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  • John Phillip McGovern

    Description:
    McGovern graduated from Duke University in 1945 (B.S. and M.D.). He served on the Duke Hospital house staff from 1948 to 1949. He received the Markle Award in 1950. The McGovern-Davison Children's Health Center at Duke University is named in honor...
    Date:
    1950

  • Members of Phi Chi, Delta Upsilon chapter medical fraternity

    Description:
    Phi Chi was a medical fraternity for students of the Duke University School of Medicine. At least five fraternities have been founded in the School of Medicine: Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Beta Pi, and Phi Chi. These...
    Date:
    1948

  • Duke Hospital prior to completion

    Description:
    Duke Hospital with railroad tracks. Trains were used to bring supplies into campus including stones from Duke's own quarry in Hillsborough, N.C. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital...
    Date:
    circa 1929

  • Davison Building and Duke Hospital

    Description:
    Rear view of the Davison building (right), originally the main entrance to the School of Medicine, and the rear of Duke Hospital (left). Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for...
    Date:
    circa 1930

  • Outpatient Clinic main entrance

    Description:
    Main entrance to the Outpatient Clinic of Duke Hospital. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
    Date:
    circa 1930

  • William B. Schwartz

    Description:
    Schwartz graduated from Duke University in 1945 (M.D.). He received the Markle Award in 1950.
    Date:
    1950

  • Members of the 65th General Hospital camping outdoors

    Description:
    Uniformed members of the 65th General Hospital (students, faculty, staff, or alumni) with tents and camping gear on Duke University's east campus parking lot. The Duke Chapel and other campus buildings are in the background. The idea for a Duke...
    Date:
    1943

  • Officers of the 65th General Hospital at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

    Description:
    Officers in uniform. The idea for a Duke hospital army unit was born in October 1940, the brainchild of Wilburt C. Davison, then dean of the Duke University School of Medicine. The Army reserve unit's original core, activated in July 1924,...
    Date:
    1942

  • Nurses and servicemen of the 65th General Hospital

    Description:
    Uniformed nurses and servicemen of the 65th General Hospital awaiting embarkation for overseas duties. The idea for a Duke hospital army unit was born in October 1940, the brainchild of Wilburt C. Davison, then dean of the Duke University School...
    Date:
    undated

  • C.P.S. worker Kirkpatrick in the blood chemistry laboratory

    Description:
    Truman Kirkpatrick, a former industrial chemist, at work in the blood chemistry laboratory of Duke Hospital. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of...
    Date:
    1944

  • C.P.S. worker Chester Maye and study subject

    Description:
    Maye uses wires and probes attached to machines to conduct brain activity studies on a subject. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of...
    Date:
    1944

  • C.P.S. worker Lehman in chemistry laboratory

    Description:
    Rodney Lehman at work in the physiology department of Duke Hospital. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of neuropsychiatry. Under the program,...
    Date:
    undated

  • C.P.S. worker maintaining machinery

    Description:
    An unidentified Civilian Public Service worker at work. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of neuropsychiatry. Under the program, conscientious...
    Date:
    1944

  • Aerial view of Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Hospital, and West Campus

    Description:
    Aerial view of Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Hospital, and West Campus.
    Date:
    undated

  • People gathered outside Duke Hospital

    Description:
    People gathered outside of the newly constructed Duke Hospital. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930
    Date:
    circa 1930

  • R. Wayne Rundles, first from the right, studying in the original School of Medicine Library

    Description:
    R. Wayne Rundles graduated from Duke University (M.D., 1940). He was an associate professor of medicine at Duke University from 1945 until the mid-1980s and served as director of the hematology and chemotherapy service at the Duke University...
    Date:
    circa 1940-1949

  • H. Max Schiebel

    Description:
    Herman Max Schiebel was member of the house staff of Duke Hospital and served as professor of surgery during the early 1930s. He became assistant chief of surgical services for the Office of Civilian Defense, Reserve Unit of the United States...
    Date:
    undated

  • Eugene Anson Stead, Jr.

    Description:
    Eugene Anson Stead, Jr. was professor of medicine and chair of the Dept. of Medicine at Duke University from 1947 to 1967. He was a Lt. Col. with the 65th General Hospital between wars and helped start the Cardiovascular Teaching and Training...
    Date:
    undated

  • Mildred M. Sherwood

    Description:
    Sherwood with two pediatric patients outside of Duke Hospital. In 1930, when Duke Hospital was opened, Mildred M. Sherwood was put in charge of the Children's Ward. She was an instructor in pediatrics, and a nurse with the Mobile Medical Emergency...
    Date:
    undated

  • Julian Meade Ruffin

    Description:
    Julian Meade Ruffin, professor of medicine from 1930 to 1970, was a member of the original faculty. He assisted with the program of wartime graduate medical meetings and served the Office of Civilian Defense of the United States Public Health...
    Date:
    undated