Florence Dougherty (1912- 2003)

doughertyDougherty, Florence (1912- 2003)

See Oral History files, Fonds 18, Series 3, Subseries 8

Florence Dougherty grew up in Roblin, Manitoba, graduating from the St. Boniface Hospital School of Nursing in 1938.  She subsequently worked as a general duty nurse at St. Luke’s Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota and the Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon.  From 1943 to 1946 she was a nursing sister in the RCMC, an experience she describes as the most interesting and satisfying of her nursing career.  After the war, she moved to Vancouver where she was Educational Director at Shaughnessy Hospital from 1947 to 1968 and Assistant Secretary of Nursing from 1968 to 1973.

Contents of Biographical File

  1. Biographical Information Profile with photographs taken in 1938 and 1993.
  2. Background information
  3. Funeral program
  4. Obituary

Dr. Lyle Creelman (1908-2007)

Creelman, Dr. Lyle
(1908-2007)

See Oral History files, Fonds 18, Series 3,Subseries 8

See also the Lyle Creelman fonds in UBC Archives

lylecreelmanDr. Lyle Creelman helped countries around the world build their health care systems. She joined the UN Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in England in 1944, and in 1954 became Chief Nursing Officer of the World Health Organization. On her retirement ICN described her as having “achieved more for nursing through the world than any other nurse of her time”. As Glennis Zilm says “There’s a little story of nurses standing at the bottom of a river pulling bodies out. Lyle went up the river to find out who was throwing them in”.

Lyle was born in Nova Scotia, but moved to British Columbia to attend Vancouver Normal School. She graduated from Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing in 1936 and obtained her BASc (N) from UBC in 1936. In 1939 she graduated with a Masters’ degree in Nursing from Teachers College at Columbia University in New York, which she attended on a Rockefeller Fellowship. In the late 1930s and 1940s she worked for the Metropolitan Health Department of Vancouver.

After her retirement, the WHO commissioned her and a medical officer of health to participate in a study of maternal and child health services in selected countries in southeast Asia. Her many awards include an Honorary Doctor of Laws from UNB (1963), the Canada Centennial Medal (1967), Order of Canada (1971) and Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from UBC (1992).

Contents of biographical file

  1. Biographical Information Profile with signed release.
  2. CD containing photographs of Lyle Creelman’s artifacts held by the UBC School of Nursing, February 2009.Accompanying letter from Glennis Zilm.
  3. E-mails, 2007.
  4. Creelman chronology
  5. Two letters of support for honorary doctorate, one by Helen Shore.
  6. Tribute by Helen Shore, May 2, 1991.
  7. “Lyle Creelman: an Appreciation,” ICN Calling, ND, p. 6.
  8. Articles by Creelman
    1. “Mental Hygiene in the Public Health Program”, The Canadian Nurse, 36 (10), (1940), 679-684.
    2. “What is Public Health Nursing?”, The Canadian Nurse 37 (2), (February 1941), 111-112.
    3. “What of the Future?”, The Canadian Nurse 39 (1), (1943), 35-37.
    4. “Nurses Honored by Association Before Joining UNRRA, News-Herald, August 22, 1944.
    5. “Letters to the Editor: With UNRRA in Germany”, The Canadian Nurse 41 (12), (1945), 986-987.
    6. “With UNRRA in Germany”, The Canadian Nurse 43 (7), (1947), 532, 552-556.
    7. “With UNRRA in Germany”, The Canadian Nurse 43 (8) (1947), 605-610.
    8. “With UNRRA in Germany,” The Canadian Nurse 43 (9) (1947), 710-712.
    9. “Lyle Creelman Writes”, The Canadian Nurse 46 (6), (June 1950), 477-478.
    10. Baillie-Creelman Report, “Report of the Study Committee on Public Health Practice in Canada”, Toronto: Canadian Public Health Association, June 1950.
  9. “Nursing Profiles”, The Canadian Nurse 44 (4), (1948), 294-295.
  10. “Nursing Profiles,” The Canadian Nurse 45 (7), (1949), 525.
  11. “Nursing Profiles,” The Canadian Nurse 50 (6), (1954), 484.
  12. Lyle Creelman. No source cited, ca. 1972.
  13. “Names,” The Canadian Nurse 68 (9), (1972), 54-55.
  14. File on Creelman adapted from material prepared for the Du Gas book.
  15. Obituaries, articles, funeral program
  16. Photographs of Creelman, 1964, 1966. Creelman being congratulated by Governor-General James Michener following the receipt of her Order of Canada in 1971.
  17. Certificates: Bridgeport High School (1926; Provincial Normal School (1928); First Class Teacher’s Certificate (1931); Vancouver General Hospital; University of British Columbia (1942).
  18. Two colour photographs of figurine donated by Creelman to HoN group. 
  19. Susan Armstrong-Reid, “Lyle Morrison Creelman and Nursing’s New Frontiers, 1931-1945,” Margaret Allemang Centre for the School of Nursing, September 2007.
  20. The following certificates are stored separately, rolled in a red cylindrical container: “Teacher’s Diploma for Writing-Special Merit (MacLean Method of Muscular Movement Writing (1928); RNABC Registration Certificate); Bachelor of Applied Science (Nursing), UBC (1936); Master of Arts, Columbia University (1939); Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of New Brunswick (1963).
  21. List of artifacts dated May 21 2009.

