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Oral History Collection
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Duke Medical Center Archives in Durham, N.C. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the FAQ section for more information.
Size 27.0 linear feet
Creator Duke University. Medical Center. Archives.
Repository Duke University Medical Center Archives
Sensitive Materials Statement
Collections may contain Medical Center Administrative records. These include records of the officers of the University, as defined in the Bylaws, the deans of schools and colleges, and departments, institutes, and other offices as designated by the President. For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the director of the office of record and the Medical Center Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the Medical Center Archivist.
Collection may contain Records of the Board of Trustees of the Duke University Medical Center. These include minutes and supporting documentation of the Board, its Executive Committee, and standing and ad hoc committees, and reports, studies, and the like presented solely to the Board. Records which have been existence for at least fifty years are available for scholarly research with the permission of the Medical Center Archivist. Access to records which have been in existence for less than fifty years shall be granted only by special permission, in writing, of the Medical Center Board of Trustees.
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings and Medical Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collectionsuch as folders or items.
Duke University. Medical Center.
Duke University. School of Medicine.
Aksel, Sezer interview, 13 September 2007
Interview topics
Major subjects in this interview Aksel's experiences as a woman within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke and establishing the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at the University of South Alabama.
Item ID: A2007.136
Box: Transcripts 2
Box: Use (CDs) A
Box: Master (CDs) 1
Digital version of transcript available.
The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation.
Akwari, Onyekwere interview, 17 May 1994
Box: Gifford 1
Box: Master (Tapes) 3
Allen, Nancy B. interview, 10 November 2006
Major subjects in this interview include women's issues in the medical field, including her own experiences as a female staff member in the Duke University Medical Center Department of Medicine's Division of Rheumatology; Dr. Joseph Greenfield, and Dr. Nannerl O. Keohane.
Alyea, Edwin P. interview, 18 June 1981
Amos, D. Bernard interview, 7 May 1992
Amos, D. Bernard interview, 14 May 1992
Amos, D. Bernard interview, 4 June 1992
Box: Use (Tapes) H
Andreoli, Kathleen Interview, circa 1990
PA 25th Anniversary Project.
Box: Physician Assistant Program
Andrews, Nancy Catherine interview, 30 November 2010
Box: Use (CDs) B
Anlyan, Emmeraude interview, 23 December 1986
Box: Master (Tapes) 13
Anlyan, William G. interview, 1978
Item ID: A1978.0030
Box: AV 4.0066
Anlyan, William G. interview, 25 October 1993
Anlyan, William G. interview, 17 November 1994
Box: Use (Tapes) G
Anlyan, William G. interview, 4 January 1995
Box: Use (Tapes) F
Anlyan, William G. interview, 22 February 1995
Anlyan, William G. interview, 16 July 1997
Landmarks.
Anlyan, William G. interview, 5 March 2004
Dr. Anlyan's work and perspective since retirement.
Box: Use (Tapes) A
Anlyan, William G. interview, 20 June 2007
Major subjects in this interview include Anlyan's experiences working with female colleagues at Duke, including Susan C. Dees, Jane Elchlepp, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Ruby Wilson, Molly Bernheim, Doris Howell, Rebecca H. Buckley, Catherine Wilfert, Sara Dent, and Ruth Martin.
Arena, Jay M. interview, 28 February 1984
Arena, Jay M. interview, 14 March 1984
Box: Use (Tapes) C
Arena, Jay M. interview, undated
Item ID: A19xx.002
Baker, Lenox D. interview, 13 June 1983
Baker, Lenox D. interview, 22 December 1983
Baker, Roger Denio Interview, 16 November 1988
Dr. Baker's education and family.
Baker, Roger Denio interview, 27 October 1988
Father and grandfather's influence.
Ball, John R. interview, circa 1990
Ballenger, Martha interview, circa 1990
Barbagelata, Alexandro interview, 26 March 2007
Duke Cardiovascular Databank and subsequent variations at Favalaro Clinic in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Barnes, James T. interview, 9 February 1965
Development of pathology in North Carolina; Medical Society of the State of North Carolina.
Box: Forbus
Beck, Kathy, Barbara Busse, Mary Dean-Nelson, Mary Jones, Wilma Morris, and Julie Walker interview, 17 August 2009
Six retiring paraprofessionals talk about the history of the Duke University Medical Center Library.
