Duke Cancer Institute Records, 1943-2011
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Summary
- Creator:
- Duke University. Comprehensive Cancer Center.
- Abstract:
- The Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center became one of the nation's first cancer centers in December 1971 after the passage of the National Cancer Act. In 1973, the Duke Cancer Center was designated a cancer center by the National Cancer Institute. Types of materials include correspondence, reports, reprinted articles, grant materials, photographs, brochures, meeting agendas, photographic contact sheets, and videotapes. Major themes include the External Scientific Review Committee, the Cancer Center Advisory Committee, Cancer Center support grants and core grants, Oncology Recreation Therapy, the Take-A-Seat Gala and Auction, and the Duke Center for Living. Materials range in date from 1943 to 2011.
- Extent:
- 3 Linear Feet (2 cartons)
- Language:
- English
- Collection ID:
- AR.0086
Background
- Scope and content:
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Contains photographs, correspondence, reports, grant materials, annual reports, publications, progress reports, negatives, photographs contact sheets, and videotapes. Major subjects include the External Scientific Review Committee, the Cancer Center Advisory Committee, Cancer Center support grants and core grants, Oncology Recreation Therapy, the Take-A-Seat Gala and Auction, and the Duke Center for Living. Materials range in date from 1943 to 2011.
- Biographical / historical:
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Duke was one of eight schools named a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute in 1973. Duke cancer researchers have made many notable accomplishments in the field including the creation of the nation's first outpatient bone marrow transplantation program (1992) and assisting in the discovery of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that are responsible for many inherited forms of breast and ovarian cancer (1995).
The Duke Cancer Institute was created in 2010 as Duke's first single entity to consolidate cancer care, research, and education.
The Duke Cancer Center has nine National Cancer Institute designated programs: Tumor Biology, Cancer Genetics and Genomics, Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Neuro Oncology, Women's Cancer, Hematologic Malignancies & Cellular Therapy, Solid Tumor Therapeutics, Radiation Oncology and Imaging, and Developmental Therapeutics. - Acquisition information:
- Accession A2007.019 (transferred, February 2007), Accession A2007.033 (transferred, March 2007), Accession A2007.036 (transferred, March 2007), Accession A2008.018 (transferred, March 2008), Accession A2009.063 (transferred, November 2009), Accession A2010.061 (transferred, October 2010), Accession A2010.072 (transferred, November 2010), Accession A2011.090 (transferred, December 2011), Accession A2011.093 (transferred, December 2011), Accession A2012.002 (transferred, January 2012), Accession A2013.111 (transferred by Meredith Yager, October 2013)
- Processing information:
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Processed by Dawne E. Howard: February 2007; encoded by Dawne E. Howard: February 2007; updated by Dawne E. Howard: March 2007; updated by Dawne Howard Lucas: March 2008, December 2010, December 2011, February 2012; reprocessed by Caroline Waller under the supervision of Lucy Waldrop: December 2018
- Arrangement:
- Organized into the following series: William W. Shingleton Papers, 1943-1987; Correspondence, Reports, and Grant Materials, 1947-1988; Annual Reports, 1998-2011; Annual Meeting Publications, 2006-2008; Other Publications, 2005-2011; Photographic and Audiovisual Materials, 1983-2007.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Library's online catalog.
Subjects
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- Personal Name(s):
- Shingleton, William W., 1917-
- Corporate Name(s):
- Duke University. Medical Center
Duke University. School of Medicine
Duke University. Comprehensive Cancer Center - Topical Term(s):
- Neoplasms.
Faculty.
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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). - 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 Cancer Institute Records, Duke University Medical Center Archives.