Artifacts.

  1. One porcelain Copenhagen nurse figurine.
  2. One replica of Florence Nightingale Crimean lamp.
  3. Box containing four small pieces of commemorative jewellery: Vancouver General Hospital Student Collar Pin (193-), Vancouver General Hospital Graduate Pin (1936); Silver Identification Bracelet (194-); and University of BC Diamond Jubilee Lapel Pin (1992).
  4. Queen’s 50th Jubilee Medal (1952-2002).
  5. Order of Canada Medal (1971) with lapel pin.
  6. CD containing photographs of Lyle Creelman artifacts held by the UBC School of Nursing
  7. List of artifacts that were sold or otherwise disposed of July 9, 2015.
  8. Letter from Gloria Stephens of the Victoria General Hospital SON Alumni Association July 10, 2016 acknowledging donation of Creelman College of Registered Nurses NS Distinction Award.

Christina Critchley (1911-1982)

Critchley, Mrs. Christina Marion Louise “Critch” (1911-1982)

“Critch” moved with her family from Prince Albert to Vancouver in 1921.  She graduated from Vancouver General Hospital in 1933 and worked at various hospitals in towns throughout BC.  In 1963 she became head nurse receptionist at Britannia Beach, where she has been active with First Aid teams.

Contents of Biographical File

  1. Biographical information published in the Britannia Beach Newsletter, August 31, 1970.
  2. Photocopied photograph

Shirley Dean (1934-1979)

Dean, Shirley (1934-1979)

shirley-deanFollowing Shirley’s graduation from VGH in 1955, she began work as a staff nurse at Surrey Memorial Hospital.  She was promoted to Head Nurse and worked to develop standards of care and quality assurance programs.  When she died of cancer at the age of 45, the newly purchased King George Private Hospital was named the Shirley Dean Pavilion in her honour.

Contents of Biographical File

1.  Article from History of Nursing News, June 2004.
2.  Graduation photograph, 1955.
3.  Photograph of the Shirley Dean Pavilion at the Surrey Memorial Hospital.

Joan Doree (1919-2016)

doreeDoree, Joan Florence Alice (1919-2016)

See Oral History files, Fonds 18, Series 3, Subseries 8, AUOH25

In 1993 Joan established the Mabel and Henry Doree Family Memorial Bursary in honour of her parents.  She credits them with enabling her to become a nurse by giving her the financial support she needed to enter St. Paul’s Hospital School of Nursing in Saskatoon in 1937.  She later received her BA from UBC and a Masters in Public Health from the University of California in Berkeley.

After graduation she worked as a staff nurse in Prelate, Lethbridge, and VGH.  During the war she served with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps at the Basingstoke Neurological and Plastic Surgery Hospital in Hampshire, England.  After the war she worked in Vancouver at Shaughnessy Hospital, St. Paul’s, the Vancouver Health Department, and for the Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children.  Joan is a founding member of the Registered Nurses Foundation of British Columbia and served two terms as Director on the RNABC.  After her retirement she spent ten years as a volunteer tutor at the Carnegie Community Center.

