Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1930

Date Range To

1940

Materials

STEEL, LEATHER, NICKEL PLATE

No. Pieces

5

Height

116.2

Length

139.1

Width

63.9

Description

LEATHER PADDED SEAT, ARMS AND BACK AND HEAD RESTS. ADJUSTABLE FOR HEIGHT, BACK, ARMS, AND HEAD REST ARE ADJUSTABLE. IMITATION WOOD FINISH. "IDEAL COLUMBIA" ON BACK OF FOOT REST. "MRCO" ON FOOT REST BAR. SET ON CIRCULAR BASE. LEATHER MAROON IN COLOR. GOLD PINSTRIPING ON ARTIFICIAL WOOD SURFACES. BLACK BAKELITE KNOBS PROTRUDING FROM BENEATH CHAIR. 5 ADJUSTMENT KNOBS ON SPINE OF CHAIR. 2 BLACK KNOBS FOR HEADREST.

Subjects

MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E

Historical Association

HEALTH SERVICES

History

USED AT CAMPBELL CLINIC. *UPDATE* IN 2010 NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. DONOR IS DECEASED, SHE WAS UNABLE TO FIND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR NEXT OF KIN. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A BUFFALO COAT DONATED BY DR. P.M. CAMPBELL. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. DR. PETER MCGREGOR CAMPBELL WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 9, 1872 IN ADAMSTON, ON. HE WAS THE OLDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN BORN TO JOHN AND JANE CAMPBELL (NEE CONNERY) AND WAS EDUCATED IN REFREW, ON. HE GRADUATED IN ARTS FROM QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED HIS DOCTOR OF MEDICINE DEGREE FROM QUEEN’S IN 1896. HE ALSO ESTABLISHED A PRACTICE IN BEACHBURG, ON IN 1896, REMAINING THERE UNTIL 1900 WHEN HE ELECTED TO HEAD WEST, TO ANSWER A CALL FOR DOCTORS ISSUED BY C.A. MAGRATH AND REV. CHARLES MCKILLOP. UPON ARRIVAL IN ALBERTA, DR. CAMPBELL INITIALLY LIVED IN CARDSTON WHERE HE PRACTICED AS A ‘HORSE AND BUGGY’ DOCTOR FOR SIX YEARS. IN 1904 DR. CAMPBELL WAS MARRIED TO THE ESTHER SCOTT OF PAISLEY, ON. SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1942. IN 1906 HE WAS APPROACHED BY SENATOR L.G. DEVEBER TO SET UP A PARTNERSHIP IN LETHBRIDGE. THE TWO REMAINED IN PRACTICE TOGETHER UNTIL DEVEBER’S DEATH. DR. CAMPBELL SERVED AS MLA FOR LETHBRIDGE FROM 1937 UNTIL 1944. HE WON IN 1937 BY AN 800 VOTE MARGIN AND ELECTED NOT TO RUN IN 1944. SEVERAL TRIBUTE ARTICLES WERE PUBLISHED IN THE HERALD FOLLOWING DR. CAMPBELL’S DEATH. THEY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING REMARKS ABOUT DR. CAMPBELL: LETHBRIDGE HERALD, SEPTEMBER 21, 1954: DR. G.F. STRONG, PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: “DR. STRONG SAID THE DEATH OF DR. CAMPBELL MEANS THE LOSS OF ‘ONE OF THE LEADERS IN MEDICINE’ IN THIS AREA. ‘I HAVE KNOWN DR. CAMPBELL AND HIS WORK FOR MANY YEARS AND HELD HIM IN HIGH REGARD. HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE PROFESSION.’ DR. STRONG DECLARED. FURTHER TRIBUTE CAME FROM THE GALT HOSPITAL NURSES ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION MRS. J.H. STAFFORD, PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION DECLARED IN A STATEMENT ‘IT IS WITH A DEEP SENSE OF PERSONAL LOSS AND SORROW THAT WE RECEIVED THE WORD OF DR. CAMPBELL’S PASSING. HE HAD LECTURED TO ALL ALUMNAE MEMBERS DURING THEIR TRAINING AND WAS INDEED OUR ‘DEAN OF MEDICINE,’ MRS. STAFFORD SAID. ‘IT IS UNIQUE THAT DR. CAMPBELL HAD KNOWN PERSONAL ALL THE NURSES IN TRAINING FROM THE START OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL IN 1910, AND THE PRESENT GALT HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING WILL NO LONGER BE IN EXISTENCE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.’” LETHBRIDGE HERALD, SEPTEMBER 20, 1954: DR. S.M. SCHMALTZ, PRESIDENT OF THE ALBERTA DIVISION OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: “DR. PETER MCGREGOR CAMPBELL, AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF DEVOTED AND UNSELFISH SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS PORTION OF THE PROVINCE, HAS RETIRED TO A WELL-EARNED REST. HE WAS ONE OF THE GREAT MEN OF OUR ERA, BOTH IN AND OUT OF MEDICINE. HE SERVED THE PUBLIC WELL AS A MEDICAL ADVISOR, A CONFIDANT AND A PUBLIC-SPIRITED CITIZEN WHO ALWAYS RESPONDED WHEN DUTY CALLED … HE WAS A DEAN OF MEDICINE WHO CARRIED ON A LIFELONG WORK OF TEACHING AND ADVISING BOTH BY PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE.” DR. LLOYD W. JOHNSTON, PRESIDENT OF THE GALT HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF: “THE NEWS OF DR. CAMPBELL’S DEATH WAS RECEIVED WITH A FEELING OF SADNESS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE GALT HOSPITAL STAFF … EVERY MEMBER FELT DEEPLY THE LOSS OF A FINE COLLEAGUE, A WISE COUNSELLOR, AND A GOOD FRIEND … [HE] WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED BY THOSE DOCTORS WHO KNEW HIM AND WORKED WITH HIM FOR HIS FUND OF KNOWLEDGE, HIS SENSE OF HUMOR, HIS QUIET DIGNITY, AND ABOVE ALL, HIS MORAL AND ETHICAL PRACTICES.” DR. CAMPBELL PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 82 ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1954. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.

Catalogue Number

P19672779000

Acquisition Date

1967-09

Collection

Museum

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