Duke Hospital North Records, 1972-1986

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Medical Center.
Abstract:
James Buchanan Duke established the Duke Endowment in 1924. The endowment provided funds to form Duke's School of Medicine and Duke Hospital. Duke North opened in 1980 and was connected the older hospital, referred to as the South division, through a personnel rapid transit system (PRT). Construction of this addition corresponded to the construction of the hospital's nearby Communications Center and Medical Library, leading to a degree of overlap between records for both projects. Types of materials in this collection include meeting minutes, planning files, reports, construction notes, blueprints, conceptual drawings, correspondence, reference materials, accounting and revenue records, sound recordings, photographs, photographic slides, and negatives. Materials range in date from 1972 to 1986.
Extent:
2.59 Linear Feet (1 carton, 1 manuscript box, 1 flat box, and 3 audio boxes)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
AR.0070

Background

Scope and content:

Contains meeting minutes, planning files, reports, construction notes, blueprints, conceptual drawings, correspondence, reference materials, accounting and revenue records, sound recordings, photographs, photographic slides, and negatives. These materials relate to the construction and maintenance of Duke Hospital North, particularly the hospital's Amphitheatre, as well as the concurrent construction of the Communications Center and Medical Library. Materials date from 1972 to 1986.

Biographical / historical:

James Buchanan Duke established the Duke Endowment in 1924. The endowment provided 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 helped make 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, 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 in 2013 with the opening of the eight-floor Duke Medicine Pavilion.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2003.073 (gift by Irving B. Holley, August 2003), Accession A2003.075 (gift by Irving B. Holley, August 2003), Accession A2004.072 (acquired by Walter E. Shackleford, August 2004), Accession A2005.002 (gift by Wallace E. Jarboe, January 2005), Accession A2018.060 (transferred by Jeremiah Rosen, August 2018)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: date unknown; Lucy Waldrop and McKenzie Long under the supervision of Lucy Waldrop: August 2018

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Records, 1972-1986; Photographic Materials, 1973-1981; Sound Recordings, 1972.

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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], Duke Hospital North Collection, Duke University Medical Center Archives.