Realia and Memorabilia Collection, 1955-2024

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Medical Center. Archives. and Duke University. Medical Center. Archives.
Abstract:
This collection was created to house artifacts and other Duke Health memorabilia. The materials in this collection are from numerous other collections held by the Duke University Medical Center Archives. Includes various artifacts documenting Duke Health. Materials date from 1955 to 2024, but the bulk of the items are undated.
Extent:
3.25 Linear Feet (2 cartons, 1 half manuscript box, 2 flat boxes), 35 loose artifacts, 9 loose plaques [5 artifacts are on loan and on display at the School of Nursing; 6 artifacts are on loan and on display in the Richmond Room D]
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0127

Background

Scope and content:

Includes various artifacts documenting Duke Health. Types of materials include medical instruments, plaques, a trophy, patches, buttons, pins, a key chain, holiday ornaments and a Duke AHEAD ornament, medals and awards, a flagpole, tie clips and tacks, a fishing rod, vases, a doll, paperweights, and other types of artifacts documenting Duke Health. A small amount of the items in this collection are displayed in the Richmond Room and in the School of Nursing. Materials date from 1955 to 2024, but the bulk of the items are undated.

Biographical / historical:

This collection was created to house artifacts and other Duke Health memorabilia. The bulk of the materials in this collection are from numerous other collections held by the Duke University Medical Center Archives. The collections represented are: Department of Anatomy (AR.0014),William G. Anlyan, (AR.0016), Medical Center Library (AR.0037), School of Nursing (AR.0048), Physician Assistant Program (AR.0053), Davison Club (AR.0065), undated; Department of Physical Therapy (AR.0094), undated; Duke Surgical Instrument Shop (AR.0137), undated; 65th General Hospital (MC.0001), undated; Eugene Stead (MC.0024),Albert Heyman (MC.0027),Robert J. Lefkowitz (MC.0039), Barnes Woodhall (MC.0043), Dan G. Blazer (MC.0049), Bernard Fetter (MC.0063), David B. Larson (MC.0070), Julian Meade Ruffin (MC.0080), David C. Sabiston (MC.0081), Alfred Blalock (MC.0093), Lucille Lopp (MC.0121), Sue Ellen Biswell (MC.0122), Carol O. Skipper (MC.0144), Anna Fetter (MC.0145), and Ralph Arnold (MC.0147).

Acquisition information:
Accession A2003.061 (gift by Bernard F. Fetter, July 2003), Accession A2006.051 (gift, June 2006), Accession A2006.069.x (gift by Ginger Griffin, September 2007), Accession A2009.057 (transfer, October 2009), Accession A2009.059 (transfer, November 2009), Accession A2010.051 (gift by Onyekwere Akwari, November 2010), Accession A2011.013 (transfer, February 2011), Accession A2011.091 (transfer, December 2011), Accession A2012.017 (transfer, March 2012), Accession A2013.122 (gift by Herschel Vincent Anderson, December 2013), Accession A2014.026 (gift by Adam Hartz, July 2014), Accession A2016.059 (gift by Patricia Thibodeau, December 2016), Accession A2018.003 (gift by Russell Koonts, February 2018)
Processing information:

Processed by archives staff; updated by Lucy Waldrop, January 2017, February 2018

Arrangement:
This collection is arranged into the following series: Department of Anatomy (AR.0014), undated; William G. Anlyan, (AR.0016), undated; Medical Center Library (AR.0037), 1994-2000, undated; School of Medicine, undated; School of Nursing (AR.0048), undated; Physician Assistant Program (AR.0053), undated; Davison Club (AR.0065), undated; Department of Physical Therapy (AR.0094), undated; Duke Surgical Instrument Shop (AR.0137), undated; 65th General Hospital (MC.0001), undated; Eugene Stead (MC.0024), 1974, undated; Albert Heyman (MC.0027), undated; Robert J. Lefkowitz (MC.0039), undated; Barnes Woodhall (MC.0043), undated; Dan G. Blazer (MC.0049), 1998; Bernard Fetter (MC.0063), undated; David B. Larson (MC.0070), undated; Julian M. Ruffin (MC.0080), undated; David C. Sabiston (MC.0081), undated; Alfred Blalock (MC.0093), undated; Lucille Lopp (MC.0121), 1987; Sue Ellen Biswell (MC.0122), circa 1995-1958, undated; Carol O. Skipper (MC.0144), undated; Anna Fetter (MC.0145), undated; Ralph Arnold (MC.0147), undated; Reginald Carter (PAHx Office), undated; Ruby Leila Wilson (AR.0003), 2006, undated; Duke Administrative Professionals Affinity Group (AR.0192), 2021-2024; Plaques, 1955-1969, undated; Holiday Ornaments, 1993-2008; Other, 2018, undated
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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], Realia and Memorabilia Collection, Duke University Medical Center Archives.