Contents of Biographical File

  1. Biographical Information Profile with signed release
  2. “Nurses’ War Experiences Vivid in Remembrance,” The Vancouver Sun, p. A17c.
  3. Biography from “1940’s Amazing Alumni Stories” on Internet
  4. “Joan Doree Establishes New Bursary for Aspiring Nurses”, RNFBC Newsletter, 2012-1013, Winter Edition.
  5. “Tuberculosis Care in the Community in the late 1940’s and Early 1950’s” by Joan  Doree, unpublished paper, October 1998.
  6. Photograph of Doree, taken 1944 or 1945.
  7. “Joan Doree: Nursing for Different Times”
  8. 2016 Nursing Award of Excellence
  9. Olive Caldwell Lee, “Second World War Nurse Shares Heartbreaking Memories from Overseas”. For CBC News November 11, 2016.
  10. Obituary

Jean Dorgan (1910-2008)

dorganDorgan, Jean (1910-2008)

See Oral History Files, fonds 18, Series 3, Subseries 8, AUOH25

Jean Dorgan was born in New Westminster and graduated from Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing in 1934 and with a BASc(N) from UBC also in 1934.  After several years working in Vancouver’s East End, Jean enlisted in the Royal Canadian Medical Corps leaving in 1943 as a member of the staff of a 200-bed casualty clearing hospital.  After serving in Italy, they were transferred to Holland until the end of the war.

After the war she attended the University of Toronto School of Social Work, from which she graduated with a Masters in Social Work in 1949.  Following graduation she was employed as a field work supervisor in the Toronto Welfare Department.  From 1956 until her retirement in 1975 she worked in various departments as a vocational rehabilitation consultant.

Contents of Biographical File

  1. Biographical Information Profile
  2. St. Peter’s Church biography
  3. Correspondence. — 2002-2003.
  4. Wanda Chow, “Care at the Battlefront”, Weekend Newsleader, November 2, 2002, pp. 1, 10.
  5. Newspaper obituary
  6. “In Memoriam”, Trek, Spring 2009, p. 48.
  7. Theresa McManus, “Longtime City Volunteer, Resident Dies,” The Record, December 13, 2008, p. A12.
  8. Two photographs. – 1944 ; 1992.

Artifacts

  1. Four gold Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps badges with caduceus.
  2. Two gold badges

Mary Thurley Duck (1929-1997)

duckDuck, Mary Thurley (1929-1997)

See also artifact collection

Mary was born in Victoria, graduating from the Royal Jubilee Hospital School of Nursing in 1951.  In 1961 she completed her post Grad course in Psychiatric Nursing at Allen Memorial Institute in Montreal, where she served as a Staff Nurse, Head Nurse and Assistant Supervisor..  From 1966-1973 she was Assistant Supervisor at the Centennial Pavilion, Vancouver General Hospital, and from 1975-1978 Building Supervisor at the Heather Pavilion, then Director of Nursing Administration at the Vancouver General Hospital.  She was 24th President of RNABC.

After her retirement she moved to Shawinigan Lake, BC, where she devoted her energies to raising Dalmatians, becoming active in promoting sensible breeding.

Contents of Biographical File

  1. Biographical Information Profile with signed release.
  2. Transcripts of University Entrance Examinations, 1946 and 1947.
  3. St. John Ambulance Association First Aid Certificate, March 1951.
  4. Registered Nurse License, State of California, May 1954.
  5. License to Practice Nursing in the Province of Quebec, February 1960.
  6. Diploma from Royal Victoria Hospital, 1961.
  7. Microfiche of Sir George Williams College transcript, 1961.
  8. NLN State Board Test Pool Examinations Psychiatric Nursing Transcript, 1961.
  9. RNABC transcript of RN exam, undated.
  10. RNABC Certificate of Registration.
  11. Obituary, The Vancouver Sun, October 21, 1997.
  12. Photocopies and originals of two photographs

Beverly DuGas (1923-2012)


DuGas, Beverly (1923-2012)

See Oral History files, Fonds 18, Series 3, Subseries 8

See also CD collection nos. 10-26 for interviews of Beverly DuGas by Jill Thompson.

bevdugasmedalBeverly Witter DuGas was born in Vancouver, receiving her B.A. from UBC in 1944 and her Diploma from the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing in 1945. She continued her studies at the University of Washington in Seattle, receiving aMaster of Science Degree in 1947.

Her work as a staff nurse and instructor at Seattle, San Francisco and Vancouver led to her becoming Director of the School of Nursing at Vancouver General Hospital in 1960. In 1965 she accepted a request from the World Health Organization to set up a post-basic baccalaureate program for graduate nurses in India. After receiving her Doctor of Education from UBC in 1969, she joined Health and Welfare Canada as a nursing consultant. She later took numerous assignments as a consultant in Surinam, Manila, Ghana, Korea, Tonga and other countries. In 1972 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Windsor.

