Manuscript

a- This is a bound manuscript. It is in hardcover, and gold letters on the front cover say, "Hospitalization / at / Kingston / 1783-1938 / Edwin E Horsey”. The front cover is black with a thin debossed border with some line details in the corners. The spine has 5 horizontal lines, and four clover designs pressed into it. The spine has gold lettering that says, “Hospitalization / at / Kingston / 1783-1938”. The back cover is plain with a thin debossed border with some line details in the corners. It is an unpublished work but is dated from 1939. It contains 11 chapters and an appendix, covering the history of Kingston General Hospital. Taped to one of the front pages is a letter to Mr. Edwin Horsey from Fraser Armstrong, the superintendent of the hospital. The letter is typed and one-sided. It is dated December 6th, 1940. The letter informs Mr. Horsey that he has been appointed as an Honorary Governor of the Hospital, because of his work in documenting the hospital’s history. b- This is a handwritten, one sided letter to Mr. Horsey from J. C. Cornell. It is dated Sept. 25 1939. The letterhead says “AYR HOUSE / KINGSTON” in black text. The letter is congratulating Mr. Horsey on his History of the General Hospital, saying the book is “perfectly done”. There is a line of tape residue at the top of the letter that matches the tape residue on one of the first pages in the book, so it may have been attached to part a. c- This is a short biography. It is a piece of paper, with purple text that describes the life and career of Mr. A. Hopkins. Mr. Hopkins was a well read, lawyer in Kingston, who devoted most of his spare time to updating the hospital. He was the a Governor of the Hospital and was one of the main efforts behind transitioning KGH from “a disgrace to the community” to “one of the best equipped and managed hospitals of its day”. There is a handwritten note at the top of the paper. The paper, when held up to light says “ST. LAWRENCE BOND” at the middle. d- This is a small cut out photo of the Doran Building of KGH. It is a black and white image of a building with a few trees in front of it. The photo is captioned “DORAN BUILDING (SIDE VIEW).” e- This is a small cut out photo of the Doran Building of KGH. It is a black and white image of the front of a building, with a fountain in the foreground. It is captioned “DORAN BUILDING, K.G.H.” f- This is a small cut out photo of a monument. It is a black and white photo of a monument with an angle on top of a base with a large cross. The monument is surrounded by plants and there is a building in the background. The photo is captioned, “MONUMENT AT GENERAL HOSPITAL OVER GRAVE OF 1,200 FEVER VICTIMS.” g- These are the financial statements of Kingston General Hospital from January 1, 1947 to June 1, 1947. The document is titled “SUMMARY FINANCIAL 7 STATISTICAL FEATURES / KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL / INFORMATION PRESENTED TO COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT” and it is dated June 16th, 1947. It is 2 pages, each single sided and typed. There is a deficit of $11,268.96 and the second page details the causes. The pages are stapled together in the top left corner. h- This is a (single sided, typed) letter to hospital’s Board of Governors re visit of Governor General Viscount Alexander. It is from Fraser Armstrong to the Board of Governors and Medical Staff of Kingston General Hospital. The governor-general would lay down the corner stone for the new wing of the hospital on August 6th, and it is hoped that as many members of the board of governors as possible be present. The letter is dated July 31, 1946. i- This is the program notes for visit of Governor General Alexander. It is titled “PROGRAMME FOR APPROVAL / LAYING OF CORNER STONE VICTORY WING / KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL / by / HIS EXCELLENCY VISCOUNT ALEXANDER”. The program covers 10:15 to 10:40 am, and the people involved in the laying of the stone ceremony. It is a single sided typed page. j- These are the presentation notes for visit of Governor General Alexander. It is a single sided, typed page. It was Read by the Chairman of the Victory Progress Plan committee on August 6, 194 during the laying of the Corner Stone. It speaks to the history of the hospital, the role of the Governor-General in WWII, and the purpose of KGH as a learning hospital. k- This is a biographical note on Charles Sandwich Campbell. It is a single sided, typed page. It is an “extract from letter of A. C. Campbell to M. W. Strange”. The letter and the note are dated November 3, 1939. There is a pencil note on the upper left of the page that reads “note for p. 170”. l- This is a five page newsletter. It is comprised of single-sided, typed pages stapled together in the top left corner. It covers a variety of topics, from renovations, to construction, to finances, to concerns with the laundry situation, to staffing changes. The document is titled “MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION TO BOARD MEMBERS / COVERING PERIOD JAN. 1st. TO AUG. 1st. 1950.” m- This is a newspaper clipping. It is a small letter to the editor titled "Local Hotel Dieu By N. Means First". It was written by W. A. L. Styles. This editorial corrects the speaker at a meeting of the Montreal Council of Social Agencies on October 30th. The claim was that the Hotel Dieu in Montreal was the oldest hospital in the New World, a credit that goes to a hospital in Santa Domingo in 1503. Nor was it the oldest on mainland America (Immaculate Conception of Mexico City in 1529), or the oldest in Canada (St. Jean de Dieu 1629). n- This is a newspaper clipping. It is from the Kingston Whig Standard. It has a large image of a building and is titled "Sketch Shows Expansion Planned at Kingston General Hospital". The accompanying article explains the construction projects being undertaken by Kingston General Hospital. There is a red pencil note on the bottom right that says “9-2-46". o- This is a newspaper clipping from the Montreal Daily Star. It is dated March 30, 1940 and titled "Eight Centuries of English Healing at "Bart’s". The article explains the founding of the hospital, some of the contributions it has made to medical science, and ends on an upbeat note about how the hospital remains open even during the War “is ready … to meet whatever may come.”