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Jasper Lamar Callaway Papers, 1930s-1993

Jasper Lamar Callaway (1911-1993) was the chief of the Division of Dermatology at Duke University Medical Center from 1946 to 1975.
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Mary Jane Byrd Penland Nursing Memorabilia, 1940-1942

Mary Jane Byrd Penland (1924-1991) was one of the first students to enter the advanced degree program at Duke University's School of Nursing. She received her BS in Nursing Education in 1945. Penland worked as registered nurse at several hospitals, including the University of Chicago Clinics and the Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. She also served as an instructor of nursing and assistant administrator of nursing at the Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Virginia from 1962 until her retirement in 1977. This collection contains materials from 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.
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Collection, 1940-1942

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.

    Instructions and Protocols Collection, 1940, undated

    Contains manuals and records pertaining to the administration of Duke Hospital. Types of materials include autopsy records, instruction sheets, and Social Services Department Manual. Materials date to 1940, with the bulk undated.
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    Collection, 1940, undated

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

      Agnes June Deans Robbins Collection, 1946-1949

      Collection contains nursing unifrom materials and photographs pertaining to student life at Duke University School of Nursing.
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      Margery Farmer Collection, 1962

      Margery Farmer (1937-2014) moved to Durham to attend Duke University in 1955, where she studied as an Angier B. Duke Scholar. From Duke, she received her Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts in Teaching, and she was eventually recognized with the Duke University Medical Center's Medical Dame certificate for the help she gave her husband, Dr. Joseph C. Farmer, Jr., throughout his medical education. She went on to work professionally in both the public and mental health fields. This collection contains the Medical Certificate Farmer was awarded by Duke University School of Medicine Dean Barnes Woodhall. Materials are from 1962.
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      Collection, 1962

      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.

        Margery Farmer Collection, 1962 1 folder

        Margery Farmer (1937-2014) moved to Durham to attend Duke University in 1955, where she studied as an Angier B. Duke Scholar. From Duke, she received her Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts in Teaching, and she was eventually recognized with the Duke University Medical Center's Medical Dame certificate for the help she gave her husband, Dr. Joseph C. Farmer, Jr., throughout his medical education. She went on to work professionally in both the public and mental health fields. This collection contains the Medical Certificate Farmer was awarded by Duke University School of Medicine Dean Barnes Woodhall. Materials are from 1962.

          Death Masks Collection, circa 1941-1972

          A death mask is a cast made of a person's head after they have died. This collection contains death masks of Wilber C. Davison, Frederic Moir Hanes, William A. Perlzweig, Francis H. Swett, and Robert R. Jones Jr. Materials range in date from circa 1941 to 1972.
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          Collection, circa 1941-1972

          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.

            E. Harvey Estes Papers, 1966-2009

            Contains the papers of E. Harvey Estes, chair of the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Duke University from 1966 to 1985. Types of materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, surveys, agendas, articles, newsletters, curriculum vitae, newspaper clippings, photographs, by-laws, brochures membership lists, an oral history transcript, a CD, and digital files. Major subjects include community health and Triangle Universities Computational Center. Materials range in date from 1966 to 2009.
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            Community Health Sciences, 1966-1973

            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.

              Louis E. Swanson Records, 1957-1984

              Louis E. Swanson (1919-2004) was the director of the Medical Center Planning Office from 1960 to 1978, and the director of facilities planning for Duke University Medical Center from 1978 until his retirement in 1984. Prior to his directorships, Swanson was made assistant superintendent of Duke University Hospital in 1949. He was promoted to co-superintendent in 1952 and assistant administrative director in 1955. Swanson also served as an associate professor in hospital administration in the Duke Department of Health Administration for thirty-five years. This collection contains correspondence, addresses, lectures, records, and planning files related to Louis E. Swanson's tenure as assistant administrative director of Duke Hospital, director of the Duke University Medical Center Planning Office, and director of facilities planning for the Duke Medical Center. Major subjects include building planning and construction projects with which Swanson was involved during his time at Duke, particularly the East-West Expressway. Materials range in date from 1961 to 1984.
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              Construction, 1957-1978

              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.

                Jane and David Richardson Papers, 1969-1992

                Contains the professional papers of Jane Richardson, James B. Duke professor of Biochemistry, and David Richardson, professor of Biochemistry and founding director of the Structural Biology and Biophysics Graduate Training Program at Duke University. Types of materials include correspondence, sketches, photographs, drawings, notes, computer printouts and visualizations, negatives, reprints, and clippings pertaining to the Richardson's work and research while at Duke University. Major subjects include the structure of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase, protein de novo design, the Protein Data Bank, and 1981 textbook chapter "The Anatomy and Taxonomy of Protein Structure." Materials date from 1969 to 1992.
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                Copper, Zinc Superoxide Dismutase project, 1969-1982, undated

                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.

                  J. Deryl Hart Papers and Records, 1916-1987

                  Contains the personal and professional papers of J. Deryl Hart, chair of the Department of Surgery at Duke University from 1930 to 1960, and president of Duke University from 1960 to 1963. Major subjects include Chowan College, Duke University Medical Center, the Duke Private Diagnostic Clinic, surgical wound infection, medical hospitals, history of teaching medical schools, and history of surgery in North Carolina. Types of materials include personal and professional correspondence, memorabilia, certificates, diplomas, scrapbooks, photographs, speeches, lectures, addresses, clippings, sketches, reprints, ledgers, lantern slides, subject files, and committee materials. Materials range in date from 1916 to 1987.
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                  Correspondence, 1916-1975

                  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.

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