Judith Farrar, librarian; Mary Duke Biddle Trent, chair of the Library Committee; and Mildred T. Farrar, assistant librarian working in the Duke Hospital Library.
The Seeley G. Mudd Building is located at the heart of the Medical Center campus. The building was constructed between 1973 and 1975. It opened in November 1975 and was dedicated May 8, 1976. The Medical Center Library occupies much of the building.
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.
Duke University Hospital Library reading room with only a few readers. Photographed by Walter E. Shackelford.
Durham, NC: Walter E. Shackelford, Custom Photography
The newly constructed Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library showing the ivory anatomical manikins, apothecary jars, bronze ecorche and ivory skeleton. View 4.
The newly constructed Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library showing the ivory anatomical manikins, apothecary jars, bronze ecorche and ivory skeleton. View 3.
Mrs. Semans and Thomas M. Simkins, Curator of rare books at Perkins Library, in the library of her home before the Trent Collection was moved to the Duke University Hospital Library. The case with the ivory manikins is in the foreground and the...
Mrs. Semans and Thomas M. Simkins, curator of rare books at Perkins Library, in the library of her home before the Trent Collection was moved to the Duke University Hospital Library. The case with the ivory manikins is in the foreground and the...
Mrs. Semans and Thomas M. Simkins, Curator of rare books at Perkins Library, in the library of her home before the Trent Collection was moved to the Duke University Hospital Library. The case with the ivory manikins is in the foreground and the...
The newly constructed Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library showing the ivory anatomical manikins, apothecary jars, bronze ecorche and ivory skeleton. View 1.
The newly constructed Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library showing the ivory anatomical manikins, apothecary jars, bronze ecorche and ivory skeleton. View 2.
Mrs. Semans and Thomas M. Simkins, Curator of rare books at Perkins Library, in the library of her home before the Trent Collection was moved to the Duke University Hospital Library. The case with the ivory manikins is in the foreground and the...
The newly constructed Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library showing the ivory anatomical manikins, apothecary jars, bronze ecorche and ivory skeleton. View 5.
Dr. Wilburt Davison with two medical students in the Duke University Hospital Library. They are examining a portrait of William Harvey and looking at items from the Trent Collection.
Librarians, left to right, Polly Miller and Dorothy Mueller, talking with a medical student in the office of the Duke University Hospital Library. View 1.
Librarians, left to right, Polly Miller and Dorothy Mueller, talking with a medical student in the office of the Duke University Hospital Library. View 2.
Card catalog of the Trent Collection in Medical History outside the door of the Trent Room in the Duke University Hospital Library. A photograph of Dr. Josiah Trent hangs above the catalog.
Ardie L. Kelly, assistant curator of the Trent Collection, at his desk in the Trent Room, Duke University Hospital Library. Photographed by Richard McKee. View 1.
Ardie L. Kelly, assistant curator of the Trent Collection, at his desk in the Trent Room, Duke University Hospital Library. Photographed by Richard McKee. View 2.
Exterior views of the construction of the Seeley G. Mudd building which was designed to house the Duke University Medical Center Library. Photographed by Tony Rumple. View 8.
Exterior views of the construction of the Seeley G. Mudd building which was designed to house the Duke University Medical Center Library. Photographed by Tony Rumple. View 6.
Exterior views of the construction of the Seeley G. Mudd building which was designed to house the Duke University Medical Center Library. Photographed by Tony Rumple. View 4.
Exterior views of the construction of the Seeley G. Mudd Building which was designed to house the Duke University Medical Center Library. Photographed by Tony Rumple. View 10.
Exterior views of the construction of the Seeley G. Mudd building which was designed to house the Duke University Medical Center Library. Photographed by Tony Rumple. View 2.
Exterior views of the construction of the Seeley G. Mudd building which was designed to house the Duke University Medical Center Library. Photographed by Tony Rumple. View 5.
Exterior views of the construction of the Seeley G. Mudd building which was designed to house the Duke University Medical Center Library. Photographed by Tony Rumple. View 3.
Exterior views of the construction of the Seeley G. Mudd building which was designed to house the Duke University Medical Center Library. Photographed by Tony Rumple. View 9.
Exterior views of the construction of the Seeley G. Mudd building which was designed to house the Duke University Medical Center Library. Photographed by Tony Rumple. View 7.
Exterior views of the construction of the Seeley G. Mudd building which was designed to house the Duke University Medical Center Library. Photographed by Tony Rumple. View 1.
Front view of the exterior of the Duke University Medical Center Library before the covered walkway was built. Duke North is visible in the background.
Opening day at the Duke University Medical Center Library. Warren Bird, director, stands at the far left. Dean of Nursing, Ruby Wilson, and Dr. Ewald Busse are at the right.
Ribbon cutting ceremony for opening day at Duke University Medical Center Library. Front row (left to right), Dean of Nursing Ruby Wilson, Director of the Library Warren Bird, Mrs. Mary D. B. T. Semans, Dr. William G. Anlyan and Dr. James H....