Berlin, Melvin interview, 31 October 2003
Major subjects in this interview include Berlin's experiences as a medical student at Duke in the 1950s and his experience with sports medicine.
Bernheim, Frederick and Mary Bernheim interview, 7 March 1984
Major subjects in this interview include the couple's experiences in the Department of Biochemistry and the Department of Pharmacology at Duke University Medical Center.
Box: Use (Tapes) D
Bernheim, Mary and Frederick Bernheim interview, 7 March 1984
See previous interview description.
Bethea, Charles interview, 26 March 2007
Duke Cardiovascular Databank and subsequent variations at Integris Hospital in Oklahoma City.
Binger, Carl Interview, 24 July 1969
Black, Mary Ann E. interview, 22 January 2004
Major subjects in this interview include family background, social work, public service, Durham (N.C.), Duke University Health System, hiring of minority group members, Dr. Ralph Snyderman, and the Duke University Office of Community Affairs.
Blake, Hilda, Robert L. Blake, Louis Swanson, Geraldine Swanson, John Riebel, Donald B. Hayman, Mary Helen Hayman interview, 10 May 1984
Conscientious objectors/Attending Civilian Public Service Unit 61 spouses.
Blake, Robert L. and Elon H. Clark interview, 19 November 1985
Career history of both men as well as history of the Division of Medical Illustration.
Blake, Robert L., Hilda Blake, Louis Swanson, Geraldine Swanson, John Riebel, Donald B. Hayman, Mary Helen Hayman interview, 10 May 1984
Blake, Robert L., Louis Swanson, John Riebel, and Donald Hayman interview, 10 May 1984
Conscientious objectors (WWII)/Attending Civilian Public Service Unit 61.
Blazer, Dan G. interview, 28 January 2005
Major subjects in this interview include Blazer's experiences in the Duke University School of Medicine's Dept. of Psychiatry.
Box: Use (Tapes) E
Bogdonoff, Morton D. and Eugene A. Stead interview, undated
Bollinger, Randall interview, 21 July 1994
Transplantation immunology laboratory; residency and stress of residency to marriage; evolution of research in Dept. of Surgery; Dr. Sabiston.
Bolognesi, Dani interview, 19 June 1994
Breslin, Marianne S. interview, 12 June 2007
Major subjects in this interview include Breslin's experiences as a woman and mother practicing psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina Hospitals.
Brodie, H. Keith H. interview, 17 June 2004
Major subjects in this interview include students, Terry Sanford, Ralph Snyderman, Ewald W. Busse, American Psychiatric Association, veterans' health care, drug testing, and Duke University administration.
Brooks, Betty Jean interview, 5 July 1984
Brown, Ivan W. interview, 7 October 1975
Brown, Ivan W. interview, 8 October 1992 and 9 October 1992
History of Ivan Brown, Dept. of Surgery; Duke University Medical Center.
Brown, Ivan W. interview, 8 January 1995
Discourse on the Surgical Research Laboratories of Duke University Medical School, 1930-1964
Brown, Ivan W. interview, 24 October 2002
Brown, Ivan W. interview, 30 March 2007
His career; Duke Hospital history; persons at Duke University Hospital primarily during 1950s and 1960s; etc.
His career; Duke University Hospital; people in Duke University Hospital; surgery; etc.
Brown, Mary Ann interview, 9 June 2004
History of Duke University Medical Center Library.
Brundage, Dorothy J. interview, 5 May 2005
Dr. Brundage's career; Duke University School of Nursing; deanship.
Bryan, Joseph M. interview, 1985
Bryan, Joseph M. interview, 26 August 1986
Gift to medicine and education at Duke and North Carolina School of Science and Math.
Buckley, Rebecca H. interview, 19 February 2007
Major subjects in this interview Buckley's experiences as a woman within the Division of Pediatric Allergy in the Department of Pediatrics, and severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).
Bullitt, Elizabeth interview, 18 October 2005
Major subjects in this interview include the Dept. of Surgery and Division of Neurosurgery at Duke University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; women in medicine; and women physicians.
Busse, Barbara interview, 4 August 2009
Busse, Barbara, Kathy Beck, Mary Dean-Nelson, Mary Jones, Wilma Morris, and Julie Walker interview, 17 August 2009
Busse, Ewald W. interview, 4 April 2003
Dr. Busse's life and work.
