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  • Jean Spaulding Oral History Interview, 2006

    Description:
    Dr. Jean Spaulding discusses her family background; growing up in Michigan; the diverse community in Michigan; coming to the South; negative and prejudiced treatment in the South as an African-American; the lack of recognition of the Vietnam War...
    Date:
    2006-10-03

  • Joyce Nichols Oral History Interview, 2006

    Description:
    Ms. Nichols speaks about growing up in rural North Carolina; her family structure; her aunt as a matriarch; her marriage and move to Durham; her husband's desertion of new family; her financial situation; public housing; Operation Breakthrough;...
    Date:
    2006-10-31

  • Evelyn Booker Wicker Oral History Interview, 2006

    Description:
    Dr. Wicker speaks about her doctorate of adult education; thinking about Duke since leaving due to a restructuring layoff in 2000; her family background; her interest in becoming a nurse; attending Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing; diploma...
    Date:
    2006-02-10

  • Clydie Pugh-Myers Oral History Interview, 2006

    Description:
    In the interview, Pugh-Myers discusses her experiences as a member of the first class of practical nurses at Duke Hospital and her subsequent career working as a practical nurse in both public and private sectors.
    Date:
    2006-01-18

  • Tea with Trailblazers, 2006

    Description:
    "Tea with Trailblazers" was held on February 27, 2006 in the History of Medicine room at the Duke University Medical Center Library. It featured Clydie Pugh-Myers and Joyce Nichols as the primary speakers. This event was planned and moderated by...
    Date:
    2006-02-27

  • Joanne A. P. Wilson Oral History Interview, 2007

    Description:
    Dr. Joanne A. P. Wilson discusses the importance of recognizing history; her own background; parochial school; being an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; medical school at Duke; house staff training at the Peter...
    Date:
    2007-05-24

  • Tea with Trailblazers, 2007

    Description:
    "Tea with Trailblazers" was held on February 9, 2007 in the History of Medicine room at the Duke University Medical Center Library. It featured Dr. Evelyn Wicker and Donna Allen Harris as the primary speakers. This event was planned and moderated...
    Date:
    2007-02-09

  • Wilhelm Delano Meriwether Oral History Interview, 2008

    Description:
    Dr. Wilhelm Delano Meriwether speaks about his educational background; coming to Duke University School of Medicine due to the influence of his father; other schools that were integrating their medical schools at the same time; integrating the...
    Date:
    2008-03-07

  • Donna Allen Harris Oral History Interview, 2008

    Description:
    Donna Allen Harris speaks about her background, primarily in Elizabeth City, North Carolina; the impetus for integrating the local high school being unknown to her; her being a part of the group that was going to integrate the local schools at...
    Date:
    2008-12-04

  • Tea with Trailblazers, 2008

    Description:
    "Tea with Trailblazers" was held on February 7, 2008 at the Duke University Medical Center Library. It featured Dr. Brenda Armstrong, Dr. Joanne AP Wilson, and Dr. Thelma Brown as the primary speakers. This event was planned and moderated by...
    Date:
    2008-02-07

  • Peggy R. Robinson Oral History Interview, 2009

    Description:
    Ms. Robinson she discusses how she got into the physician assistant field and why she has stayed in it. She also explains the roles and responsibilities of the physician assistant in today's hospitals and how she operates here at Duke. In this...
    Date:
    2009-10-28

  • Prentiss Lee Harrison Oral History Interview, 2009

    Description:
    Prentiss Lee Harrison discusses his education and career as a physician assistant.
    Date:
    2009-05-09

  • Michelle Winn Oral History Interview, 2010

    Description:
    In this interview, Winn discusses her residency at Duke; the difficulty of choosing a specialty; her initial perception of nephrology as difficult; her enjoyment of nephrology; difficult cases; how the Department of Medicine has changed since...
    Date:
    2010-11-08

  • Tea with Trailblazers, 2010

    Description:
    "Tea with Trailblazers" was held on February 3, 2010 at the Duke University Medical Center Library. It featured MaryAnn Black as the primary speaker. This event was planned and moderated by members of the Duke Medical Center Library and Archives....
    Date:
    2010-02-03

  • Eddie L. Hoover Oral History Interview, 2019

    Description:
    This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Eddie L. Hoover on June 25, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Hoover discusses his early life; education; how he joined the...
    Date:
    2019-06-25

  • Kevin L. Thomas Oral History Interview, 2021

    Description:
    This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Kevin L. Thomas on March 18, 2021 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project. During the interview, Thomas discusses his path to academic medicine, his...
    Date:
    2021-03-18

  • Carla W. Brady Oral History Interview, 2021

    Description:
    This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Carla W. Brady on March 30, 2021 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project. During the interview, Brady discusses her work with liver transplantation, her...
    Date:
    2021-03-03