Rare Books and Special Collections Tour

Here is a photo of BCHNS members that visited the Rare Books and Special Collections at the UBC Library, guided by Archivist Krisztina Laszio, on June 21, 2018. Nan Martin in the foreground is viewing some of the Florence Nightingale letters.
Many of the letters are addressed to Nightingale while others are sent from her or involve other correspondents discussing Nightingale. The letters date from 1877 to 1965. A substantial portion of the collection was purchased from a Bostonian antiquarian book dealer in 1966 and 1967 by the Woodward Library. Online access to these digitized letters can be found at https:///open.library.ubc.ca/collections/florence

Ethel Warbinek receives Honourary Membership

 

APRIL 13/17 The BCHNS held its AGM and the Officers for this year were presented. President: Kathy Murphy, Vice President: Sally MacLean, Treasurer: Sue Forshaw & Secretary: Lynne Esson.  Sally is the new member on the executive and we are happy she was willing to fill that vacant position.

The highlight of the evening was the presentation of Honourary Membership status to long time member Ethel Warbinek, who had been nominated by Glennis Zilm & seconded by Nan Martin.

Her page will be added soon to the Honourary Members section of this website.

Jessie Middleton 100th birthday

Jessie Middleton Celebrates her 100th Birthday

Nan Martin and Kathy Murphy were pleased to join with the family and friends of BCHNS member Jessie Middleton who celebrated her 100th birthday on November 12/2016.

Jessie arrived in her Royal Columbia cape and was delighted to see all who gathered to wish her well, including the Mayor of Abbotsford.

She received greetings from many elected and appointed leaders and was surrounded by beautiful displays of her past.

June Health History Events

  • On June 14th Visiting Scholar Dr. Tommy Dickinson presents his work on “‘Curing Queers’: Mental Nurses and their Patients 1935-1974” at the UBC School of Nursing. This is a lunch hour session from 12:00 – 1:00 pm in Room T182 on the third floor of UBC Hospital. Please click on the link below for more details.
  • From June 16-18, The Canadian Association for the History of Nursing Annual Conference will be held at St. Paul’s Hospital. You are invited to register for the entire conference (June 16-18) or for just the opening panel on “Health, History, and Indigenous Communities” on Thursday June 16th from 5:00 pm. 

To register online for the conference or panel, please visit http://blogs.ubc.ca/nursinghistory/