Established in 1930, The Department of Surgery was one of the first departments at Duke Hospital and Duke School of Medicine. The collection contains correspondence, reports, photographs, composite photographs, handbooks, invitations, microscope slides, negatives, 35mm projector slides, research notes, research logs, articles, artifacts, reference files, programs, departmental publications, financial records, and digital files documenting the day to day operations of the department. Materials range in date from 1930 to 2021.
Contains bound copies of papers by the Department of Othopaedic Surgery at Duke and other affiliated hospitals. It is believed these are copies of papers sent to members of the Orthopedic Trainees Correspondence Club. Materials range in date from 1947 to 1971.