Contains audio, video, and a small amount of digital photographs documenting the history of Duke University Medical Center. Coverage includes documentaries, alumni gatherings, interviews, speeches, lectures, conferences, awards, tributes, groundbreakings, building dedications, grand rounds, and student-faculty shows. People featured in the collection include: Jay M. Arena; William G. Anlyan; Lenox D. Baker; Ivan W. Brown; F. Bayard Carter; Elon Clark; Martin M. Cummings; Wilburt C. Davison; Victor J. Dzau; Wiley D. Forbus; Joseph C. Greenfield, Jr.; Charles B. Hammond; Philip Handler; Merel Harmel; Barton F. Haynes; Leslie Hohman; Charles Johnson; Samuel L. Katz; Joseph E. Markee; Robert J. Reeves; David T. Smith; Eugene A. Stead, Jr.; Andrew G. Wallace; and Barnes Woodhall. Groundbreakings and building dedications include: The Bryan Research Building; the Alyea Urology Clinic; Davison Circle at the Durham Veterans Administration Hospital; the Duke University Eye Center; the Nanaline H. Duke Medical Science Building; the Seeley G. Mudd Building; the Woodhall Building; the Duke Center for Living; Duke Hospital North; and the Founders' Wall. Other items of note include Wilburt C. Davison's Dave at Roaring Gap, MEDSAC and Quail Roost conference recordings, a 14-part orientation of Duke Hospital North, documentaries about the 65th General Hospital, documentaries about Duke's hyperbaric chamber, and the multi-part interview series "Before the Colors Fade." The "Documentaries" series includes news broadcasts and television shows, including the 13-episode series "HOSPITAL" that aired on the Discovery Channel in 2000. Materials in this collection have been acquired from multiple sources. Some of the materials have been separated from existing collections. Materials range in date from 1946 to 2023.
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Catherine M. Wilfert Oral History Interview, August 25, 2006 1 interview (2 master CDs, 2 use CDs, and 1 transcript)
Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Catherine M. Wilfert conducted on August 26, 2006 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
In this interview, Wilfert discusses her work with AIDS patients in developing countries and the development of the anti-HIV drug AZT.
The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation.
Doris Howell Oral History Interview, November 12, 2007 1 interview ( 2 master audiocassette tapes, 1 master CD, 1 use CD, and 1 transcript)
Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Doris Howell conducted on November 12, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.
In this interview, Howell discusses her experiences as a female pediatrician at Duke, in San Diego, and in Pennsylvania.
Edward C. Halperin Oral History Interviews, 2006-2007 2 interviews (4 CDs, 1 transcript) and 2 electronic transcripts
Includes 2 oral history interviews with Dr. Edward C. Halperin conducted on October 10, 2006 and May 29, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.
In the 2006 interview, Halperin discusses his early life and career at Duke. In the 2007 interview, Halperin discusses the role of women at Duke Medicine throughout the institution's history.
Elizabeth R. DeLong Oral History Interview, 2010-2010 1 interview (1 master CD, 1 use CD, and 1 transcript)
Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Elizabeth DeLong conducted on October 21, 2010 by Jessica Roseberry.
In this interview, DeLong discusses similarities and differences between working at a clinical research organization (Quintiles) and an academic research organization (Duke Medical Center); some collaborative projects between the Department of Biostatistics and other Duke departments; the importance of biostatistics to medical practice and medical research; the extent to which people in an academic institution are aware of the importance of statistics in their own work; the importance of having training in doing statistical work; master's versus PhD statisticians; the Duke Clinical Research Institute's emphasis on collaboration between medical investigators and statisticians; working with partners to make sure they set up their studies correctly; outcomes research versus clinical trials; equipoise; the importance of equipoise; personalized medicine; the accuracy of predictions in personalized medicine; bioinformatics; the importance of the department being accepted by other outside departments and groups; growth of the department; being a female in the sciences; her own background; mentors; Dean Nancy Andrews; whether she brings something different to the table as a female department chair; and the future of the department.
George Stanley Terence Cavanagh papers, 1996 0.4 Linear Feet (1 small flat folder)
Contains a copy of Cavanagh's book "The Panorama of Vesalius: A 'Lost' Design from Titian's Studio." Material dates to 1996.
Hilda P. Willett Oral History Interview, May 21, 2007 1 interview (2 master CDs, 2 use CDs, and 1 transcript)
Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Hilda P. Willett conducted on May 21, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
In this interview, Willett discusses her memories of being a female in Duke's Department of Microbiology.
The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation.
Jane S. Richardson Oral History Interview, November 9, 2007 1 interview (1 master CD, 1 use CD, and 1 transcript)
Includes 1 oral history interview with Jane S. Richardson conducted on November 9, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
In this interview, Richardson discusses her work with her husband, David Richardson, in the Department of Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Department of Biochemistry at Duke University Medical Center, including her work with protein structures and her ribbon drawings.
Jean Spaulding Oral History Interview, October 3, 2006 1 interview (2 master CDs, 2 use CDs, and 1 transcript)
Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Jean Spaulding conducted on October 3, 2006 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
In this interview, Spaulding discusses her experiences as a woman and an African-American in Duke University's Department of Psychiatry and the Durham community, as well as her administrative roles in the Duke University Health System.
The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation.
Lois Pounds Oral History Interview, July 3, 2007 1 interview (4 master CDs, 4 use CDs, and 1 transcript)
Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Lois Pounds conducted on July 3, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
In this interview, Pounds discusses her experiences as a woman at Duke University Medical Center and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.