Item is a certificate issued by the Royal Victoria Montreal Maternity Hospital for completion of three months of instruction and practice in the school of nursing.

Item is a letter written to Miss Anne DeWolf RN, the Director of Nursing at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, from John C. MacKenzie, MD. He requested an application form for Pauline Alward to attend a course at John Hopkins, as the Moncton Hospital at that time was without an administrator or a director of nurses. In the top left corner, Mr. MacKenzie has written, “Miss Alward – For your information. Best of luck, John C. Mackenzie”.

Item is a receipt for $100.00 in tuition fees paid for a 16 week course in Operative Aseptic Technique at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Item is a letter of recommendation concerning Pauline Alward, written by Dr. Ralph Meyers who was on the staff of the Moncton Hospital.

Item is a letter of acceptance sent to Pauline Alward from Rose Jennings RN, Superintendent of Nurses at the Long Island Home dated November 7, 1952, stating that Alward had been accepted into the position of evening supervisor.

Item is a letter signed by Dr. George Gass dated November 12, 1952, which stated that Pauline Alward was “of good character and does not belong to any group or association advocating overthrow of Constitutional Government”. During the McCarthy era, this type of recommendation would have been required in order to move to the USA to work.

Item is a copy of the Argosy Weekly from November 1952. On the cover is an article about Pauline entitled, “U.G.R. Nurse Leaves”, which discussed her acceptance of the position of Evening Supervisor at South Oaks, The Long Island Home, Amityville, Long Island, New York.

Item is a postcard addressed to Pauline Alward sent from her friend Marjorie Jean Wood. Postcard depicts the Science Building at Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.

Item is a newspaper clipping from the Sackville Tribune documenting a family reunion held in 1991 for the descendants of Willard and Jennie Wry.

Item is a newspaper clipping which highlights the occasion when the doors to York Street were officially opened at the Owens Art Gallery. The clipping has two photographs of Pauline (Alward) Spatz standing between Mayor Will Campbell and Mount Allison University President Ian Newbould