conversely, there would be reports attached to the minutes of which there was no mention of. This could be due to the mis-filing of the report or potentially its presence was not recorded on the official document. It was more difficult to determine the incompleteness of correspondence records due to the irregular and unpredictable nature of sending and receiving mail. In addition, although certain years can be established as absent from materials of a particular series, if it is unknown when any given committee was established or concluded, it is difficult to determine what records are missing and which to acquire. Committees may have changed names during the course of their existence, new committees may have been established and previous committees may have been deemed insignificant and thus terminated. A thorough analysis of all material within the hospital archive would need to occur to determine with any certainty the life-span of certain committees.

The second and third objectives were to develop archival descriptions for all of the fonds, sous-fonds and series within the hospital archives and arrange the material by grouping similar types of material together, in an accessible manner. Extensive archival descriptions and arrangement were completed only for the Hospital Museum and Archives Collection and of the other fonds, only a fonds-level archival description of the entire collection of material was completed which provides a general overview of the type of content within each fonds. Approximately fifty-four series-level archival descriptions were developed for the Hospital Museum and Archives Collection following the Rules for Archival Description (RAD) – the guideline for the process of writing archival descriptions (6). RAD guidelines are used by all archivists in Canada; this provides a relatively standardized method of writing descriptions so that archivists and researchers across the nation can easily understand how to research any archive in the country. As a result of completing the archival descriptions of the Hospital 21

Museum and Archives Collection, the contents within each series are described in detail which allows a researcher to decrease amount of time required to find a specific item within a series or the archive. Descriptions provide an indication on the size of the series that allow researchers to schedule their time accordingly; ie. more time will need to be spent studying larger groups of records.

The final objective of developing archival descriptions for the entire hospital archive and arranging the material in an accessible manner was not fully completed upon the conclusion of my research project with the PMA; only approximately 5 feet of material of a total of 50-80 feet of material was completed processed. Archival descriptions at the series level, and re-housing still needs to occur for the PRHC fonds, the Women’s Auxiliary fonds and the School of Nursing Alumnae fonds.

Some aspects of the archiving process that I found difficult were first, the immense size of the hospital archive. Overall, there were approximately 100 archival boxes of material that needed to be inventoried; at times it was exhausting to go through so many records. Since the exact location of all items was previously unknown, every item had to be documented to some degree of recognisability – oftentimes, this was the name of the report itself or the date of a committee meeting. When there were over 100 similar documents, I found it tedious to record the date of each record despite its necessity. Second, there were many duplicate copies of some records, and not always in the same location. Usually, duplicates needed to be recognized by memory: the entire archive was inventoried over the course of a semester, so records that I observed on the first day in box 001 could have been duplicated in box 100 on one of the last days of the inventory process. It was therefore necessary to become very familiar with the material within the archive and due to the sheer size of the archive, this was an incredibly difficult feat. Another aspect of my research project that I found difficult was the seemingly random locations of similar records. At the PRHC P&M, records were accessioned according to when they arrived at the organization; therefore should the Finance Committee donate, for example, 10 years of their meeting minutes and then a few years later donate another 10 years 22

for archiving, both sections would be given different accession numbers and put into different boxes. Having to determine what records belonged with what committee and assessing the relationship of that material back to records I may have seen days or weeks earlier was one of the more difficult parts of organizing the hospital archive.

For future archiving projects that begin with producing an inventory of material (in cases where the contents of the archive are already recorded, this is unnecessary) it would be more efficient to initially record the inventory electronically and organize it by a pre-determined electronic data-table system in the process of first going through the material. When I went through the boxes of the hospital archives, I recorded the materials that I observed in a notebook and then subsequently transcribed the list into an electronic copy. If the handwritten inventory step were eliminated, then the items on the list could be organized as they are observed by fonds and sous-fonds. Column titles for data tables could be pre-decided to determine what type of information from each item should be collected and ensures that the same information is collected every time. By immediately creating an electronic inventory, the item in question will be classified into the correct category without potentially misidentifying it in the notebook and incorrectly classify it upon transfer.

One of the primary future research objectives of the hospital archive research project would be to complete all of the archival descriptions for the entire hospital archive – including the sous-fonds and series level descriptions, as well as to finish arranging the material so that it is easily accessible to researchers. By completing this process, more material that currently remains at the PRHC M&A can be transferred to the PMA to be joined with the hospital archive. The transfer of more material will cause the archive to be more complete and comprehensive of information that can subsequently be made available for research. Further, to make the information even more accessible, it would be advantageous to organize information chronologically within any given series; for example, the folders containing correspondence currently are unorganized and could be arranged according to date, subject, recipient, or others. In addition, there was a pre-existent collection of material from Nicholls Hospital 23

Nursing School found at the PMA; this can be reviewed along with the hospital archive with the objective to eliminate duplication with the hospital archive material.

Another potential for future projects involves a statistical study that was found in the hospital archive. The study occurred between 1959 and 1964 and outlines the types of diseases and conditions that occurred among patients at an unknown number of hospitals. Most of the statistic cards are coded for location, patient and how the disease presented and treated in the patient. It would be interesting to summarize the study and do research into what hospital the disease was encountered at and determine the most common forms of presentation and common methods for treatment. A study of this nature would provide great insight into the types of diseases that were prevalent during the time which could allow the potential to make certain inferences about the city – such as the health status of the area, socio-economic status of those infected, and the medical advancements of the time period. There is a great amount of material and information within the hospital archive that could allow for the development of many future projects; however the scope and detail of the hospital archive material is still not fully known.

To summarize the hospital archive research project I worked on at the Peterborough Museum and Archives, a complete and comprehensive inventory was produced of all material within the archive, archival descriptions were written and arrangement occurred for the Hospital Museum and Archives Collection. The other three fonds within the Hospital Archive – PRHC fonds, School of Nursing Alumnae fonds and Women’s Auxiliary fonds – were not arranged nor had archival descriptions written. The completion of the archival descriptions could be completed during a future project which would allow a detailed account of all records within the hospital archives and the easy accessibility of the material as a research tool.

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Literature Cited 1. Town council meeting: Charlotte Jane Nicholls. 1890. Peterborough Museum and Archives, Peterborough Hospital Archives: PRHC M&A Box 028.

2. A Brief History of Peterborough Civic Hospital. 1983. Peterborough Museum and Archives, Peterborough Hospital Archives: PRHC M&A Box 028.

3. Amalgamation of Hospital Services in Peterborough: A Report. Jan, 1973. Peterborough Museum and Archives, Peterborough Hospital Archives: PRHC M&A Box 029.

4. http://www.prhc.on.ca/Site%20Map/Our%20History.aspx.

5. http://www.peterboroughmuseumandarchives.ca/museum_about.htm.

6. Bureau of Canadian Archivists. Rules for archival description. Ottawa:Canadian library association, 1990.

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Appendix I

Appendix I is the condensed inventory of the hospital archives. Table 1 outlines the contents of the Hospital Museum and Archives Collection – the private donations of personal significance made to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives. Included in the inventory is the series title, which reflects the individual that donated the items, what the item is, the date(s) it was created and the box number of the temporary location. The order of entries in the content column of Table 1 is in no particular order due to the infrequency of similar material in a single series. Table 1 is outlined on pages II-VII.

Tables 2 through 4 are material inventories of the sous-fonds from the PRHC Fonds. The sous-fonds are PCH, Nicholls and PRHC, respectively, occupying pages VIII-XVII of appendix I. Collectively these sous-fonds constitute the largest proportion of the hospital archive as the PRHC Fonds. The series of these institutions are organized by committee within the hospital institution. The contents column are not organized in a particular manner other than by series due to the diverse nature of the material – these tables will be refined upon completion of the archival descriptions as there will be a better understanding of the detailed content of the material.

The inventory for the Women’s Auxiliary Fonds is reflected in table 5 on page XVIII. Similar to the PRHC Fonds, the series are divided into committees and organizations that exist within the Auxiliary, and the contents column is not organized in a particular way – other than by the series – due to the variety of material that exists for a particular series.

The last table – table 6, on page XXII – is the inventory of material for the School of Nursing Alumnae Fonds. Although a relatively small collection of material, the series are again organized according to the committees that exist within the Alumnae.

In general, every item or group of items is assigned a box number and temporary location. Table 1 indicates that the material within the Museum and Archive Collection is II

located in boxes labelled ‘PRHC’ whereas the material for the other three fonds is located in boxes labelled ‘PRHC M&A.’ This reflects the re-housing and arrangement process of the material that has been completed processed; the material within the boxes ‘PRHC’ has been completed and the material within the ‘PRHC M&A’ boxes still remains to be processed. III

Table 1 – Hospital Museum and Archives Collection; Private Donations Series Inventory of Material Series Content Quantity Dates of Creation Location Lena Lecture Notes 1 Archival 1924-1931 PRHC Box Rodgers Box 001 Harry Yearbooks 4 1956-57, 1965, PRHC Box Stoffers 1968, 1973 002 PCH Hutchison Wing Opening 1 1961 Programme Photographs 10 Unknown Graduation Exercises 3 1932, 1950-51 Hospital Statements: John 1 1937 McColl Nicholls School of Nursing 4 1899-1928 Activity Duty Book Nicholls School of Nursing 1 1893-1953 Graduation Book Nicholls Hospital Postcards 3 Unknown PCH School of Nursing 1 Unknown Information Booklet Letter 1 1936 Cookbook 1 Unknown Lorna PRHC Opening Information Book 1 ca. 2000 PRHC Whittaker Review for PCH Board of 1 1981 M&A Box Governors 003 & 004 Marion White Cap News Bulletin 25 1963-68 PRHC Box Logan 003 Marion Christmas Card 1 Unknown PRHC Box Seymour School of Nursing Information 1 1959 003 Kerr Booklet Lois Photograph 1 Unknown PRHC Box Ephgrave 003 Brigitte Nurses News Bulletin 1 ca. 1956 PRHC Box Kurowski- Photographs of Nurses 3 Unknown 003 Wilson Newspaper Clippings: PCH 2 1959 Employees Student Nurses Information 1 1965 Booklet Graduation Exercises 1 1958 Willene Photographs 13 Unknown PRHC Box Gillis 003 Edna Bent Acta Studentium: Yearbook 1 1940-41 PRHC Box Nicholls Hospital Floor Plan: 1 Unknown 003 IV

Hutchison Wing Edna Bent Nicholls Nurses Graduation 1 1939 PRHC Box Photograph 003 Carolee Coil Bound Book: Memories of 1 1953-55 PRHC Box Margaret Training Days 003 Huffman Natalina PCH Postcard 1 ca. 1950 PRHC Box Vitarelli 003 Ray Bishop PCH Calendar with History 1 1963 PRHC Box 003 Linda Long Service Awards 2 1994-95 PRHC Box Matthews Programme 003 Photographs 4 1994-95 Carol Class of 1963 Reunion Flyer 1 1998 PRHC Box Gamble Northumberland Heights 1 ca. 1998 003 Country Inn Brochure Examination Time Tables 1 1960 White Cap News Bulletin 1 1998 Yearbook Pages 2 1963 Nicholls Nurses Allumnae 1 2000 Association Constitution Yearbooks 1 1963 (Marked) Newspaper Articles 2 Unknown Judy St. Josephs Hospital Nurses 1 1985 PRHC Box Marshall Allumnae Constitution 003 Carol Photographs 5 1984 & 2004 PRHC Box Pearson 003 Annie Graduation Photograph 1 1937 PRHC Box Knox- 003 Renwick Karen Photographs: PRHC 11 2003 PRHC Box Dunford 003 Edna Business Card 1 1930 PRHC Box Campbell Hospital Statements 3 1923-1926 003 Marie Brochure on Breastfeeding 1 1997 PRHC Box Adamcryck Essay on Concrete Test Tubes 1 2001 003 Mignon Hospital Statements 1 1914 PRHC Box Maynard 003 Jean Weary Photos of Nurses baseball team 1 1947 PRHC Box Veale 003 Wayne Photographs 30 ca. 2000 PRHC Box Little Negatives 4 a. 2000 003 V

