Duke University Medical Center Archives; circa 1930s. Early Hospital lobby, the two-sided desk..

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Title
Early Hospital lobby, the two-sided desk.
 
Early Hospital lobby, the two-sided desk.
Subject
Interior Design and Furnishings
Subject
Nursing
Subject
Duke University. Hospital
Subject
Duke University. Hospital -- staff
Subject
Women in medicine
Date
circa 1930s
Date
2005-03-03
Publisher
Duke University Medical Center Archives
Description
A nurse speaks on the phone at the two-sided desk in the original hospital lobby. The two-sided desk, currently located in the Medical Center Archives, has a long history at Duke. In 1934, Thomas D. Kinney, a medical student, sat at the desk during his evening work in the foyer of Duke Hospital directing patients for emergency treatment. When the desk was moved from the hospital to a storage area, the Kinney family asked if they could buy it. Dean Barnes Woodhall refused, but offered them the chance to store it and arrange for its restoration. The Kinneys made a study of the desk's construction period, the hardware and motifs, and ultimately restored the piece. A company was chosen to refinish the wood. When the black oil cloth was removed from the top surface, there in the middle was an 8 x 12 inch copper plate engraved with the following inscription: This desk was presented to Duke Hospital by Dr. William John Dann in March, 1938. It was formerly the property of the Reverend Henry Montagu Butler, D.D., headmaster of Harrow School (1859-1885), dean of Gloucester (1885-1886); master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1886-1918); and vice chancellor of Cambridge University (1889-1890). He used this desk at Harrow and later in his study in the Master's Lodge, Trinity College. From about 1980-2004, the desk was located in the Searle Center and admired as a piece of Duke history. The desk currently resides in the Medical Center Archives.
Collection
Foundations of Excellence
Identifier
http://medspace.mc.duke.edu:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/2193.1/5781
Identifier
cln00044
Identifier
Photograph & Negative Collection
Identifier
dumca:783
Format
Print
Relation
Clinical
Rights
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