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Oil Painting. Colonel Elizabeth Laurie
Smellie, C.B.E., R.R.C., L.L.D., by Kenneth Keith Forbes,
Second World War. Canadian Nurses Association Collection
The collection includes a number of paintings of Canadian
military nurses by distinguished artists. This one, by Canadian
portrait artist Kenneth Forbes, shows Smellie in her dress
uniform as Matron-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Army Medical
Corps in Canada during the Second World War.
CWM 20000105-054
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Uniform, student's. Montreal General
Hospital School of Nursing, 1944-1960. Canadian Nurses
Association Collection
Not all nurses' uniforms were white: pink, blue, green and grey
were also common choices. Note the entwined initials of the
hospital printed on the uniform fabric.
CMC 2000.111.407
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Waistbelt. Matron Helen L. Wilson,
Second World War. Canadian Nurses Association Collection
Leather waistbelts, with their distinctive buckle clasps, were
part of the uniform worn by all nursing sisters. They changed
little over the years and were among the nurses' most popular
keepsakes once their nursing careers had ended. This one was
worn by Wilson at No. 7 Canadian General Hospital, Taplow,
during the Second World War, and at Deer Lodge, Winnipeg after
the war.
CWM 20000105-030
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Mortarboard. Presented to Ethel Johns by
the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae upon
receipt of her honorary Doctor of Laws, 1948. Canadian Nurses
Association Collection
A Canadian leader in nursing education, Johns was appointed as
the first Director of the University of British Columbia School
of Nursing in 1919.
CMC 2000.111.420.3
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Nurse's Bag and Contents. L'Hôpital
du Sacré-Cœur,
Montreal, 1947.
Gertrude Laporte, graduated 1947.
This nurse's bag contains vials, hypodermic needles,
thermometer, scissors, beakers, carafe and burner (for
sterilizing needles) and religious medals. This collection also
includes her cap, certificates, licence and textbooks.
CMC 988.1.1-40
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