Linda Photographs 12 1950s PRHC Box Peters 003 Judy Report of Facilitator 1 1982 PRHC McIntosh M&A Box 004 Linda Photographs: Nicholls Hospital 12 1981 PRHC Box Peters Destruction 003 John Photograph: Nicholls Hospital 1 1945 PRHC Box Martyn 006 William Photographs: PCH Demolition 1233 2004-2009 PRHC Box Martyn (on CDs) 005 Nancy Booklet: Childcare 1 1944 PRHC Box McKenzie 003 Jean Yearbooks 10 1958-64 & 66-67 PRHC Box Dawson & 72 004 Graduation Exercises 13 1957-1968 & 1970 Graduation Service Programme 1 1966 Opening Ceremony Programme 1 1965 of PCH Nursing Education Bldg Photograph 1 Unknown Mrs Hospital Statements: Nicholls 4 1941, 1943-44, PRHC Box William and St. Joseph’s Hospital 1948 003 Tice Reginald Correspondence with Mayor 2 1947-1948 PRHC Box Faryon Script for Hospital Broadcast 1 Unknown 004 Ruth Photographs 25 1950-73 3 Barnes Card 1 1977 Regan Letter 1 1977 History Paper: “Beginnings of 1 1972 Household Science” History Paper: “Development of 1 Unknown Household Science” Certificate: Silver Jubilee 1 1977 Newspaper Articles 1 1977 Alma Certificates 2 1936, 1941 PRHC Box Dobbin Graduation Exercises 1 1919 003 75th Ann Pamphlet for School of 1 1966 Nursing Constitution for Nicholls Nurses 1 1900 (?) Alumnae Constitution & By-laws 1 1946 VI

Elaine Photographs: PRHC 43 ca. 2000 PRHC Box Goselin Construction 003 Keith Hospital Statements 1 1932 PRHC Box Harrison 003 Shirley 100th Anniversary Guestbook 1 1991 PRHC Box Mason 004 Ella Reid Photographs 64 1960s-1970s PRHC Box Newspaper Clippings 4 1964-1991 005 Certificates 13 1938-1949 Newsletter 1 1968 Magazine Pages 2 1950 Retirement Dinner Guestbook 1 1977 Carol Nurses Alumnae Constitution 1 1946 PRHC Box Chestnut Invitation to Banquet for 1 1953 005 Perry Graduation Class Letters 3 1950-1953 PCH School of Nursing Booklet 1 Unknown Capping Ceremony Programme 1 1951 Class Song 1 1953 Graduation Exercises 1 1951 Graduating Class Seating 1 1953 Arrangement Kaye Ross McNabb Critical Care Unit 1 1996 PRHC Box Pamphlet 005 Medallion and Letter 1 1996 Fact Sheets: Governor General 8 Unknown Photographs 15 Unknown Speeches 4 1995-96 Newspaper Clippings 2 Unknown Book 1 Unknown Anne History: Peterborough Hospitals 1 1981 PRHC Graham & Nursing Schools P&M Box Nursing Classes Information 1 1989-90 042 History: School of Nursing 1 Unknown History Dedication Service Programme 1 1968 PCH Alumnae Dinner 10 1948-49, 1951- Programmes 52, 1954, 1958- 59, 1961, 1973, 1975 Capping Ceremony Programme 1 1953 VII

Class Song 1 1953 Annual Report of Chairmen & 1 1981-82 Anne Exec Director PRHC Graham List of 1966 Graduating Class 1 1966 P&M Box Info: PCH Nursing School History 1 1945-49 042 Courses of Instruction Related 1 Unknown to Nursing Janet Wood Postcards of Graduating Classes 5 1928-29, 1931, PRHC Box 1933, 1947 005 Marion Photographs 35 Unknown PRHC Box McKinnon Card 1 Unknown 005 Nursing Examinations 8 1930-31 Mary PCH School of Nursing Pamphlet 1 After 1963 PRHC Box Nesbitt 005 Jim Photographs 9 1959 PRHC Box Wellwood Letters 2 1959 005 Elsa Wagar Clinical Experience Record 1 1933 PRHC Box Student Record of Practical 1 1933 006 Work Recognition for General 1 1931 Proficiency Registration for Nurses Card 1 1933 Diana Photographs 1951 & 1953 2 1951, 1953 PRHC Box McQuaig Graduating Class 006 Barbara Yearbooks 4 1968-69, 1971, PRHC Box Pratt 1973 006 Pearl Photograph/Portrait 1 1924 PRHC Box Armstrong 005 Anna Taylor Nursing Notebooks 2 1929-32 PRHC Box Nicholls School of Nursing 4 006 Information: Loose Pages Student's Record of Practical 1 1929 Work John Photograph 1 1955-60 PRHC Box Stewart 005 Sanders/Sc Photographs 4 Unknown PRHC Box ott 005 Stella Nursing Certificates 3 1939 PRHC Box Hayes Graduation Exercises 1 1939 006 PCH School of Nursing 1 1966 Information Booklet Pamphlet: Communicable 1 1937 VIII

Disease Nicholls Pin 1 1891-1991 Stella Nicholls Hospital Alumnae 1 Unknown PRHC Box Hayes Association Constitution 006 Record of Practical Work 1 1939 Examination for Ontario Nurses 16 1936 & 1939 Registration Wm R Poems 5 1936 PRHC Box Parker 006 Emil Postcard 1 1910 PRHC Box Czerurinski 006 Daisy Nursing Lecture Notes 1.5cm 1924-26 PRHC Box Metcalf 006 Stewart Hannah Loose Pages: Hannah Dalby 8 1879-1889 PRHC Box Dalby Historical Notes 006 Newspaper Clippings 1 Unknown Certificate 1 1879

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Table 2 – PCH sous-fonds of the PRHC Fonds Administrative Inventory of Material Series Content Dates of Creation Location Fundraising CAT Scan Fundraising Booklets 1984 & 1986 PRHC P&M Box 004 PCH Expansion Fundraiser Unknown PRHC P&M Box 004 Brochures & 031 Quarter Century Club Programme 1991 PRHC P&M Box 004 Dine with the Stars Programmes 1993-1994 PRHC P&M Box 010 & 080 Construction/ Correspondence: Agnew & 1968-78 PRHC P&M Box 061 Architecture Peckham Association Correspondence: Architecture 1965-71 PRHC P&M Box 037 Correspondence: Construction 1945-48 PRHC P&M Box 069 Correspondence: County of 1946-58, 1965-73 PRHC P&M Box 084 Peterborough & 086 Correspondence: Craig, Blackwell 1949-73 PRHC P&M Box 026, & Zeidler 029, 030, 031, 032, 033, 036, 037, 066 Job Reports for Nurses Education 1964-65 PRHC P&M Box 029 Building Correspondence: Paediatrics 1976-79 PRHC P&M Box 048 Building Renovations Official Opening of Paediatrics 1984 PRHC P&M Box 005 Building Architectural Drawings: 1981 PRHC P&M Box 048 Paediatrics Wing Renovations Price Requests & Contracts: 5th 1969 PRHC P&M Box 031 Floor Hutchison Wing Job Reports: Hutchison Wing 1969-70 PRHC P&M Box 029 Sketch Plan: Emergency 1985 PRHC P&M Box 084 Department & Loading Dock Briefs & Reports: Emergency 1970-73, 1980-81 PRHC P&M Box 026 Department & 068

PCH Emergency Expansion 1981, 1987, 1990 PRHC P&M Box 084

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Report: Estimate for Additions & 1981 PRHC P&M Box 068

Alterations - Emergency

Department

Investigation & Report: PCH 1962 PRHC P&M Box 027

Power Plant & Laundry

Conversion

Specifications for the 1971-73 PRHC P&M Box 028

Construction of a Loading Dock

Addition & Job/Progress Reports X

Report on Lab Addition & 1972 PRHC P&M Box 028 Renovation Administration Office 1969-70 PRHC P&M Box 030 Renovations Report: Architectural Plans 1958 PRHC P&M Box 037 Architectural Drawings 1947, 1953 PRHC P&M Box 079, Construction/ 027, 088 Architecture Architectural Drawings: Queen Unknown PRHC P&M Box 022 Mary Isolation Hosp Architectural Reports 1960-69 PRHC P&M Box 030 Bird's Eye View Sketch of PCH Unknown PRHC P&M Box 028 Elevator Contracts 1947 PRHC P&M Box 031 Construction Reports 1950, 1958-61 PRHC P&M Box 030 & 062 Correspondence: Renovations 1968-70 PRHC P&M Box 067 Inspection Reports 1970-72 PRHC P&M Box 028 Job Reports for Construction 1973 PRHC P&M Box 028 Progress Report: Building & 1947-1949 PRHC P&M Box 030 Architects Invoices Report: Summary of Additions 1958 PRHC P&M Box 068 Report: Prelim Outline 1981 PRHC P&M Box 068 Specification Electrical Nutrition Posters: Nutrition Services 1989 PRHC P&M Box 014 Contact List of Nutritionists Unknown PRHC P&M Box 090 Continuing Care Committee 1989-92 PRHC P&M Box 088 Meeting Correspondence: Nutritional Unknown PRHC P&M Box 044 Service Dept Correspondence: Nutritional Unknown PRHC P&M Box 089 Service Dept County Nutrition Services Study 1987 PRHC P&M Box 091 Department of Nutrition Services 1992 PRHC P&M Box 089 Report Diabetic Day Care Program 1984, 1989 PRHC P&M Box 089, 090, 091 Hospital Cafeteria Food Service 1982 PRHC P&M Box 090 International Conference on 1988 PRHC P&M Box 090 Exercise & Health Introductory Guide to Evaluating 1982 PRHC P&M Box 091 Nutrition Products Kitchen & Cafeteria Equipment 1948 PRHC P&M Box 027 Lipid Control Program 1988 PRHC P&M Box 090

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Meal Menus 1992 PRHC P&M Box 031, 089 Memos 1990 PRHC P&M Box 044 Nutrition Nutrition Committee Meeting 1988-95, PRHC P&M Box 083, 089, 090, 091 Nutrition Employee Handbook Unknown PRHC P&M Box 091 Patient Food Service Assessment Unknown PRHC P&M Box 089 PCH Diet Clinics 1967-92 PRHC P&M Box 083 Photo Album: Diabetic Day Care 1968-1978 PRHC P&M Box 021 Report of Dietary Department 1951 PRHC P&M Box 032 Weight Management Program 1990 PRHC P&M Box 089 Year in Review: Inpatient & 1987-88 PRHC P&M Box 091 Ambulatory Nutrition Services Correspondence: Obesity Clinic 1969-71 PRHC P&M Box 086 Finance Correspondence: Financial 1967-74 PRHC P&M Box 066 Committee Finance Committee Board of 1989-90 PRHC P&M Box 013 Governors Meeting Finance Committee Meeting 1950, 1952, 1958- PRHC P&M Box 057, 59 062 Audit Report 1977 PRHC P&M Box 064 & 068 Equipment Invoices/Cheques 1947-50 PRHC P&M Box 028 Budget Review 1992-93 PRHC P&M Box 012 Inventory of Programs: Budget 1991-92 PRHC P&M Box 012 Finance Committee Balance 1950, 1952-55 PRHC P&M Box 05, Sheets 062, 063 Finance Committee Reports 1945-47 PRHC P&M Box 069 Finance Committee Revenue & 1950 PRHC P&M Box 062 Expenditure Statements Finance Committee: Payment 1946-48, 1950-56 PRHC P&M Box 057, Recommendations 059, 062, 063, 069 Financial Invoices 1965 PRHC P&M Box 028 Information/Invoices/Proposed Unknown PRHC P&M Box 028 Costs for PCH Inspections & Invoices 1973 PRHC P&M Box 028 New Building Equipment Invoices 1953 PRHC P&M Box 028 Sampling of Invoices 1965 PRHC P&M Box 028 Utilities Information 1960-61 PRHC P&M Box 028 Legal By Laws Committee Report 1945-46 PRHC P&M Box 069 By Laws Committee Meeting 1970, 1973, 1983 PRHC P&M Box 029, 045 Classic Hospital By Laws 1963-94 PRHC P&M Box 026 XII

