The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1949. Pictured in the photograph (from left to right): Harry Watson (Page Boy), Emma Wong (Miss Canada), Giselle Arpin (May Queen), Shirley Johnson (Flower Girl), Rose Marie Manson (Record Bearer), Larry Johnson (Page Boy).

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1950. Pictured in the photograph (from left to right): Marilyn Miller (Record Bearer), Mavis Chambers (1st Maid of Honor), Charlein McFadyen and Arline Atkinson (Flower Girls), Colleen Ouellette (2nd Maid of Honor), Rita Pereault (Miss Canada).

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1952. Pictured: June MacDonald (May Queen), Doreen Bradley and Lorna Kinney (Maids of Honor, Glenda Frith (Record Bearer), Helen Modine (Medal Bearer), Bonnie Proulx and Lynn Whiting (Ladies in Waiting), Clara Schmit (Miss Canada).

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1953. Pictured: Joann Dunn (May Queen), Judi Brook and Lois Sutherland (Maids of Honor), Irene Simpson (Medal Bearer), Helen Modine (Record Bearer), Vicki Cassia and Yvonne Sagmoen (Flower Girls) and Margaret Miller (Miss Canada).

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1954. Pictured: Pauline Reay (May Queen), Brenda Frome (Medal Bearer), Linda Lytle (1st Maid of Honor), Pauline Gagnon (2nd Maid of Honor), Constance Peters (Record Bearer), Lorene Ikona (2nd Lady in Waiting), Virginia Butler (Miss Canada), Marilyn Rosval (1st Lady in Waiting).

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1955. Pictured: June Bell (May Queen), Geraldine Knapp and Julie Chan (Maids of Honor), Diane Butler (Record Bearer), Mary Anne Kugler (Medal Bearer), Colleen Fenton and Elizabeth Keller (Ladies in Waiting), and Stella Braconnier (Miss Canada).

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1956. Pictured: Lorna Gillilard (May Queen), Mavis Russell and June Chan (Maids of Honor), Daphne Monette (Record Bearer), Royal Cheater (Medal Bearer) and Marlene Proulx (Miss Canada).

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1957. Pictured: Mary Ann Lowrey (May Queen), Claudette Arpin and Adeline Smith (Maids of Honor), Larraine Cote (Record Bearer), Rhonda Anderson (Medal Bearer), Sharon Blake (Miss Canada), Diane Budd and Joyce Monette (Ladies in Waiting).

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1958. Pictured: Geraldine Blake (May Queen), Linda Beaudin and Linda McGeachie (Maids of Honor), Alena Sestek (Record Bearer), Joan Bauthot (Medal Bearer), Carol McCullough (Miss Canada), Mary Ussner and Linda Larsen (Ladies in Waiting).

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1959. Pictured: Linda Proulx (May Queen), Patsy Powell and Margot Lunt (Maids of Honor), Edna Michaud (Record Bearer), Sylvia McKay (Medal Bearer), Louise Molyneux (Miss Canada), Janet Karpinka (MIss Coquitlam), Linda Labossiere and Colleen Cheater (Ladies in Waiting).

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1960. Pictured: Constance Rivers (May Queen), Bonita Neish and Rita Seregly (Maids of Honor), Maureen Goodall (Record Bearer), Darlene Nelson (Medal Bearer), Yvonne Cougeon and Heather Currie (Ladies in Waiting).

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1960. Pictured: Constance Rivers (May Queen), Bonita Neish and Rita Seregly (Maids of Honor), Maureen Goodall (Record Bearer), Darlene Nelson (Medal Bearer), Yvonne Cougeon and Heather Currie (Ladies in Waiting).

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1961. Pictured: Margo Pue (May Queen), Elaine Gargett, Arlene Sundwick, Kathleen Yolletts, Cheryl Worsfold, Lorainne Leroux, Marjorie Siemens, Deidre Bjornson.

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1961. Pictured: Margo Pue (May Queen), Elaine Gargett, Arlene Sundwick, Kathleen Yolletts, Cheryl Worsfold, Lorainne Leroux, Marjorie Siemens, Deidre Bjornson.

The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1962. Pictured: Carol Bridges (May Queen), Jeanne Marlow, Janis Wallsmith, Barbara Crittendon, Myrna McAllister, Nellie Van De Perre, Vickie Irwin, Lisa Caouette, Norma Henderson, Carol Stubbs.

The Riverview Hospital Historical Society collection consists of the records collected and maintained by the Riverview Hospital Historical Society (RHHS). Through their museum and library, the RHHS acquired and stewarded records documenting the history of Riverview Hospital, the British Columbia School of Psychiatric Nursing, and the history of psychiatric care in British Columbia.

The collection consists of a range of documentary forms, including: reports, theses, newspaper clippings, newsletters, publications, correspondence, manuals, plans and drawings, directories, inventories, procedures, programmes, annuals, invitations, motion pictures, personal narratives, staff lists, minutes, study notes, scrapbooks, ephemera, and photographs depicting aspects of social and administrative life at the hospital and school.

The collection is arranged into ten series that reflect original collections maintained by the RHHS, and are organized by media type or content. See the Arrangement note below for more information.