Mrs. Maria Rubilie-Glenn recorded interviews with Mrs. Nellie Beatty and Mrs. Muriel Shewchuk, and collected textual materials and photographs, as part of her class work in Nursing 550, University of Alberta School of Nursing, Dr. Shirley Stinson, instructor. The interview covers Mrs. Beatty's career from the time she came to the University of Alberta Hospital Operating Room in 1945 until she coordinated the move of the 14-theatre surgical suite into the new Walter C. MacKenzie Health Sciences Centre in 1985. The interview was conducted on November 19, 1992. Included with the oral history are Mrs. Rubilie-Glenn's transcript and essay; research notes, operating room manuals and course materials were donated by Mrs. Beatty and Mrs. Shewchuk. The photographs depict Operating Room staff in action, and include Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. Shewchuk and Mrs. Rubilie-Glenn. The materials were restricted (permission of the donor required for access) until Mrs. Rubilie-Glenn completed her thesis.
Mrs. Maria Rubilie-Glenn recorded interviews with Mrs. Muriel Shewchuk and Mrs. Nellie Beatty, and collected textual materials and photographs as part of her class work in Nursing 550, University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing; Dr. Shirley Stinson, Instructor. The interview covers Mrs. Shewchuk's career in the Operating Room of the University of Alberta Hospital, from her student days, 1959-1962, to the move to the new MacKenzie Centre Surgical Suite in 1985. The interview was conducted on November 13, 1992. Included with the oral history are Mrs. Rubilie-Glenn's transcripts and essay; research notes, operating room manuals and course materials were donated by Mrs. Shewchuk and Mrs. Beatty. The photographs depict Operating Room staff in action, and include Mrs. Shewchuk, Mrs. Beatty and Mrs. Rubilie-Glenn. The materials were restricted (permission of the donor required for access) until Mrs. Rubilie-Glenn completed her thesis.
Adelaide Nutting pays tribute to Florence Nightingale and her work in developing nursing schools and raising the standards of medical care. She describes a visit to Miss Nightingale "early in this century" and her vigour in old age. Miss Nightingale's brief statement is a greeting to nurses of the future and to her comrades of Balaclava. The audiotape appears to have been copied several times, as sound quality is not good on first listening. A second listening brings out more details.
Barbara Boyle recorded this telephone interview with Dr. Martha Rogers, Phoenix, Arizona, on December 6, 1992, as part of an assignment for Nursing 550, Dr. Shirley Stinson, instructor. The textual records include edited transcripts of the interview, colour photocopies of photographs taken at the Nurse Theorist Conference, Edmonton, 1984, and photocopies of articles relative to Martha Rogers' work. The subjects covered include her theory of unitary human beings, holism in health care, professionalism, establishment of nursing standards through professional organizations (National League for Nursing Education, later National League for Nursing; Canadian Nurses Association); hospital training schools vs academic education; "knowledge vs training"; nursing theory compared with that in other professions; her attempts to develop a science of nursing that admitted varied theories; relationship to chaos theory; medical school animosity. The interview covered Dr. Rogers' childhood and education, nursing training and practice, further graduate education and her professional and educational activities.
Miss Morrison was interviewed by Carol Ritch on June 22 and 29, 1993. She describes her early family life in the West and her training as a nurse at the Winnipeg General Hospital, 1923-1926. The major part of the interview covers her experiences as Matron of Government House geriatric care: in staffing, services, nursing care, spiritual care, problem cases, medications, and special supplies and equipment. Team nursing was part of the care developed at the Home. Miss Morrison discussed her admiration for Agnes McLeod's work with the DVA and in public health nursing in southern Alberta. The interview is recorded on two audiotape cassettes and lasts 120 minutes. A photographic portrait of Miss Morrison (4 views) and biographical information on Colonel Mewburn and the Mewburn Pavilion are included in the textual records. Miss Morrison deposited further materials relating to her military career in accessions 87.4, 91l30 and 92.10 at the amiss Morrison deposited further materials relating to her military career in accessions 87.4, 91l30 and 92.10 at the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses Archives and Museum.
