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This oral history interview was conducted with William J. Donelan on November 11, 2003 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 01:10:00
William J. Donelan discusses his role in the administration of the Duke University Health System. Includes a master and use audiocassette tape.

This oral history interview was conducted with Doris Howell on November 12, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 01:01:00
Dr. Doris Howell discusses her early background; medical school at McGill University; positive treatment in medical school; her initial desire to go into the field of psychiatry; her choice to go into pediatrics; the characterization of pediatric work; her internship at Children's Memorial Hospital in Montreal, Canada; her residency at Duke; the difference between styles of training in Canada and the United States; her more rigid style due to Canadian training; Dr. Bill DeMaria convincing her to change her style; her fellowship at Harvard with Dr. Lou Diamond; her field of pediatric hematology; the large numbers of leukemia patients in her work at Duke; growing the division to take care of these patients; being the only trained pediatric hematologist between Washington, New Orleans, and Miami; the immense patient load; training residents and fellows; many fellows being Middle Eastern; becoming the chair of Pediatrics at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania; being concerned about all-women's medical college; Dr. Susan Dees as a role model; pediatrics as a field easier for women to enter during her time; her positive treatment at Duke; awards; convincing the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania to become coeducational; being only female chair of pediatrics nationally; working briefly at the Association of American Medical Colleges; becoming the temporary chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego; the difficulty of being a chair in a field you have not trained in; her return to the field of pediatrics; the development of San Diego Hospice; San Diego Hospice as being an all-purpose hospice for all ages; staying involved; building a research fund for women's health; the difference between women's health issues and men's health issues; her working philosophy; not having biological children but caring for her patients; being engaged several times but being a female physician as complicating the relationships; her decision to stay single and commit her time to pediatric care; her advice to young female medical students; and her contentment with the life she has led. The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation.

Dr. Baker discusses his education and family.

This oral history interview was conducted with Tasha Allen on November 18, 2022 by Josephine McRobbie as part of the Duke Midwifery Service and Durham Maternal Health Oral History Project, which was funded by The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund.

Duration: 00:57:23

During the interview, Allen discusses her early life as the child of a father in the Air Force; her education; early work as a Registered Nurse in pediatrics and as a school nurse; introduction to OB nursing at the Durham County Department of Public Health's Lincoln Community Health Center; the midwifery model of care; the Centering Pregnancy modality; public health nursing; developing a roadmap of resources; the Baby Love Program, now known as Maternal Support Services, which offers services to Medicaid eligible pregnant and postpartum clients; her passion for identifying resources and barriers to service; and the challenges of providing care to under-resourced communities. In this interview, Allen recalls a Centering activity where partners or other support people helped to paint a picture on the pregnant client's belly, describing expressive belly paintings that incorporated "big ol' UNC basketball logos" or "flowers and ballet slippers", and notes how this activity helped to bond parents to their upcoming arrivals. The themes of this interview include prenatal care, health education, and health disparities. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), an image (HEIC), and TXT files.

Career history of both men as well as history of Division of Medical Illustration.

Alzheimer's Disease.

In this interview, Dr. Peete discusses his background; physicians in his family; father as general practitioner; education; Dr. Eugene Stead; extension of medical training due to return of soldiers to Duke; board certification in obstetrics and gynecology; US Naval Hospital in Key West, Florida; return to Duke; subspecialties in obstetrics and gynecology; Violet Turner; first obstetrical delivery as medical student; types of surgeries done in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; early Pap smears at Duke; Carter Club history; purpose of Carter Club; personal involvement in Carter Club; women in obstetrics and gynecology; change in field due to specialization; fourteen changes in field over the last fifty years; outrider clinics; Salvation Home for Unwed Mothers; segregation in outpatient clinics; integration of department; rotations to Lincoln Hospital; woman's clinic; obstetrics and gynecology facilities in Duke South; Dr. Bayard Carter; bedside manner of Dr. Carter; language of Dr. Carter; characteristics of Dr. Carter; death of Dr. Carter; Dr. Robert A. Ross and origins of nickname "Daddy"; Dr. Ross's leaving to go to University of North Carolina; characteristics of Dr. Ross; Dr. Roy Parker; personal friendship with Dr. Parker; characteristics of Dr. Parker; Dr. William Peete (brother); excellence of Dr. William Peete in academics and medicine; Dr. William Peete as assistant to Dean Davison and as dean of students; other family groups at Duke.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Zachary Rosenthal on November 2, 2009 by Jungyun Kim and Hannah Smith.
Duration: 00:30:29
Dr. Zachary Rosenthal discusses the definition of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), how he became interested in BPD, his research in emotional functioning of patients with BPD, his related work on the development of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for BPD, and the training of interns in the Duke Medical Psychology Internship Program. Includes a master and use CD.