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1956-2021 (Creation)
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- Lyon, Vera Elinor, 1933-2020
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- 171 photographs
- 9 cm of textual records
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Vera Bell (neé Lyon) was born December 2, 1933 in Clinton, Ontario. She took her nursing training at Victoria Hospital in London Ontario, graduating as an RN in the class of 1955. She arrived in Hazelton, B.C. in early 1956, serving for five years at Wrinch Memorial Hospital. In 1961, she moved to Queen Charlotte City, where she served as matron of the hospital for two years. She received midwifery training in Edmonton in 1963. She attended Covenant College (Toronto) in 1963-1964 before being posted to Portugal and Kenya. In 1971 she completed her Bachelor of Nursing at McGill University in Montreal, before marrying Alfred Bell, former auditor for United Church of Canada Hospitals. Vera died November 14, 2020 in Nanaimo, B.C.
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Fonds consists of records relating primarily to Vera Bell's work as a nurse at United Church mission hospitals, including Wrinch Memorial Hospital (Hazelton, B.C.) and Queen Charlotte Islands Hospital in Haida Gwaii. Fonds also includes textual materials related to the hospitals and churches in those communities, work in Kenya, the Thomas Crosby mission boat, and her Christian faith.
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Records were donated to the Archives by Heather Bell on February 22, 2021
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- Queen Charlotte Islands General Hospital (Subject)
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Created March 9, 2021
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- English