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Robb Gilbert

Kamloops,BC

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Kamloops Museum and Archives
Kamloops, BC

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Kamloops Museum and Archives
Kamloops, BC

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Tranquille Sanatorium collection, 1988.023, 1999.025, 2013.001, 2018.009, 01/01/07, 12/31/84, 12 cm, 2, 18, 3, Tranquille Sanatorium opened in 1907 at the Fortune Ranch northwest of Kamloops as a sanatorium for people suffering from tuberculosis. It was originally named the King Edward Memorial Sanatorium and was operated by the Anti-Tuberculosis Society of British Columbia until 1921. At that time the province formally took over its management to resolve mounting financial difficulties and it was renamed Tranquille Sanatorium. Dr. J.C. Fagan, the province's medical health officer, served as the sanatorium's first director and Dr R.M. Irving was appointed the first medical superintendent (1907-1909). Following the First World War additional buildings were erected by the federal government to help accommodate soldiers who had contracted tuberculosis during the war. In 1922 the sanatorium underwent an expansion on the adjoining Cooney Ranch property. During the following decade a number of new buildings were opened to help meet the growing demands for accommodation and medical services. By 1932 the sanatorium was able to accommodate up to 360 patients. The sanatorium continued to exist until 1958 by which time advances in the treatment of tuberculosis had helped control the disease. After closing, the sanatorium facilities were transferred to the Mental Health Services Branch of the B.C. provincial government and the site was used as an institution for the mentally disabled., Collection consists of annual reports, correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, lists, historical articles, patient records, construction and design certificates, inspection reports and certificates, maps, architectural drawings, and technical drawings related to the Tranquille Sanatorium and Tranquille Mental Hospital. Annual reports span 1907 to 1932 and contain information on the sanatorium's finances, its patient population, staff, medical facilities, and supplies. There is a small amount of correspondence, mainly consisting of letters received by the first director of the sanatorium, Dr. J.C. Fagan, in 1907. Also included is the first issue of the sanatorium's newspaper, The Tranquillian, from 1919. The collection has been divided into three series: annual reports, other textual records, and maps and architectural and technical drawings., 1988.023, Acquired by the Kamloops Museum and Archives (KMA) from Dr. Gordon F. Kincade (d. 1989), of Vancouver, BC, on 05/26/88., 1999.025, Donated to the Kamloops Museum and Archives in 1999 by Wayne Norton (per Peter Walters) and was initially placed in the Map Collection., 2013.001, Consists of records which were acquired by the KMA and previously accessioned separately as 66.90, 70.53, 74.17, 75.60, 77.82, and 79.54., 2018.009, Acquired from a donor whose father worked at the Tranquille Sanatorium., Title based on contents of collection., Patient admittance form and related correspondence in the patient file is restricted until 2026. All other files are open., No reproduction permitted without consent of copyright holder., File list is available for this collection., Further accruals are possible., See Map Collection for additional materials related to the Tranquille Sanatorium (1999.025).

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