The Editorial Board Committee is responsible for the production of the BCHNPPG newsletters. It was formerly called the Newsletter Committee.

Subseries consists of one folder of minutes, correspondence and other records. Subseries also includes the History of Nursing News quarterly publication from 1990-2022, and promotional materials for events organized by the BCHNS.

Pages of history is an informal way of peer recognition of B.C. nurses deemed to have made a significant contribution to their profession. Anyone could be nominated on payment of a fee.

Records consist of some correspondence and a brief biography and photograph of each person accepted. Many also have biographical files.

Included are: Dr. Beryl K.A. Albee, Barbara Joan Beatty, Ruth Biley, Betty Black, Vivian Mona Blake, Beverly Brewer, Muriel Ruth Brodie, Susan Mary Bruce, Anne S. Cavers, Helen (Betty) Cawston, Ada Mary Conibear, Sheila Copperthwaite, Margaret (Maggie) Diehl, Beverly Marie Witter DuGas, Margaret Duncan, Catherine Anne Ebbehoj, Jean Eilers, Joyce Fergusson, Barbara Gillies, Beryl Golds, Jean Kirstine Griffith, Jane Hassen Sister Mary Victor, Karen Louise Hicks, Dianna Jackson, Margaret Murray Jackson, Marilyn (Lyn) Jackson, Kathleen Gail Jensen, Gwen Kavanagh, Dorothy J. Kergin, Gertrude Richards Ladner, Catherine (Kay) Leask, Clara Lim, Verna L. Lister, Dorothy Byers Logan, Jean Loy, C. Elsie Irene MacDonald, Nancy Lisbeth Malloy, Mary McGovern. Ethel Moorehouse, Esther Paulson, Jessie May Reynolds, Laura Reynolds, Mary L. Richmond, Nana Rogerson, RCH School of Nursing, Nina Rumen, Ruby Siemens, Helen L. Jill Thompson Boudreau, Victoria Louise Tribbeck, VGH School of Nursing, Violet Wait, Ethel Warbinek, Winifred C. Waters, Eva “Billie” Williamson, Carol Lenore Winter, Alma L.B. Witter, Alice Lillian Wright, Sheila Rankin Zerr, Glennis Zilm. Edith Landell Lees, Gloria Stephens, Elizabeth Turner, Dianne Haigh, Mary (Molly) Richards Sarvela, Sylvia (Sally) Lazaruk, Gertrude “Billie” Wiltshire, Fran Gaudreau, Frances Jean Cannon, Monica Frith Green, Jane Lambe, Dorothy May Ladner, Andrea Borsch, Nursing Sister Merle A. (Kerr) MacKay, M. Ferne Trout, Joanne M. Foreman, Mary Winn (Gillespie), Faye Meruser, Ellen Claire Schrodt, Lenore Radom, Donna Fay (Barker) Gordon.

Subseries consists of various publications, journals and magazines published by the UBC School of Nursing. Includes UBC Nursing Today, Nursing Beat and other related materials.

Subseries consists of pamphlets and photographs related to local and broad nursing topics.

The Oral History Committee was established in 1981 on the 75th anniversary of the RNABC. Its goal was to capture past and present stories and activities of nurses of the province, and to document the development of nursing. About 1987 the Oral History group was brought under the History group, first as a gesture, then formalized as a full committee of the BCHNG about 1992.

Subseries consists of administrative and operational records of the committee. Includes blank copies of interview forms and consent forms. Various photocopies of published articles written from interviews are included. DVD contains recorded interviews with various individuals in 2010.

This committee was formed at the 1991 AGM to begin collecting information and pictures of prominent BC nurses.

Subseries includes terms of reference, minutes, forms and correspondence.

The Executive Committee is composed of a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Recorder, and Committee Chairs. Positions carry two year terms.

Subseries consists of records including the Group’s constitution and by-laws; minutes of executive committee meetings and related documents, correspondence, and reports from committees.

Subseries includes membership lists and reports of the Committee chair. Membership applications are disposed of after seven years.

Subseries consists of records and graphic material relating to conferences and displays. Materials relating to the International History of Nursing Conference hosted in Vancouver, 1997 are included. Extensive photographs and textual materials document the many displays prepared and presented by the BCHNS.

