Duke Hospital Collection, 1934-2021
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Summary
- Creator:
- Duke University. Hospital
- Abstract:
- The Duke Endowment, established by James Buchanan Duke in 1924, provided the funds to form Duke's School of Medicine and Duke Hospital. Since its inception in 1924, the hospital has greatly expanded and is ranked among the top hospitals in the United States. Types of materials include manuals, meeting minutes, handbooks, business ledgers, reports, a poster from Respiratory Care Services, and digital files. Materials range in date from 1934 to 2021
- Extent:
- 1.75 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box, 2 flat boxes, 1 map tube) and 967 MB
- Language:
- English
- Collection ID:
- AR.0080
Background
- Scope and content:
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Contains manuals, meeting minutes, handbooks, business ledgers, reports, a poster from Respiratory Care Services, and digital files. Materials range in date from 1934 to 2021.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Duke Endowment, established by James Buchanan Duke in 1924, provided the funds to form Duke's School of Medicine and Duke Hospital. The first patient to Duke Hospital was admitted on July 21, 1930. At that time, the hospital had 549 beds and 55 bassinets. In 1957, the hospital opened a new seven-story addition that made Duke Hospital the second largest private general hospital in the South. The new addition included clinic areas, operating rooms, wards, laboratories, and 109 new beds. A new hospital, the North division, was opened in 1980 and connected to the previous hospital, the South division, through a personnel rapid transit system (PRT). The Children's Health Center opened in 2000, and the Duke Cancer Center opened in 2012. Duke University Hospital expanded again in 2013 with the opening of the eight-floor Duke Medicine Pavilion.
- Acquisition information:
- Accession A1974.0129 (transferred, May 2003), Accession A2003.051 (acquired, June 2003), Accession A2003.019 (acquired, May 2003), Accession A2003.026 (acquired, May 2003), Accession A2003.031 (acquired, May 2003), Accession A2019.031 (transferred by Stacey Bennett, May 2019), Accession A2021.057 (transferred by Charles Mallett, July 2021)
- Processing information:
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Processed by Archives staff: date unknown; updated by Lucy Waldrop: May 2019, July 2021
- Arrangement:
- Organized into the following series: Records, 1953-1979; Business Ledgers, 1934-1958; Posters, 2007; Digital Files, 2021.
- Rules or conventions:
- DACS
Subjects
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- Corporate Name(s):
- Duke University. Medical Center
Duke University. Hospital - Topical Term(s):
- Hospitals.
Community Networks.
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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.
The Business Ledgers Series must be screened for sensitive or confidential materials before being accessed. For further information consult with the Medical Center Archivist. - Terms of access:
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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:
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[Identification of item], Duke Hospital Collection, Duke University Medical Center Archives.