110 records – page 2 of 6.

Florence Jackson

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.7 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.7 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
315-107
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1994-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Clothing - Uniforms
Names
Jackson, Florence Colocott
Canadian Red Cross
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Cassie Avenue
Street Address
6457 Cassie Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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Grace Woodward Zala

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36576
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1914 and 1918]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Grace Woodward Zala, R.N. She was a Burnaby nursing sister in W.W.I., wife of Victor Zala (married on August 21, 1914 in Victoria); the daughter of Herbert Woodward (Sea Captain) and Julia Ann Woodward; and sister of Maude, Harriet and Beatrice Woodward. Grace was born in England in…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1914 and 1918]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
300-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-41
Scope and Content
Photograph of Grace Woodward Zala, R.N. She was a Burnaby nursing sister in W.W.I., wife of Victor Zala (married on August 21, 1914 in Victoria); the daughter of Herbert Woodward (Sea Captain) and Julia Ann Woodward; and sister of Maude, Harriet and Beatrice Woodward. Grace was born in England in 1871. She and her family came to Canada from Liverpool on the Parisian in 1888. Grace died on Galiano in 1959. She had no children. Grace went overseas in WWI to work with the British Red Cross Society and the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Wars - World War, 1914-1918
Occupations - Clergy
Clothing - Uniforms
Names
Zala, Grace Woodward
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Interview with Jack McGeachie June 18, 1975 - Track 4

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1929-1938
Length
0:09:54
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie's memories of Burnaby during the Depression years including his sister's personal and work history.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie's memories of Burnaby during the Depression years including his sister's personal and work history.
Date Range
1929-1938
Photo Info
McGeachie family; John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie is the eldest child, standing second from the right, 1925 (date of original). Item no. 204-464
Length
0:09:54
Names
McGeachie, Florence Mary
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Recreational Activities - Dancing
Interviewer
Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
Interview Date
June 18, 1975
Scope and Content
Recording is a taped interview with John A."Jack" McGeachie by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 18, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) and farming in Burnaby. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
John Aloysius “Jack” McGeachie was born January 14, 1914 in Little Mountain, Vancouver to Helen and John McGeachie. Helen and John had four children; John Aloysius “Jack”, Florence Mary, Thomas Joseph “Tom” and Roderick Noel “Rod.” In 1922 the McGeachie family moved from Vancouver to East Burnaby where the children attended Edmonds School. John Sr. became ill and died, leaving the eldest Jack as the main breadwinner of the family when he was still just a teenager. He began his working life at a chicken farm, later learning his trade while working for the Hudson Bay Company. Jack McGeachie married Burnaby Historian Doreen Pixie Johnson. He and Pixie raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine.
Total Tracks
8
Total Length
0:51:13
Interviewee Name
McGeachie, John Aloysius "Jack"
Interview Location
Rosewood
Interviewer Bio
Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Oral history subseries
Transcript Available
None
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Jack McGeachie

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Winnie Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82558
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1900 and 1920]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard is a portrait of Winnie Hill.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1900 and 1920]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Series
Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
550-129
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-03
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard is a portrait of Winnie Hill.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Rowe, Winnifred L. "Winnie" Hill
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on note accompanying photograph
Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Winnie Hill"
Note in blue pen on recto reads: "Aunt Winnie"
Photograph stamp on recto reads: "Briston. Worthing"
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World War One nurse

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription609
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1914 and 1918] (date of original), copied 1977
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman in a World War One nursing uniform, taken in a photographic studio. She is holding the back of a chair, and the painted backdrop shows arches. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies this photograph as Winnie (Winnie Hill Rowe, daughter of Bernard Hill) when she …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman in a World War One nursing uniform, taken in a photographic studio. She is holding the back of a chair, and the painted backdrop shows arches. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies this photograph as Winnie (Winnie Hill Rowe, daughter of Bernard Hill) when she went to England as a nurse during WWI.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Clothing - Uniforms
Wars - World War, 1914-1918
Names
Rowe, Winnifred L. "Winnie" Hill
Accession Code
HV977.123.15
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1914 and 1918] (date of original), copied 1977
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-07-18
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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A complete system of nursing

