Collections

Duke Moms Affinity Group held their kickoff event as a Duke University Health System (DUHS) affinity group on May 12, 2023 (Mother's Day), but the group had an earlier start. In July 2018, Duke Moms began as a Duke Health Technology Solutions (DHTS) grassroots moms group. In October 2022, they developed a DUHS charter to become an affinity group; the activation process to become an affinity group lasted from November 2022 to February 2023. The Duke Moms Affinity Group strives to fill the gap of knowledge of how to support working parents and parents to be. Includes digital files documenting the activities and organizational structure of the Duke University Health System's Duke Moms Affinity Group. Materials date from 2022 to 2024.

The Office of Creative Services and Marketing Communications works with clients across Duke University Health System to create communication media such as publications, Web sites, ad campaigns, banners, and holiday cards. The office publishes annual reports, long range plans, and other works that document the history of the Health System, including "INSIDE Duke Medicine." The office also assists in creating presentations for various personnel matters. Materials in this collection includes photographs, negatives, and contact sheets taken for publication purposes, including for the publication "INSIDE Duke Medicine." Other materials include promotional flyers, brochures, posters, annual reports, long range plans, handbooks, buttons, pins, and other materials intended for an internal audience. The collection also contains the binders and files of Marsha Green, the former manager of internal communications and assistant director of communications and editor of "INSIDE Duke Medicine," materials including correspondence, clippings, handwritten notes, presentations, news releases, drafts, reports, handbooks, brochures, publications, and resumes. Also includes digital files. Digital files document Duke Health's response to COVID-19 and include images distributed to external news organizations and content from Duke Health's COVID-19 website (https://covid-19.dukehealth.org/) including Duke Health Nursing and Duke Health Leadership virtual town halls. The digital files also document Moments to Movement (M2M), Duke Health's collective stand against systemic racism, injustice, and hate, panel series and associated virtual town halls. Materials date from 1970 to 2023.

The Duke Endowment, established by James Buchanan Duke in 1924, provided the funds to form Duke's School of Medicine and Duke Hospital. Since its inception in 1924, the hospital has greatly expanded and is ranked among the top hospitals in the United States. Types of materials include manuals, meeting minutes, handbooks, business ledgers, reports, a poster from Respiratory Care Services, and digital files. Materials range in date from 1934 to 2021

James Buchanan Duke established the Duke Endowment in 1924. The endowment provided funds to form Duke's School of Medicine and Duke Hospital. Duke North opened in 1980 and was connected the older hospital, referred to as the South division, through a personnel rapid transit system (PRT). Types of materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, floorplans, charts, reports, articles, notes, and surveys. Materials range in date from 1979 to 1982 but the bulk of the material is undated.

Contains the administrative files of the Office of Grants and Contracts within the Office of Research Administration at the Duke University School of Medicine. Types of materials include reports, research grants for the Department of Surgery, and budgets. Materials range in date from 1984 to 1993.

Duke University Medical Center's Transfusion Committee is responsible for ensuring the following of best practices and patient safety during blood utilization and transfusions. The Department of Anesthesiology in particular has played a key role in its operations. Contains correspondence and minutes for meetings related to the operation of the Medical Center's Transfusion Committee. Materials range in date from 1979 to 2002.

The Duke University Medical Center Board of Visitors is comprised of a combination of experts in the medical field and university trustees. The function of this board is to provide advice and support to the deans and senior faculty at Duke Medical Center. Materials range in date from 1964 to 1977.

Contains news clippings pertaining to Duke University Medical Center. Major subjects include Duke University Hospital, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University School of Nursing, Highland Hospital, and the 65th General Hospital. Clippings were collected by a news clipping service. Materials range in date from 1927 to 1986.

James Buchanan Duke established the Duke Endowment in 1924. The endowment provided funds to form Duke's School of Medicine and Duke Hospital. Duke North opened in 1980 and was connected the older hospital, referred to as the South division, through a personnel rapid transit system (PRT). Construction of this addition corresponded to the construction of the hospital's nearby Communications Center and Medical Library, leading to a degree of overlap between records for both projects. Types of materials in this collection include meeting minutes, planning files, reports, construction notes, blueprints, conceptual drawings, correspondence, reference materials, accounting and revenue records, sound recordings, photographs, photographic slides, and negatives. Materials range in date from 1972 to 1986.

The collection documents facilities planning and construction activities of the Duke University Medical Center. These materials also show the evolution of responsibility for health facilities planning and administration during a period of extensive building activity that occurred before the organization of the Facilities Planning, Design and Construction Office within the Medical Center and Health System Architect's Office. Included are records of major planning initiatives and specific building projects from the offices of Louis E. Swanson, an early director of the Medical Center Planning Office, and Dr. Jane G. Elchlepp, the first assistant dean for planning. In addition to correspondence, memoranda, committee minutes, statistical reports, and planning reference materials, the collection contains design studies and long-range planning proposals completed between 1952 and 1998. Presentation drawings and graphics span the years 1964 to 2000. The collection also contains photographs, slides, and other documentation pertaining to the planning and construction of Duke Hospital North from 1973 to 1980. Materials date from 1952 to 2013.

Contains minutes for the annual faculty meetings for Duke University School of Medicine, which have traditionally been held in the spring of each academic year. Major topics include academic affairs at the Medical Center, yearly programs, and contemporary issues relevant to the Medical Center. Materials range in date from 1965 to 1994.

Contains records pertaining to the Vice Provost's Advisory Committee at Duke University Medical Center. Materials include correspondence, minutes, handwritten notes, and meeting agendas. Materials date from 1963 to 1977.

Contains records pertaining to the teleconferencing and closed circuit television system at Duke University Medical Center, particularly the patient channel, which broadcast educational programming. The records appear to have originated from the office of Janice Palmer, former director of the Cultural Services Program and include proposals from Tom Hurtgen and Gene Miller. Materials range in date from 1977 to 1997.

Duke Health Sector Conferences (formerly known as The Private Sector Conferences) are a series of healthcare-related conferences hosted by Duke University Medical Center and Health System. Types of materials include proceedings, photographs, correspondence, notes, agendas, participant lists, and audio recordings. Major subjects include hospital planning and construction, health insurance, health economics, Duke Hospital, and the Duke University Medical Center. Materials range in date from 1977 to 2006.

Contains audiocassette recordings of Institutional Review Board (IRB) meetings. The major subject is the review of research proposals from Duke Medicine faculty involving human subjects. In 1984, the Duke Committee for Clinical Investigations was renamed the Duke Institutional Review Board (IRB). Materials range in date from 1972 to 2000.

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.

Materials relate to the administration and research projects of the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology. Types of materials include annual review reports, grant applications, curriculum vitae, articles, correspondence, reports, handbooks, budgets, flyers, program brochures, meeting agendas, and floorplans. Materials range in date from 1988 to 2005.

Contains minutes from the clinical services executive committee, which discuss issues related to the Duke University Medical Center including departmental head appointments, accreditations, and operation and patient room utilization. Materials range in date from 1990 to 1991.