The collection reflects Edith Evelyn Turner’s career at the Children’s Hospital, the Winnipeg General Hospital and the Health Sciences Center. Her records document her work as a student, a nurse, a supervisor, a staffing co-ordinator, a designer, and an advisor. The collection has been arranged into seven series and includes textbooks, photographs, pins and name badges, yearbooks and a graduation programme, silver spoons, and design patents.
The collection documents two sections of the career of Joann MacMorran, firstly there are records related to her time in training at the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing and secondly the records reflect her time with the CIDA Project in Guyana.
Collection provides information on Beatrice Kidd in relation to her roles as a nursing student, both at Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing. Her records document her graduation from Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing in 1928. The collection consists of a pin, book, nurse’s caps, photographs, correspondence, notes, programs, newspaper clippings, and yearbook.
The collection contains items related to the VON including artifacts (hat, buttons, pins and one piece of equipment), photographic images (slides & photographs on board), archival materials (scrapbooks, bag list) and copies of various history books about the VON.