John Gilmour - The Confessional Press and Voice of Wilsey Oswald

Two pictures, one on either side: The Confessional Press Watercolour drawing Size: 19 x 27.7 On the reverse: Voice of Wilsey Oswald Pen and ink Size: 19 x 27.7 This item is currently framed for display purposes. John Gilmour's artwork was found in an envelope at the rear of the C. R. I. Scrapbook, DGH1/6/17/1. A manuscript note by Dr C. C. Easterbrook on the envelope reads, 'some coloured sketches by a patient who suffered from delusions of persecution and was treated in various mental hospitals in U.S.A. and afterwards in Scotland at Glasgow Royal ('Gartnaval') and at Crichton Royal where actually he improved and was discharged.' It is likely they were retained either by Dr J. Rutherford, Physician Superintendent 1883-1907, or Dr C. C. Easterbrook, Physician Superintendent 1908-1937. They were removed and mounted on card in 1994.

c.1910

2 pictures

John Gilmour was a patient at Crichton Royal Institution from 1905 to 1913; he was also a contributor to the hospital magazine, the New Moon.

Case Books, DGH1/5/21; C. R. I. Scrapbook, DGH1/6/17/1; John Gilmour contributed poems and a short story between 1909 and 1912 to the New Moon, DGH1/7/1/1.

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The papers are available at Dumfries and Galloway Archives subject to conditions of UK Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and NHS Records Management Code of Practice 2012. Subject to these restrictions, this material is being digitised by the University of Glasgow as part of a Wellcome Trust funded project. Material that is digitised will be accessed freely online through the Wellcome Library catalogue.