In 1982 she joined the faculty of the School of Nursing at the University of Ottawa. After retirement from being Director of Ottawa’s School of Nursing in 1989, she acted as a consultant in Fiji, China and the Philippines.

Her extensive publications include her textbook Introduction to Patient Care used in forty countries and the co-authored nursing text, Promoting Healthy Aging. Two books recount her travels and work in India, and she has numerous professional publications. She was a founding President of the BC History of Nursing group of the RNABC.

She has raised four children, mostly as a single parent. She was made a member of the Order of BC in 1999, and a member of the Order of Canada in 2001.

Contents of biographical file

  1. Biographical Information Profile
  2. Curriculum Vitae
  3. Biography from “1940’s Amazing Alumni Stories” on Internet
  4. “Candidates for Vice-President,” The Canadian Nurse (1972), p. 28.
  5. “Candidates for President elect”, The Canadian Nurse (1974), 70 (4), p. 22.
  6. “Names,” The Canadian Nurse (June 1973), p. 44.
  7. Beverley W. DuGas (biography)
  8. Supporting materials for DuGas’ nomination to The Order of Canada.
  9. Colour photograph
  10. Obituary by Ethel Warbinek, BC History of Nursing Society (Spring 2013), pp. 1-2.
  11. Fitzpatrick, Beth. “Remembering Beverly DuGas”, BC History of Nursing Society (Spring 2013), p. 4.
  12. Supporting materials for DuGas’ nomination to the Order of British Columbia (1999)
  13. “A Home of Our Own”, Nursing BC, Nov.-Dec. 1999 (31, No. 5), p.9.
  14. Card and note to Sheila Zerr, July 13, 2000.
  15. “We Celebrate with Beverly DuGas,” History of Nursing News, October 2003, pp.1.
  16. Memorial Service Program
  17. Transcript of tribute
  18. Obituary from The Globe and Mail, November 24, 2012, p.S19.

Margaret Duffield (1884-1969)

Duffield, Margaret (1884-1969)

After her early education in Ireland, Margaret went to South Africa where she graduated from the Kimberly School of Nursing in Kimberley in 1908.  She returned to England where she became staff nurse at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and Queen’s Hospital in London, England.

She emigrated to Canada in 1913 where she joined the CAMC, receiving the Royal Red Cross medal for outstanding service.  On her return to Canada she spent the next 25 years in nursing leadership positions across Canada.  She completed the University of Toronto’s public health nursing program in 1923, and after five years as Superintendent of the VON London office assumed the same position in Vancouver.

She advocated that all racial groups receive the same treatment, lobbying BC Schools of Nursing to admit Japanese and Chinese women.  These graduates operated clinics and made home visits in the Japanese and Chinese communities, effectively limiting tuberculosis cases and providing better care for babies and preschoolers.

She was also active in professional organizations, becoming president of the Vancouver Registered Nurses’ Association in 1928-1929, and President of the RNABC from 1938-1943.

Contents of Biographical File

  1. Background biographical information. Including CV and photocopied photograph.
  2. Nomination to the RNABC Memorial Book
  3. Duffield, Margaret.  “The Advantages of a Post-Graduate Course for Public Health Nurses,” The Canadian Nurse (1931), pp. 426-427.
  4. Duffield, Margaret.  “Why Draw the Line,” The Canadian Nurse (September 1939), pp. 513-515.
  5. Duffield, Margaret  “Nursing Care for Racial Groups,”  The Canadian Nurse (1941), pp. 337-8.
  6. Wismer, M.  “Margaret Duffield Retires,”  The Canadian Nurse (1944), p. 326.
  7. Information copied from The RNABC Presidents’ Book from the North Shore chapter.

Deidre Duggan (1932-

dugganDuggan (nee Lane), Deidre V. (1932-

See Oral History files, Fonds 18, Series 3, Subseries 8

Deidre grew up in Montreal where she attended McGill University and took nursing at the Royal Victoria Hospital School of Nursing.  She worked as a nurse/stewardess for Canadian Pacific Airlines from 1954-1957, and remained actively involved in her community after her marriage in 1957 and move to Vancouver.  She raised six children.

Contents of Biographical File

  1. Biographical Information Profile and signed release.
  2. Colour photograph