Uniformed students and staff in the School of Nursing library reading room in either Hanes House or Baker House. The nursing library was part of the Duke Hospital library until it was moved to the second floor of the Baker House in April 1944....
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.
Ann Henshaw Gardiner was the first full-time faculty member of the Duke University School of Nursing. She served from 1931 until 1941. (From the scrapbook of Marie McAdams Parrish, circa 1978.)