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DGH1 - Records of Crichton Royal Hospital
6 - Staff Records
16 - Personal Papers
Ref No
DGH1/6/16/12
Title
George B. Turner (Deputy Secretary and Treasurer and Hospital Secretary)
Description
Three folders of research and correspondence relating to Crichton Royal Hospital, Hannahfield House and the Robert Burns manuscript, 'The Whistle'.
Crichton Royal Hospital miscellaneous material (1886-c.1985, 17 documents):
New Moon, special Burns 1896 issue; three editions of The Crichtonian, September 1937, June 1939 and February 1949; Scottish Hospital Advisory Service report; notes about Crichton Royal Farm history, hockey club, golf course, Solway Holiday Home, hospital brochure, Burns manuscripts, articles by James Harper about Dr W. A. F. Browne and the early history of the hospital and correspondence.
1. Hannahfield House material (1975, 10 documents):
Correspondence between George B. Turner and Margaret Hudson relating to the history of the building, copied extracts from various sources including McDowall's History of Dumfries about Hannahfield and two sketches of the grounds.
2. 'The Whistle' material (1979-1985):
Research notes, extracts from books, and extracts and copies from sources including the Chronicle of Crichton Royal, New Moon and Robert Burns and the Riddell Family by J. Maxwell Wood, relating to the poem by Robert Burns and the location of the original manuscript or manuscripts.
Date
1886-1985
Related Material
Staff publications, DGH1/6/18
Format
Typed, Manuscript and Printed
Category
Health & Welfare : HW
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Code
Set
NA443
Friars Carse/Dunscore/Lower Nithsdale/Dumfriesshire/Dumfries and Galloway/Scotland
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