Originally serving Duke Hospital and School of Medicine, the library began to build its book collection in 1927, well before students began classes and the Duke Hospital opened for service in 1930.
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.
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...
Reading room of Duke University Hospital Library located in Duke South. A member of the library staff is seated at a desk in the lower left. The room reflects renovations made possible by Dr. Hanes and the Chatham family.
Originally serving Duke Hospital and School of Medicine, the library began to build its book collection in 1927, well before students began classes and the Duke Hospital opened for service in 1930.
Students, faculty, or interns study in the reading room of the School of Medicine Library (later known as the Medical Center Library). One student is using the card catalog.
Fred Schmidt (Duke ‘44), an intern from Plainfield, New Jersey, standing in the Duke University Hospital Library and looking at a volume by Ambroise Pare.