Historical Images Documenting Duke Health // MEDSpace

These images document the history of Duke Health's academic, clinical, and research activities beginning in 1927. All materials included in this collection are available at the Duke University Medical Center Archives. In honor of Duke Health's 75th Anniversary, The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation, Inc. supported "The Foundations of Excellence," a digitization project that identified over 600 representative historic photographs from our first 3 decades.

List of items in this collection
	Title
	Dept. of Pathology staff circa 1940-1941 Group photograph of Dept. of Pathology staff. Wiley D. Forbus was chair of the department from 1930 to 1960.
	Dept. of Pediatrics house staff circa 1947-1948 Uniformed male and female house staff, interns, or faculty of the Dept. of Pediatrics.
	Dr. Christian R. H. Raetz 1993 Portrait of Dr. Christian R. H. Raetz, Chair of the Department of Biochemistry from 1993-2010.
	Dr. Joseph Reves 1993 Portrait of Dr. Joseph Reves, Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology from 1991-2001.
	Duke Hospital with old cars 1931 Duke Hospital with old cars parked out front. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital...
	Merel H. Harmel undated Dr. Harmel was chair of the Dept. of Anesthesiology from 1970 to 1983.
	Civilian Public Service worker serving meals to a patient 1944 Meals are served to patients in a special dining room on the psychiatric ward of Duke Hospital. Cyril McKinnon and George Mohlenhoff are cleaning...
	65th General Hospital buildings 1944 Front of the 65th General Hospital, showing the receiving and disposition hut with shock wards and operating rooms to the left. The idea for a Duke...
	Dr. Catherine Wilfert undated Portrait of Dr. Catherine Wilfert. Wilfert came to Duke University School of Medicine in 1969, where she achieved rank of division chief of...
	Reginald Carter undated Portrait of Reginald Carter, who joined the Duke Physician Assistant Program in 1972 as a teacher. From 1984 to 1999 he served as Program Director...