David C. Sabiston Papers, 1887-2015119.6 Linear Feet (72 cartons, 7 flat boxes, 14 slides boxes, 2 card boxes, 2 map folders, 2 manuscript boxes, 1 cassette tape box) 1 oversized folder, 3 artifacts, and 2 robes.
Abstract Or Scope
Contains the personal and professional papers of David C. Sabiston Jr. (1924-2009), surgeon and chair of the Department of Surgery at Duke University from 1964 to 1994. Types of materials include personal and professional correspondence, memorabilia, scrapbooks, correspondence, clippings, printed materials, DVDs, CDs, floppy disks, VHS cassettes, certificates, research materials, committee minutes, reports, manuscript and illustration materials, reports, departmental lectures, presentations and talks, budgets, evaluations, administrative documents, planning documents, notes, photographs, slides, audiotapes, gowns, hoods, robes, and digital surrogates of plaques and awards. Major correspondents include Del Stickel, Donald Silver, J. Leonard Goldner, James F. Glenn, Will Camp Sealy, Samuel A. Wells Jr., and Kenneth Pickrell. Materials range in date from 1887 to 2015, with the bulk starting in 1920.
Contains David C. Sabiston Jr.'s presidential address to the Annals of Surgery and a piece by Sabiston on Alfred Blalock's life and career. Materials date to 1978, and some materials are undated.
Contains remarks by R. Randal Bollinger on David C. Sabiston Jr. to the Medical Alumni of Duke University and a draft by Sam Lelells about his relationship with Sabiston. Materials date to 2000, and some materials are undated.
Contains journal and newspaper clippings regarding David C. Sabiston Jr. and the Duke School of Medicine, and programs from various professional events hosted at Duke and other institutions. Also included is a copy of the "Duke Dialogue", vol. 8 no. 28 with an article about Sabiston's recognition by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Materials date from 1947 to 2015.