Department of Community and Family Medicine Records, 1959-2021

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Department of Community and Family Medicine.
Abstract:
Contains the administrative records of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, formerly named the Department of Community and Family Medicine (1979-2019). Prior to 1979, the department was the Department of Community Health Science. This collection contains correspondence, reports, budgets, minutes, writings, planning materials, news releases, clippings, rosters, course and curriculum materials, residency and internship materials, evaluations, surveys, committee materials, field reports, award information, artwork, photographic materials, AV materials, and digital files. Photographs include Mead Johnson Award winners, 1981-1988; Duke-Watts Family Medicine Faculty and Residents, 1973-1993; Duke Family Medicine Program group photographs, 1983-1995; staff photographs (both identified and unidentified); staff parties and events; and Duke Endowment-King's Fund College, 1971-1981. Images also include departmental faculty members including E. Harvey Estes, Jr.; Samuel W. Warburton; and Kathryn M. Andolsek. Major topics include the Family Medicine Residency Program, the Division of Family Medicine, Student Health, the Regional Medical Program, the King's Fund, the Duke Endowment, Sea Level Hospital, the Andean Rural Health Project, the Fallout Preparedness Committee, and Medical Education for National Defense. Materials date from 1959 to 2021.
Extent:
62.65 Linear Feet (39 cartons, 1 half manuscript box, 5 flat boxes, 1 map folder, 20 film reels) and 1 piece of artwork and 1.12 GB
Language:
English
Collection ID:
AR.0023

Background

Scope and content:

Contains the administrative records of the Duke University Department of Community and Family Medicine. Prior to 1979, the department was the Department of Community Health Science. This collection contains correspondence, reports, budgets, minutes, writings, planning materials, news releases, clippings, rosters, course and curriculum materials, residency and internship materials, evaluations, surveys, committee materials, field reports, award information, plaques, artwork, photographic materials, AV materials, and digital files. Photographs include Mead Johnson Award winners, 1981-1988; Duke-Watts Family Medicine Faculty and Residents, 1973-1993; Duke Family Medicine Program group photographs, 1983-1995; staff photographs (both identified and unidentified); staff parties and events; and Duke Endowment-King's Fund College, 1971-1981. Images also include departmental faculty members including E. Harvey Estes, Jr.; Samuel W. Warburton; and Kathryn M. Andolsek. Major topics include the Family Medicine Residency Program, the Division of Family Medicine, Student Health, the Regional Medical Program, the King's Fund, the Duke Endowment, Sea Level Hospital, the Andean Rural Health Project, the Fallout Preparedness Committee, and Medical Education for National Defense. Materials date from 1959 to 2021.

Biographical / historical:

The Department of Community Health Sciences was established in 1966 in order establish "a system for evaluating new techniques of delivery of health care...with an active program in which health care is being delivered to people in the Durham area" (Department of Community Health Sciences, circa 1966). At that time, students were required to take Community Health Sciences 200 during their second year. This course served as an introduction to biostatistics, epidemiology, industrial medicine, community health and family physician, and the transmission and natural history of some diseases. Students could also take other elective courses, including International Health Organizations and International Medicine. Over the years, new divisions were added to the department, including Clinical Informatics (1971), Community Health (1978), Diet and Fitness (1969), Family Medicine (1972), Occupational and Environmental Medicine (1986), Physical Therapy (1998), Physician Assistant (1968), and Student Health (1994). The department's name was changed to Department of Community and Family Medicine in 1979. On March 1, 2019, the department's name was changed to Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.
Department Chairs are as follows:

  • E. Harvey Estes Jr., 1965-1985
  • George R. Parkerson Jr., 1985-1994
  • J. Lloyd Michener, 1995-2017
  • Anthony Joseph Viera, 2017-present
Acquisition information:
Accession A1974.0123 (transferred, 1974), Accession A1974.0167 (transferred, 1974), Accession A1975.0112 (transferred, 1975), Accession A1976.0076 (transferred, 1976), Accession A2004.030 (transferred, May 2004), Accession A2009.023 (transferred, May, 2009), Accession A2011.016 (transferred, March 2011), Accession A2017.006 (transferred by Jody Crabtree, February 2017), A2018.004 (transferred by Andrea Martin, February 2018); Accession A2018.080 (transferred by Teri Pond, November 2018), Accession A2019.003 (transferred by Jody Crabtree, January 2019), Accession A2021.035 (transferred by Andrea Martin, April 2021), Accession A2023.053 (transferred by Teri Pond, October 2023)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: March 2005; encoded by Emily Glenn: March 2005; updated by Dawne Howard Lucas: November 2009; April 2010; updated by Lucy Waldrop: February 2017; updated by Kahlee Leingang and Caroline Waller under the supervision of Lucy Waldrop: March 2018; updated by Lucy Waldrop and Caroline Waller and McKenzie Long under the supervision of Lucy Waldrop: November 2018; updated by Lucy Waldrop: January 2019, April 2021, October 2023

Arrangement:
Arranged into the following series and accessions: Family Medicine Residency Program Records, 1968-1994; Division of Family Medicine Records, 1971-1994; Student Health, 1986-1994; Photographs, 1981-1988; Regional Medical Program, 1965-1974; Subject Files, 1971-1984; King's Fund, 1969-1983; Duke Endowment Programs, 1961-1981; Records, 1970-1983; Sea Level Hospital, undated; Andean Rural Health Project, 1981-1983; Correspondence, 1981-1982; Alumni Records (A2011.016), 1972-2000; Accession A2017.006, 1972-2010; Accession A2018.008, 1969-1999; Accession A2018.080, 1972-2014; Accession A2019.003, 1969, 1972; Accession A2023.053, 1983-2018; Digital Files, 1980, 1993, 2000-2006, 2021. Material within this collection has been organized by accession reflecting the fact that the collection has been acquired in increments over time. Researchers should note that material within each accession overlaps with/or relates to material found in other accessions. In order to locate all relevant material within this collection, researchers will need to consult each accession described in the Series Scope and Contents section. Researchers should also note that similar material can be arranged differently in each accession, depending on how the material was organized when it was received by the DUMCA.
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:
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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).

Materials in box 6, the slide binders in box 36, and all films must be screened for sensitive or confidential materials before being accessed.

Materials in box 46 are restricted and can only be accessed with the permission of 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], Department of Community and Family Medicine Records, Duke University Medical Center Archives.