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 the...
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 Garland...
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 Horace...
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 programs...
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.
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Douglas S. Tyler on June 10, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Tyler discusses his early life, education, decision to become a physician,...
Volume 21, numbers 1-47; January 4, 1974; January 11, 1974; January 19, 1974; January 25, 1974; February 1, 1974; February 8, 1974; February 15, 1974; February 22, 1974; March 1, 1974; March 8, 1974; March 15, 1974; March 22, 1974; March 29, 1974;...
Volume 23, numbers 1-50; January 9, 1976; January 16, 1976; January 23, 1976; January 30, 1976; February 6, 1976; February 13, 1976; February 20, 1976; February 27, 1976; March 5, 1976; March 12, 1976; March 19, 1976; March 26, 1976; April 2, 1976;...
Volume 20, numbers 1-50; January 5, 1973; January 12, 1973; January 19, 1973; January 26, 1973; February 2, 1973; February 9, 1973; February 16, 1973; February 23, 1973; March 2, 1973; March 9, 1973; March 16, 1973; March 23, 1973; March 30, 1973;...
Volume 17, numbers 1-17 and 19-22; January 1970; February 1970; March 1970; April 1970; May 1970; June 1970; July 1970; August 1970; August 1970 (2); September 18, 1970; September 25, 1970; October 2, 1970; October 9, 1970; October 16, 1970; October...
Volume 24, numbers 1-50; January 7, 1977; January 14, 1977; January 21, 1977; January 28, 1977; February 4, 1977; February 11, 1977; February 18, 1977; February 25, 1977; March 4, 1977; March 11, 1977; March 18, 1977; March 25, 1977; April 1, 1977;...
Volume 25, numbers 1-50; January 6, 1978; January 13, 1978; January 20, 1978; January 27, 1978; February 3, 1978; February 10, 1978; February 17, 1978; February 24, 1978; March 3, 1978; March 10, 1978; March 17, 1978; March 24, 1978; March 31, 1978;...
Volume 1, numbers 13-14; February 1956; April 1956. Volume 2, numbers 1-4; June 1956; August 1956; October 1956; December 1956. Published bimonthly by Duke Hospital and the Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary for Duke Hospital employees, staff, students,...
Volume 1, numbers 1-2, 4, and 6; February 1954; April 1954; August 1954; December 1954. Published bimonthly by Duke Hospital and the Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary for Duke Hospital employees, staff, students, and volunteers. Mrs. Earl Porter,Editor;...
Volume 9, numbers 1-5; February 1962; April 1962; June 1962; October 1962; December 1962. Published bimonthly by Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary for Duke Hospital employees, staff, students, and volunteers. Evelyn...
Volume 18, numbers 1-48; January 8, 1971; January 15, 1971; January 22, 1971; January 29, 1971; February 5, 1971; February 12, 1971; February 19, 1971; March 5, 1971 (Special Issue); March 12, 1971; March 19, 1971; March 26, 1971; April 2, 1971; April...
Volume 22, numbers 1-47 and 17 1/2; January 3, 1975; January 10, 1975; January 17, 1975; January 24, 1975; January 31, 1975; February 7, 1975; February 14, 1975; February 21, 1975; February 28, 1975; March 7, 1975; March 14, 1975; March 21, 1975; March...
Volume 12, numbers 1-6; February 1965; April 1965; June 1965; October 1965; November 1965; December 1965. Published bimonthly through October 1965 by Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary for Duke Hospital employees,...
Volume 6, numbers 3-4 and 5 mislabeled as 4; February 1960, April 1960; June 1960. Volume 7, numbers 1-2; October 1960; December 1960. Volume 6, Number 4 is corrected in pencil as Volume 6, Number 5. Published bimonthly by Duke University Medical...
Volume 1, numbers 6-11; February 1955; April 1955; June 1955; August 1955; October 1955; December 1955. Numbers 6-11 should be 7-12; renumbered in pencil on issues. Published bimonthly by Duke Hospital and the Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary for Duke...
Volume 13, numbers 1-8; January 1966; February 1966; March 1966; April 1966; May-June 1966; July-August 1966; September-October 1966; November-December 1966. Published monthly through April 1966 and ten times a year from May-June 1966 by and for the...
Volume 8, numbers 1-5; February 1961; April 1961; June 1961; October 1961; December 1961. Published bimonthly by Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary for Duke Hospital employees, staff, students, and volunteers. Volume...
Volume 4, numbers 6-8; February 1958; April 1958; June 1958. Volume 5, numbers 1-2; October 1958; December 1958. Published bimonthly by Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary for Duke Hospital employees, staff, students,...
Volume 10, numbers 1- 5; February 1963; April 1963; June 1963; October 1963; December 1963. Numbers 2-5 are mislabeled Volume 9, numbers 4-7; they are corrected in pen on the issue. Published bimonthly by Duke University Medical Center and the Duke...
Volume 16, numbers 1-10; January 1969; February 1969; March 1969; April 1969; May 1969; June 1969; July 1969; September 1969; October 1969; November 1969. Published monthly for Duke University Medical Center faculty, staff, employees, students, and...
Volume 14, numbers 1-5; Spring 1967; October 1967; November 1967; Thanksgiving 1967; Christmas 1967. Gap in publication between Christmas 1966 and Spring 1967. Published monthly by and for the staff of Duke University Medical Center after October 1967....
