Historical Images Documenting Duke Health

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Last Updated: 2025-01-08

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.

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Haywood Maurice Taylor
Haywood Maurice Taylor, a member of the original faculty, was professor of toxicology from 1929 to 1960. He died September 21, 1960.

["undated"]
 

Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity, group photograph
Alpha Kappa Kappa (AKK), Beta Nu chapter was established at Duke University School of Medicine on October 24, 1931. (Front row, center) Dr. Kinney....

["1936"]
 

Surgical house staff
Duke Hospital house staff from the Department of Surgery. Julian Deryl Hart was chair of the Dept. of Surgery during this time. The majority of the...

["circa 1944-1945"]
 

Lyman, Meyer, and Davison
(Left to right) Richard S. Lyman, Adolf Meyer, and Wilburt Cornell Davison. Lyman was professor of neuropsychiatry from 1940 to 1951. Duke...

["undated"]
 

Gabriel Lasker, Civilian Public Service Unit worker
In addition to working as an attendant on Duke's psychiatric ward, Gabriel Lasker spends time on a dental research problem. An anthropoligist,...

["1944"]
 

Radiology staff
Radiology staff standing in front of Duke Hospital. On October 1, 1930 Dr. Robert J. Reeves helped to establish an x-ray technician training...

["1935"]
 

Members of the Dept. of Anatomy
Members of the Department of Anatomy at Duke University School of Medicine. (Left to right, row 1) Henry Hollingshead, instructor; Frank Swett,...

["1931"]
 

Dept. of Medicine Staff
Department of Medicine Staff. (Left to right, row 1) James P. Hendrix, Julian Meade Ruffin, Elijah Eugene Menefee, Jr., Elbert L. Persons, Eugene...

["circa 1947-1950"]
 

Original staff of Duke Hospital
Original hospital staff in uniform.

["1950"]
 

Frederick Bernheim
Frederick Bernheim was a member of the original faculty as professor of pharmacology from 1930 to 1976. He was also chief of the biochemical...

["undated"]