Photograph of participants at the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the Victorian Order of Nurses. A large table filled with daffodils in a vase, teapots and cups and saucers is in the foreground with men and women crowding around it in fancy dress, drinking tea.
Photograph of participants at the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the Victorian Order of Nurses. A large table filled with daffodils in a vase, teapots and cups and saucers is in the foreground with men and women crowding around it in fancy dress, drinking tea.
Photograph of the newly elected executive of the auxillary to the Burnaby Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). From left; president of the provincial Victorian Order of Nurses Bart McCafferty, president of the Burnaby branch George Armson, recording secretary Mrs. Harold Huggins, and director of nurses…
Photograph of the newly elected executive of the auxillary to the Burnaby Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). From left; president of the provincial Victorian Order of Nurses Bart McCafferty, president of the Burnaby branch George Armson, recording secretary Mrs. Harold Huggins, and director of nurses Miss Margaret Standerwick.
An annotation on the back of the photograph identifies: "McAfferty [sic], Burnaby Treasurer and VON"; "George Armson, Health and Sanitation, Burnaby and President VON"; [an unidentified woman]; and, "Miss Margaret Standerwicke [sic], Burnaby VON Head Nurse."
143 cm of textual records (14 boxes) and 74 photographs (23 med. sepia prints; 15 small sepia prints; 6 small b&w prints; 7 med b&w print; 21 med. col. prints).
Scope and Content
Records consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, minute books, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, promotional materials, membership lists, bylaws and scrapbooks related to the history and work of the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) in Burnaby.
143 cm of textual records (14 boxes) and 74 photographs (23 med. sepia prints; 15 small sepia prints; 6 small b&w prints; 7 med b&w print; 21 med. col. prints).
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Records consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, minute books, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, promotional materials, membership lists, bylaws and scrapbooks related to the history and work of the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) in Burnaby.
History
The Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) for Canada is a non-profit charitable organization created for the purposes of home care and social services established in 1898 to perpetuate the memory of Victoria the Good. Lady Aberdeen, founding president of the National Council of Women (and wife of Canadian Governor General Lord Aberdeen) was a great believer in the need for a nursing service in Canada, particularly for the less fortunate and recommended the organization be established. The Burnaby Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses was established in 1912 with Miss Colhoun as its first nurse.
File consists of seven lists containing names of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) members and nurses for the years 1913 to 1962. Headings on the lists include; Capitol Hill, Deer Lake, Victorian Order of Nurses, Board Executive, Connaught Heights, North Burnaby, Honourary Members, East Burnaby & Edm…
Lists are typed on decorative kraft paper scrolls which have been rolled up separately
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS021-075
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
File consists of seven lists containing names of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) members and nurses for the years 1913 to 1962. Headings on the lists include; Capitol Hill, Deer Lake, Victorian Order of Nurses, Board Executive, Connaught Heights, North Burnaby, Honourary Members, East Burnaby & Edmonds, South Burnaby, West Burnaby Auxiliary and Southwest Burnaby Auxiliary.
File consists of twenty promotional pamphlets pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses. Included in the file is a pamphlet entitled "Historical May Day / Pictures from the files of the / Columbian."
File consists of twenty promotional pamphlets pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses. Included in the file is a pamphlet entitled "Historical May Day / Pictures from the files of the / Columbian."
File consists of papers pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), including newsletters and type-written excerpts of their history. Also included in the file is a photocopied letter that describes a humorous Christmas dinner.
File consists of papers pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), including newsletters and type-written excerpts of their history. Also included in the file is a photocopied letter that describes a humorous Christmas dinner.
Subseries consists of papers and photographs related to the history and work of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby.
History
The Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada is a non-profit charitable organization created for the purposes of home care and social services established in 1898 to perpetuate the memory of Victoria the Good. Lady Aberdeen, founding president of the National Council of Women and wife of Canadian Governor General Lord Aberdeen, was a great believer in the need for a nursing service in Canada, particularly for the less fortunate and recommended the organization be established. The Burnaby Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) was established in 1912 with Miss Colhoun as its first nurse.
Photograph of women seated together outdoors at tables an unidentified occasion, possibly a tea party, believed to have affiliation to the Victoria Order of Nurses.
Photograph of women seated together outdoors at tables an unidentified occasion, possibly a tea party, believed to have affiliation to the Victoria Order of Nurses.
Photograph of two women standing together and smiling at the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) coffee party held at F. Audrain’s house at 5711 Canada Way. The woman on the right is believed to be Florence "Florrie" Audrain.
Photograph of two women standing together and smiling at the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) coffee party held at F. Audrain’s house at 5711 Canada Way. The woman on the right is believed to be Florence "Florrie" Audrain.
Photograph of VON nurse Dorothy Shields standing in front of a Victorian Order of Nurses car, waving and looking to the right of the camera. Dorothy Shields retired from the VON in 1985.
Photograph of VON nurse Dorothy Shields standing in front of a Victorian Order of Nurses car, waving and looking to the right of the camera. Dorothy Shields retired from the VON in 1985.
Photograph of VON nurse Dorothy Shields standing in front of a Victorian Order of Nurses car, waving and looking to the right of the camera. She is holding a nurses bag up high in her left hand. Dorothy Shields retired from the VON in 1985.
Photograph of VON nurse Dorothy Shields standing in front of a Victorian Order of Nurses car, waving and looking to the right of the camera. She is holding a nurses bag up high in her left hand. Dorothy Shields retired from the VON in 1985.