Text of a speech given at the presentation of the buildings for the Duke Medical School and Hospital given by George Garland Allen, President of the Trustees of the Duke Endowment. Allen delievered the speech during the dedication exercises for...
Reprint of speeches given during the dedicatory exercises of the Duke University School of Medicine and Hospital orignally printed in the Southern Medical Journal (Vol XXIV, No. 12). Speeches include: " Presentation of Buildings," by George...
Program for the Dedication of the Duke University School of Medicine and the Duke Hospital. Speakers for the day's events were: George Garland Allen, Colonel John Fletcher Bruton, Wilburt C. Davison, David Linn Edsall, William Preston Few, Thurman...
Transcript of a radio address given over WBTW on April 9, 1929, about the establishment of the Duke University School of Medicine and Hospital. The address is attributed to Wilburt C. Davison, and mentions the planning and asssistance done by...
This pamphlet lists the original pieces of the print collection donated by Thurmond Chatham to the Duke Hospital Library reading room in 1934. Also inside this pamphlet is information about each type of print.
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...
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...
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,...
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.