Helen Kaiser in the Helen L. Kaiser Library. The plaque text reads: "This library has been designated the Helen L. Kaiser Library by the Board of Trustees of Duke University in honor of Helen Louise Kaiser, R.P.T. for her dedicated service to the...
Illustration of a heart in a book. Bob Blake was coordinator of the Division of Medical Illustration within the Duke University School of Medicine. He produced medical illustrations for Duke from about 1940 through the 1970s. (Robert L. Blake papers.)
Dr. Joseph and Dorothy Beard seated at micrscope, examining slides. Joseph W. Beard was professor of surgery from 1937 to 1973. In 1946 Beard became the James B. Duke professor of surgery and was appointed professor of virology in 1965. Dorothy Beard...
52nd Graduating Class of the Practical Nursing Program; L to R, 1st row: Mary Blue, Ora Riley, Mary Watkins, Christine Williams, Laura Thomas; 2nd row: Sadie Boden, Ella Crawford, Geraldine Roghelia, Josephine Horne, Lynn Johnson, Ruby Griffis; 3rd...
The Duke Hospital Auxiliary was started in 1950, and Betty Leach started to do volunteer work them in 1956, shortly after moving to Durham. She was vital to the founding of the “Pink Smock” gift shops at Duke Hospital. These stores grew from a simple...
Employees utilize the Hospital cafeteria’s new fast food section where they are able to pick up their selections and go directly to the cashier. This photograph was taken by Lewis Parrish and appeared in the January 7, 1972 issue of Intercom.
Safety Observers pictured from left to right: Row 1- Betty Cross, Betty Desrosiers, Clara Harris, Dorothy Grant, Essie Evans, Marilyn Blake, Sandra Williams, Annie Tedder, Rosa Herron; Row 2- Linda Starr, Theodore Lee, Ruth Ellis, Marie Scoggins, Ethel...
Duke employees (pictured left to right) Helen Russell, Virginia Whitman, Margie Wilkins sort first-class mail arriving at the mail room. This photograph appeared in the July 2, 1971 issue of Intercom.
Therlan Thompson was a veteran of the Hospital’s Central Processing department where she worked as a medical supply assembler. Central Processing, also known as Central Supply, was a division of the Pharmacy Department. They distributed new and...
Duke mail room employee Geneva Westbrook distributes letters to the post office boxes from the back. Most people would only see these boxes from the outside. This photograph appeared in the July 2, 1971 issue of the Intercom.
Delores Ford in her office. She was hired as a secretary first for the operating room at Duke Medical Center in 1969 and then transferred to the emergency room in 1971.
Duke University School of Medicine First Year Students, 1971: R.C. Agner; J.R. Allison, III; L.B. Andrew; L.C. Area; L.K. Arnold; R.M. Austin; E.R. Baker; R.M. Ball; L. Barnes; G.P. Beardsley; M.J. Becker; F.F. Bolander, Jr.; A.A. Bonin; E.I. Bonner,...
Photograph of the drawings on the walls of a medical student dorm room. At center is the figure of a woman and various other objects, one of which is entitled “Mole Pheasant.”
Photograph of the drawings on the walls of a medical student dorm room. A large fan is shown at the center of the photograph. “Colostomy Cup Winner” is the title of one of the drawings.
Photograph of the drawings on the walls of a medical student dorm room. Clothes are shown draped over a chair. One of the drawings is entitled “Pea Vine de Lenard.”
Photograph of William Osler (center) with Dr. William Halsted and Dr. Howard A. Kelly sitting in straight chairs out of doors in a formal full front pose.
Reception in the Duke University Medical Center Library following the dedication ceremonies. Lower lobby with guests moving in the direction of the History of Medicine Reading Room. Dr. Martin Cummings and Dr. William G. Anlyan are at far left.
Reception in the Duke University Medical Center Library following the dedication ceremonies. Left to right, Dr. William G. Anlyan, Dr. Martin Cummings, and Dr. Jane G. Elchlepp talking with guests in the lower lobby.
Celebration commemorating the Library's tenth anniversary since its move to the Seeley G. Mudd building. Entrance lobby with Sally Wardell and Connie Culler at the circulation desk.
Reception in the Duke University Medical Center Library following the dedication ceremonies. Entrance and circulation desk with guests and library staff. View 2.
Reception in the Duke University Medical Center Library following the dedication ceremonies. Entrance and circulation desk with guests and library staff. View 1.
Interior views of the Duke University Medical Center library: Reserve Room multi-media workstations. Note the prints are from the original Duke University Hospital Library reading room.
Looking upward from periodical reading room toward central stairway skylight. Photographed by Walter E. Shackelford.
Durham, NC: Walter E. Shackelford, Custom Photography