Administrative and Operational
Series includes by-laws, descriptions of executive roles, policies, membership lists, and samples of letterhead for the BCORNG. Information on educational funding, a copy of the nurses’ manual and PPG policies are also included.
Administrative and Operational Records
Series documents the administrative and operational functions of the RDPPG. Substantial general Chapter meetings and Executive Committee minutes, agendas, attendance sheets, reports, and correspondence are included from 1967-2002. Correspondence and records created and received by the Corresponding Secretary and other executive members are also included. By-laws, resolutions, duties of the Executive Officers and Chapter letterhead are arranged in this series. Records also relate to special projects including member surveys, and member recognition. Documents related to partnerships and collaboration with the Richmond Health Board, Registered Nurses Foundation, and RNABC also appear in this series. Financial information includes annual audited reports, proposed budgets, education sponsorships for members and ledgers of annual finances. Other records relate to the Student Bursary offered by the Chapter, including pamphlets, applications, correspondence, photographs, recipient information and promotional efforts. Working copies of the publication Richmond-Delta Chapter History 1967-1997: Thirty Years of Professional Growth, written by members Ethel Warbinek and Beth Fitzpatrick with an additional chapter are arranged in this series.
Series includes GHIG by-laws, Annual General Meeting agendas and minutes, Executive Meeting agendas and minutes, meeting attendance records and annual reports.
Series consists of by-laws, description of executive roles, timelines, newsletters, and samples of letterhead and brochures for the Pediatric Nurses’ Group.
Series consists of records documenting the various administrative functions of the School of Nursing.
Series is arranged in the following subseries.
Series consists of by-laws, policies and other administrative records from the group.
Annual General Membership Meetings
Series consists of textual and audio records related to annual general meetings, including agendae, minutes, reports and other documents. Audiotapes of talks given to the Group by Dr. Beverly Witter Du Gas are included.
Articles related to Alice Wright
Series consists of newspaper clippings, articles and other textual material featuring articles related to Alice Wright, including articles regarding her work with the Registered Nurses’ Association of BC and the International Council of Nurses, her collection of Infant Feeding Devices, and the celebration of her 100th birthday in 1994.
Series consists of articles, programmes, and other material related to Paulson's involvement with the International Council of Nurses in the 1950s, including material pertaining to International Council of Nurses congresses in 1947, 1949, 1953, and 1957.
Series contains 6 objects, 1 black fabric graduation hood, 4 embroidered crests, 1 circular badge, from Dorothy Slaughter's time in the BC Public Health Service.
Series contains assortment of artifacts including graduation pins, insignia, rings, badges, medals, and a bracelet related to various BC and Canadian nursing schools, awards and other designations. Includes graduation pins from UBC School of Nursing, Vancouver General Hospital, Royal Jubilee Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Royal Columbia Hospital, Nanaimo General Hospital, Royal Inland Hospital among others. Graduation anniversary pins for UBC SON and several UBC Sorority pins also appear in the series. Also includes, pins for RNABC Award of Honour, Nurses Administrators Association of BC, Northern Territory Nurses Registration, Mary Agnes Snively Memorial Medal and Licensed Practical Nurses Association of BC. Series contains several artifacts from outside British Columbia, Trained Nurses Association of India, Winnipeg and Edmonton General Hospitals and The General Nursing Council for England & Wales. Contains 1 pin and a badge mounted in frames, some items arrived with custom storage boxes.
British Columbia History of Nursing Society
Series consists of artifacts and items related to Nina Rumen's military career.
Series consists of miscellaneous pins and badges from nursing and other sources gathered by Bernadet Ratsoy.
Series consists of 3 cassettes containing interviews with Bernadet Ratsoy and others on nursing-related topics.
Series consists of textual and plaque awards granted to Bernadet Ratsoy.
Series consists of awards to Sheila Zerr with accompanying documentation
BCHNPPG Chapter Groups: Victoria
The incentive to organize a Victoria chapter of the HoN Group stemmed from the History of Women showcase October 1 and 2, 1994 at the British Columbia Museum. The first meeting was held on January 30, 1995, with Kari Moore elected President. Its main focus was to gather oral histories.
Series consists of minutes, reports, correspondence and photographs relating to the Victoria Chapter of the BCHNPPG.
Series consists of textual and graphic records related to projects organized by the BCHNPPG in order to raise funds for a facility to house the Group’s archival records.
From 1991-2002 Ratsoy was Associate Dean of Health Sciences at the B.C. Institute of Technology. Series includes a letter and clippings by and about Ratsoy and the School of Health Sciences at BCIT.
Conferences were hosted in British Columbia every two years, beginning in 1968, to encourage the ongoing education of nurses. Series consists of following subseries: indices to conferences, planning committee minutes, programs and brochures, Biennial Business Meeting Minutes and Reports and Biennial Business Meeting Photographs.
