Chaplain's File

File kept by Reverend John Johnston, Hospital Chaplain, 1987-1999, comprising: 1) Order of Service - Dedication Service for the opening of the Memorial Church, 15 October 1897 (further copy DGH1/3/5/1) 2) Order of Service - Dedication of Baptismal Font in memory of Dr C. C. Easterbrook, 15 October 1950 (further copy DGH1/3/5/4) 3) Order of Service - Dedication of Communion items and memorial to James Flett, 3 September 1961 (further copy DGH1/3/5/5) 4) Order of Service - Service of Introduction for Reverend Stanley Raffan, 14 July 1977 (further copy DGH1/3/5/6) 5) Programme for Songs of Praise recorded at Crichton Royal Memorial Church on 19 October 1986 with notes for the congregation and hymns, October 1986 6) Order of Service - Dedication of Memorial Plaque to George B. Turner, Deputy Secretary and Treasurer 1958-1971 and Hospital Secretary 1971-1975, 31 July 1988 7) Order of Service - Centenary Service, 15 October 1997 (further copy DGH1/3/5/11) 8) Order of Service - Dedication of Memorial Plaque to The Revered Stanley J. Raffan, 21 February 1999 (further copy DGH1/3/5/14) 9) Copy of Memorial Service for Miss I. M. Lamb, Assistant Matron 1938-1945, Home Sister 1946-1947 and Deputy Matron 1947-1958, given by Reverend John H. Gibson, 8 October 1967 10) Hospital promotional leaflet, giving a brief history, September 1965 (further copy DGH1/3/8/2/1) 11) Crichton Royal Hospital School of Nursing brochure, c.1960s 12) Five page typed list of Crichton Memorial Church plans by Sydney Mitchell, n.d. 13) Crichton Church, Ground floor plan by Sutherland Dickie and Copland, 31 Castle Street, Dumfries, scale: 1:100, drawing no. 78.60.34, 84 x 59 cm, 15 February 1979 14) A4 copy of ground floor plan of Crichton Memorial Church with no details shown, n.d. 15) Eight pages of photocopies of Specifications and Measurements of Mason Work at Crichton Memorial Church, with drawings of west doorway and west gable window by Messer Sydney Mitchell and Wilson, Edinburgh, n.d. 16) Two drawings of the exterior of Crichton Memorial Church by Richard Niall Mark Rudd-Orthner, 8 April 1992 17) Letter from Mr J. Cross, Crichton Royal Hospital Senior Engineer, to The Home Office Radio Regulatory Division regarding proposals to install a radio microphone system in the Memorial Church and application for a Home Office Licence to operate it. Also attached is a TOA Electric Co. Ltd. brochure for radio microphone and tuner equipment, 11 November 1986 18) Photocopy of letter from Michael Donnelly, Assistant Keeper at Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries to Morag Williams, Health Board Archivist, 1983-2008, regarding the origins of the stained glass windows in Crichton Memorial Church and information sheets, 27 November 1986 19) Internal Memorandum from Archivist Morag Williams to Reverend. J. Johnston regarding the refurbishment of the Canopy chair housed in the Memorial Church and her suggestion for an inscription to be added to a plaque for the chair to be dedicated to Dr P. K. McCowan, Physician Superintendent, 1937-1957, 18 September 1991 20) Two letters to and from Reverend J. Johnston to Mr A. T. Robertson at Economic Electro-Plating Co Ltd. regarding estimates for brass refurbishment and quote, 22 August and 3 December 1997 21) Correspondence, quotes and invoice regarding the restoration of brass Angel Lectern by Gordon Richardson Conservation and Restoration, and letter from Church of Scotland Consultative Committee on Artistic Matters, 6 August to 26 October 1998 22) Material relating to the centenary of the Memorial Church including a press release by the Crichton Development Company, a copy of a newspaper article from Dumfries Courier, and a list of the names in the Church Centenary Service Welcoming Party, 1997 23) Six A4 information sheets relating to Glastonbury Chairs (one was dedicated to the memory of Dr P. K. McCowan in 1991), Mrs Elizabeth Crichton's Dedicatory Prayer, details of the history and features of the Memorial Church, Crichton Royal Nurses League, and the naming of the Memorial Church, c.1988 24) Three sets of photocopied notes comprising extracts from Minutes of the Board of Direction, published histories of the hospital and the New Moon regarding the history of the Church and the organ, n.d.

1897-c.1997

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Maps, Plans and Associated Material, DGH1/3/11

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