Department of Medicine Records, 1930 - 2017

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Medical Center. Department of Medicine.
Abstract:
The Department of Medicine was established in 1930, coinciding with the opening of Duke Hospital. Types of materials include reprints; appointment lists of professors, associates, instructors, residents, affiliates, and alumni; biographical sketches; Eugene A. Stead Jr. alumni lists; a biography of Frederic Moir Hanes; lists of chief residents of Duke Hospital, VA Medical Center, and Ambulatory Care; a list of the numbers of house staff; student, house staff, and faculty files; and staff and faculty group photographs. Major subjects include the Department of Medicine. Materials date from 1930 to 2017.
Extent:
160 Linear Feet (105 cartons, 3 manuscript boxes, and 2 flat boxes)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
AR.0079

Background

Scope and content:

Contains reprints from periodicals, conferences, and other professional publications, photographs, directories, pamphlets, newsletters, chief resident reunion materials, curriculum vitae, correspondence, a plaque, budgets, manuals, notes, articles, schedules, slides, presentation slides, video tapes, cassette tapes, and faculty files. Materials date from 1930 to 2017.

Biographical / historical:

The Department of Medicine was established in 1930, coinciding with the opening of Duke Hospital. There are twelve specialized divisions within the department: Cardiology; Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition; Gastroenterology; General Internal Medicine; Geriatrics; Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy; Hematology; Infectious Diseases; Medical Oncology; Nephrology; Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine; and Rheumatology and Immunology.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2005.055 (transferred, November 2005), Accession A2007.014 (transferred, January 2007), Accession A2007.069 (transferred, July 2007), Accession A2009.054 (transferred, September 2009), Accession 2010.012 (gift, March 2010), Accession A2011.042 (transferred, May 2011), Accession A2011.045 (transferred, May 2011), Accession A2012.066 (transferred, November 2012), Accession A2012.075 (transferred, December 2012), Accession A2012.081 (transferred, December 2012), Accession A2013.23 (transferred, April 2013), Accession A2013.048 (transferred, August 2013), Accession A2019.090 (transferred by Anton Zuiker, October 2019); Accession A2021.030 (transferred by Russell Koonts, April 2021), Accession A2021.076 (transferred by Jim Nieman, October 2021)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: November 2005; encoded by Emily Glenn: November 2005; updated by Dawne E. Howard: February 2007; updated by Dawne Howard Lucas: July 2007, May 2011, December 2012; updated by Caroline Waller under the supervision of Lucy Waldrop: November 2019; Lucy Waldrop: April 2021, October 2021

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Reprints, 1931-1985; Faculty and Staff Information, 1930-2010; Departmental Publications, 1967-2007; Student, House Staff, and Faculty Files, 1930s-2017; Residency Training Program Records, undated; Photographic Materials, 1930-2017.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
DACS

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Restrictions:

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).
Photographic materials and previously published directory materials in this collection are not restricted.
Reprints may be used on-site only.
Materials in the Student, House Staff, and Faculty Files Series and Residency Training Program Records Series 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], Department of Medicine Records, Duke University Medical Center Archives.