Series consists of 2.4 m of textual records and graphic material related to nurses who have made significant contributions to their profession in British Columbia. They include records related to the person's life and career, photographs, copies of publications, memories and biographical information and other records related to nursing activities in B.C. A brief biography of each subject is included.
An item level description of file contents is located at the front of each file. A full index of all files created by the B.C. History of Nursing Society Archives with biographies, contents list and additional information is available, located in RBSC-ARC-1831-102-15.
Files are arranged alphabetically by individual's last name.
Series consists of CVs and a brief summary by Ratsoy of her life.
Series consists of biographical material relating to Esther Paulson, gathered by her niece Nancy J. Dammkoehler. Includes a copy of Paulson's obituary.
Series consists of a curriculum vitae, notes, certificates, and other material related to McIver's career.
Series consists of drafts and revision of by-laws for the Nursing Educational Council.
Career related photographs, documents and artifacts
Series consists of photographs, documents and artifacts related to Alice Wright’s nursing education and career, including certificates and pins awarded to Wright from various educational institutions and associations, a photograph of Wright as a student at Vancouver General Hospital circa 1917, and various photographs related to Wright’s involvement with the International Council of Nurses in the 1950s and 1960s.
Collection of works attributed to Vera McIver and the Priory Method
Series consists of a film, books, theses, and other published works written about McIver and the Priory Method.
Series consists of minutes, correspondence, and other records relating to the activities of the Education, Executive, Membership, Newsletter, Planning & Workshop, and Public Relations committees of the Community Health Nurses’ Group.
The following committees made annual reports to the BCHNPPG. Series consists of textual, graphic, and audio records generated by and related to the committees of the BCHNPPG. Committee reports may be attached to the executive minutes or be filed with their respective committees.
Series is arranged in the following subseries:
Series consists of documents related to the various committees of the Nursing Educational Council of British Columbia.
Series consists of the following subseries:
Series consists of materials created by the communications committee.
Series consists of planning materials, programs and other records related to national operating room conferences.
Sheila Zerr gave presentations at numerous nursing and other conferences. These records document much of this activity.
Series consists of memos and correspondence, agendas, budgets and financial statements for various conferences hosted by the Pediatric Nurses’ Group.
Series consists of programmes, booklets, notes and informational material relating to conferences and workshops hosted or attended by the Community Health Nurses’ Group.
Series consists of professional and personal correspondence relating to student positions, her Provincial Board of Health position in Nanaimo, Richmond Public Health, research articles, various projects, professional memberships, student reports, and recommended standards and practices for nursing.
Series consists of general correspondence, as well as, correspondence relating to the PNG bursary fund.
Correspondence includes letters expressing concern about the cancellation of the Occupational Health Nursing Program at BCIT.
Series consists of professional correspondence relating to McIver's career at the Priory.
Series consists of incoming and outgoing letters regarding the formation of task
committees on the criteria and standards for staffing operating rooms, accreditation, and amendments to the Nursing Act.
Series consists of correspondence on issues including those raised by the 1979 Kermacks Report, manpower issues, and other concerns related to the development of nurses’ education in B.C.
Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence reflecting Ratsoy's numerous professional involvements. File of cards received is included.
Correspondence and reports related to Paulson's involvement with the Canadian Nurses' Association
Series consists of correspondence and reports created by Paulson in the Canadian Nurses' Association-appointed position of Convener of the Committee for the study of Registries and Community needs.
Correspondence, photographs and related materials
Series consists of miscellaneous correspondence, photographs and newspaper articles.
Team meetings co-ordinated efforts by faculty to impart consistency and
high standards to courses offered, and facilitate communications among instructors in the nursing program.
Series consists of minutes of meetings and materials related to the offering of courses in the nursing program.
Series is arranged in the following subseries.
Course Outlines and Teaching Materials
Series consists of materials prepared and/or used by Helen Niskala while teaching at different universities.
Curriculum Review and Development
Series consists of records relating to the overall administration of and planning for the curriculum of the UBC School of Nursing program.
Series is arranged in the following subseries:
Series consists of diplomas from graduation from Queen Mary Public School, High School Entrance Certificate, University of British Columbia and Certificate of Registration for the Graduate Nurses’ Association of British Columbia.
Series consists of correspondence, documents, and articles relating to various achievements of and honours received by Paulson during her education and career, including honours from the Canadian Tuberculosis Association.
Series consists of records dating from 1985 to 2011. Series is arranged into two subseries: Dolls and Costumes. Materials related to Sheila Zerr's interests in both dolls and costumes relating to nursing history. Booklets, photographs and information related to numerous displays and presentations prepared by Zerr are in the Dolls subseries. Other materials include photographs and booklets of costumes for adults often modelled by Sheila Zerr and others at nursing events, and mounted as exhibits.