Contains correspondence, lecture and presentation materials, reports, meeting minutes, and subject files pertaining to the operation and management of Duke University Department of Surgery, the Veterans Affairs Hospital, and academic programs of the Department of Medicine, including nursing training and education. Major correspondents include Del Stickel, Donald Silver, J. Leonard Goldner, James F. Glen, Will Sealy, Samuel A. Wells Jr., and Kenneth Pickrell. Materials date from 1949 to 2002.