Busse, Ewald W. interview, 10 December 2003
Ewald W. Busse was born in St. Louis, Mo. in 1917. He received a B.A. degree from Westminster College (Pa.), an M.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1942, and was awarded an Sc.D. degree from Westminster College in 1960. He obtained his psychiatric training at the University of Colorado Medical Center.
Major subjects in this interview include longitudinal studies of aging, electroencephalography, geriatrics, time spent in South America, work done for the United States Navy, aging, and the University of Colorado.
Califf, Robert M. interview, 11 June 2007
Callaway, Catharine Dater VanBlarcom interview, 28 January 2005
The life of a doctor's wife.
Box: Use (Tapes) B
Callaway, Jasper Lamar interview, 8 May 1985
Callaway's medical education at Duke.
Callaway, Jasper Lamar interview, 17 May 1985
Callaway, Jasper Lamar interview, 10 July 1985
Callaway, Jasper Lamar interview, circa 1989
Duke Hospital.
Callaway, Jasper Lamar interview, undated
Carpenter, Coy Cornelius interview, 7 April 1966
Development of pathology in North Carolina; Bowman Gray School of Medicine history.
Carter, Jeffrey interview, 9 November 2009
Dr. Carter discusses his decision to enter pharmacy, and exploring the changes in the pharmaceutical field he has experienced in the two decades of his career; what a job as a clinical staff pharmacist entails; the transition from inpatient to outpatient pharmacy; informatics in pharmacy; technological advances; conflict with health insurance policies; and changes in health procedures and future policy overhauls.
Cavanagh, G. S. T. and Susan Carlton Smith Cavanagh interview, 27 September 2002
History of the Duke University Medical Center Library.
Cavanagh, G. S. T., Leslie Hohman, and Bill Taylor interview, 30 July 1966
Cavanagh, Susan Carlton Smith and G. S. T. Cavanagh interview, 27 September 2002
Champagne, Mary interview, 22 June 2009
Dr. Champagne's deanship of the Duke University School of Nursing.
Chandler, Arthur C. interview, 6 August 2009
Interivew topics
Duke University School of Medicine Class of 1959.
Clark, Elon H. and Robert L. Blake interview, 19 November 1985
Clark, Elon H. interview, 1965
Box: AV 12.0007
Clark, Leila, Julia Smitt, and Dot Wilkerson interview, 5 February 1968
History of nursing at Duke.
Clayton, Rebecca interview, 15 March 2007
Rebecca Clayton worked as Dr. Grace Kerby's secretary from the 1960s until Dr. Kerby's retirement, at which point she continued to assist Dr. Kerby with personal tasks.
Major subjects in this interview include Dr. Grace Kerby.
Clem, Kathleen interview, 27 June 2007
Kathleen Clem was the first chief of the Division of Emergency Medicine within Duke University's Dept. of Surgery.
Major subjects in this interview include women's issues in the medical field, including her own experiences as a female leader in Duke University Medical Center's Division of Emergency Medicine in the Dept. of Surgery.
Clifford, A. T. interview, 1978
Cook, Paul interview, 11 September 2009
Dr. Cook's involvement in Davison Club and other charitable giving to Duke.
Counce-Nicklas, Sheila J. interview, 21 June 2007
Sheila J. Counce-Nicklas was one of the first women in Duke University's Dept. of Anatomy.
Major subjects in this interview include women's issues in the medical field, including her own experiences as a female staff member in Duke University Medical Center's Dept. of Anatomy.
Culton, Yancey interview, 28 December 2006
Durham Regional Hospital.
Cumbie, Rosemary interview, 17 July 2007
Women in the Dept. of Anesthesiology.
History of the Department of Anesthesiology.
Cummings, Martin Marc interview, 15 July 2005
Martin Marc Cummings graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1944. He was the director of the National Library of Medicine from 1964 to 1984.
Major topics include Cummings' experiences in medical school, his interactions with Dr. Philip Handler, Dr. Wilburt Davison, and Dr. David T. Smith, and his position at the National Library of Medicine.
Daniels, [Dr.] interview, 7 July 1969
Davison, Wilburt Cornell, John P. McGovern, and Louis Swanson interview, undated
Osler Ivy planting
Dawson, Robert Edward interview, 9 August 2005
Dawson, Robert Edward interview, 10 November 2005
Dr. Dawson's growing up; segregation; the beginnings of his medical career.
