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 an “Underwood Basic Certificate” issued to Pauline Alward by Mount Allison University for completion of the Introductory Typewriting Course and “operating the Underwood Typewriter by touch”. Alward attended Mount Allison University for the winter semester after her resignation from the Moncton Hospital.

Item is a letter addressed to Pauline Alward from Alma F. Law, Executive Secretary of the New Brunswick Association of Registered Nurses. During this time, Alward was on staff at the Moncton Hospital and had become president of the Local Chapter of the New Brunswick Association of Registered Nurses, which hosted the annual provincial meeting in October 1950. This letter commended the success of the event.

Item is a letter addressed to Pauline Alward from Dr. William F. Reinhoff, one of the surgeons that Pauline scrubbed for while taking her course at John Hopkins Hospital. The letter thanked her and included payment for the threading of intestinal needles for him to take on a trip to London for doing surgeries. Original envelope is included.

Item is a certificate for the completion of a postgraduate course in Operative Aseptic Technique at John Hopkins University.

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 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 the diploma which Pauline Alward received upon completion of her course at the Moncton Hospital Training School for Nurses.

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 includes the marks Pauline received on the Provincial Registration exam to become a registered nurse, as well as her certificate of registration.