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3506
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Ashdown, A. Millicent (Amy Millicent)
Publication Date
1917
Call Number
610 ASH
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV995.14.1
Call Number
610 ASH
Author
Ashdown, A. Millicent (Amy Millicent)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Waverly Book Co.
Publication Date
1917
Printer
Richard Clay & Sons
Physical Description
xv, 746 p.: ill., diagr., col. plates
Inscription
"E. Abercrombie" -handwritten in ink inside front cover. "E. L. A." -written on outside edges of pages.
Library Subject (LOC)
Nursing
Nurses
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Florence Nightingale : the wounded soldier's friend

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Pollard, Eliza F., 1840-1911
Publication Date
1911
Call Number
610.7309 POL
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV971.133.38
Call Number
610.7309 POL
Author
Pollard, Eliza F., 1840-1911
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd.
Publication Date
1911
Physical Description
ix, 11-160 p., 32 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Inscription
"253" [stamped in blue ink on front pastedown] "Campbell" [faded and handwritten in black ink on front paste down]
Library Subject (LOC)
Nurses--Great Britain
History of Nursing--19th century
Biography
Notes
"Fully illustrated" -- title page
32 page catalogue of other books published by S.W. Partridge in the back.
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Board of Management minute book

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65503
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1937-1947
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Board of Management minute book.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1937-1947
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS021-072
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Board of Management minute book.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Burnaby Branch cash book

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65053
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1925
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 ledger book
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch cash book. Included in the minute book are two loose sheets; a Statement of Receipts and Dispursements as well as a letter from the Bank of Toronto regarding an automobile purchase.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1925
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 ledger book
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS021-006
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch cash book. Included in the minute book are two loose sheets; a Statement of Receipts and Dispursements as well as a letter from the Bank of Toronto regarding an automobile purchase.
Media Type
Textual Record
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Burnaby Branch ledger book

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1914-1920
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 ledger book
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch ledger book. Included in the minute book are loose receipts and note pages.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1914-1920
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 ledger book
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS021-018
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch ledger book. Included in the minute book are loose receipts and note pages.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Burnaby Branch papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65433
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1929-1943
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch transportation reports, disbursement statements and tax receipts.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1929-1943
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS021-045
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch transportation reports, disbursement statements and tax receipts.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Burnaby Branch receipt book

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1924-1948
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 ledger book
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch receipt book. Included in the receipt book are loose annual Statement of Disbursement pages.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1924-1948
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 ledger book
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS021-013
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch receipt book. Included in the receipt book are loose annual Statement of Disbursement pages.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1932
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as a number of loose pages of notes.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1932
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS021-009
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as a number of loose pages of notes.
Media Type
Textual Record
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Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65057
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1930-1931
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as a number of loose pages of notes.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1930-1931
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS021-010
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as a number of loose pages of notes.
Media Type
Textual Record
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Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65059
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1933-1939
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as loose pages of correspondence.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1933-1939
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS021-012
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as loose pages of correspondence.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65062
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1931
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as loose pages of correspondence.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1931
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS021-015
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as loose pages of correspondence.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65063
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1933
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as loose pages of correspondence.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1933
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS021-016
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as loose pages of correspondence.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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East Burnaby Auxiliary minute book

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65061
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1936-1950
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) East Burnaby Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are loose pages of notes.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1936-1950
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 notebook (hardcover)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS021-014
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) East Burnaby Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are loose pages of notes.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Edmonds and East Burnaby Auxiliary receipt book

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65498
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1939-1956
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 ledger book
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Edmonds and East Burnaby Auxiliary receipt book. Included in the receipt book is one piece of correspondence.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1939-1956
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 ledger book
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS021-067
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Edmonds and East Burnaby Auxiliary receipt book. Included in the receipt book is one piece of correspondence.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Health brochures

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58253
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1929-1938
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of three brochures on the subject of health. One is entitled "Pioneers of Nursing in Canada" issued by the History of Nursing Society of the McGill University School for Graduate Nurses for the International Congress of Nurses. The other two were produced by the Department of Pensions…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1929-1938
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Evelyn Salisbury subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS061-077
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1991-24
Scope and Content
File consists of three brochures on the subject of health. One is entitled "Pioneers of Nursing in Canada" issued by the History of Nursing Society of the McGill University School for Graduate Nurses for the International Congress of Nurses. The other two were produced by the Department of Pensions and National Health in Ottawa; one of which is entitled "Wells", the other is entitled "The Rat Menace."
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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