Dean-Nelson, Mary interview, 4 August 2009
Dean-Nelson, Mary, Kathy Beck, Barbara Busse, Mary Jones, Wilma Morris, and Julie Walker interview, 17 August 2009
DeLong, Elizabeth R. interview, 21 October 2010
Dennis, Louise Williams interview, 18 July 2008
Louise Williams Dennis graduated from Duke University School of Nursing in 1948.
Major subjects in this interview include Williams's experiences as a student.
Dichtenmueller, Mary A. interview, 28 August 1986
Practice of Dr. Amos Johnson (former husband), including work of Henry Lee "Buddy" Treadwell as a Physician's Assistant.
Donelan, William J. interview, 11 November 2003
His role in the administration of the medical center.
Donelan, William J. interview, 26 May 2004
Douglas, James M. interview, 17 June 1994
Duke, Kenneth L., John W. Everett, and W. Henry Hollinshead, interview, 19 April 1985
History of the Dept. of Anatomy.
Dzau, Victor J. interview, 23 February 2005
Dr. Dzau's viewpoint and goals since being appointed as chancellor and CEO of Duke University Health System.
Elchlepp, Jane interview, 1978
Estes, E. Harvey interview, 9 November 1978
Dean's Hour.
Estes, E. Harvey interview, circa 1990
Estes, E. Harvey interview, 30 November 1994
The development of the physician assistant profession.
Estes, E. Harvey interview, 28 April 2004
Subjects in this interview include Duke University Medical Center, Durham (N.C.), Department of Community and Family Medicine, and certain restricted topics.
Box: Restricted
Estes, E. Harvey interview, 25 June 2007
Major subjects in this interview include his experiences in Duke's Dept. of Community and Family Medicine and the women he worked with, including Dr. Grace Kerby, Dr. Eva Salber, and Bess Cebe.
Everett, John W., Kenneth L. Duke, and W. Henry Hollinshead interview, 19 April 1985
Fasser, C. Emil interview, circa 1990
Feagin, John A. interview, 21 October 2003
Dr. Feagin's history; history of the Medical Center Library; Dean Davison.
Ferrell, Kenneth F. and Victor H. Germino interview, 26 August 1985
First class of Physician's Assistants.
Ferrell, Kenneth F. interview, circa 1990
Fortin, Donald interview, 18 July 2007
Duke Cardiovascular Databank.
Fridovich, Irwin interview, 10 October 2007
Dr. Irwin Fridovich is emeritus James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry.
Major subjects in this interview include Dr. Molly Bernheim.
Frush, Karen interview, 28 October 2009
Dr. Frush talks about what she has done so far in her career. Dr. Frush started as a nurse, which she was for a year, but quickly went into medical school at Duke to become a pediatrician. Her desire to have a family influenced her decision to become a nurse, but then when a family wasn't in the near future she decided to become a doctor. She now has a family and medical degree, without the conflicts she expected. She also talks about how nurses and doctors must work as a team to ensure patient safety.
Gallentine, William interview, 5 November 2009
Interview topics include choosing a career in medicine, balancing work and family, international and global medicine, pediatrics, and research.
Gardiner, Ann Henshaw interview, 10 January 1979
Memories of early years of the Duke University School of Nursing.
Gardner, Clarence Ellsworth interview, 26 November 1991
Gardner, Clarence Ellsworth interview, 7 December 1991
Germino, Victor H. and Kenneth F. Ferrell interview, 26 August 1985
Subject: First class of Physician's Assistants.
Germino, Victor H. interview, circa 1990
Gilboa, Eli interview, 23 or 28 June 1994
Glower, Donald D. interview, 12 December 1994
Godkins, Thomas R. interview, circa 1990
Goff, Marjorie V. interview, 29 May 2008
Experiences as a 1948 graduate of the Duke University School of Nursing.
Goodell, [Miss] interview, 3 July 1967
Graham, Doyle interview, 27 June 1995
Doyle Graham was a professor of pathology and dean of medical education at Duke, chair of the Pathology Department at Vanderbilt University, and chair of the toxicology study section of the National Institutes of Health.
Major subjects in this interview include medical education, Deanship of medical education, Thomas D. Kinney, Wiley Forbus, H. Keith H. Brodie, William G. Anlyan, Ralph Snyderman, and student life.
