Department of Anatomy Records, 1930-1983

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Department of Anatomy.
Abstract:
Contains records documenting the Department of Anatomy, established in 1930 as part of the original School of Medicine. The name of the department changed to the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy in 1988. This collection contains portraits, articles, meeting notes, reprints, and minutes created by Joseph E. Markee, Francis Huntington Swett, and others pertaining to the activities of the Department of Anatomy (now the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy) at Duke University, including curriculum scheduling and the new teaching facility (1965). A book of faculty reprints from 1930 to 1940 is also included, entitled "A complete file of publications from the Department of Anatomy, Duke University School of Medicine." Materials date from 1930 to 1983.
Extent:
1.8 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box, 1 flat box, 1 map folder) and two items on the mobile cart
Language:
English
Collection ID:
AR.0014

Background

Scope and content:

Contains records documenting the Department of Anatomy. Types of materials contains portraits, articles, meeting notes, reprints, and minutes created by Joseph E. Markee, Francis Huntington Swett, and others pertaining to the activities of the Department of Anatomy (now the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy) at Duke University, including curriculum scheduling and the new teaching facility (1965). A book of faculty reprints from 1930 to 1940 is also included, entitled "A complete file of publications from the Department of Anatomy, Duke University School of Medicine." Materials date from 1930 to 1983.

Biographical / historical:

The Department of Anatomy was established in 1930 as part of the original School of Medicine. The name of the department changed to the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy in 1988. Department of Anatomy chairs are as follows:

  • Francis H. Swett, 1930-1943
  • Joseph E. Markee, 1943-1966
  • J. David Robertson, 1966-1988


The Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy chair is Richard F. Kay (1988-present).

Acquisition information:
Unrecorded accession (acquired, dates unknown), Unrecorded accession (transferred from History of Medicine), Accession A2007.080 (transferred, September 2007), Accession A2017.010 (transferred by Jackie Soderling, February 2017), Accession A2020.005 (transferred by Kathleen Boate, January 2020)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives Staff; encoded by Dawne Howard Lucas: October 2007; updated by Lucy Waldrop: February 2017, January 2020

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: A Short History of the Department of Anatomy, 1930-1983; Faculty Reprints, 1930-1940; Portraits, 1965, undated.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
DACS

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Contains Medical Center Administrative records. These include records of the officers of the University, as defined in the Bylaws, the deans of schools and colleges, and departments, institutes, and other offices as designated by the President. For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the director of the office of record and the Medical Center Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the Medical Center Archivist. (Issued by the Office of the Chancellor, December 1, 1975).

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], Department of Anatomy Records, Duke University Medical Center Archives.