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Contains the professional and personal papers of Francis Huntington Swett and Mary Elizabeth Swett. The professional papers document Francis Swett's research while he was a professor in Duke University's Department of Anatomy. Correspondence primarily pertains to Mrs. Swett's death on November 6, 1955, which occurred while she was attending a service honoring deceased members of the early Duke Medical and Hospital staff, including her husband. Types of materials include research drawings and figures, notes, charts, correspondence, reports, and photographs. The photographs include Francis Huntington Swett; his wife, Mary Elizabeth Glenn Swett; and unidentified groups. Materials range in date from 1932 to 1956.

Major topics in this series include, but are not limited to, the conception of the department (based, in part, on the Johns Hopkins model) and development of pathology research at Duke. The administrative files in this series cover topics related to the day-to-day operation of the department. They include budgets and patient statistics for both the department and Duke Hospital from the 1930s until the 1960s, the development of departmental policies and procedures which impacted the hospital and medical school, and the set-up of subspecialties within the department such as neuropathology. Staffing, equipment, and the physical plant are also covered in these administrative records. Another group within this series includes student and staff applications with evidence of the evolution of the student and staff applications process. Additionally, this series contains groups of records related to grants; research manuscripts, and prospectus; departmental and interdepartmental memos and correspondence; and visitors to department from other medical institutions. The bulk of the biographical information on Wiley D. Forbus is in a folder in this series. Materials date from 1923 to 1966.

Contains McKinney's materials pertaining to pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases. Types of materials include writings and information about various pediatric diseases, Pediatric Pharmacology Research Unit (PPRU) records, and a pediatric history outline. Materials date from 1950 to 2005.

Contains images of Duke University Medical Center and the School of Medicine professors, staff, visitors, and administrators. Materials are undated but some folders list the individual's birth and death dates to give a general time range.

Contains personal correspondence between Blalock and family members. Includes professional correspondence between Blalock and colleagues from Vanderbilt University and The Johns Hopkins University, professional societies and associations, honorary societies, and publications or educational boards. Materials are arranged alphabetically and date from 1931 to 1985, although the majority are undated.

Contains materials that document Easley's personal life. Types of materials in this series are awards and honors; biographical information; Easley's philanthropy, clippings mostly pertaining to Easley's career and accomplishments but also includes an article describing an automobile collision on Guess Road at the Eno River bridge that caused permanent damage to Easley's leg, as it was left shorter than the other after the fractures healed and required her to wear special orthopedic shoes for the rest of her life. Series also contains headshots and portraits of Easley and photographs of her at various times during her life: her Idaho wedding, late 1940s photo in Durham with her husband before a trip; Easley at a medical meeting in Havana, Cuba; photographs of Easley with her husband and their orchid collection; and other photographs of Easley. Memorial materials are also included. The bulk of the memorial materials pertain to Easley's death, but there is a small amount of materials about the Boulware sisters (Lula Inez Boulware and Mary Ella Boulware Taylor) who worked for Easley and her husband. Easley met the sisters during the Great Depression in the 1930s in a hallway outside of a Duke Hospital operating room. Their bother, Glenn, had recently died, and a Duke doctor wanted his body for dissection at Duke. Their mother, Mattie McCullough Boulware, wanted to bury her son's body. At the time, Lula and Mary were working in the operating rooms at Duke and the doctor told them if they did not turn over their brother's body they would lose their jobs. Easley intervened, Lula and Mary kept their jobs, and their brother was interred. In the early 1940s, when Easley opened her own medical practice, she employed both sisters. Materials date from 1910 to 2004.

Contains writings, drafts, CVs, clippings, and certificates pertaining to the personal and professional lives of Goldner, his wife, and his family. Materials date from 1936 to 2006.

Contains personal materials pertaining to Onyekwere Akwari's life and education in Nigeria and the United States. Types of materials include correspondence, pamphlets, programs, financial information, calendars, datebooks, identification cards, passports and visas, applications, memorabilia, printed materials, a USC yearbook, certificates, artifacts, and building plans. Materials date from 1959 to 2018.

Contains personal materials collected by Catherine Gilliss. Types of materials include personal correspondence, artwork, diplomas, programs, notes, photographic materials, clippings, a scrapbook, a textbook, an oral history transcript, and a family tree. Materials date from 1967 to 2014.

Contains the personal papers of Bruce Wayne Dixon (1939-2013), former Duke Internal Medicine chief resident, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine professor, head of the Allegheny County Health Department, and community health expert. Types of materials include articles; photographs; memorials and tributes; and professional materials pertaining to his career in medicine such as his North Carolina Medical License, diploma from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the letter awarding Dixon with the Memorial Prize in 1965 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The collection also includes a silver bowl awarded to Dixon for teaching excellence at Duke, as well as a painting of the Schwab mansion in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Dixon bought the mansion and spent 25 years restoring the home. Materials date from 1906-2013.