Grant, John Palmer interview, 12 July 1994
Surgical nutrition research lab; Dept. of Surgery.
Gras, Alfred interview, 23 September 2005
Alfred Gras was a graduate of Duke University Medical School in 1944. He went into internal medical practice in Newark and Nutley, New Jersey; and Vermont.
Major subjects in this interview include penicillin and medical education.
Greenfield, Joseph C. interview, 11 July 2005
Dr. Greenfield's career at Duke, especially in cardiology and as chair of the Dept. of Medicine.
Greenfield, Joseph C. interview, 21 February 2007
Duke Cardiovascular Databank; women in the Dept. of Medicine.
Hagen, Per-Otto interview, 1 December 1994
Halperin, Edward C. interview, 10 October 2006
Halperin, Edward C. interview, 29 May 2007
Major subjects in this interview include the role of women at Duke Medicine throughout the institution's history.
Hamilton, John H. Interview, 11 February 1966
Development of pathology in North Carolina.
Hammond, Charles B. interview, 2 June 2004
Charles B. Hammond is professor emeritus of the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University.
Major subjects in this interview include obstetrics and gynecology teaching and instruction, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, administration, faculty, students, and history of medicine in North Carolina.
Handler, Philip and James B. Wyngaarden interview, undated
Harmel, Merel H. interview, 26 May 2004
Duke Dept. of Anesthesiology
Harrell, Frank interview, 30 April 2007
Duke Cardiovascular Databank from the perspective of a biostatistician.
Harris, Donna Allen interview, 4 December 2008
Donna Allen Harris was the first African-American to graduate from the Duke University School of Nursing.
Major subjects in this interview include Harris's experiences integrating the school system in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and the Duke University School of Nursing.
Harris, Jerome Sylvan interview, 21 August 1992
Harris, Jerome Sylvan interview, 11 February 2003
Duke's early history; Dr. Harris's life and work.
Harrison, Prentiss Lee interview, 1 August 1990
Physician's Assistant history.
Harrison, Prentiss Lee interview, circa 1990
Harrison, Prentiss Lee interview, 9 May 2009
Education and career of the first African-American physican assistant.
Hart, Deryl interview, 31 March 1965
Box: AV 7.00001
Hart, Deryl interview, 1 February 1974
Reminiscences of J. Deryl Hart, president of Duke University and chairman of the Dept. of Surgery.
Hayman, Donald B., Hilda Blake, Robert L. Blake, Mary Helen Hayman, John Riebel, Geraldine Swanson, and Louis Swanson interview, 10 May 1984
Hayman, Donald B., Robert L. Blake, John Riebel, and Louis Swanson interview, 10 May 1984
Hayman, Mary Helen, Robert L. Blake, Hilda Blake, Donald B. Hayman, John Riebel, Geraldine Swanson, and Louis Swanson interview, 10 May 1984
Hetherington, Duncan Charteris interview, 26 August 1973
Heyman, Albert interview, 18 December 1985
Work at Duke - Alzheimer's Disease.
Higgins, James T. interview, 26 August 2009
Dr. Higgins's time as a member of the School of Medicine's Class of 1959.
Hill, Robert L. interview, 11 April 2005
Dr. Hill's career and perspectives at Duke.
Hlatky, Mark interview, 19 April 2007
Hodge, Katie Adams interview, 30 July 2009
Her involvement and her husband (Dr. G.B. Hodge)'s involvement in the beginnings of the Davison Club.
Hohman, Leslie interview, 30 July 1966
Hohman, Leslie, G. S. T. Cavanagh, and Bill Taylor interview, 30 July 1966
Hollinshead, W. Henry, Kenneth L. Duke, and John W. Everett interview, 19 April 1985
Howard, D. Robert interview, circa 1990
Howell, Doris interview, 12 November 2007
Doris Howell is a former member of Duke's Dept. of Pediatrics and the first woman to receive the Distinguished Duke Medical Alumni Award.
Major subjects in this interview include her experiences as a female pediatrician at Duke, in San Diego, and in Pennsylvania.
Iglehart, J. Dirk and Jeffrey R. Marks interview, 5 July 1994
Ingles, Thelma interview, 5 January 1979
History of the Duke University School of Nursing.
Nursing.
James, Inez T. interview, 27 June 1984
Joklik, Wolfgang K. interview, 15 May 2007
Jones, Mary M. interview, 29 July 2009
Her 34-year career at the Duke University Medical Center Library.