By Laws: Peterborough Dist 1971 PRHC P&M Box 029 Legal Hospital Planning Council PCH By Laws 1952-3, 1968 PRHC P&M Box 032, 033, 062, 063 PCH Medical Staff By Laws 1957, 1967, 1972, PRHC P&M Box 032, 1975, 1974, 1983 033, 045, 049, 085 By Law Information 1948 PRHC P&M Box 053 PCH Act of Incorporation 1945 PRHC P&M Box 003 Wills & Bequests: ER Wood 1950 PRHC P&M Box 062, 063 Wills & Bequests: William Tinker 1953 PRHC P&M Box 063 Wills & Bequests: Susan Margaret 1952 PRHC P&M Box 063 Porter Wills & Bequests: Helen Hugel 1954 PRHC P&M Box 063 Wills & Bequests: Norman 1954 PRHC P&M Box 063 Duncan Buchanan Wills & Bequests: J Wallace Wood 1954 PRHC P&M Box 063 Trust Laundry/ House Correspondence: Laundry 1965-70 PRHC P&M Box 068 Keeping Department Correspondence: Kawartha 1967-69, 1973-75 PRHC P&M Box 031 Hospital Linen Services & 068 Correspondence: Housekeeping 1975-76 PRHC P&M Box 031 Correspondence: Maintenance 1976 PRHC P&M Box 033 Ambulance Correspondence: Ambulance 1968-76 PRHC P&M Box 056, Services Services 064

Medical and Report: Medical & Surgical 1950-55, 1958 PRHC P&M Box 057, Surgical Advisory Committee 059, 062, 063 Medical Staff Reports 1946-48 PRHC P&M Box 069 Correspondence: Ontario Medical 1970 PRHC P&M Box 039 Staff Association Correspondence: Medical Audit Unknown PRHC P&M Box 064 Committee Correspondence: Medical Staff 1965-1978 PRHC P&M Box 039 & 061 Correspondence: Hospital 1965-85 PRHC P&M Box 068 Medical Records Institute & 086 Medical Staff Appointments 1893-1987, 1965- PRHC P&M Box 023 75 & 067 Correspondence: Occupational 1968-72 PRHC P&M Box 086 Therapy Department

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Adult Rehabilitation: Presentation 1975 PRHC P&M Box 034 Medical and to Cabinet Surgical Correspondence: Patient 1978-79 PRHC P&M Box 064 Palliative Care Report: Palliative Care 1979 PRHC P&M Box 064 Correspondence: Operating 1965-71 PRHC P&M Box 086 Room Correspondence: Therapeutic 1971-72 PRHC P&M Box 083 Abortion Health Recommendations Report 1974 PRHC P&M Box 034 Radiological Detection of Breast 1976 PRHC P&M Box 049 Cancer: Review & Recommendations Report of Committee on 1975 PRHC P&M Box 049 Endoscopy Report on Accident Prevention in 1972 PRHC P&M Box 056 Hospitals Providing Long Term Care Report on Bed Accommodation 1969 PRHC P&M Box 024, Survey 028 Report: Management of Venous 1978 PRHC P&M Box 064 Thromboembolic Disease Report: Study of Hospitals & 1974 PRHC P&M Box 034 Related Health Care Facilities Board of Correspondence: Board of 1947 PRHC P&M Box 26 Governors/ Governors re Construction Executive Correspondence: Board of 1965 PRHC P&M Box 026 Governors re nursing building Correspondence: Board of 1944-48, 1950, PRHC P&M Box 044, Governors 1975-77 054, 062, 065, 069 Board of Governors Meeting 1989-90 PRHC P&M Box 013 Board of Governors Meeting 1945-83 Shelving Storage Correspondence: Jim Coghlan 1930-46 PRHC P&M Box 040 Correspondence: John Hornal 1948, 1953-56 PRHC P&M Box 054, 059, 062, 063 Correspondence: John MacKay 1957-58 PRHC P&M Box 057 & 060 Correspondence: Swanston - 1952 PRHC P&M Box 062 Board of Governors Superintendant Reports 1950-56 PRHC P&M Box 057, 059, 062, 063 Superintendant Notes 1885-1911 PRHC P&M Box 022

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Board of Executive Board of Governors 1989 PRHC P&M Box 013 Governors/ Meeting Executive Draft Proposal of Executive 1955 PRHC P&M Box 059 Committee Executive Committee Reports 1957, 1953, 1956 PRHC P&M Box 59, 063, 069 Executive Committee Meeting 1947, 1951-52, PRHC P&M Box 057, 1956-57 060, 062, 069 Correspondence: Chief of Staff 1970-80 PRHC P&M Box 045 Correspondence: Executive 1977, 1979-80 PRHC P&M Box 061 Director & 067 PCH Annual Report 1963-67, 1969- PRHC P&M Box 070 77, 1979-80 & 068 Correspondence: Administration 1950-51, 1974- PRHC P&M Box 026, 78, 1980-82 027, 039, 056, 061 Correspondence: Hospital Board 1948-52 PRHC P&M Box 032 Report of Administration Advisory 1955 PRHC P&M Box 059 Committee Administration Committee 1967-77, 1994 PRHC P&M Box 024, Meeting 066, 068 Correspondence: Ontario Hospital 1956-58 PRHC P&M Box 084 Services Commission Correspondence: Ontario Hospital 1959-74 PRHC P&M Box 064 Services Commission Report to Board of Governors 1968-69 PRHC P&M Box 026 from ON Hospital Services Commission Correspondence: City Hall 1943-49 PRHC P&M Box 040 Correspondence: CUPE Strike 1981 PRHC P&M Box 037 Correspondence: Fire Damage 1960-62 PRHC P&M Box 033 Correspondence: PCH Intern 1963-71 PRHC P&M Box 066 Medical Student Report: Disaster Plan 1971 PRHC P&M Box 084 Management Management Coordinating 1982-88 PRHC P&M Box 013 Committee Meeting Management Coordinating 1989-92 PRHC P&M Box 012 Committee Meeting Master Planning Committee 1976-78 PRHC P&M Box 037 Meeting Correspondence: Management 1969 PRHC P&M Box 086 Seminars Master Planning Solution 1973 PRHC P&M Box 034

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Master Program Executive 1977 PRHC P&M Box 084 Summary Appendix: Master Program 1972 PRHC P&M Box 034 Management PCH Draft Master Program 1972 PRHC P&M Box 034 PCH Master Plan & Master 1975-77 PRHC P&M Box 027 Program & 084 Labour-Management Advisory 1962, 1964-67 PRHC P&M Box 040 Committee Meeting Management Advisory 1977-78 PRHC P&M Box 040 Committee Meeting Merger Amalgamation of Hospital 1973 PRHC P&M Box 029 Services in Peterborough & 037 Report: Joint Hospital Assessment 1972-73 PRHC P&M Box 064 Program Public Relations Correspondence: Labour 1976 PRHC P&M Box 037 Relations Report of Pension Plan 1958 PRHC P&M Box 057 Committee Public Relations Committee 1958, 1985-87, PRHC P&M Box 057, Meeting 1991-94 083, 093 House and House & Building Committee 1958-59 PRHC P&M Box 057 Property Meeting Report of Property Committee 1947 PRHC P&M Box 054 Property & House Committee 1945-47 PRHC P&M Box 069 Reports Property & House Committee 1950, 1952, 1982- PRHC P&M Box 062 Meeting 89 Letters/Memos: Safety 1969-71 PRHC P&M Box 024 Correspondence: Rules & 1910-1937 PRHC P&M Box 031 Regulations Correspondence: Security 1968-70 PRHC P&M Box 027 Correspondence: Sterisystems 1966-72 PRHC P&M Box 067 Policies and Administrations Unknown PRHC P&M Box 012 Rules and Regulations Book re 1938-1940 PRHC P&M Box 014 Patients PCH Medical Staff Rules 1972 PRHC P&M Box 083 Safety Committee Meeting 1968-74 PRHC P&M Box 024& 056 Various Correspondence: Dentistry 1965-80 PRHC P&M Box 064 Committees Correspondence: Haliburton, 1979-80 PRHC P&M Box 35 Kawartha & Pine Ridge District Health Council XVI

Reports: Haliburton, Kawartha & Unknown PRHC P&M Box 038 Various Pine Ridge District Health Council & 050 Committees Correspondence: Nursing 1970-72 PRHC P&M Box 046 Department

Correspondence: Peterborough 1971-75 PRHC P&M Box 066 County City Health Centre

Advisory Committee to 1977-78 PRHC P&M Box 024 Department of Addiction Services Meeting

What's Up Talk Newsletter 1989-94 PRHC P&M Box 080 What's Up Talk Newsletter 1991 PRHC P&M Box 004 PCH Stethoscope Newsletters 1956 PRHC P&M Box 009

Peterborough Hospitals 1983-84 PRHC P&M Box 037 Redevelopment Implementation Committee Meeting

Patient Care Committee Meeting 1979 PRHC P&M Box 064

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Table 3 - Nicholls Hospital sous-fonds of the PRHC Fonds, Administrative Inventory of Material Series Content Dates of Location Creation Finance Report of Alumnae Funds 1934-35 PRHC Report cash on hand 1935 P&M Box Letter re donation for furniture Unknown 006 & 053 Secretary Report 1951-54 Local Council of Woman Report 1952 & 1957 Annual Report of Social Convenor 1953 & 1957 Report of Corresponding Secretary 1954 Auditors Report 1958 Memo re chiefs of Depts 1958 Yearly Report 1918-19 Balance Sheet 1941-61 Nursing Moira Hall & Nicholls Hosp Newsletters Unknown PRHC Program Correspondence: Nicholls Hospital School of 1941-42 P&M Box Nursing 080, 082, Official opening of Nicholls Hospital School of 1978 004, Nursing Postcard 1910 Legal Nicholls Hospital By Laws 1937 82

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Table 4 – PRHC sous-fonds of the PRHC Fonds, Administrative Inventory of Material Series Content Date of Production Location Legal General Hospital By-Laws 1991 PRHC M&A Box 003 Administration Medical Staff Information 1967-1995 PRHC P&A Box 005 Poem Unknown PRHC M&A Box Nursing Nurses week poster 2004 004 & 006 100 year certificates 2000

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Table 5 – Women’s Auxiliary Fonds Inventory of Material Legal Content Date Box Auxiliary Constitution Unknown PRHC P&M Box 074 By Laws of Amalgamated Unknown PRHC P&M Box 011 Auxiliaries Constitution by laws and policies 1994, 1998 PRHC P&M Box 006 & 011 Constitution by laws and policies: Unknown PRHC P&M Box 011 Draft History Photographs & Negatives 1995 PRHC P&M Box 011 PCH & Nicholls Aux History 1937-1951 PRHC P&M Box 072 & 008 PCH Aux History 1951-87 PRHC P&M Box 005 & 011 & 074 Teen Photo Album: Teen Volunteer 1967-86, 1992-95 PRHC P&M Box 016 Volunteer Program Program Summer Teen Program Final 1993 PRHC P&M Box 011 Report Teen Volunteer Program 1981-91 PRHC P&M Box 071 Enrolment Surveys of Teen Volunteer Program Unknown PRHC P&M Box 006 Plaque: Teen Volunteer 1987-98 PRHC P&M Box 008 Museum Correspondence: Museum & 1983-2008 PRHC P&M Box 081 and Archives Archives Info: Museum & Archives 1982-2006 PRHC P&M Box 076 Merger Correspondence re Merger 1999-2000 PRHC P&M Box 011 Merger Pamphlet 2000 PRHC P&M Box 011 Merger Task Sheet 1999 PRHC P&M Box 011 Auxiliary Merger Information 1999 PRHC P&M Box 011 Motion to dissolve PCH & St. 2000 PRHC P&M Box 011 Joseph's Auxiliaries Auxiliary Transition Committee 1999 PRHC P&M Box 011 Contacts Auxiliary Auxiliary & Volunteer Handbook Unknown PRHC P&M Box 071, Volunteering 072 Auxiliary Cookbook 1990 PRHC P&M Box 071 Auxiliary Volunteer Services 1975 PRHC P&M Box 071 Auxiliary: Hairdressing Reports 1974 PRHC P&M Box 074 Correspondence: Auxiliary 1969-89 PRHC P&M Box 073, 074, 081 Cassettes/Floppy Unknown PRHC P&M Box 019 Discs/VHS/CDs/DVDs XX

