Items are two certificates of appreciation awarded to Pauline (Alward) Spatz on the 50th Anniversary of the Sackville Memorial Hospital. One certificate is signed by Frank McKenna, Premier of the Province of New Brunswick, and the other is signed by Dr. Marilyn Trenholme who was then the provincial Minister of the State for Family.

Item is a certificate to Pauline (Alward) Spatz from the New Brunswick Association of Health Care Auxiliaries, given by the Sackville Memorial Auxiliary, awarding a life membership in recognition of work done over the past 20 years. Also contains accompanying letter and newspaper clipping.

Item is a certificate of appreciation given to Pauline (Alward) Spatz from the Sackville Memorial Hospital in June 1992.

Items are a group of documents related to Pauline’s service with St. John Ambulance. Item includes a certificate, a letter from the organization in which Alward was asked to receive in her name a Priory Vote of Thanks from the Governor General, a program from the event at which the award was received, and a schedule of the event.

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 to Pauline Alward by the University of the State of New York Education Department, licensing her to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York.

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 reference letter from Anne Dixon, Dean of Women at Mount Allison University, written “to whom it may concern” about Pauline Alward’s position as nurse in residence.