Series: Hospitals. -- [before 1999]. -- 10 cm of textual records.Series consists of information pertaining the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital, the hospital addition constructed in the 1970s, as well as the Grove Nursing Home.
Through the efforts of Dr. A. H. Reid (Mayor of Arnprior from 1938-1945 and dental surgeon) to convince Daniel McLachlin to sell his property to the Town, Daniel McLachlin did decide in the end to convey his house and a parcel of land (250 ft. by 300 ft.) for the ultimate purpose of establishing a hospital in Arnprior in 1943. This site eventually became known as the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital (ADMH). Dr. Reid, Dr. J.A. Box and Mr. H.A. Short were a driving force behind the formation of ADMH; a wing was named after Dr. Box--J.H. Box Wing. In 1944, the first meeting of the Directors of the ADMH was held in Grace--St. Andrews United Church Parish Hall. On November 2 1981, the Grove Nursing Home was opened, coming under the jurisdiction of the Hospital Board. The Grove was built for senior citizens requiring long-term care and incapacitated individuals who reside in Arnprior and surrounding area. All residents must require a minimum of 1 and 1/2 hours a day of nursing/personal care. Located on Daniel Street, the Arnprior Medical Center (also known as the Primary health Care Center which was dedicated to the memory of Dr. A.H. Reid) opened in 1958.
Series consists of such items as clippings, invitations to openings and special events, information on statistics (on areas like staff and patient days) at ADMH, history and development of these health care facilities and people involved in operating these facilities. Also included are 40 Years of Service 1945-1985 (journal on ADMH), 3 postcards of ADMH, Silver Anniversary (1945-1970), Fifty Years of Excellence (1945-1995), ADMH’s Anniversary Record newsletter (spring 1995), the hospital newsletters called (two titles: Reflections and Alive and Well) (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999), Board of Director’s Report (September 1998) and press releases.;
See also: Article in Arnprior Chronicle, Dec. 4, 1930, page 1, re: proposal to found an Arnprior Hospital.;