Notes about closing the Auxiliary 2000 PRHC P&M Box 011 Presentation on Auxiliary 2000 PRHC P&M Box 011 Amalgamation Tag Day Information 1996-98 PRHC P&M Box 055 & 008 Children Activity Outline Unknown PRHC P&M Box 007 Correspondence: Volunteer 1972-83 PRHC P&M Box 071 Program Donations to Hospital from 1974-94 PRHC P&M Box 011 Volunteer Association Equipment Purchased with 1993-94 PRHC P&M Box 011 Auxiliary Donated Money Volunteering Functions and Responsibilities of Unknown PRHC P&M Box 011 Volunteer Association Health Care & Leadership values - 1999 PRHC P&M Box 011 Focus Groups Invitation to Volunteer Celebration 2000 PRHC P&M Box 011

Party Tray Favours-Decorating 1945 PRHC P&M Box 074

Committee

PCH Fundraising Pamphlets/Info Unknown PRHC P&M Box 052

PCH Magazine Subscriptions 1963-67 PRHC P&M Box 071 PCH Volunteer Assoc Action Plan 1995 PRHC P&M Box 071 PCH Volunteer Goals and 1991 & 1994-95 PRHC P&M Box 008 & Objectives 093 Photo Album: Formal Opening of 1950 PRHC P&M Box 020 PCH Photo Album: Laying the 1948 PRHC P&M Box 020 Cornerstone of PCH Photo Album: Long Service Awards 2004 PRHC P&M Box 020 Celebration Long Service Awards 1954 PRHC P&M Box 032 Q&A about Volunteer Program Unknown PRHC P&M Box 011 Report on Foundation for Civic 1996 PRHC P&M Box 007 Hospital Responsibilities of Paediatric Unknown PRHC P&M Box 007 Volunteers Slides Unknown PRHC P&M Box 017 Stamp/Seal of Silver Cross Women Unknown PRHC P&M Box 075 Survey of PRCH Volunteer Unknown PRHC P&M Box 011 Association Survey Results of Volunteers 1999 PRHC P&M Box 011

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Volunteer Association Mission Unknown PRHC P&M Box 011 Statement Auxiliary Volunteer Department Hours in 10 1981-91 PRHC P&M Box 071 Volunteering years Volunteer Pamphlets Unknown PRHC P&M Box 071 Volunteer Services Information 1998 PRHC P&M Box 085 Guide Volunteer services Report 1974-1975, 1995 PRHC P&M Box 007, 008, 011 Executive PCH Aux Executive Meeting 1974-82, 1994-95, PRHC P&M Box 006, 1998-99 007, 008, 011, 073 Newsletters PCH Aux Newsletter 1972-86, 1998-99 PRHC P&M Box 007, 011, 071 Hospital Helping Hands Newsletter 1997-98 PRHC P&M Box 007, 011 Grapevine: Volunteer Newsletter 1999-2000 PRHC P&M Box 011 News From the Summer 1998 PRHC P&M Box 011 In the Pink: Volunteer Newsletter 1986-97 PRHC P&M Box 011, 071 Volunteer Beat: Newsletter 1999 PRHC P&M Box 011 Communique: Newsletter 1999 PRHC P&M Box 011 Finance Operating Accounts 1985-2000 PRHC P&M Box 052, 008, 006, 007 PCH Aux Treasurer's Report 1972-75, 1977 PRHC P&M Box 007 Scheduled Meetings 1979-83 PRHC P&M Box 007 PCH Aux Report 1946, 1956, 1972 PRHC P&M Box 007, 062, 072 PCH Aux Financial Statements 1972, 1975-76, PRHC P&M Box 007, 1979, 1986-90, 011, 072, 043, 044, 1993-94, 1996-97 046, 052, 071 PCH Aux General Account 1982-98 PRHC P&M Box 007, 008, 052 Accountant Report on Audit of 1982 PRHC P&M Box 007 Financial Report of PCH Aux Bank Balance 1982 PRHC P&M Box 007

Account Aux Luncheon 1982 PRHC P&M Box 007

PCH Notebook of Financial Notions 1978-94 PRHC P&M Box 008

& Policies

PCH Volunteer Assoc Deposit Book 1994-96 PRHC P&M Box 008

Receipt Books 1991-93 PRHC P&M Box 051 Receipts & Disbursements Journal 1993 PRHC P&M Box 052 PCH Auxiliary Cash Book 1946-64 PRHC P&M Box 072 XXII

PCH Auxiliary Statement of Cash 1972 PRHC P&M Box 007 Finance Shop-mobile & Gift Bar Financial 1975-78 PRHC P&M Box 072 Records PCH Aux Annual Report 1945, 1952-59, PRHC P&M Box 043, 1968-99 006, 007, 008, 025, 011, 071 Board of PCH Aux Board of Directors 1979-81, 1988-89, PRHC P&M Box 007, Governors contacts 1994-96, 1998-2000 008, 011, 073 Life Members list 1937-1962, 1986 PRHC P&M Box 007, 069, 071, 072, 85 PCH Annual Meeting 1967-76, 1978-79, PRHC P&M Box 006, 1981-85, 1991-98 007, 008, 011 Special Board Meeting 1973, 1999 PRHC P&M Box 007 PCH Board Meeting 1972-80 PRHC P&M Box 007

Presidents Report to the Board 1988-85, 1997-2000 PRHC P&M Box 007, 011 PCH General Meeting 1972-82, 1988-99 PRHC P&M Box 006, 007, 011, 073 Board of PCH Board of Directors of Meeting 1972-82, 1988-2000 PRHC P&M Box 007, Directors 008, 011, 073 Notice of Meeting and Agenda 1996-99 PRHC P&M Box 007 Complete Record of Activities 1974-91 PRHC P&M Box 025, 043, 047, 052

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Table 6 – School of Nursing Alumnae Fonds Inventory of Material Series Content Dates of Creation Location Graduation Correspondence 1974-81 PRHC P&M Box Events 021 Correspondence: 100th Ann 1991 PRHC P&M Box of Schools of Nursing 021 Match Books: Purple & Gold 1974 PRHC P&M Box Ball 021 PCH Alumnae Purple & Gold 1970, 1972, 2000 PRHC P&M Box Dinner 021 School of Nursing 100th 1991 PRHC P&M Box Anniversary Programme 021 Graduation Exercises 1924, 1933, 1935-74 PRHC P&M Box 082 Yearbook 1947, 1949-52, 1954-67 PRHC P&M Box 078 Nursing Manual: Principles & 1945 PRHC P&M Box Training Practice of Nursing 077 Newsletters White Cap: Newsletter 1997, 1999-2007 PRHC P&M Box 021 Vital Connections: 2003 PRHC P&M Box Newsletter 021 Legal School of Nursing By Laws 1968 PRHC P&M Box 032 Administration School of Nursing Unknown PRHC P&M Box Info/Meetings/Memos 046, 077 Report of School of Nursing 1946-47, 1952, 1955 PRHC P&M Box Committee 059, 062, 069 School of Nursing Report 1949 PRHC P&M Box 062 Student Nurses Association 1941-47 PRHC P&M Box Meeting Book 077

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Appendix II

Appendix II consists of overview archival descriptions for the fonds level description of the PRHC fonds, School of Nursing Alumnae fonds, Women’s Auxiliary fonds and the Hospital Museum and Archives Collection. In addition, series level descriptions are present for the Hospital Museum and Archives Collection; there are fifty-four descriptions of the archival material from the private donations made by individuals of items that have a personal significance to the donor and now are considered a private series within the Hospital Museum and Archives Collection. Each description represents a different series in the collection which are organized according to the current location. In each series, the following information can be found: the series title which represents the donor of the material, the location of the material, the dates of creation and the physical description – a basic inventory of the material to be found in the series. In addition, there is a custodial history to indicate from where the items originated and where they have been located prior to the transfer of material from the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives to the Peterborough Museum and Archives. Following the custodial history is the biographical history – a brief life history (when available) of the donor – and the scope and content which describes in detail the contents of each series. In some instances, the archival descriptions will include a related notes section that may indicate if over-sized items are present in a different location from the rest of the series, or function to refer the researcher to a second series that has relevant information.

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Title – PRHC fonds

Dates of Creation – 1879-2009

Custodial History – The records were created and maintained by the various departments of the hospital until they were transferred to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives. The material was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Administrative History – Moira Hall was the first hospital established in Peterborough County. It existed for five years, between 1885 and 1890. Moira Hall was then superseded by Nicholls Hospital which was later superseded again by Peterborough Civic Hospital in 1950. In 2008, the Peterborough Regional Health Centre was built to replace Peterborough Civic Hospital and is currently the health centre for Peterborough and surrounding areas.

Scope and Content – The PRHC fonds consists of administrative material from the Peterborough Regional Health Centre and all previously superseded hospitals: Moira Hall, Nicholls Hospital and Peterborough Civic Hospital. It also includes limited information from the St. Joseph’s Catholic Hospital. -Scope and content is currently in process.

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Title – School of Nursing Alumnae fonds

Dates of Creation – 1890-2009

Custodial History – The records were created and maintained by the School of Nursing Alumnae Committee until they were transferred to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives. The material was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Administrative History – The School of Nursing Alumnae was established with the first graduating class of the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nursing in 1890 which was continued when the school was transferred to the Peterborough Civic Hospital in 1950. The School of Nursing Alumnae Committee was created to maintain communication among graduates of the nursing program.

Scope and Content – The PRHC fonds consists of administrative material from the School of Nursing Alumnae Committee as it existed for the Nicholls Training School for Nursing and the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing. -Scope and content is currently in process.

Related Notes – Currently in possession of the Peterborough Museum and Archives is a Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nursing collection.

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Title – Women’s Auxiliary fonds

Dates of Creation – currently unknown-2009

Custodial History – The records were created and maintained by the Women’s Auxiliary and its various committees until they were transferred to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives. The material was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Administrative History – The Women’s Auxiliary was established as a separate volunteer society for Nicholls Hospital, which was maintained when Nicholls Hospital was superseded by Peterborough Civic Hospital. In 1999 the Auxiliary merged their organization with the Auxiliary for the St. Joseph’s Hospital to work in cooperation at the current Peterborough Regional Health Centre.

Scope and Content – The PRHC fonds consists of administrative material from the Women’s Auxiliary committees as it existed to provide volunteering efforts for Nicholls Hospital, Peterborough Civic Hospital and presently, Peterborough Regional Health Centre. -Scope and content is currently in process.

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Title – Museum and Archives Collection

Dates of Creation – 1879-2009

Extant – 75cm Textural and Photographic Material

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives by individuals within the Peterborough County, or who had an affiliation in some way with the hospital. The items within the Museum and Archives Collection were subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Administrative History – The items included in the Museum and Archives Collection are of personal significance to the donor. The Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives was created to receive hospital records and develop an archive in which to preserve the history of the hospitals. Due to a space-limitation, the archive is being transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives and therefore the Hospital Museum and Archives currently is not an active committee.

Scope and Content – Presently, there are 54 series within the Museum and Archive Collection. The type of material in the collection includes yearbooks, photographs, guest books, and various documents of nursing information.

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Series Title – Lena Rodgers

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 001

Dates of Creation – 1924-1931

Extant – 12.5cm Textural Records

Physical Description 5 Class Notebooks 8 cm Lecture and Examination Papers 2 Booklets

Custodial History – Items received from Marion and Denton Burkitt by the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives. Material subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – L. Rodgers was a nursing student at Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses. She graduated in 1931.

Scope and Content – Series consists of handwritten lecture notes from nursing lectures at the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses. Class notebooks span over 7 years and contain course lecture material. Courses referenced include Nursing Theory, Contagious Disease, Diet in Disease, Paediatrics, Nursing Practices, History of Nursing, Obstetrics, Hygiene and Sanitation, Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Diseases, Bacteria and Disease, Surgery, Modern Medicine, Gynaecology, Mental Disease, Venereal Disease and Tuberculosis. These notes include doctor names indicating who taught what nursing course. Additionally are 2 reference booklets. The first is a body map titled Pocket Guide: Human Anatomy and the second titled The Pneumonic Lung: Its Physical Signs and Pathology.

Related Notes - Some textbooks, nursing uniforms and magazines transferred from Hospital archives to Marmora Historical Foundation.

