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Abstract Or Scope: Contains photographs, 35mm slides and other visual media of David C. Sabiston Jr., Philip R. Allison, Michael E. DeBakey, John H. Gibbon, William Stewart Halsted, Merel Harmel, Ralph Snyderman, William Anlyan, the Johns Hopkins Surgical Society, the David C. Sabiston Surgical Society, the Society of Clinical Surgery, and the Department of Surgery's Sabiston exhibition that was on display on the 7th floor of the HAFS building from circa 2005 to 2018. Portraits of Sabiston are largely organized by size. Materials date from 1887 to 2010 with a significant amount of the materials undated.

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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.

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Abstract Or Scope: Contains appendices, which include short writings, memorabilia, correspondence, letters of appointment, wills, certificates, photographs, and newspaper clippings used for reference in Davison's personal writings and reminiscences. Materials date from 1892 to 1971.

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Abstract Or Scope: Contains photographs, negatives, slides, and scrapbooks pertaining to Davison's family, education, associates, colleagues, and professional activities. Materials date from 1892 to 1972.

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