Series contains records pertaining to Pauline Alward’s training and career as a registered nurse. The content begins with records documenting her training at the Moncton School of Nursing and covering her career up until her marriage and retirement. Content after her retirement pertains to her involvement with the medical community, i.e. certificates of appreciation, etc.
Item is a prescription bag from The Corner Drug Store which was located on Dixon Block. The prescription was for John Alward and was prescribed by Dr. C. L. Gass.
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 includes the text of the Valedictory Address given by Pauline Alward upon graduating from the Nursing School in Moncton. Also included are the newspaper clippings from the Sackville Tribune and from the Moncton Times which reported this event.
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”.