Francis Bayard Carter Papers, 1930-1976

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Summary

Creator:
Carter, Francis Bayard
Abstract:
Contains the professional papers of Francis Bayard "Nick" Carter (1898-1977), physician, professor, and chair of the Duke University School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Types of materials include correspondence, subject files, speeches and presentations, reports, budgets, lists, articles, course materials, studies, and meeting minutes. Major subjects include study and teaching of obstetrics and gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Duke University Hospital. Materials range in date from 1930 to 1976.
Extent:
7.5 Linear Feet (5 cartons)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0031

Background

Scope and content:

Contains the professional papers of Francis Bayard "Nick" Carter, physician, professor, and chair of the Duke University School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Types of materials include correspondence, subject files, speeches and presentations, reports, budgets, lists, articles, course materials, studies, and meeting minutes. Major subjects include study and teaching of obstetrics and gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, and Duke University Hospital. Materials range in date from 1930 to 1976.

Biographical / historical:

Francis Bayard "Nick" Carter was born Wilmington, Delaware, on January 20, 1899 to George and Ann B. Carter. He received degrees from University of Delaware (BA, 1920, DSc) and Oxford University (BA. 1923 and MA, 1932) and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University at Balliol College in 1923. Carter earned his MD from Johns Hopkins University Medical School in 1925 and completed an obstetrics and gynecology residency at Yale University School of Medicine in 1928.
From 1929 to 1931, Carter was a professor and acting chair of the University of Virginia School of Medicine's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Charlottesville. Carter served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the American Expeditionary Forces in the United States Army during World War I. Carter also served as a visiting professor at the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the School of Medicine in London, England. Carter was a consultant to the Surgeon General of the United States Air Force.
A giant in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, Carter devoted his entire career to making childbirth a safer experience. Over the years, he and his colleagues at Duke University contributed in the causes and treatment of maternal mortality, toxemia, hemorrhage, and infection. Carter was recognized internationally for his innovations and teachings in gynecologic cancer and surgery. During his long and distinguished career in medicine, Carter contributed more than 100 papers to scientific journals and wrote several books.
Among the honors that Dr. Carter received were an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Delaware in 1955 and the Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award for distinguished services to the South. International and national peers in obstetrics and gynecology have recognized Carter as an outstanding teacher, administrator, and researcher.
In addition to serving as the fourth American College of Gynecology President, he served as president and chair of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (that he helped found in the 1930s) from 1955 to 1964 and was president of six other national obstetrical and gynecological societies during his career. Carter was an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, an honorary member of both the Gynaecological Club of Great Britain and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada. Fraternal and honor organization memberships included Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Omega Alpha, the Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.), the Gridiron Club (Oxford University), the Vincents Club (Oxford University), the Masons, the Pithotomy Club (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), the ToBaC Club (Durham), and the Octopus Club of Duke University Faculty.
Fifteen of his former residents expressed their loyalty and respect by forming the "Nick" Carter Travel Club in 1951 for the promotion of scientific knowledge and the exchange of ideas and practices related to obstetrics and gynecology. This organization, now the F. Bayard Carter Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, has grown to 300 members composed of current or former Duke house staff and faculty.
On the occasion of Carter's retirement in 1964, the society presented an endowment to Duke University for the F. Bayard Carter Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Through the continuing efforts of the society there are now five endowed professorships within the department totaling over $14.7 million plus a research endowment of nearly $1 million.
Carter was married to Harriet Cook (Roberts) Carter, a founding member of the Duke Hospital Auxiliary. They had one daughter together. Carter died in 1977.

Acquisition information:
Accession A1976.0082 (acquired from Francis Bayard Carter, May 2003)
Custodial history:

Unknown.

Processing information:

Processed by Emily Glenn: August 2003

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Correspondence, 1948-1976; Subject Files, 1943-1976; Speeches and Presentations, 1939-1968; Short Writings, 1940, undated; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1930-1972; Personal Materials, 1947-1949.
Physical location:
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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.
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).
Collection must be screened for sensitive or confidential materials before being accessed. For further information consult with the Medical Center Archivist.

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], Francis Bayard Carter Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.