The Archives, Artifacts, and Assorted Articles Committee of the BCHNPPG was formed ca. 1992 in order to accommodate artifacts and articles donated by individual nurses. In about 1993 or 1994, under co-chairs Brenda Flynn and Beverly Du Gas, the Committee became conscious of the need to preserve the group’s own records. The name of the committee was changed to the Archives Committee in 1996.

Subseries consists of committee records, including terms of reference and minutes of the Archives, Artifacts and Assorted Articles Committee, and records related to the development of the Group’s policies and procedures regarding archival material.

The website committee was formed to oversee the development of the website as a tool for communication.

Subseries consists of reports to the executive.

Subseries consists of budgetary information and reports for the History of Nursing Society.

Sheila Zerr examines past and present experiences and challenges of northern nurses from the 1920s to the 1990s. These articles demonstrate the evolving role of the nurse in northern Canada from the 1920s to the present day.

Includes one folder of program, abstracts and other information for this conference held at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver June 16-18, 2016, hosted by the UBC Consortium for Nursing History and the BC History of Nursing Society.

Records of and relating to Madeline Harrower (1867-1891), who served as a nursing sister during the Boer War and World War I, were retrieved by a dumpster diver in Kerrisdale, Vancouver in 2000. Many of these were later sold at auction. Lois Blais subsequently engaged in a research review of this collection. Harrower was born in Australia and moved to Vancouver in the late 1940s.

Subseries consists of material related to Blais’ unfinished research into the historical significance of Madeline Harrower.

Subseries includes unaudited statements from accountants and miscellaneous financial projections and accounts of revenue and expenditure.

Subseries consists of material concerning an historical record that honours deceased RNABC members who deserve recognition for their contribution to nursing in British Columbia. Records include criteria for nominations and information on names submitted.

The B.C. History of Nursing Scholarship fund was established to provide financial support to nurses registered within B.C. who are pursuing studies in the History of Nursing, or who are carrying out a history of nursing project.

Subseries includes correspondence, scholarship application forms, application materials, the scholarship trust document, minutes, reports and other records pertaining to the selection of Nursing History Scholarship recipients.

Photographs are of society members attending various functions and events related to military nursing displays.

Subseries consists of theses, paper and dissertations written by nurses for various institutions dating from 1947 to 2012. Some dissertations remain in relevant fonds, if applicable, otherwise these materials are listed under this subseries.

Sheila Zerr writes “My fascination with dolls and nursing history began when teaching the history of nursing to first year students in 1971. At this time a display of portrait dolls illustrating the various historical periods of nursing was created. This collection has continued to grow and take form.” The changing costumes throughout the years provide insights into both the history of nursing and the changing perceptions of women in this role.

This series includes historical context for these dolls, including many photographs. Some information on the numerous displays of these dolls in a wide variety of venues is included. Sheila often collaborated with Glennis Zilm on the historical research.

Sheila Zerr extended her interest in dolls to the creation of costumes for adults. These were often modelled by Sheila Zerr and others at nursing events, and mounted as exhibits.

Subseries consists of records dating from 1973 to 2011. Materials include articles, study guides and booklets. 1 DVD and 2 CD-R are included containing interviews performed for course teaching.

Subseries consists of published and unpublished writings and presentations by Sheila Zerr.

Subsubseries consists of six laser prints, five with a text describing the content. Subjects include “A Blood Transfusion”; “No. 22 Canadian General Hospital”; “Landing in Normandy: Nursing Sisters of No. 10 Canadian General Hospital”; “Members of the Field Surgical Unit —Lt. (N/S) Stephen (Rt.) and Lt (N/S) Hackland; “Mary C. Young and A. Kemp, Lt (N/S) of 12 Canadian General Hospital—in “full marching order”.

BC was originally divided into six regions: Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Kamloops-Okanagan, Fraser Valley, East Kootenay and Prince George (Northern Interior). Later representatives attended from the West Kootenay and the Northwest. Representatives from each region submitted reports and met, generally twice year, with the RPO to discuss matters of common concern. These meetings were often scheduled to coincide with meetings of the Provincial Executive.

