Sam A. Agnello Papers, 1961-1976

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Summary

Creator:
Agnello, Sam A.
Abstract:
Contains the professional papers of Sam A. Agnello (1917-1982), coordinator of medical television and director of the Division of Audiovisual Education at Duke University Medical Center. Types of materials include correspondence, agendas, reports, proposals, outlines, newspaper clippings, budget materials, notes, programs, reprints, committee materials, and photographic materials. Major subjects include Duke University School of Medicine, audiovisual aids, and medical education. Major correspondents include Joseph E. Markee, William G. Anlyan, and Wilburt C. Davison. Materials date from 1961 to 1976.
Extent:
1 Linear Foot (2 manuscript boxes)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0002

Background

Scope and content:

Contains correspondence, agendas, reports, proposals, outlines, newspaper clippings, budget materials, notes, programs, reprints, committee materials, and photographic materials pertaining to the career of Sam A. Agnello. Materials date from 1961 to 1976.

Biographical / historical:

Sam A. Agnello was born in Jamestown, New York, on March 25, 1917 to Giuseppe and Maria (nee Lopresti) Agnello. He received his AB degree from Duke University in 1939 and joined the staff of Duke University in 1941. He served as an administrative assistant in the Department of Anatomy and later was appointed medical television coordinator.
A television system was first installed at Duke University in 1960 in the Department of Anatomy with seven single-channel systems. The programs for first- and second-year students included demonstrations of physiologic experiments. Broadcasts were used to help students see and hear research works in progress. As of 1964, television projectors could be used in twenty-one locations throughout the medical center.
Agnello worked closely with Joseph Markee and F. D. McFalls in the development of television as a local tool for teaching and research. Some projects were funded by the Duke Endowment and the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation.
In 1965, Agnello was named director of the Division of Audiovisual Education, an entity of the School of Medicine. The division was made up of three sections: Medical Art, Medical Photography, and Medical Television. The division's aims were to provide the Duke community with professional cinematography capabilities; custom color slide processing; continuing education; user instruction; and training in medical photography, art, and television.
Agnello held offices in the Council on Medical Television, Inc.; the Southeast Chapter of the Biological Photographic Association; and co-authored several articles on the use of television for medical teaching and research.
Agnello married Myra Crumpacker in 1940. He died on September 30, 1982.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2003.003 (transferred, January 2003)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: 1982; encoded by Emily Glenn: June 2004; updated by Dawne Howard Lucas: September 2009

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Papers, 1961-1976.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

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This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals or IRB approval may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Duke University assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sam A. Agnello Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.