The Gloria (Barwell) Kay Nurses' Caps Collection
Most nurses no longer wear
uniforms and caps. Retired nurse Gloria Kay
[her nurse's cap
1999.267.53]
believed that the once-common nurses cap should be preserved
and, in 1974, she began a collection of caps, which were sent to
her by nurses from all across Canada. In 1999, Kay donated 167 of the
caps
[e.g.
1999.267.1;
1999.267.24;
1999.267.29;
1999.267.32;
1999.267.44;
1999.267.70],
representing 130 schools of nursing, and dating from 1895 to
1983.
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