Subseries consists primarily of reports submitted by the different regions.

Subseries consists of reports, chart of accounts and other materials related to the financial activities managed by the Treasurer.

Subseries consists of News and Views newsletters.

Lois Blais chaired the Archives Committee for several years.

Subseries consists of programs for the biennial institutes and briefer brochures outlining the main activities of each conference.

Series consists of articles written on Lois Blais.

In 2002 Blais responded to an advertisement in the Vancouver Courier for a “senior scribe”. Her column, titled “On the Seniors Side” was generally published the first Wednesday of each month until 2008, although it does not appear every month. It deals mostly with issues related to aging.

Subseries consists of originals as they appeared in the Courier, along with some copies. Dates and page numbers have been identified wherever possible.

Gertrude Richards was a pioneer nurse in Delta in the early 1900s. This book by Sheila Zerr, Glennis Zilm and Valerie Grant is based on a 1998 biography of Ladner by her daughter Edna Ladner, which was based on notes dictated by her mother.

Subseries consists of records related to research and publication on Gertrude Ladner.

Subseries consists of various reports and administrative materials related to the activities of the group.

Subseries consists of books, postcards and notecards related to nursing, mostly from England.

Subseries consists of stories of nursing and nursing development in B.C. from 1895 to the present.

Series consists of programs, proceedings, photographs, and other materials related to the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing conferences.

Photographs in scrapbook format, remain with textual files.

The collection consists of a record of B.C. History of Nursing Group displays from 1997 to 2001 in the Woodward Medical Library, the Board Room of the Registered Nurses Association of B.C. building, and the lobby of the RNABC building, with a file of photographs from the Royal Columbia Hospital Nursing Week in May 2006.

The first displays were presented in nine glass cases in the Woodward Biomedical Library at UBC during the spring and summer of 1997 in connection with the International History of Nursing Conference and the Congress of the International Council of Nurses.

In early 1998 the group purchased a display cabinet for the Board Room of RNABC at 2855 Arbutus, Vancouver. At this time the Group also began nursing displays on a bulletin board at the RNABC Library.

In April 2000 the Group purchased a wood and fibre glass dress form to display period nursing uniforms in the lobby of the RNABC building, and further promote interest in the history of nursing.

The majority of the work spent in co-ordinating recent displays, keeping records, and gathering this material, was done by Jill Thompson-Beaudreau, who died in November, 2001. Others involved in the creation of displays include Irene Goldstone, Helen Shore, Janet Gormick, Sheila Zerr, Beth Fitzpatrick, Glennis Zilm, Ethel Warbinek and Nina Rumen.

Most (not all) files contain photographic records of the displays, and most include some description of the exhibit, including the location and the creators of the display.

Subseries consists of newsletters from B.C. and other jurisdictions.

Subseries consists of ledgers relating to the financial activities of the group.

The regional presiding officer reported to the executive committee on concerns brought forth by different regions. S/he was also responsible for a range of activities promoting standards of care in their region.

Subseries consists mainly of agenda and minutes, along with correspondence, President’s, secretary’s, finance and education committee reports, minutes and other documents.

Subseries consists of a 2003 unsuccessful submission to the Vancouver International Writers’ and Readers’ Festival Poetry & Short Story Contest, “Older Road Travel”, which appeared in the Vancouver Courier July 14, 2006, and a letter from the organization.

Subseries consists of mostly published material on the contributions of Canadian nurses to the war effort, particularly World Wars I and II.

Subseries consists of historical documents and photographic material relating to the history of nursing in BC generally. Years covered range from 1912 to the present.

Subseries consists of CDs and DVDs containing material dating from 1990 to 2004. Content includes History of Nursing News publications, photographs, presentations and video productions related to nursing.

Subseries consists of contracts, correspondence and course materials dating from 1979 to 2004.

Subseries consists of minutes relating to the Pediatric Nurses’ Group. Arranged according to the PNG fiscal year, which began in May and ended the following June.

Subseries consists of three copies of the newsletter, with an article by Blais in each.

Subseries consists of correspondence and general files of the Community Health Nurses’ Group. Includes miscellaneous minutes, reports, notices, and financial records.