Charles and Peggy Hammond Papers, 1915-2016, undated

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Summary

Creator:
Hammond, Charles B. (Charles Bessellieu), 1936- and Duke University. Medical Center. Department of Surgery. Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
Abstract:
Contains the personal and professional papers of Dr. Charles B. Hammond (1936-2021), chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1980-2002), and a small amount of personal correspondence belonging to Peggy Hammond. Types of materials include 3.5 inch floppy disks, a 16mm film reel, awards, CDs, certificates, clippings, conference materials, correspondence, digital surrogates, DVDs, lantern slides, negatives, newsletters, notes, slides, and VHS tapes. Major subjects of the collection include Hammond's involvement in and recognitions from professional organizations like the American Fertility Society and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Materials range in date from 1915 to 2016, and some materials are undated.
Extent:
15.58 Linear Feet (9 cartons, 1 half manuscript box, 2 flat boxes, 3 flat box folders, 1 lantern slide box, 1 film canister) and 10.19 GB
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0166

Background

Scope and content:

Contains the personal and professional papers of Dr. Charles B. Hammond (1936-2021), chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1980-2002), and a small amount of personal correspondence belonging to Peggy Hammond. Types of materials include 3.5 inch floppy disks, a 16mm film reel, awards, booklets, cassette tapes, CDs, certificates, clippings, conference materials, correspondence, digital surrogates, diplomas, DVDs, lantern slides, magazines, medical and academic licenses, menus, negatives, newsletters, notes, photographs, prints, slides, snapshots, and VHS tapes. Major subjects of the collection include Hammond's recognitions from and involvement in professional organizations like the American Fertility Society and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Materials range in date from 1915 to 2016, and some are undated.

Biographical / historical:

Charles Bessellieu Hammond was born on July 24, 1936 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Alice and Claude G. Hammond. He earned BS degrees from Duke University (1960) and from The Citadel (1961). He earned his MD from Duke in 1961. Hammond joined the Duke faculty in 1968 and became chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1980 to 2002.

Hammond served as the president of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, the American Gynecologic Club, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). He was also the director of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a member of the Institute of Medicine, a fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, as well as serving domestically in the United States Army Medical Command.

Hammond's research interests included reproductive endocrinology and infertility, placental malignancy, menopause, ectopic pregnancy, prolactin secreting pituitary tumors, and choriocarcinoma.

In 1958, Hammond married Peggy Adams and they had two children. Hammond passed away in February 2021.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2018.023 (gift by Charles Hammond, May 2018), Accession A2019.032 (transferred by Samantha Nordan, May 2019), Accession A2019.069 (transferred by Samantha Nordan, July 2019), Accession A2020.035 (gift by Peggy and Charles Hammond, July 2020)
Processing information:

Processed by Caroline Waller and Kahlee Leingang under the supervision of Lucy Waldrop: June 2018; updated by Caroline Waller under the supervision of Lucy Waldrop: August 2019; updated by Emma Eubank under the supervision of Lucy Waldrop: June 2024

Arrangement:
The collection is organized into the following series: Audiovisual Materials, 1991-2003, undated; Awards, Honors, and Related Ephemera, 1973-2016, undated; Conference Materials, 1976-2013, undated; Correspondence, 1956-2012, undated; Personal Materials, 1915-2008, undated; Photographic Materials, 1974-2012, undated; Printed Materials, 1967-2008, undated; Restricted Materials, 1961-2003, undated; Teaching Materials, 1967-2010, undated; Writings, 1961-2004; and Digital Files, 1995-2011.
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 processed may be consulted with the permission of the Medical Center Archivist. (Issued by the Office of the Chancellor, December 1, 1975).

Materials less than 10 years old are closed.

Boxes 6, 7, 10, 12, and 13 contain materials restricted at the folder level and must be screened for sensitive or confidential materials before being accessed.

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], Charles and Peggy Hammond Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.