Eugenia and Samuel Lambeth Papers, Circa 1925-2003

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Summary

Creator:
Lambeth, D. Eugenia, R., 1911-2002 and Lambeth, Samuel S., 1913-1996
Abstract:
Contains the professional and personal papers of Eugenia Lambeth (1911-2002) and Samuel Lambeth, III (1913-1996). Eugenia Lambeth received a nursing degree from Duke University and was active in the School of Nursing Alumni Association. Samuel Lambeth, III did his residency at Duke University Medical Center, specializing in gynecology and obstetrics. Types of materials include correspondence, clippings, programs, certificates, diplomas, Samuel Lambeth's army records, reprints, travel souvenirs, x-rays, photographic materials, Lambeth's WWII scrapbook, prints and watercolors, memorabilia, and artifacts. Major subjects include WWII and Duke School of Nursing Alumni Association. Materials date from crica 1925 to 2003.
Extent:
3.75 Linear Feet (1 carton, 1 half manuscript box, 4 flat boxes) and 1 artifact box and 1 volume
Collection ID:
MC.0162

Background

Scope and content:

Contains the professional and personal papers of Eugenia and Samuel Lambeth, III. Types of materials include correspondence, clippings, programs, certificates, diplomas, Samuel Lambeth's army records, reprints, travel souvenirs, x-rays, photographic materials, Samuel Lambeth's WWII scrapbook, prints and watercolors, memorabilia, and artifacts pertaining to Samuel Lambeth's service in WWII and time at Duke University and Eugenia Lambeth's training at Duke University School of Nursing and work with the Duke University School of Nursing Alumni. Materials range from circa 1925 to 2003.

Biographical / historical:

Dorothy Eugenia Richards Lambeth
Dorothy Eugenia Richards Lambeth was born June 26, 1911, in Rowland, North Carolina, to Lewis Patterson Richards and Effie Isla (nee Braswell) Richards. Lambeth attended Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina, and received a degree in nursing from Duke University in 1939. Lambeth was head surgical nurse at Duke during the early 1940s. She was an assistant nursing arts instructor at Duke Hospital in 1942. During World War II, Lambeth served in the U.S. Red Cross Home Service and as an instructor for the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. She worked as a registered nurse at Blount County Hospital. She was a member of the Doctors Wives Medical Auxiliary at Blount Memorial Hospital, Sam Houston School Association, Friends of the Blount County Library, and the Maryville College Chilhowee Club.
Lambeth married Samuel S. Lambeth, III, on December 19, 1942. They had one child. Lambeth died on November 1, 2002, in Maryville, Tennessee.
Samuel S. Lambeth
Samuel S. Lambeth, III, was born in Bedford, Virginia, on November 13, 1913 to Samuel S. Lambeth, II, and Margaret (nee Bolling) Lambeth. Lambeth graduated from Randolph-Macon Academy, Bedford, in 1930. He received his BS from Randolph Macon College in 1934 and his MD from the University of Virginia in 1939. Lambeth served the U.S. Army as a captain of the Medical Corp with the 50th Field Hospital during World War II, where he served in Northern France and Rhineland campaigns and attended the Medical Field Service School in France. His military service spanned from 1942 to 1946. Lambeth was a teaching assistant at Duke University Medical Center from 1946 to 1948, where he did his internship and residency, specializing in gynecology and obstetrics.
Lambeth was a member of the staff of the Tennessee Memorial Hospital and assistant clinical professor of gynecology at the University Hospital in Knoxville. Lambeth served on the active and courtesy medical staff at Blount Memorial and became a member of Blount Memorial Hospital's honorary medical staff in 1994. He was president of Blount County Cancer Society in 1964 and president and director of the Blount County United Fund in 1965. Lambeth was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, and Phi Delta Theta. During his medical career, Lambeth delivered approximately 8,000 babies and authored at least three medical articles.
Lambeth married Dorothy Eugenia Richards on December 19, 1942. They had one child. Lambeth died on January 11, 1996, in Maryville, Tennessee.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2017.039 (gift from the families of Dr. and Mrs. Lambeth III and James Holcombe Lambeth, October 2017), Accession A2017.049 (gift from the families of Dr. and Mrs. Lambeth III and James Holcombe Lambeth, November 2017)
Processing information:

Processed by Lucy Waldrop and Caroline Waller under the supervision of Lucy Waldrop: October 2017, updated by Lucy Waldrop: November 2017

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Eugenia Lambeth, 1925-2003; Samuel Lambeth, 1933-1955; Printed Materials, 1940-2003.
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.
Box 7 is closed and must be screened for sensitive or confidential materials before being accessed. For further information consult with 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], Eugenia and Samuel Lambeth Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.