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This series contains materials from Mary Jane Byrd Penland's time as a student at Duke University School of Nursing. Types of materials include publications related to nursing and Duke University and an invitation and program for capping exercises. Materials date from 1940 to 1942.

Contains autopsy records, instruction sheets, and Social Services Department Manual. Materials date to 1940, with the bulk undated.

Contains a Medical Dame certificate awarded to Margery Farmer by Barnes Woodhall, Dean of Duke University School of Medicine. The certificate was in recognition of the help that Farmer gave her husband, Dr. Joseph C. Farmer, Jr., throughout his medical education. Materials are from 1962.

Contains death masks for Wilburt C. Davison (1892-1972) first dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, Frederic M. Hanes (1883-1946) second chair of the Department of Medicine, William A. Perlzweig (1891-1949) first chair of the Department of Biochemistry, Francis H. Swett (1893-1943) first chair of the Department of Anatomy, and Robert R. Jones Jr. (1902-1941) original member of the Department of Surgery who was murdered by a patient. One of the Hanes masks might be a life mask instead of a death mask. Some of the masks have hair stuck in the plaster. Materials range in date from circa 1941 to 1972.

Contains correspondence, meeting minutes, progress reports, surveys, and articles pertaining to projects and research in community health that Estes was involved in. Materials range in date from 1966 to 1973.

Contains correspondence regarding building planning and construction projects compiled by Louis E. Swanson during his tenure as assistant administrative director of Duke Hospital and director of the Duke University Medical Center Planning Office. Materials date from 1957 to 1978.

Series contains figures, sketches, photographs, and drawings pertaining to the Richardson's work on the structure of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase, an enzyme that protects all living things against the toxicity of oxygen. The Richardson's began working on this structure when they arrived at Duke the 1969. Series includes figures from the 1982 article "Determination and analysis of the 2 A structure of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase," coauthored with John A. Tainer. Series also contains figures from the 1976 article "Similarity and Three-dimensional Structure Between the Immunoglobulin Domain and the Copper, Zinc Superoxide Dismutase Subunit." Materials date from 1973 to 1982, a significant amount being undated.

Contains Hart's personal correspondence with family (mostly with sister Mary Hart) or friends and general Duke-related correspondence with colleagues. Also contains correspondence pertains to homes and property in Durham, N.C. and Roaring Gap, N.C.

This series contains professional correspondence with other researchers and organizations, such as the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and the Coastal School of Deep Sea Diving, from 1935 to 1990. Correspondence is arranged both alphabetically and chronologically. Materials date from 1935 to 1990.

Contains correspondence that documents Trent's professional activities and publication. Series also includes correspondence relating to Trent's death, the subsequent donation of his private collection to Duke Hospital Library, and Mary Duke Biddle Trent's work as the editor of the Osler centenary series for the Thumbnail Sketches, a series started by Trent and taken over by Duke Biddle Trent after her husband's death. Materials date from 1930 to 1961.

Contains personal and professional correspondence of Joseph Beard. Major correspondents include Lederle Laboratories, Alfred Blalock, Dorothy Beard, Ronzee Bridges, and Rose Bridges. Materials date from 1930 to 1994.

Contains personal and professional correspondence on various subjects, including the development of Sarah P. Duke Gardens, personal gardening, maintenance of property at Roaring Gap, NC, management of the Anna P. Hanes Research Fund, donations to Duke University, and correspondence with other faculty at Duke University Medical Center. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically and date from 1932 to 1955.

Contains correspondence largely pertaining to Dicks' publications on pastoral counseling. Materials date from 1933 to 1987.

Contains correspondence with Lyman's colleagues and former students at Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, and other institutions. Also contains Lyman's correspondence related to various hospitals, schools, medical societies, associations, and conferences, laboratories, and his work with conscientious objectors during World War II. Specific Duke Departments and associated entities discussed in this correspondence include the Department of Psychology, the Duke Parapsychology Lab, and Highland Hospital. Materials date from 1940 to 1957.

Contains personal and professional correspondence. Materials range in date from 1945 to 1966.

This series contains personal and professional correspondence of Leslie B. Hohman related to his time as a professor of psychiatry at Duke University. Major subjects include Duke University Medical Center, the Duke Department of Psychiatry, psychiatric practice, and people with disabilities. Materials date from 1945 to 1970.

This series contains Dr. Parker's correspondence at Duke University, the University of Kentucky, personal correspondence, correspondence with professional and academic societies, and some general correspondence.