Two of Laura Attrux's best friends in Slave Lake, Alberta, Helen Getzinger and Stella Boisvert, were interviewed on November 6, 1993 by Moira Bazin. The interview was part of an assignment for the University of Alberta course Nursing 550, Dr. Shirley Stinson, instructor. The fonds consists of one audiotape cassette and 5 cm. of textual material, which includes Ms Basin's essay based on the interview, biographical material, tributes and eulogies for Laura Attrux, photocopies of photographs illustrating her work as a public health nurse, and a photocopy of the Minute book, 1950-1971, of the Slave Lake District Nursing Association. The Association was responsible for providing a building to serve as home, office, and clinic for the district nurse. When the nursing service was disbanded the residual funds were used to establish the Laura Attrux Scholarship for local students. The audiotaped interview records the memories of two women who assisted Miss Attrux in her nursing duties and became her closest friends during her years in northern Alberta. Their recollections cover the activities of the community and their families, in both of which Miss Attrux was closely involved. Their stories reveal the dedication and professionalism of a remarkable nurse, for whom they had both admiration and great affection.
Mrs. Hibbert was interviewed by Jean Bellstedt on November 16, 1992. The fonds includes Mrs. Hibbert's description of the developments in pediatric rehabilitation care at the Glenrose Hospital since it opened for patients in 1964 (she and the other staff members had begun preparing the newly-renovated building to receive the patients in 1963). A pilot project was initiated which became the Glenrose School Hospital in 1966. Special education and orientation for the staff was provided, but it became clear that higher education was needed as well as research in new procedures and complex treatments for handicapped children. Programs were developed at the University of Alberta, Grant MacEwan Community College and Athabasca University, which had an effect on the staff members coming to the Glenrose. Changes in health care policy in Alberta and their effects on nursing practice are discussed. Supplemental to the interview and Ms. Bellstedt's essay are copies of press clippings on the work of the Glenrose, 1964-1973, a job description for the Supervisor of the Emotionally Disturbed Children's Unit, and organization charts for the Hospital and the Nursing Department.
Miss Gurty Chinell was interviewed on June 13, 1994 by Diane P. Cingel. She discusses the growth and development of Alberta nurses' professional organizations and labour union. Miss Chinell was an active member of the AARN, the Staff Nurses Association and the United Nurses of Alberta, serving as an officer on several occasions and as a member of numerous committees. One part of the tape, on which she discussed specific committees on which she served, is difficult to hear because of static.
Pamela Allan recorded her interview with Yvonne Chapman on May 31, 1994. Ms Chapman came to Alberta in 1970 to be Employee Relations Officer with the AARN. The position was that of "basically a bargainer" in wage and working conditions negotiations with Alberta hospitals, and of working for recognition of nurses as professionals. Ms Chapman describes the growth of unionism in the profession, the decision of the AARN to cease being a bargaining agent for the union; the separation of the Association and the United Nurses of Alberta in 1977; strikes in Alberta and Saskatchewan; legislative changes; and her views on the future of professional unions in Alberta. A timed summary of the audiotape is included in the textual material.
Kay Christie was interviewed by Bill McNeil for the radio program "Voice of the Pioneer" in January 1992. She describes her wartime experiences beginning in 1941 when she was sent from Toronto to Vancouver by train, on a very secret posting. From Vancouver she and May Waters sailed, with 1975 men of the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers, to Hawaii where they were told their destination was Hong Kong. They arrived in Hong Kong in November; the city was overrun and occupied by the Japanese by Christmas Day 1941. Miss Christie relates the atrocities committed by the occupying army following the invasion, but separates the behaviour of Japanese civilians from that of the Japanese military. She describes the hardships of life in the internment camps, which ended when the Canadian nurses were included with American civilians in a prisoner exchange with the Japanese. For further information, three articles written by Miss Christie about her experiences, and a memorial by Jessie Morrison, are located in AARN accession number 91.31.