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.
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...
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,...
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;...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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...
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....
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;...
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;...
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...
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...
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...
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 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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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;...
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...
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...
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
This oral history interview was conducted in two parts with Kevin Sowers on January 22, 2018 by Joseph O'Connell. At the time of the interview, Sowers had recently stepped down from his role as President and CEO of Duke University Hospital. The...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Gregory S. Georgiade on February 17, 2022 by Dr. Konstantinos Economopoulos as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Georgiade discusses his background and...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Theodore N. Pappas on May 20, 2021 by Konstantinos Economopoulos as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Pappas discusses his surgical training; how he came...
This oral history interview was conducted with William J. Donelan on March 10, 2020 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Donelan discusses his early life; educational background; his...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Walter Randolph "Ranny" Chitwood Jr. on August 5, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Chitwood discusses his early life, education,...
This oral history interviews was conducted with Dr. Walter G. Wolfe on July 14, 1994 by Dr. James F. Gifford. During the interview, Wolfe discusses his career, work of the Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory of which Wolfe was the director, the...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. John L. Weinerth on July 28, 2021 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Weinerth discusses his background; education; how he came to...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Susan Chace Lottich on July 25, 2019 by Susannah Roberson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Lottich discusses her early life; education; her love of...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Worthington (Sandy) G. Schenk III on April 17, 2021 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Schenk discusses his early life and education;...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Don E. Detmer on February 2, 2022 by Dr. Konstantinos Economopoulos as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Detmer discusses his early life, education, his...
This oral history interview was conducted with John Robinette on October 22, 2019 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Robinette discusses his education; career at Duke, starting as an...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Harvey J. Cohen on February 24, 2020 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Cohen discusses his educational background and how he became a...
This oral history interview was conducted with Mary Artley on December 13, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Artley discusses her early life, education, how she came to work for the...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. James M. Douglas on February 1, 2022 by Konstantinos Economopoulos as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Douglas discusses his early life; education; why...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. John B. Hanks on April 17, 2021 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Hanks discusses his family; early life in Washington, DC;...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. L. Scott Levin on December 14, 1995 by Dr. James Gifford. Dr. L. Scott Levin reflects on his education; career; mentors; the history of the Department of Surgery and Division of Plastic Surgery at...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Robert H. Jones on July 14, 1994 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. Dr. Robert H. Jones discusses his career, his research interests, working with...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Robert H. Jones on April 26, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. Dr. Robert H. Jones discusses his background, education, and his decision to...
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...
"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...
"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...
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.
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Albert Heyman on December 18, 1985 by Dr. James Gifford. Albert Heyman discusses his research of Alzheimer's disease, beginning in the late-1970s, and the subsequent development of the Alzheimer's...
This oral history interview was conducted with Jessie Parker Smith on June 13, 2022 by Patara Williams and transcribed by Josephine McRobbie. Smith's daughter, LaHoma Romocki, was also part of the conversation, and the interview was attended by...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Wolfe G. Wolfe on June 5, 2019 by Susannah Roberson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. Also present for the interview were Jackie Wolfe, Ethel Atkins, and Zane Atkins. During...
This oral history interview was conducted with Susan Clayton on February 21, 2022 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Clayton discusses her background; becoming a single parent and...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Janet E. (Betsy) Tuttle-Newhall on April 29, 2020 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Tuttle-Newhall discusses her first interaction with Dr....
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Andrew S. Wechsler conducted on June 18, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Wechsler discusses his early life, education, decision...
Hart came to Duke University in 1929 as a member of the original faculty of Duke Hospital. In 1929, Hart initiated the Private Diagnostic Clinic plan with Frederic Moir Hanes. He served as chair of the Private Diagnostic Clinic and later as...
Mrs. Hazel, one of the earliest hospital receptionists, is seated at the two-sided desk in the original hospital lobby. A number of patients are waiting in the lobby. The two-sided desk has a long history at Duke. In 1934, Thomas D. Kinney, a...
Physical Therapy students (class of 1947) in old gym. Left to right: Mary Clyde Singleton, PT, (instructor), Isabell Berry, Sally Bassett, unknown patient, Doris Miller (obscured by railing), Martha Parks, Rachel Nunley, Pat Barrett, Winnie...
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,...
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.