School of Nursing cadet nurses in uniform. Bessie Baker was the first dean of the School of Nursing (1930-1938). The first class was admitted on January 2, 1931 and graduated on June 7, 1933.
(Left to right) Mickey or Mickie Harold, Duke Hospital; Hilda Burnham, nursing arts instructor; Julia Hampton, surgical supervisor; Margaret Pinkerton, dean; Gunter(?); Mildred Sherwood, pediatrics supervisor.
School of Nursing students and faculty pose for a group photograph after the capping ceremony. Students receive their nursing caps during a capping ceremony in their junior year. A Red Cross flag is hanging behind students.
School of Nursing students during capping exercises. Bessie Baker was the first dean of the School of Nursing (1930-1938). The first class was admitted on January 2, 1931 and graduated on June 7, 1933.
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.
Dormitory for School of Nursing students, located on Erwin Rd. The Nurses' Dormitory was constructed to relieve the crowding caused by the influx of United States Cadet Nurse Corps students on the Duke campus during World War II. Construction of...
Major Julia White, 65th General Hospital chief nurse. The idea for a Duke hospital army unit was born in October 1940, the brainchild of Wilburt C. Davison, then dean of the Duke University School of Medicine. The Army reserve unit's original...