Yancey Culton Oral History Interview, 2006-2006

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Summary

Creator:
Culton, Yancey Jr., 1927-2017.
Abstract:
Dr. Yancey Culton Jr. (1927-2017) was the chair of the Department of OB/GYN at Watts Hospital, the last medical staff president of Watts Hospital (1975-1976), and the first medical staff president of the Durham Regional Hospital (1976-2000). This collection contains 1 oral history interview. The interview was conducted on December 28, 2006 by Jessica Roseberry. In this interview, Culton discusses his time at Watts Hospital and later the Durham Regional Hospital. In particular, he discusses obstetrics and gynecology at both hospitals and the field in general. He also discusses the medical staff at Durham Regional Hospital, as well as its functions as a community hospital.
Extent:
1 interview (2 master CDs and 2 use CDs)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
OH.CULTONY

Background

Scope and content:

Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Yancey Culton conducted on December 14, 2006 by Jessica Roseberry.
In this interview, Culton discusses his time at Watts Hospital and later the Durham Regional Hospital. In particular, he discusses obstetrics and gynecology at both hospitals and the field as a whole. He also discusses the medical staff at both Watts Hospital and Durham Regional Hospital, as well as the general functions of community hospital.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Yancey Culton was born on December 25, 1927 in Greensboro, North Carolina, to Yancey Goelet Culton and Gladys Clark Culton. He received his bachelor's degree from Guilford College in 1950 before going on to study at Duke University's School of Medicine from 1952 to 1956. Culton remained at Duke after receiving his medical doctorate as an intern and resident in Obstetrics/Gynecology at the Duke University Medical Center from 1956 to 1960.
In 1961, Culton joined the armed forces and served as a Major in the United States Air Force. After completing his military service in 1968, Culton returned to Durham and joined the Obstetrics and Gynecology staff at Watts Hospital. He went on to become the chair of the hospital's Department of OB/GYN. In 1975 he was made the last medical staff president at Watts Hospital. He was then made the first medical staff president of the newly opened Durham Regional Hospital in 1976. He remained in this position until his retirement in 2000.
Culton died on June 14, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2006.080 (December 2006)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: December 2006.

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Interview, December 28, 2006.
Rules or conventions:
DACS

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Personal Name(s):
Culton, Yancey Jr., 1927-2017
Corporate Name(s):
Watts Hospital (Durham, N.C.)
Duke Regional Hospital
Topical Term(s):
Gynecology.
Hospitals, Community.
Medical Staff, Hospital.
Obstetrics.

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