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WELCOME TO
KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL ARCHIVE
Image promoting National Hospital Day, 1972.
The Kingston General Hospital Archive documents the long and rich history of the Hospital beginning in 1832 and contains about 200 metres of textual material, photographs, architectural plans and drawings, sound recordings and printed materials. This rich and varied resource is sustained by the hospital’s Administrative Records Management and Archive Program (ARMAP).
In 1996, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada designated Kingston General Hospital to be of national historic and architectural significance as one of the longest continuously operating general hospitals in Canada. The records of the 19th century reflect the transition from a charitable institution to an active treatment hospital while the records of the 20th century outline the development of the principle tertiary care hospital in the South-eastern Ontario Integrated Health Sciences Centre.
Note: Patients who wish to access personal health information should contact: Release of Information at 613-544-3400 ext. 4122.
HISTORY:
Postcard of Kingston General Hospital, 1903.
The initial records relating to the evolution of the hospital were identified, acquired and preserved by Dr. Margaret Angus and others during the preparation of her historical account: Kingston General Hospital: A Social and Institutional History, published in 1973. In 1981, a formal agreement between the Kingston General Hospital and Queen’s University established that the KGH Archive would be housed by Queen’s University Archives, while remaining the property of the hospital.
The Administrative Records Management and Archive Program (ARMAP) began at KGH with a pilot project in 1991. This program has systematically conducted inventories and created records schedules of each administrative unit in the hospital. These record retention schedules have been implemented and the records of archival value from each administrative unit are transferred to the Kingston General Hospital Archive. A finding aid for each administrative unit is prepared according to the Rules of Archival Description (RAD)
HOLDINGS:
Fonds-level descriptions for KGH Archival fonds can be found through the provincial archival portal ARCHEION (http://archeion-aao.fis.utoronto.ca/).
SELECTED COLLECTION STRENGTHS:
ACCESS TO COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH:
Requests for historical research in our healthcare archive are subject to a four step protocol to ensure compliance with the Personal Health Information Protection Act and Hospital policy.
Researchers are required to:
REFERENCE SERVICES:
Please contact a Hospital Archivist.
WHAT’S NEW:
CONTACT US:
Kingston General Hospital Archives
76 Stuart St.
Kingston, ON
K7L 2V7
archives@kgh.kari.net
613-549-6666 ext. 4091
STAFF DIRECTORY:
Tamara Nelson, Supervising Archivist
613-549-6666 ext. 4091
Lorna Knight, Archivist
613-659-6666 ext. 4096
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