Summary information
| Repository: | South Peace Regional Archives |
| Title: | Alberta Association of Registered Nurses, Grande Prairie Chapter 16 fonds |
| Reference code: | 0034 |
| Date: | 1910-1998 (date of creation) |
| Physical description: | 6 cm of textual records
11 photographs |
| Language: | English |
| Dates of creation, revision and deletion: | Exported from AoR and added to new database April 2022 – TD |
| Note: | This fonds has been identified as having Indigenous related content. Researchers may encounter language that is outdated and offensive. To learn more about Indigenous records at the South Peace Regional Archives please see our guide. |
| Note: | There is a disc in CD storage but it could not be read when tested. April 12 2022 TD |
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
The Alberta Association of Registered Nurses was formed in 1916. Subsequently, districts and chapters were formed throughout the province for the support, continuing education and mobilization of their members. The first Grande Prairie Chapter of the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses was formed in 1950, long after nursing services came to the area in 1909. A forerunner of the Association was the Nurses’ Club formed in 1941. In January 1950, this club moved to become a chapter of the AARN for the purpose of the support, continuing education and mobilization of their members. Members included nurses working at the Municipal Hospital, the Auxiliary Hospital, the Grande Prairie Health Unit and the Victorian Order of Nurses. In 1966 the AARN divided the province into districts and the Grande Prairie Chapter became part of Chapter 16. They were an active chapter in the North District until the dissolution of the district in 1999.
Custodial history
Some of the records, including a group of framed photographs, were donated to the Grande Prairie Museum by the Grande Prairie Nurse’s Club in 1970. A further accrual was acquired by the museum in 1999 from Barbara Bragg, a member of the Grande Prairie Chapter of the AARN.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of the by-laws, minutes, reports, membership lists, news clippings and newsletters from Chapter 16; articles on the history of the AARN in Alberta; publications from the AARN including Nursing Legislation, the 1989 Rainbow Report which detailed the provincial government’s vision for health care in the province, and a group of photographs illustrating the medical and nursing history of Grande Prairie.
Notes
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the fonds.
Restrictions on access
No access restrictions
Accruals
No accruals expected
Access points
- Textual record (documentary form)
- Graphic material (documentary form)
- Health care (subject)
- Labour relations (subject)
- Organizations* (subject)
Table of contents
0034.01, Executive Records, 1975-1980
0034.02, Structure & History, 1910-1992
0034.03, Publications, 1980-1997
Series descriptions
| Series 0034.01: Executive Records
Date: 1975-1980 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of the minutes of the executive committee and lists of members in the Grande Prairie Chapter of the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses from 1975 to 1980. Physical description: 2 cm of textual records Access points: • Textual record (documentary form) |
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| Series 0034.02: Structure & History
Date: 1910-1992 (date of creation) Scope and content: The first Nursing Service in Grande Prairie was started by Presbyterian Missionaries Rev. & Mrs. Alexander Forbes. The first nurse was Miss Agnes Baird and the first patient was treated in the Forbes “Caboose” at Flying Shot Lake. The next year the Forbes built a hospital annex containing six beds onto their home on their homestead, next to the newly surveyed “Grande Prairie City.” In 1914, the mission built the Kathryn Prittie Hospital which became a Municipal Hospital in 1923. In 1929 a new brick hospital was built, and in 1937 a Nurses’ residence. As the population increased, additions were added: a second floor in 1949, a new addition in 1959, a third floor in 1964. In 1960, the Auxiliary Hospital was built. In 1967, when a pictorial history was collected, the total bed capacity was 182 beds. The series consists of a written history of nursing services in Grande Prairie, both from the standpoint of practical nursing and from the standpoint of nursing clubs and associations. Included in the history are photographs dating from 1910 to 1967, and articles relating to the history of the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses and its chapters. Physical description: 0.5 cm of textual records 11 photographs Access points: • Textual record (documentary form) • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) |
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| File / item list | |||
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 1969.42.01.1 | Item – Montrose House with Hospital Wing | [1914] | 1 photograph : b & w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Montrose House was built in Grande Prairie by Rev. Alexander and Agnes Forbes in 1912. It was attached to a six bed wing operating as a hospital. |
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| 1969.42.01.2 | Item – The Forbes Caboose | 1910 | 1 photograph : b & w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Rev. and Mrs. A. Forbes used this caboose en route to Grande Prairie. Later it became known as Grande Prairie’s first Hospital. |
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| 1969.42.01.3 | Item – Kathryn Prittie Hospital | 1914 | 1 photograph : b & w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Pioneer Hospital, later re-named the Kathryn Prittie Hospital, was built in 1914. |
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| 1969.42.01.4 | Item – Grande Prairie Municipal Hospital | 1929 | 1 photograph : b & w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Grande Prairie Municipal Hospital was built in 1929. |
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| 1969.42.01.5 | Item – Grande Prairie Nurses’ Residence | 1937 | 1 photograph : b & w : 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Grande Prairie Nurses’ Residence was built in 1937 just north of the Hospital. |
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| 1969.42.01.6 | Item – Grande Prairie Municipal Hospital Addition | 1949 | 1 photograph : b & w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
In 1949 a second floor was added to the Grande Prairie Municipal Hospital, almost doubling the bed space. |
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| 1969.42.01.7 | Item – New Wing for the Grande Prairie Municipal Hospital | 1959 | 1 photograph : b & w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
A new wing was added to the Grande Prairie Municipal Hospital in 1959, and a story added to it in 1964. |
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| 1969.42.01.8 | Item – Grande Prairie Auxiliary Hospital | 1960 | 1 photograph : b & w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Auxiliary Hospital was built in 1960, with a bed capacity of fifty. |
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| 1969.42.02.1 | Item – Early Nurses’ Residence | ca. 1920 | 1 photograph : b & w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Small, unpainted frame house which served as a residence for early nurses in Grande Prairie. |
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| 1969.42.02.2 | Item – Montrose House | ca. 1912 | 1 photograph : b & w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Montrose House, the home of Rev. & Mrs. Forbes, which also housed the nurses for the first hospital in Grande Prairie. |
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| 1969.42.02.3 | Item – Grande Prairie Nurses’ Residence | 1937 | 1 photograph : b & w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Grande Prairie Nurses’ Residence was built in 1937 just north of the Hospital. |
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| Series 0034.03: Publications
Date: 1980-1997 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of a copy of the “Rainbow Report,” an Alberta Government report on future health care for Albertans; The AARN Response to The Rainbow Report and other changes proposed for health care; various booklets and pamphlets regarding nursing practice and position papers; and clippings regarding the activities of the AARN, both in the Province and the Grande Prairie area. Physical description: 4 cm of textual records Access points: • Textual record (documentary form) |
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