Jones, Mary, Kathy Beck, Barbara Busse, Mary Dean-Nelson, Wilma Morris, and Julie Walker interview, 17 August 2009
Jones, Robert H. interview, 14 July 1994
Career; research interests; origins and development of lab; current and future field.
Jones, Robert H. interview, 26 April 2007
His work as a cardiovascular surgeon; relevance to the Duke Cardiovascular Databank.
Katz, Samuel L. interview, 10 May 2007
Dr. Samuel L. Katz is the Wilburt Cornell Davison Professor and Chairman Emeritus of Pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center.
Major subjects in this interview include women in the field of pediatrics and specific women in Duke's Dept. of Pediatrics under his tenure.
Katz, Samuel L. interview, 26 October 2009
Dr. Katz chronicles his early medical career through his current projects. His early involvement with creating the measles vaccine structured his career around pediatric vaccinations. Now, he actively advocates vaccine public policy, stressing the "social responsibility" of citizens to be immunized in order to protect others.
Keohane, Nannerl O. interview, 26 May 2004
Dr. Keohane is a professor of political science and was president of Duke University from 1993 to 2004.
Major subjects in this interview include Duke University, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University Health System, managed health care, Ralph Snyderman, the Duke University Board of Trustees, Duke University School of Nursing, and translational medicine. Major individuals noted in this interview include Richard Brodhead, Wilburt Cornell Davison, Doris Duke, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Jean Spaulding, Mary Ann Black, and John Burness.
Kernodle, Charles interview, 30 June 2005
Dr. Kernodle's medical school experience and residency at Duke beginning in 1938.
Khachaturian, Zaven S. interview, 4 November 1985
Duke's grant for Alzheimers Disease; general background at the institutional level.
Kirshner, Norman, Leon Lack, and Athos Ottolenghi interview, 13 March 1998
Frederick and Mary (Molly) Bernheim.
Kiser, Glenn A. interview, 16 February 1998
Kishnani, Priya interview, 29 December 2010
Her research with Pompe Disease patients; discussions of being a female in medicine/science.
Klotman, Mary E. interview, 21 October 2010
Kornbluth, Sally interview, 2 November 2010
Lack, Leon, Athos Ottolenghi, and Norman Kirshner interview, 13 March 1998
Leach, Betty interview, 16 December 2004
Duke Hospital Auxiliary.
Lee, Kerry L. interview, 14 May 2007
Duke Cardiovascular Databank/Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI); biostatistics.
Lefkowitz, Robert J. interview, May 1991
Lefkowitz, Robert J. interview, 24 February 2004
Friendship with Dr. Ralph Snyderman.
Lefkowitz, Robert J. interview, 25 March 2004
Dr. Lefkowitz's work on receptors.
Lefkowitz, Robert J. interview, 6 May 2004
Generalized statements about research and the medical center.
Leight, George S. interview, 26 July 1994
Levin, L. Scott interview, 14 December 1995
Lewis, David Edmund interview, circa 1990
Lisanby, Sarah interview, 19 January 2011
Dr. Lisanby speaks about her time as chair of the Dept. of Psychiatry. She is the second female clinical chair at Duke University Medical Center.
London, William L. interview, 13 September 2006
Lyerly, H. Kim interview, 7 July 1994
Machemer, Robert interview,
Maddry, Lynn interview, circa 1965
Development of pathology in North Carolina; Health Department, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Marion, James M. interview, 24 June 1994
Markee, J. E. interview, 31 December 1968
Marks, Jeffrey R. and J. Dirk Iglehart interview, 5 July 1994
Mau, James Charles interview, circa 1990
McCarty, Gale Anne interview, 29 June 2007
Dr. Gale McCarty is the president of Rheum. Ed Consulting and an alumna of the Duke University School of Medicine.
McCauley, Edward interview, 12 September 2006
McCullough, Francis H. interview, 12 July 2005
Francis H. McCullough graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine's V-12 military program in 1943. He served as a physician during the Korean War after completing his residency in orthopedics at Duke.
Major topics include McCullough's training in the V-12 military program, his naval training, and his service in Korea.
McGovern, John P., Wilburt Cornell Davison, and Louis Swanson interview, undated
Osler Ivy planting.
McMahon, John Alexander interview, 1 February 2005
Mr. McMahon's observations of Duke, managed care and healthcare in general; Dept. of Health Administration.