Volume 11, numbers 1-5; February 1964; April 1964; June 1964; October 1964; December 1964. Published bimonthly by Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary for Duke Hospital employees, staff, students, and volunteers....
Volume 5, numbers 3-5; February 1959; April 1959; June 1959. Volume 6, numbers 1-2; October 1959; December 1959. Published bimonthly by Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary for Duke Hospital employees, staff, students,...
Volume 19, numbers 1-49; January 7, 1972; January 14, 1972; January 21, 1972; February 4, 1972; February 11, 1972; February 18, 1972; February 25, 1972; March 3, 1972; March 10, 1972; March 17, 1972; March 24, 1972; March 31, 1972; April 7, 1972; April...
Volume 15, numbers 1-8; January 1968; February 1968; March 1968; May 1968; June 1968; September 1968; November 1968; December 1968. Published montly by and for the staff of Duke University Medical Center, Box 3354, Durham, North Carolina through June...
Volume 3, numbers 1-3; February 1957; April 1957; June 1957. Volume 4, number 4-5; August 1957; November 1957. Numbers 1-3 in Volume 4 do not exist; Volume 4 was originally a labeling mistake corrected on the first two issues in pencil, but numbering...
Web resource for "Keepers of the House" documentary. Film description: Every day of the week, environmental service workers enter hospital patients’ rooms to clean. Their work may bring a measure of dignity and connection to people who are sick,...
Staff of the Duke University School of Medicine, Nursing, and Dietetics and Duke Hospital two days before the opening. Dr. Wilburt Cornell Davison, founding dean of the Medical School, is on the back row, second from the right
Dr. Osterhout investigates household products in the Duke Poison Control Center. Dr. Shirley K. Osterhout came to Duke University in 1949 as an undergraduate. She obtained her MD from Duke in 1957 and continued in the Department of Pediatrics, working...
Duke Hospital with old cars parked out front. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
Faculty and students play ball during the hospital picnic. At bat is Stan Lordeaux (M.D., Duke, 1940). Playing catcher is Dr. Bayard Carter (chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1931 to 1964).
Thornhill is at bat. Onlookers and parked cars are in the background. Thornhill (A.B., Duke, 1936 and M.D., 1940) served on the house staff from 1940 to 1942.
Pat Payne (Physical Therapy class of 1955) and Martha Freeman (standing, Physical Therapy class of 1953) with an unknown patient. Picture taken when both were on Duke Clinical Staff.
Duke Hospital Auxiliary volunteers with coffee cart. The Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary (later known as the Duke Hospital Auxiliary), the first auxiliary at Duke, was established in 1933 on the suggestion of Dean Wilburt C. Davison. The purpose of...
Barnes Woodhall examining x-ray, nurses in background. Woodhall was the chief of Duke University Medical Center's Division of Neurosurgery from 1937 to 1960. He became the second dean of the School of Medicine, serving from 1960 to 1964. Woodhall...
An early photograph of the original lobby of Duke Hospital. A number of children are gathered with other patients. The two-sided desk can be seen in the center of the room. The two-sided desk has a long history at Duke. In 1934, Thomas D. Kinney, a...
An African-American worker opens the rear end of the ambulance. A guard stands in the emergency room doorway. The original emergency room unloading platform could only accommodate one ambulance.
Radiology staff standing in front of Duke Hospital. On October 1, 1930 Dr. Robert J. Reeves helped to establish an x-ray technician training program in Duke Hospital which led to the development of the Dept. of Radiology at Duke University. Courses in...
(From left to right) Eugene Brown, pharmacy intern from 1939 to 1940; Thomas Reamer, associate in pharmacy from 1931 to circa 1970; Archie Millis, Lieutenant with 65th General Hospital; and Hunter Kelly, pharmacy intern at Duke from 1940 to 1941.
Hospital staff using machines and tools in the surgical instrument shop. The 984 sq. ft. shop was constructed around 1947, following plans by J. Deryl Hart, then chair of the Department of Surgery. In 1949, the shop was opened for the fabrication of...
Hospital Administrators Management Improvement Program (HAMIP) graduating class. L-R. Row 1: Delton J. Craven, Chester, SC.; Major Laura B. Newsham, Salvation Army, Durham; Mrs. Marian N. Banks, Darlington, SC; Miss Mary Lucas, Belhaven NC; Mrs....
School of Medicine and Duke Hospital staff at a dinner party. Dean of the School of Medicine Wilburt Cornell Davison is seated at the near end of the table, facing the camera. Callaway married Catharine Dater Van Blarcom, an instructor of nursing at...
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 opened...
Nurses' aides training at Duke Hospital. One student brushes the teeth of a mannequin patient while other nurses' aides students gather around the bed. An instructor is also present.
Hospital staff, patient, and equipment in an early operating room of Duke Hospital. Two female members of the Duke Hospital staff are wearing surgical masks.
Margaret Bobbitt works in the uniform room of the Duke Hospital Laundry department. In addition to the cleaning of linens and uniforms, laundry employees also mended and patched damaged items.
J. Deryl Hart and surgical team in protective clothing operating under ultraviolet lights. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a technique that became widely...
Duke Hospital main entrance and driveway with parked cars. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened for patients on July 21, 1930.
Attendees of the first organizational meeting of the Southern Association of Practising Pathologists. The meeting was organized by Wiley D. Forbus (chair of Dept. of Pathology 1930-1960) in 1935. The association met again in 1937 in Duke University's...