The Crichtonian

Two folders of loose editions of the hospital magazine. This is not a complete run of the magazine and many editions are missing.

1951-1963

2 folders

In 1937 the hospital magazine the New Moon was renamed The Crichtonian and was produced quarterly by staff for a number of years until production was stopped in 1949. The Crichtonian contained updates on the goings on at the hospital including social events and sports; news about staff members, articles and poems on a variety of topics contributed by patients and staff. Under Physician Superintendent Dr P. K. McCowan efforts were made to re-establish a hospital magazine produced by and for the patients, and The Crichtonian reappeared in 1951 with a new Editorial Committee steering it. The magazine's name was changed again in August 1963 to the Crichton News and it continued in this guise into the 1990s, being published monthly initially and then less frequently. Copies of The Crichtonian in the early 1950s were printed by Dumfriesshire Newspapers and carried advertisements for local businesses. In 1954 it was decided that The Crichtonian would be stencilled rather than printed and later copies were printed in the Occupational Therapy Department at the hospital.

Further copies are held in the Klondyke at the Ewart Library, Db 15 (05)

Enquiries for reproduction for commercial purposes should be directed to the Archivist, Dumfries and Galloway Archives and Local Studies

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.