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Series Title – Harry Stoffers

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 002

Dates of Creation – 1893-1973

Extant – 12.5cm Textural Records

Physical Description 4 Yearbooks 4 Bound Notebooks, 1 Unbound 3 Graduation Exercises 1 Booklet 10 Photographs 3 Postcards 1 Official Program 1 Hospital Statement 1 Cookbook 1 Letter

Custodial History – Items were purchased by donor from various people at yard sales, auction houses and antique or second-hand stores. The material was given to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives which was transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives. -Custodial history currently in process

Biographical History

Scope and Content – The series consists of four yearbooks dated 1956, 1957, 1965 and 1973. Three of the bound notebooks and the unbound notebook are from the Nicholls School for Nurses between the years of 1899 and 1928. Their content includes a duty log of nurse activity while attending the training school for the duration of their stay. Listed are the names of the students, what hours they were scheduled, what duties they performed at work and what days were requested off for various reasons. The fourth bound notebook is a list of all graduated nurses from the training program between 1893 and 1953. Also included from the Nicholls School of Nursing is a graduation exercises programme dated 1932. Two others are from the Civic Hospital School of Nursing dated 1950 and 1951; all three programmes outline the sequence of events as XXXI

well as a list of all graduates of that given year. There are 3 postcards circa early 1900s exist with a photograph of the Nicholls Hospital as well. Of the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing, there is a booklet dated 1959-1960, outlining information concerning the training program including the instructresses, general information about the program, entrance requirements, maintenance and expenses, the nursing curriculum, examinations, scholarships, student government, recreation and the alumnae association. In addition, present is an official opening programme of the Hutchison Wing at Peterborough Civic Hospital from 1961. Within the programme is a brief history of Dr. Hutchison’s Life, along with a textural layout of each floor within the Hutchison Wing. Next, 10 photographs of nurses in various locations are included. Most dates of creation for these photographs are not included and therefore it is unknown if the nurses were students of the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nursing or the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing. 3 are dated from the 1932 nursing graduation featuring 3 graduates, one being Dora Tedford – others unknown. There is a combination of solitary and group photographs. 1 photograph is mounted on a cardboard plaque. 5 of the album print photographs are dated from 1956 – from the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing – and 1 is a Roy Studio graduation portrait. From the Women’s Auxiliary, there is a 216 page typed recipe book produced around 1990 which was used as a fundraising tool for the organization. A letter dated 1936 to a patient in Nicholls Hospital. It includes the original envelop and a 3¢ stamp. There is a hospital statement from Nicholls Hospital from 1937 for the patient Mr. John McColl. This outlines his total hospital costs including the length of time spent in a hospital room, and the medical tests performed.

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Series Title – Marion Logan

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 1963-1968

Extant – 1 cm paper

Physical Description 25 Newsletters

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Marion Louise (Gibson) Logan graduated from the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1944 and worked as a nurse at Nicholls Hospital and Civic Hospital for 10 years. She proceeded to work as an industrial nurse at Westclox and Outboard Marine and then as a staff nurse at Fairhaven before retiring.

Scope and Content – All 25 newsletters are “The Whitecap” bulletin, a Peterborough Civic Hospital Nurses Alumnae Newsletter. Information included is primarily a textural description of alumnae meetings – not including minutes and other events relevant to the members of the alumnae such as births, marriages, alumnae member experiences, sympathies and congratulations. A few newsletters – February 1963, April 1965, March 1966, March 1967 and March 1968 list the contact information of the current alumnae executive committee members. All newsletters have the information of the fee treasurer, editor and co-editor of the bulletin.

Related Notes – Other “Whitecap” Bulletins exist in other collections.

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Series Title – Lois Ephgrave Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 3

Dates of Creation - Unknown

Physical Description 1 photograph

Custodial History – Material was donated anonymously to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Lois Ephgrave was a switchboard operator employee at hospitals.

Scope and Content – Material is a coloured photograph of switchboard workspace, illustrating the type of equipment used.

Related Notes – Switchboard currently in possession of the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives.

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Series Title – Marion (Seymour) Kerr Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 3

Dates of Creation – 1958-1959

Physical Description 1 Booklet 1 Card

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – M. Kerr was a graduate from the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing in 1953 and proceeded to Queen’s University where she received a Bachelor of Nursing Science degree in 1954. She worked as a classroom teacher at the Peterborough Civic Hospital before obtaining a Master of Science Administration degree from McGill University in 1970. From 1972-75 she was an Associate Professor and Queen’s University then moved to Ottawa to become a Research Officer for the Canadian Nurses’ Association from 1975-78.

Scope and Content – The booklet is from the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing dated 1958-1959. It outlines information concerning the training program including the instructresses, general information about the program, entrance requirements, maintenance and expenses, the nursing curriculum, examinations, scholarships, student government, recreation and the alumnae association. The Christmas card is on ivory patterned paper with the Civic Hospital School of Nursing crest on the front. The dates of creation are unknown.

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Series Title – Brigitte Kurowski-Wilson Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 3

Dates of Creation – 1956-1965

Physical Description 2 Programmes 1 Newsletter 3 Photographs 2 Newspaper Pages

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – B. Kurowski-Wilson graduated from the Karl Olga Hospital in Stuttgart, Germany in 1947. After moving to Canada, she worked at the Peterborough Civic Hospital in 1953 as a nursing assistant before entering the nursing program in 1955. She graduated in 1956 and worked in the operating room at Peterborough Civic Hospital until retirement in the late 1980s.

Scope and Content – One of the newspaper pages is dated 1956 and has 4 photographs with descriptions of nurses visiting the Workmen’s Compensation Board Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre. Along with this is a newsletter – not dated, but likely from the same year – from the Workmen’s Compensation Board; many of the photographs in the two documents are the same. The second newspaper page is an excerpt from the Peterborough Examiner in 1965 presenting the open house of the new nursing education building at Civic Hospital. It describes the new facilitates and includes 7 photographs of nurses. The 3 photographs are 1956 graduate group photographs located outside the nurses residence at Civic Hospital. Also, a graduation exercises programme from 1958 outlines the sequence of events and the lists the 1958 graduates. The second programme is from the Alumnae Purple and Gold Dinner in 1957. It includes the sequence of events for the evening and a list of the 1957 graduating class.

Related Notes – More complete collection of graduation exercises in other series.

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Series Title – Willene Gillis Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 3

Dates of Creation – 1940-1943

Physical Description 13 Photographs

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – W. Gillis was a 1943 graduate from the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses. She worked in general duty at the Toronto Western Hospital in 1943 then joined the RCAMC and was stationed at Camp Borden for 1.5years before becoming the head nurse and the Toronto Western Hospital. She returned to Peterborough upon the death of her husband – date unknown.

Scope and Content – All 13 black and white photographs were taken either at the Argyle Street Nurses Residence or on the North Side of Nicholls Hospital. Photographs include: 1. Dr. D.W. Clark and Mrs. E. Leeson 2. Dr. E.A. Hammond 3. Miss Edith Young (director of nursing) 4. Miss Campbell and Dr. W.M. Gordon 5. Dr. S.Y. Walsh 6. Dr. Agnes Moffat 7. Dr. G.R. Scott 8. Dr. R.K. Magee 9. Miss Sadie Brown (night supervisor) 10. Miss Ella Howard 11. Dr. Roger Chenoweth 12. Dr. G.R. Scott and J. Dawson 13. Dr. A. Howson

Related Notes – Many of the doctors in these photographs are mentioned in the lecture notes from the Lena Rodgers Series (location Box 1).

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Series Title – Edna Bent Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 3

Dates of Creation – 1939-1941

Physical Description 1 Booklet 1 Textural Floor Plan 1 Photograph

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – E. (Bent) Graham attended the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses and graduated in 1939. She worked in private duty at Nicholls Hospital and homes in the Peterborough County after graduation as well as working part-time in general duty at Ross Memorial Hospital and nursing homes in Lindsay, Ontario. Between 1958 and 1983, E. Bent was the head nurse in Labour and Delivery at Peterborough Civic Hospital before retiring in 1983. She died in 2007 at the age 89 in Lindsay, Ontario.

Scope and Content – The photograph is of the 1939 nursing graduating class of the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses. Graduates in this picture include: E. Hammond, I. Veale, S. Rosborough, E. Graham, E. Rigley, E. Northey, N. Ross, E. Bell, M. Huston, D. Mullett and M. Foulkes. The booklet is titled “The Acta Studentium.” Originating from the Nicholls Hospital School of Nursing in 1940-1941, it is the first yearbook produced by the student nurses. It includes nursing school information, photographs and descriptions of events that occurred within the school year. The textural floor plan is most likely the Hutchison Wing; there are no dates or location associated with the document. Designed as a tour of the building, it outlines the layout of each floor including physical descriptions of the patient and staffing rooms as well as what each facility will be used for.

Related Notes - For more nurses graduating class photographs, view the School of Nursing Collection.

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Series Title – Carolee Margaret (Ferguson) Huffman Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 3

Dates of Creation - 2000

Physical Description 1 coil-bound book

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – C. Huffman was a graduate of the Civic Hospital School of Nurses in 1955.

Scope and Content – This book, titled “Memories of Training Days 1953-1955” is a compilation of written memories from the Civic Hospital School of Nurses graduating class of 1955. It was assembled for their 45th nursing reunion in 2000 and distributed to all 32 members of the 1995 graduating class.

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Series Title – Natalina Vitarelli Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – ca. 1950

Physical Description 1 Postcard

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Currently unknown

Scope and Content – The photograph on the postcard is a coloured copy of the Peterborough Civic Hospital which opened in 1950. The photograph was taken by Lewis R. Parks Photo Studio.

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Series Title – Ray Bishop Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 3

Dates of Creation - 1963

Physical Description 1 Card Calendar

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – R. Bishop’s son worked in the Peterborough Civic Hospital Stores.

Scope and Content – The card has a sky-view colour photograph of the Peterborough Civic Hospital on the front with the yearly calendar. The photograph was taken by Parks’ Peterborough. On the back is a brief history of Civic Hospital as well as the previous hospitals that Civic superseded. The card calendar was produced by the Peterborough Examiner.

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Series Title – Linda Matthews Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 1994-1995

Physical Description 2 Pamphlets 4 Photographs

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – L. Matthews worked as a secretary in Human Resources for the Peterborough Civic Hospital

Scope and Content – The two pamphlets are Long Service Award Ceremony Programmes for the Peterborough Civic Hospital. One is dated 1994 and other 1995. Included is the sequence of events for the evening as well as a list of all award recipients, the number of years of service to the hospital, and what department they worked for at the time of award. The photographs correspond to the Ceremony. Two of the 1995 colour photographs are of the recipients of the 30 years of service award; a third from 1995 is of the 35 and 40 years of service award. The fourth photograph is of unknown date or origin – either 1994 or 1995.

Related Notes – Names of the award recipients in the photographs can be found on the programmes.

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Series Title – Carol (Brown) Gamble Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 1963-2000

Physical Description 1 Yearbook 1 Yearbook Page 1 Examination Time Table 1 Newsletter 2 Brochures 2 Newspaper Pages 1 Constitution

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – C. Gamble was a graduate from the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing in 1963.

Scope and Content – The yearbook is from 1963 titles “Escapades.” It contains photographs of graduates and events that occurred during the school year. On some pages are signatures and writings from fellow graduates. The yearbook page is a photograph of the 1963 graduating class. This corresponds to the 1964 yearbook as the graduating class photograph is printed in the following school year’s book. The examination timetable is from 1960 for grade 13 Ontario secondary students. Underlined are the courses that C. Gamble likely studied. Included are the rules and regulations for examinations. A “Whitecap” Newsletter from March 1998 mentioning the Annual Purple and Gold dinner for nursing class reunions along with the 1997-1998 executive committee members. Included are information brochures for the 35th reunion of the 1963 nursing class in 1998. The second brochure is of the Northumberland Heights Inn – the location of the 1963 class reunion. One of the newspaper pages is from 2000 and celebrates the 30th reunion of the class of 1970 from the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing. The second newspaper page outlines the history of the Hospital’s School of Nursing and showcases material in possession of the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives. XLIII

Also included in this series is the “Nicholls Hospital and the Peterborough Civic Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association Constitution” from 2000. This describes the formation of the Alumnae Association.

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Series Title – Joy (Danzy) Keating Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 1958-1959 & 1981

Physical Description 5 Photographs 1 Photocopy Photograph

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – J. Keating had boarded Mr. and Mrs. Edwards who were patients of the Peterborough Civic Hospital.

