W. Kenneth Cuyler Papers, 1939-1962

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Summary

Creator:
Cuyler, W. Kenneth
Abstract:
Contains the professional papers of W. Kenneth Cuyler (1900-1976), professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Duke Medical Center. Materials include correspondence, grant applications, minutes, reprints, papers, and notes pertaining to obstetrics and gynecology, including cervical and vaginal (Pap) smears. Materials date from 1947 to 1962.
Extent:
3 Linear Feet (2 cartons)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0052

Background

Scope and content:

Contains correspondence, grant applications, minutes, reprints, papers, and notes pertaining to W. Kenneth Cuyler's medical career. Major subjects include obstetrics, gynecology, and cervical and vaginal (Pap) smears. Materials date from 1947 to 1962.

Biographical / historical:

W. Kenneth Cuyler was born on October 31, 1900, in Austin, Texas, to Robert H. Cuyler and Sarah (nee McBride) Cuyler. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Texas in 1923. He earned a masters degree in histology and embryology at Western Reserve University in 1929. From 1929 to 1938, Cuyler served as director of the clinical laboratory at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In 1938, Cuyler joined the Endocrine Division of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University Medical Center. He earned his PhD in physiology and biochemistry at Duke in 1941. After World War II, Cuyler studied at Cornell University under George Papanicolaou, who invented the vaginal (Pap) smear used to detect diseases in of the female reproductive system. After this training, Cuyler established the Genital Cytology Laboratory at Duke. Studies conducted in this laboratory helped to diagnose and treat women with pre-invasive cancer of the cervix. Cuyler retired from Duke University Medical Center in 1970.
Throughout his career, Cuyler authored or coauthored several book chapters and more than 100 scientific papers, including 40 on basic and clinical endocrinology with Dr. H. C. Hamblen and 30 on genital cytology. He established the W. Kenneth Cuyler Education and Research Fund in Gynecologic Cancer in 1973.Cuyler married Julia Anna Fryworth in 1928. They had one son, Robert Duncan Cuyler. He died from cancer on July 12, 1976.

Acquisition information:
No documented accession number (acquired, source unknown)
Processing information:

Encoded by Dawne Howard Lucas: October 2007

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Small Correspondence and Subject Files, 1947-1962 and Publications, Papers, and Other Writings, 1947-1959.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Library's online catalog.

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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
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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:

[Identification of item], W. Kenneth Cuyler Papers. Duke University Medical Center Archives.