William Beattie (Deputy Matron)

Material comprises: 1) Letter of appointment sent to Elsie M. Menzies (William Beattie's wife) to begin employment a a Probationer Nurse at Crichton Royal Hospital, 4 July 1928 2) Order of Service - Jubilee of Crichton Memorial Church, 18 May 1947 (further copy DGH1/3/5/3) 3) Hospital guide, an introduction and guide for the patient's relatives and friends, c.1949 (further copy DGH1 4) Order of Service - Dedication of Baptismal Font, 15 October 1950 (further copy DGH1/3/5/4) 5) The Crichtonian, vol. 105, no. 1148, June 1951 6) Crichton News, vol. 13, no. 7, February 1976 7) Crichton News, 1977 8) Charity football match programme, Southern Counties F.A. Select versus Dumfries & District Amateur Football League at Crichton Royal, 28 April 1985 9) Crichton Royal Work Referral Card, blank, n.d.

1928-1985

1 folder (9 items)

William Beattie joined the nursing staff at Crichton Royal Institution in 1928, gaining promotion to Deputy Matron in 1958. He served on the staff for 34 years retiring in 1962. He was an active member of staff and played with the Crichton Marina Dance Band in the 1930s. He received an MBE in 1991 for his voluntary work in Banffshire, where he retired to. His wife Elsie Menzies was a Nurse at Crichton Royal from 1928 to 1938 and 1939 to 1962.

Handbook for Mental Nurses, DGH1/6/13/3/2; Nursing Certificates, DGH1/6/13/3/6; Sport, DGH1/7/4; Photographic Material, DGH1/8

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.

Material donated to former Health Board Archivist by William Beattie in 1989.