Scope and Content – Two of the photographs are of the new Peterborough Civic Hospital – one of the side entrance and the other of the front. One photograph is of J. Keating outside the Civic Hospital and another of Mrs. Edwards in the same position. The last photograph is of Mr. and Mrs. Edwards inside a residence – Mr. Edwards was one of the first patients at the new hospital. The photocopied photograph is of the demolition of Blair Hall on Argyle Street in 1958.

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Series Title – Alma Dobbin Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 1919-1966

Physical Description 2 Certificates 2 Booklets 9 Pages 3 Programmes

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – A. Dobbin was a graduate of the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1919. She worked at Nicholls Hospital for several years and then later as an industrial nurse at Quaker Oats Co. Ltd in Peterborough, Ontario. She died in 1983.

Scope and Content – The first certificate is awarded to A. Dobbin for “First Aid to the Injured,” issued by The St. John Ambulance Association, Peterborough branch in 1941. The second certificate issued by the Ontario Society of Radiological Technicians in January 1936 titles A. Dobbin as a “Registered Radiological Technician.” The booklet is the constitution for the Alumnae Association of the Nicholls Hospital Peterborough. The dates of creation are not indicated on the document. Furthermore, the 9 pages present are a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Alumnae Association as well, date April 9, 1946 which outlines member duties and responsibilities. The second booklet was printed for the 75th anniversary of the School of Nursing in 1966. It provides a brief history of the school as well as a list of all graduates from the program since its establishment. There is also a programme for the 1966 Alumnae Purple and Gold dinner. It includes the sequence of the evening’s events as well as the list of 1966 nursing graduates. The last programme is a 1919 graduation exercises copy with the sequence of events and the list of graduates, including A. Dobbin.

Related Notes – Other certificates exist on the ledgers shelf.

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Series Title – Elaine Goselin Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 2000?

Physical Description 43 Colour Photographs

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Currently unknown

Scope and Content – Photographs depict the initial ground development of the new Peterborough Regional Health Centre as well as of the Peterborough Civic Hospital grounds and building.

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Series Title – Keith Harrison Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation - 1933

Physical Description 1 Hospital Statement

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – K. Harrison was a paediatric patient at the Nicholls Hospital.

Scope and Content – The statement from Nicholls Hospital dated 1933 is for the patient K. Harrison. It outlines the total hospital costs, the length of time spent in a type of hospital room, and the medical tests performed.

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Series Title – Judy Marshall Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 1985

Physical Description 1 Booklet

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently donated to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Judy Marshall was the hospital librarian.

Scope and Content – The booklet is titled “St. Joseph’s Hospital Nurses Alumni.” It includes general nursing information and the constitution of the St. Joseph’s Nursing Alumni Committee.

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Series Title – Carol Pearson Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 1984 & 2004

Physical Description 5 Photographs

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently donated to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – C. Pearson was a 1965 graduate from the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing. She worked as a nurse at the Peterborough Civic Hospital from 1974 to 1990 and was a member of the Museum and Archives Committee.

Scope and Content – The 4 colour photographs illustrate the museum and archives room. 2 are displays that the archives committee set up, 1 is of Louise Hall – a volunteer, and the other photograph is of Louise Hall, Carol Pearson and Lorna Whitaker – members of the committee. The fifth photograph is black and white of a presentation of donations to the Peterborough Civic Hospital Obstetrics from the Women’s Auxiliary and the Bus Drivers Union. The names of those present in the photograph are written on the back as well as a list of all donations made.

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Series Title – Annie Knox Renwick Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 2000 [Photocopy of 1937 original]

Physical Description 1 Photograph

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives from A. Renwick’s son. It was then transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – A. Renwick graduated in 1937 from Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses. She passed away in 2004.

Scope and Content – The black and white photograph is a graduation portrait of A. Renwick, taken in 1937 by Roy Photo Studios. A laser copy was taken in 2000 of the original due to its poor condition.

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Series Title – Edna Campbell Collection

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 1923-1924 & 1926

Physical Description 4 Hospital Statements 1 Business Card

Custodial History – Material was collected by E. Campbell and donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives. It was then transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – E. Campbell was a Peterborough County citizen.

Scope and Content – 2 of the hospital statements are invoices for Mr. George Akers – both dated 1923. The third is for M. Sherley Akers, dated 1924 and the last is for patient Robert H. Campbell from 1926. All three statements are from Nicholls Hospital. They outline the total hospital costs, the length of time spent in a type of hospital room, and the medical tests performed. The business card document concerns a change of office address for Dr. Stanley Y. Walsh.

Related Notes – E. Campbell was the executor of Sherley Aker’s estate of where 3 of the hospital statements originated. The 4th belonged to her father.

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Series Title – Kaaren (Gatfield) Dunford Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 2003

Physical Description 11 Colour Photographs

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently donated to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – K. Dunford graduated in 1966 from the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing. She worked as an office nurse in the Paediatrics department at the Peterborough Clinic on Charlotte Street.

Scope and Content – The 11 photographs were taken of the Peterborough Regional Health Centre after its construction. They illustrate the front entrance and parking lots of the new facility.

Related Notes – Photographs were taken by the donor.

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Series Title – Marie Adamcryck Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 1997 & 2001

Physical Description 1 Essay 1 Brochure

Custodial History – Material donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently donated to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – M. Adamcryck was a graduate from the Kitchener-Waterloo School and Nursing in 1964. She was a Trent University student in 2001.

Scope and Content – The essay, titled “Canada in the Age of Consumption” was written by the donor for a Trent University history course assignment. It is an informative essay that traces the steps of medical progress from the mid- to late- 19th century to 2000. Second, the brochure is titled “Breastfeeding your Newborn.” It was produced by the Women’s Health Care Centre in Peterborough County in 1997. The cover illustration was designed and drawn by the donor.

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Series Title – Mignon Maynard Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 1914

Physical Description 1 Hospital Statement

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – M. Maynard was a patient at Nicholls Hospital.

Scope and Content – The invoice is originates from Nicholls Hospital in 1914 for the patient Mrs. Jack Maynard (Mignon Maynard). It outlines the total hospital costs, the length of time spent in a type of hospital room, and the medical tests performed.

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Series Title – Jean Werry Veale Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation - 1947

Physical Description 1 Photograph

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – J. Veale was a graduate of the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing in 1949.

Scope and Content – The photograph is black and white of the 1947 nurses’ intermediate championship baseball team of Civic Hospital. The 12 individuals are – from left to right, back to front row: Sadie Trotter, Eleanor Whittaker, Elsie Crawford, Marian Deyell, Laura Bushey, Shirley Curtis, Ora Wilson, Evangeline Calvert, Beth Magee, Doris Hannah and Jean Werry.

Related Notes – A 2 piece gym suit and a baseball uniform were transferred to the nursing exhibit at the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec in 2005.

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Series Title – Wayne Little Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 2000?

Physical Description 30 Photographs 4 Negatives

Custodial History – Photographs were taken by W. Little and donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – The donor was a grounds keeper at Peterborough Regional Health Centre.

Scope and Content – All of the photographs are in colour and of the grounds. They illustrate the flower beds at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre and some of Nicholls Hospital. The negatives are of the developed pictures.

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Series Title – Linda Peters Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 1981

Physical Description 12 Photographs

Custodial History – Photographs were taken by Sam Peters (husband of donor) and donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives. They were then transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Sam and Linda Peters were employees of Peterborough Civic Hospital and lived in close proximity to the hospital.

Scope and Content – The colour photographs are of the demolition of Nicholls Hospital in 1981. They show various steps of the destruction process.

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Series Title – Nancy (Willis) McKenzie Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – April 1944

Physical Description 1 Booklet

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – N. McKenzie was a graduate of the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing in 1972. She worked as a nurse at Civic Hospital in Labour and Delivery.

Scope and Content – This booklet is titled “Some Facts: concerning the management and care of infants and relatively young children” by R.J. Young – an MD from Peterborough. It was published in 1944 and contains 15 pages of information about infant weight and development, correct diet, common illnesses, immunization and common medications.

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Series Title – Mrs. William (Barbara) Tice Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 1941, 1943-44 & 1948

Physical Description 4 Hospital Statements

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Donor and family were patients of Nicholls Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital.

Scope and Content – Three of the hospital statements – those of 1941, 1943 and 1944 – are from Nicholls Hospital. At least two are for children and mention nursery costs. The fourth statement – a Blue Cross Hospitalization Account – is from St. Joseph’s hospital for a male child patient. All statements outline the total hospital costs including the length of time spent in the hospital room, the medical tests performed and medicine administered.

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Series Title – Ruth Barns Regan Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 003

Dates of Creation – 1950-1977

Physical Description 25 Photographs 1 Card 2 Information Papers 1 Certificate with Letter 1 Newspaper Article Copy

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – R. Barns was a dietician at Peterborough Civic Hospital.

Scope and Content – The photographs are mostly contained in a photo album and are from around 1950 to the 1970s – the exact dates of creation are unknown of individual photographs. The photographs depict a variety of subjects including graduation events at Civic Hospital and Nicholls Hospital, weddings of different nurses and the hospital grounds and buildings. One photograph not included in the album is of the 1944 nurses graduating class for the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses. The names of the individuals are on the back of the photograph. The card is from the dietary department at Civic Hospital and concerns the awarding and congratulations of R. Regan receiving the Canadian Silver Jubilee Medal for devoted service to their career. The certificate, from 1977 accompanied the medal. The newspaper clipping photocopy is about the designer of the medal and her art. Included in this series are two papers of information. The first is titled “Beginnings of Household Science” and is the history, written in 1972, of the creation of Faculty of Household Science – a dietary program at the “Lillian Massey Normal Training School of Household Science.” The second paper is “The Development of Household Science in the University of Toronto” which again outlines the history of creation of the Faculty of Household Science and its integration into the University of Toronto.

Related Notes – The Jubilee medal is currently in the Peterborough Regional Health Centre artifacts at the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

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Series Title – Reginald Faryon Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 004

Dates of Creation – 1947

Physical Description 2 Letters 1 Broadcast Script

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently donated to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Currently unknown

Scope and Content – The correspondence is 2 letters addressed to R. Faryon. The first thanks the donor for the organization of the sod-turning events at Peterborough Civic Hospital, the approval of 3 by-laws and the occurrence of the Miller Lacrosse Bowl in Peterborough. This letter is signed by William G. Owens and was written in 1947. The second letter is again addressed to R. Faryon in 1948 and signed by R. Raine, the chairmen of the Special Hospital Committee. It concerns the attention of rate-payers and passing a by-law resulting in a mandate to complete the hospital. The broadcast script is about the proposal for the building of the Peterborough Civic Hospital and appeals to the citizens of the area to vote for the hospital by-law in an upcoming election.

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Series Title – Jean Dawson Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 004

Dates of Creation – 1957-1972

Physical Description 10 Yearbooks 13 Graduation Exercises 2 Programmes 1 Photograph

Custodial History – Material was donated by J. Dawson’s daughter to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives which was then transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – J. Dawson was born in 1901. She had 2 children, Eleanor and Doris and lived in Lindsay, Uxbridge and Peterborough in her life. J. Dawson was the evening receptionist of the Peterborough Civic Hospital Nurses Residence from 1957-1969. She died in 1971.

Scope and Content – The yearbooks are of the years 1958-1964, 1966-1967 and 1972 and outline the nursing activities, including photographs of that year. In addition, there are 13 graduating exercises from the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing dated from 1957-1968 and 1970. Each programme outlines the sequence of events for the evening and a list of all graduates from that given year. One of the programmes is of the opening ceremony of the Peterborough Civic Hospital Nursing Education Building which outlines the sequence of events for the official opening ceremony. The second programme is for a church service from the St. Andrew’s Church in Peterborough which the graduation class of 1966 Civic Hospital School of Nursing attended. The photograph is black and white. A copy of it appears in the 1967 yearbook. The individuals in this photograph are unidentified.

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Series Title – Shirley Mason Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 004

Dates of Creation - 1991

Physical Description 1 Guestbook

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Currently unknown

Scope and Content – The guestbook was signed by guests at the 1991 celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Nicholls Hospital’s and Peterborough Civic Hospital’s School of Nursing. Beside the names of those attended is the year that person graduated from the nursing school. There are 17 double-sided pages of signatures.

