North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital Records, 1945-1979
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Summary
- Creator:
- North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital.
- Abstract:
- The North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital provided treatment and educational opportunities for children with cerebral palsy under the age of 21. The hospital offered in-patient, out-patient and clinic services on a sliding-fee scale. This collection contains a football game program for the "Twenty-Fourth Annual Cerebral Palsy Football Classic: Carolina vs. Duke," held on October 30 1976, and North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital Board of Directors minutes which cover annual reports, staffing appointments, and quarterly meetings. Materials range in date from 1945 to 1979.
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box)
- Language:
- English
- Collection ID:
- AR.0074
Background
- Scope and content:
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Contains North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital Board of Directors minutes from 1945 to 1979 that cover annual reports, staffing appointments and quarterly meetings. Also includes a football game program for the "Twenty-Fourth Annual Cerebral Palsy Football Classic: Carolina vs. Duke," which contains information about Blue Devil Football, Tar Heel Football, Cerebral Palsy Foundation and Hospital. Materials date from 1945 to 1979.
- Biographical / historical:
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The North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital opened February 20, 1950, on Erwin Road in Durham, North Carolina. State organizational meetings for the hospital's creation started in 1945 after the legislative enactment of Senate bill number 178 in 1947. The hospital was built on property donated by Duke University, and the estimated cost was $400,000 for this 50-bed long-term rehabilitation facility.
This facility provided treatment and educational opportunities for children with cerebral palsy under the age of 21. The hospital offered in-patient, out-patient and clinic services on a sliding-fee scale. The founding medical director, Dr. Lenox D. Baker, led the nine-member board of directors appointed by North Carolina Governor J. Melville Broughton. In 1972, Dr. Baker was succeeded by Dr. Ralph W. Coonrod and the North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital was renamed the Lenox Baker Children's Hospital. - Acquisition information:
- Source unknown
- Processing information:
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Processed by Stacey Tromblee: March 2010; encoded by Stacey Tromblee: March 2010
- Arrangement:
- Organized into the following series: Records, 1945-1979.
- 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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- Personal Name(s):
- Baker, Lenox D.
- Topical Term(s):
- Cerebral Palsy.
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This collection may contain material 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:
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[Identification of item], North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital Records, Duke University Medical Center Archives.