Contains photographs, negatives, slides, and scrapbooks pertaining to Davison's family, education, associates, colleagues, and professional activities. Materials date from 1892 to 1972.
Contains robes, hoods, drapes, and caps from various academic institutions including Yale University, Princeton University, and Oxford University. The majority of regalia are identified with the initials or the name of Wilburt Cornell Davison. Also included is the regalia of Davison's father, William L. Davison; Atala Thayer Scudder; and members of the Scudder family. Materials are undated.
Contains writings and reprints pertaining to the naming of the wards in Duke Hospital, planting of Osler ivy, graduation of the first class of the School of Medicine, a hearing on general statutes where Davison put forth a new definition of osteopathy, and remarks concerning his mentor John Howland. Materials date from 1926 to 1943.
Contains a scrapbook and bound digital print copy of letters and articles between Dean Wilburt C. Davison and Sir William and Lady Grace Osler. The first page of this scrapbook bears the inscription: "Wilburt Cornell Davison from William Osler, in memory of Oxford, July 27, 1916". Also contains letters from the Oslers, to Dean Davison and from Grace Osler to Davison's wife, Atala Thayer Davison, and from Grace Osler's sister, Susan R. Chapin to Davison, as well as clippings, including articles either by or relating to Osler, the Oslers' obituaries, and a short manuscript by Davison, "Sir Williams Osler's story of his life." Materials date from 1913 to 1950.
Contains the personal and professional papers of Wilburt Cornell Davison (1897-1972), pediatrician, chair of pediatrics, and first dean of Duke University School of Medicine (1927-1960). Types of materials include correspondence, subject files, memorabilia, scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, programs, budgets, reports, deeds, poems, manuscript materials, creative writings, genealogical materials, article reprints, diplomas, and certificates and invitations. Oversized diplomas and certificates have been separated from this collection. Major correspondents include George G. Allen, Atala Davison, Jay M. Arena, F. Vernon Altvater, Bessie Baker, William B. Bell, William Preston Few, Wiley D. Forbus, Frederic Moir Hanes, Elizabeth Hanes, Julian Deryl Hart, Sir William Osler, Talmage Peele, Wilder Penfield, Watson S. Rankin, Josiah Trent, and Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans. Major groups and associations in the collection include Alpha Omega Alpha, American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, Lincoln Hospital, Rockefeller Foundation, and Society for Pediatric Research. Major subjects in this collection include pediatrics, medical education, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University faculty and students, Duke Hospital, and Private Diagnostic Clinic. Materials date from 1881 to 1972.