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Series Title – Ella Reid Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 005

Dates of Creation – 1939-1991

Physical Description 1 Portrait 1 Newsletter 4 Newspaper Clippings 64 Photographs 1 Card 13 Certificates 2 Magazine Pages 1 Guestbook

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Currently unknown

Scope and Content – The colour portrait photograph of E. Reid from her retirement is mounted on a cardboard matte. Around its perimeter are signatures of staff members. There are many certificates present in this series. The first few were issued from the UK. This includes the Certificate of Central Midwives Board for Scotland dated July 1947 which state that E. Reid has passed the midwifery examination and can practice as a midwife. A second certificate is dated March 1947 from Central Midwives Board for Scotland that she has passed the first examination of the board. Next, is a certificate from 1945 issued from the “Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh School of Nursing. Reid entered school in 1942 and graduated in 1945. This certificate outlines the training in different fields that she did and for what duration; it is her graduation certificate from the nursing school in Edinburgh. Another overseas certificate is for the registration as a general nurse from “General Nursing Council for Scotland” 1945. This grants her certification as a registered general nurse. Furthermore, E. Reid received a certificate from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh School of Midwifery in 1947 which certifies her attendance of lecture in Midwifery and her internship and residency for the duration of 12 months. Another certificate was a notice that E. Reid has passed the first examination for admission to the roll of midwives dated March 1947 from the “Central Midwives Board for Scotland”. There is a letter that goes with the certificate extending congratulations. LXV

In addition to this is the notification that the Simpson Maternity Pavilion in Edinburgh has notified the Central Midwives Board for Scotland that Reid has completed her training in July 1947. Lastly, there is a blank certificate from the Central Midwives Board for Scotland that provides notification of practice as a midwife. All of these certificates are rolled into a black tube that was among the material. Four certificates also exist from the British Red Cross Society. Two of them qualify E. Reid as a nurse registered in first aid in 1939 and then 1940. The other two are certifications that E. Reid is qualified as a nurse registered in home nursing, also in 1939 and then 1940. E. Reid also had one Canadian certificates; it was from the Province of Ontario, certifying E. Reid as a registered nurse in Ontario in 1948. Next there was a guestbook with had signatures in it from those who attended the dinner for Ella Reid in 1977 for her retirement. There are 9 double sided pages of signatures in the book and an additional 3 loose pages of signatures. Additionally, there was an invitation card for an RSVP for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the School of Nursing in 1991. There also were newsletters. The first is the “Easter News & Views” from the Peterborough Civic Hospital in March of 1968. It contained information concerning the hospital and its staff. The second is two pages of the newsletter named “Nursing Times” from the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh in 1950. The pages have photographs of the infirmary as well as some information about the nursing program in Scotland. There are three newspaper clipping pages from the Peterborough Examiner that feature E. Reid as well as one that honours three doctors that turned 80 in 1986 – Dr. Roger Chenoweth, Dr. Robert Nott and Dr. Russell Morgan. In addition to the newsletter pages, are black and white photographs from Edinburgh of the evening dispatch demonstration with E. Reid in the forefront; the other individuals are unknown. Ten other photographs include: the 1952 graduating class from Civic School of Nursing, a Long Service Awards event and eight consisting of E. Reid in hospital training, school events and individual poses. A mounted colour photograph from the Long Service Awards in 1973 features Ella Reid, Brigitte Kurowski, Fay Rutledge and Mim Jolley. A second mounted photograph is of the Peterborough Civic Hospital supervisory staff from around 1960-1995. Two additional photographs are from a party given for E. Reid for her 25 years of service to the hospital; the first is E. Reid and 7 other staff members and the second is E. Reid cutting a cake at the party. Furthermore, a photo album is included containing 45 colour photographs on 12 album pages of various Peterborough Civic Hospital award ceremonies and social events; it dates from the 1960s-1970s. The last photograph is of the Peterborough Civic Hospital administrators around 1960 featuring John Hornal, John MacKay and William Beatty.

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Related Notes – The matted portrait with signatures, the certificate from the Ontario Government awarding E. Reid status of Registered Nurse and the certificates held in the tube have all been moved to the oversized Box.

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Series Title – Carol (Chestnut) Perry Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 005

Dates of Creation – 1946-1953

Physical Description 2 Booklets 1 Card 1 Song Lyrics 3 Letters 1 Programme 1 Graduation Exercise 1 Seating Arrangement

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Donor graduated from the PCH School of Nursing in 1953. After graduation, she worked part-time at the Port Hope Hospital.

Scope and Content – The first booklet is titled the “Alumnae Association of the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing.” It is the 1946 constitution for the alumnae with active by-laws. The second booklet is “Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing” that contains a brief history of the Peterborough hospitals and information on the organizations of the nursing school including general information for applicants, examinations, tuition, scholarships, education process and opportunities following graduation. Within the series is an invitation card to a banquet in the honour of the graduating class of the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing in 1953, along with the song lyrics of the 1953 graduating class song to the tune of “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” Of the letters, the first is an acceptance letter from the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing in May of 1950. It includes instruction to candidates such as what to bring for the school of nursing and an itemized account of items to purchase before attending the school with total expense list. A second letter is from the director of nursing at Peterborough Civic Hospital concerning C. Chestnut moving to the Ontario Hospital Kingston to practice Psychiatric Nursing. It outlines her travel process required to get to Kingston. The next letter is dated from 1953 and is from the director of nursing LXVIII

at Peterborough Civic Hospital about the application for appointment to the graduate nurse staff. With it is a copy of personnel conditions governing the employment of graduate nurses – including the duty and statutory holiday time, salary, meals, laundry, illness allowance and vacation policies of the staff. Next, the programme is for the capping ceremony of the 1953 graduating class. It is from 1951 and has the sequence of events and a list of new nursing students including where the women live or originate from. Most of the nurses are from the Peterborough region. The 1953 graduation exercise from the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing outlines the sequence of events for the evening as well as a list of all graduating members of 1953. On the back of the form is the Florence Nightingale Pledge. Last, is the seating arrangement for the 1953 graduating class. It describes the movements onto and off of the stage for the beginning and end of the ceremony.

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Series Title – Janet Wood Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 005

Dates of Creation – 1928-1929, 1931, 1933 & 1947

Physical Description 5 Postcards

Custodial History – Material was donated by Vera McNeely, a niece to Janet Wood, to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives. It was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – J. Wood was a graduate in 1930 from the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses. After marriage to Jack McFarlane, she moved to the west of Canada. She died in 1980.

Scope and Content – All postcards have a black and white photograph of the graduating class on the front. Those from 1928, 1929, 1931 and 1933 are of the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses and the postcard from 1947 is from the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing.

Related Notes – Identical photographs as those on the postcards exist in the School of Nursing Fonds as full photographs.

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Series Title – Marion McKinnon Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 005

Dates of Creation – 1928-1930s

Physical Description 35 Photographs 8 Examinations 1 Card

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – M. McKinnon graduated in 1930 from Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses. She worked intermittently as a nurse until her death in 2000.

Scope and Content – The first item is a card from Terry and Jeanette (M. McKinnon’s children) to Lorna Whitaker (the hospital archivist) concerning the donation of material to the archives. Within the collection are examination papers for the registration of nurses in the province of Ontario – most from November 1930 – of the subjects “Obstetrical Nursing,” “Nursing in General,” “Orthopaedic and Gynaecological Surgery,” “Anatomy and Physiology,” “Children’s Nursing,” “Medical Nursing and Dietetics,” “Preventative Medicine and Hygiene,” “Demonstration of Nursing Technique,” and “Obstetrical Nursing.” The last examination paper is from May, 1931. Next, are 25 black and white photographs in 4 album pages of various nurses and doctors that worked or taught at the Nicholls Hospital. Many of the photographs are of M. McKinnon as a nurse. Included on all photographs are the names of the individuals and their employment or student positions. Furthermore, there are 9 photographs of Nicholls Hospital employees which also include the individuals’ employment positions (ie surgeon) and their names. The last photograph is a colour print of M. McKinnon with her grandson at her 90th birthday party.

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Series Title – Mary Nesbitt Series

Temporary Location – PRHC 005

Dates of Creation – [after 1963]

Physical Description 1 Pamphlet

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – M. Nesbitt was a graduate from the Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing in 1946.

Scope and Content – The pamphlet is titled “Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing.” It briefly outlines the history of the School of Nursing in Peterborough and information about the new nursing education building including, the architects, contractor, cost of construction, facilities it hosts and the accommodations available for nursing students.

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Series Title – Kaye Ross Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 005

Dates of Creation – 1995-1996

Physical Description 1 Medallion 1 Card 1 Pamphlet 15 Photographs 8 Fact Sheets 1 Letter 2 Photocopies Newspaper Clippings 4 Speeches 1 Photocopies Book 1 Ribbon

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently donated to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Kaye Ross was part of the Community Relations at Peterborough Civic Hospital.

Scope and Content – The medallion and card were presented to Kaye Ross by Madame LeBlanc, the Governor General of Canada’s wife. The pamphlet presents the “McNabb Critical Care Unit,” the new intensive and coronary care unit at the Peterborough Civic Hospital. It outlines the multidisciplinary team of professionals that will be working in the building as well as the special features to assist with patient care that have been installed. The pamphlet also describes how the fundraising money for the construction of the building was obtained. Next, the fact sheets of different subjects including: “The Governor General’s Standard” which includes a picture of his coat of arms and “Symbolism of the Arms of His Excellency the Right Honourable Romeo LeBlanc” which describes the meaning of his coat of arms. A third fact sheet is titled “Her Excellency Mrs. Diana Fowler LeBlanc, C.C.” and provides a brief life-history of the Governor General’s wife. Next is “Roles and Responsibilities of the Governor General,” “List of Governors and Governors General,” “Brochures and Information Documents Published by the Office of the Secretary to the Governor LXXIII

General” and “Suggested Reading List” for government information. All 8 fact sheets are in both English and French. The first newspaper clipping describes the appointment of the Governor General Romeo LeBlanc and a background history of his life. The second clipping is of Diana Fowler-LeBlanc and her vision for change in hospitals and patient care in Canada. The letter is addressed to K. Ross to accept the invitation to the opening ceremony of the Intensive Care Unit at Peterborough Civic Hospital in 1996. Also included is the pink ribbon from the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the official opening of the McNabb Intensive Care Unit. There are four speeches, all presented by Madame Diana Fowler LeBlanc. The first was presented in Toronto, Ontario on October 14, 1995 and was titled “Remarks on the Occasion of the Official Launch of the Anti-Racism, Multiculturalism and Native Initiatives Centre.” The second, “Speech on the Occasion of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Palliative Care Association” occurred on October 15, 1995 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The third speech was titled “Speech on the Occasion of the Annual Meeting of the Ontario Multi-Faith Council on Spiritual and Religious Care” and was presented in Toronto Ontario on November 14, 1995. Finally, the last speech took place on April 15, 1996 in Peterborough Ontario: “Speech on the Occasion of the Opening of the New Regional McNabb Care Unit at the Peterborough Civic Hospital” to officially open the new intensive care unit. Present are 15 photographs. Two are matted and are formal photographs of (1) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and (2) Their Excellencies Governor General Romeo LeBlanc and Mrs. Diana Fowler LeBlanc. Two other portraits are of Mrs. Diana Fowler LeBlanc and E.B. Fowler, the grand-father of Diana Fowler LeBlanc and also a former Board of Trustees member for the Nicholls Hospital. Six other photographs are black and white and illustrate the official opening ceremony of the McNabb Critical Care Unit. The remaining five photographs are coloured depictions of a Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives display of various artifacts of the Peterborough hospital history. Lastly, there is a copy of a book presented to Mrs Diana Fowler LeBlanc in memory of her grandfather E. Bruce Fowler who was a member of the Board of Trustees at Nicholls Hospital in Peterborough. It contains copies of documents from Nicholls Hospital that feature E. Bruce Fowler, including primarily newspaper clippings.

Related Notes – The photocopied book is located in the oversized-items Box.

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Series Title – William Martyn Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 005

Dates of Creation – 2004-2009

Physical Description 5 CDs containing 1233 Photographs

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – W. Martyn was a resident of Peterborough that lived in close proximity to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre, enabling him to photograph the buildings over a period of 5 years.

Scope and Content – The five CDs contain 1233 photographs compiled as slideshows of the building of the new Peterborough Regional Health Centre and the demolition of the former Peterborough Civic Hospital. The first 4 CDs have photographs of the demolition process and the fifth CD has photographs of the building of the new hospital.

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Series Title – Jim Wellwood Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 005

Dates of Creation – 1950-1959

Physical Description 9 Photographs 2 Letters

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Jim Wellwood was an employee of Peterborough Civic Hospital.

Scope and Content – Three of the black and white photographs were taken during the Peterborough Civic Hospital open house in July, 1950. These photographs had a gloss finish to them. The first photograph is of the Peterborough citizens on the steps of the new building. The second again has citizens within the hospital and at the top of the steps is Annie Thomson, the Director of Nursing. The last photograph from the open house features the Dietary Department and head chef George Linsdell. The second set of six black and white photographs features hospital employees at their jobs and places of work. Included is Colin Broadbridge in the laboratory, Gordon Wilde in pharmacy, Mary Waters in X-ray, Mrs. Robertson in physiotherapy, Miss Shaw – a student nurse – in the nursery holding a baby and the Chief Engineer Mr. Cole explaining bailey meters to J. Wellwood and J. Mitchell. One of the letters included is to Janet Campbell, the editor of the magazine “Information” with copies of the photographs previously mentioned for the purpose of using them in a magazine edition. The responding letter to J. Wellwood indicated that one of the photographs was used for an article and would be printed in the magazine.

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Series Title – Pearl Isobel Armstrong Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 005

Dates of Creation – 1924

Physical Description 1 Portrait

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – P. Armstrong was a graduate of the 1924 class at the Nicholls Training School for Nurses.

Scope and Content – The black and white portrait is a graduation photograph of P. Armstrong. Photographer unknown.

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Series Title – John Stewart Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 005

Dates of Creation – [ca. 1955-1960]

Physical Description 1 Photograph

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Currently unknown.

Scope and Content – The coloured photograph features three hospital employees: Fay Rutledge, the Director of Nursing at the Peterborough Civic Hospital, Dr. Malcolm McCulloch and Dr. John T.R. Stewart.

Related Notes – Subjects names are written on the back of the photograph.

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Series Title – Sanders/Scott Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 005

Dates of Creation – Currently unknown

Physical Description 4 Photographs

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Currently unknown

Scope and Content – The four coloured photographs depict an exhibit featuring 100 years of nurses’ caps at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ontario. There are two photographs of nurses caps, one of the curator and the fourth of a stone wall statue.

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Series Title – Anna Taylor Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 006

Dates of Creation – 1929-1932

Physical Description 1 Booklet 2 Notebooks 4 Typed Pages 1 Record of Practical Work

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – A. Taylor was born in 1908, and was a graduate from the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nursing in 1932. She died in 1997.

Scope and Content – The booklet, “Nicholls Hospital School of Nursing” includes a list of all officers and teachers in the school of nursing, what lectures are being taught and by what doctors, general information about the school of nursing and a schedule of lectures with the total number of teachable hours. The date of production is unknown. Further, the four typed pages of notes concern nursing student guidelines such as work, study and meal hours, and general rules of conduct. The two notebooks are handwritten and date from 1929-1932. The red notebook is of poems written about nursing topics. The black notebook contains lecture notes; Mrs. Leeson was the lecturer. The record of practical work is for the Student Margaret McDonagh from the class of 1932 at the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses. It marks the type of practical work that was learned, in what department it was completed as well as the date.

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Series Title – Stella (Rosborough) Hayes Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 006

Dates of Creation – 1936-1991

Physical Description 3 Certificates 1 Card 1 Graduation Exercise 3 Booklets 1 Pin 1 Records of Practical Work 2 Letters 16 Examinations

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – S. Hayes was a graduate from the Nicholls Hospital Training School of Nursing, in 1939.

Scope and Content – The first certificate was awarded in 1939 to the donor; it was her nursing school diploma indicating that she had graduated from the program. Accompanying this is her certificate classifying her as a registered nurse in the province of Ontario, also awarded in 1939. The graduation exercises correspond to the donor’s graduating year, 1939 as well, which outlines the sequence of events for the ceremony and a list of all the graduates from that year. Included is an invitation card to the graduation exercises event. There are two letters. The first is from the President of the Women’s Hospital Aids Association, Mrs. Margaret Rhynas, which congratulates the student nurses’ graduating class. The second is the oath to the Nicholls School of Nursing, “The Affirmation of Nicholls Hospital Training School.” Next is the Record of Practical Work from the Nicholls Hospital School for Nurses dated 1939 for the student S. Rosborough. It lists all of the practical procedures learned in training, in what department the work was completed and the date. The first booklet is titled “Data re Communicable Disease” from 1937. This booklet details different diseases, the cause, season of greatest incidence, how long people will be affected by the disease, symptoms, preventative measures and regulations. Also included are 16 examinations. 9 of them were tests given by professors in the program; these are on the subjects of: “Medicine,” “Drugs LXXXI

and Solutions,” “Tuberculosis,” “Eye,” “Obstetrics,” “Emergency Nursing,” “O.R. Technique,” “Dietetics,” and “Pathology.” The dates of these tests are unknown. These are in poor condition therefore photocopies of the documents have been produced. The other 7 examinations are from the Examination for the Registration of Nurses in the Province of Ontario. The first is on the subject of “Medical Nursing” dated 1936. All others are from 1939; this includes “Nursing in General, Orthopaedic and Gynaecological Surgery,” “Principles of Nursing Technique,” “Nursing in Diseases of Children,” “Preventative Medicine and Hygiene,” “Medical Nursing” (1939) and “Obstetrical Nursing.” One of the booklets is titled “75th Anniversary: Peterborough Civic Hospital School of Nursing 1891-1966.” It contains photographs of nursing buildings such as the education building, as well as a history of the School of Nursing in Peterborough, Ontario. In addition is a list of all graduates from the program from 1893 to 1966. The second booklet is “The Alumnae Association of the Nicholls Hospital, Peterborough Ontario.” It is the constitution of the Alumnae Association, which includes the objects of the association and the code of ethics. The third certificate states that S. Hayes is a life member of the Nursing Alumnae Association, awarded in 1989; with it is an alumnae pin from 1991.

Related Notes – Certificate for Registered Nurse in the province of Ontario has been transferred to the PRHC oversized Box.

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Series Title – Barbara Pratt Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 006

Dates of Creation – 1968-1969, 1971, 1973

Physical Description 4 Yearbooks

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – B. Pratt was the Director of the School of Nursing at Peterborough Civic Hospital from 1967-1973. She died in Newfoundland in 2008.

Scope and Content – The yearbooks were produced by the student nurses. They include nursing school information, photographs and descriptions of events that occurred within the school year.

Related Notes – There was originally a copy of the 1972 yearbook, it was duplicated in another series and therefore removed to duplication. Refer to the Jean Dawson series, PRHC Box 004 for a more complete selection of yearbooks.

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Series Title – Wm. R. Parker Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 006

Dates of Creation – November, 1936

Physical Description 1 Letter 5 Poems

Custodial History – Material was donated by the recipient of the poems, Mr. W.J. Flannery to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives. It was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – The donor was a friend of a patient’s that was staying at the Nicholls Hospital.

Scope and Content – The enclosed letter extends best wishes to the patient for a speedy recovery and introduces the 5 poems which Wm. Parker has written to his friend. The poems are titled “If I Knew You & You Knew Me,” “The Old Humble Church,” “The Friend Who Just Stands By,” “Smile, Thank You, Smile” and “The Common Touch.” All poems were typed on a typewriter.

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Series Title – John Martyn Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 006

Dates of Creation – ca. 1945

Physical Description 1 Photograph

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives by J. Martyn and Dr. Donald Clark. It was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Dr. John Martyn was a graduate from Medical School at the University of Toronto in 1954. He worked in Toronto before moving to Peterborough in 1962. He was a chairman of the Emergency and Intensive Care Departments and then became the Chief of Surgery from 1968-1970. He worked as a doctor for the Peterborough Petes hockey team for 23 years and was the medical director at the two Ontario Summer Games held in Peterborough.

Scope and Content – The black and white photograph portrays the front of Nicholls Hospital. It is a Roy Studios photograph and was taken to be used in Dr. J. Martyn’s book.

Related Notes – The photograph was removed from its frame. There were 2 oil paintings in this series that was removed to framed storage upon transfer to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

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Series Title – Diana McQuaig Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 006

Dates of Creation – 1951

Physical Description 2 Photographs

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Currently unknown

Scope and Content – The photographs were taken at the Affiliation at Whitby Psychiatric Hospital event in 1951. The students are all from the 1953 graduate class at Civic Hospital School for Nursing. The first photograph features 6 nurses; they are from left to right: Fae Jones, Lillian Luther, Marian Seymour, Marjorie Flavelle, Joan Giffen and Alice Moncrief. The second photograph is of three girls – Alice Moncrief, Fae Jones and Joan Giffen – sitting on steps.

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Series Title – Elsa Wagar Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 006

Dates of Creation – 1931-1933

Physical Description 1 Letter 1 Record of Practical Work 1 Clinical Experience Form 1 Certificate Card

Custodial History – Material was given to Anne Graham for the purpose of writing her book. A. Graham then donated it to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives which was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – E. Wagar was a graduate from the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1933.

Scope and Content – The clinical experience form outlines the schedule of events 6 nurses including E. Wagar for a period of 8 days in January of 1933. It lists what nurses are responsible for what patients and what procedures they should do while in their care. The Record of Practical Work at the Nicholls Hospital School for Nurses lists all of the practical procedures learned in training, in what department the work was completed and the date. The certificate card was administered around 1933 and licenses E. Wagar as a Registered Nurse. Finally, the card is congratulation for obtaining first place in general proficiency from 1931.

LXXXVII

Series Title – Emil Czerurinski Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 006

Dates of Creation – 1910?

Physical Description 1 Postcard

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Currently unknown

Scope and Content – The material is a souvenir postcard from 1910 with a stamp in the corner for 1 cent. On the front is a coloured photograph of Nicholls Hospital in Peterborough, Ontario.

LXXXVIII

Series Title – Daisy Metcalfe-Stewart Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 006

Dates of Creation – 1924-1926

Physical Description 1.5cm Lecture Notes

Custodial History – Material was donated to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives and subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – D. Metcalfe was a graduate from the Nicholls Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1927. After graduation she became the Night and O.R. supervisor at Nicholls hospital. In 1929 she attended a course with V.O.N in Montreal and became the charge nurse of V.O.N in Carlton Plate. Afterwards she worked in private duty and social work at Civic Hospital. D. Metcalfe died in 1984.

Scope and Content – All of the lecture notes were handwritten by D. Metcalfe. They include notes on different procedures, the lecturer – most were given by Miss. Walsh – and the date they were received. Included are both first and second year nursing lecture notes.

Related Notes – The notes have been photocopied; currently location of the original unknown.

LXXXIX

Series Title – Hannah Dalby Series

Temporary Location – Box: PRHC 006

Dates of Creation – 1879-1889

Physical Description 1 Certificate 8 Information Pages 1 Newspaper Clipping 1 Letter

Custodial History – Material was donated by Jean Baker – H. Dalby’s great niece – to the Peterborough Hospital Museum and Archives. The material was subsequently transferred to the Peterborough Museum and Archives.

Biographical History – Hannah Dalby was the first Lady Superintendent of Peterborough’s first hospital, Moira Hall. She attended the first training school for nurses in Canada: St. Catharines General and Marine Hospital in 1876 and graduated in 1879.

Scope and Content – First, the certificate is the graduation diploma for H. Dalby from the Training School for Nurses at the St. Catharines General and Marine Hospital in 1879. The letter, along with the envelope, is addressed to Mary (a sister) in 1889. The 8 sheets of paper are about the “Plague” and “Typhoid Fever” which they are titled and 1 of them is a reference paper titled “Temperature Chart” which charts the temperature of a diseased patient during his hospital stay. The newspaper chart is about the health care facilities at Moira Hall; the photograph included in the article features H. Dalby on the first step. The date of production for this article is unknown.

Related Notes – The handwriting on the original notes and photocopies are very difficult to decipher.