McNeer, J. Frederick interview, 3 August 2007
McQueary, John James interview, circa 1990
Meriwether, Wilhelm Delano interview, 7 March 2008
Wilhelm Delano Meriwether was the first African-American to graduate from the Duke University School of Medicine.
Major subjects in this interview include Meriwether's experiences integrating the Duke University School of Medicine.
Meyers, Bill interview, 8 May 1994
Gastrointestinal Research Lab.
Meyers, Jack and Wiley Davis Forbus interview, 11 June 1955
Mittler, Brant S. interview, 4 August 2007
Moles, Stanley interview, 7 August 2009
Dr. Moles's time as a member of the School of Medicine's Class of 1959.
Montefiori, David interview, 14 July 1994
Dr. Montefiori's research and work of Humoral Immune Responses in the AIDS laboratory.
Morris, Wilma interview, 29 July 2009
Morris, Wilma, Kathy Beck, Barbara Busse, Mary Dean-Nelson, Mary Jones, and Julie Walker interview, 17 August 2009
Moses, Montrose interview, 30 November 2005
Moses, Montrose interview, 20 December 2005
Muhlestein, Brent interview, 26 March 2007
Duke Cardiovascular Databank and subsequent variations at hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Muller, William Henry interview, 28 June 2005
William Henry Muller, Jr., attended Duke University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins University and was the head of the Dept. of Surgery at the University of Virginia from 1954 to 1976.
Major subjects in this interview include Muller's recollections about student life.
Myers, Richard interview, 27 September 2006
Nahm, Helen interview, 3 January 1979
Nashold, Blaine S. interview, 13 February 2004
Blaine S. Nashold is professor emeritus of the Dept. of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery at Duke University Medical Center.
Major subjects in the interview include neurosurgery; stereotaxic techniques, history, and instrumentation; Guy L. Odom, Eugene A. Stead, and Barnes Woodhall.
Nevidjon, Brenda interview, 13 July 2005
Brenda Nevidjon is a clinical professor in Duke University's School of Nursing and former chief operating officer of Duke University Hospital.
Major subjects in this interview include Nevidjon's experiences at Duke University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as changes in the nursing profession.
Newborg, Barbara interview, 14 June 2004
Rice Diet; Dr. Walter Kempner; Dr. Newborg's career.
Newman, Paul and Cecil Wallace interview, 30 November 2004
75th anniversary history of Duke University Medical Center; health system.
Newton, George W. interview, 9 October 2008
George W. Newton was the former head of Duke's surgical instrument shop.
Major subjects in this interview include Newton's experiences at Duke University, Dr. Deryl Hart, and Newton Instrument Company.
Nichols, Joyce interview, circa 1990
Nichols, Joyce interview, 31 October 2006
Major subjects in this interview include Nichols' experiences as an African-American at Duke while studying to be a physician assistant and a licensed practical nurse, her experiences at Lincoln Community Health Center, and her struggles with the Housing Authority of Durham.
Oldham, Keith interview, 3 August 1994
Oldham, Keith interview, 3 January 1996
Osterhout, Shirley K. interview, 24 August 2004
Poison Control Center.
Childhood; undergraduate years at Duke; medical school; Duke.
Osterhout, Shirley K. interview, 8 September 2004
Poison Control Center; assistant deanship of student affairs; Dr. Osterhout's life and practice.
Ottolenghi, Athos, Norman Kirshner, and Leon Lack interview, 13 March 1998
Frederick and Mary (Molly) Bernheim
Painter, Anna Cooper interview, 20 May 2008
Pappas, Theodore N. interview, 12 May 1994
Gastroinstestinal Research Lab.
Pappas, Theodore N. interview, 11 December 1995
Pearce, Philip H. interview, 25 May 2007
Dr. Philip H. Pearce was a partner in the Durham Women's Clinic from 1967 to 2004.
Major subjects in this interview include Dr. Eleanor Easley and the Durham Women's Clinic.
Peete, Charles interview, 2 November 2004
Charles Peete was a physician in the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University.
Major subjects in this interview include F. Bayard Carter, Roy Parker, Robert A. Ross, and Duke Hospital.
Pickard, Mittie interview, 17 February 1965
Platt, Jeffrey L. interview, 30 June 1994
Poindexter, Gladys interview, 30 May 2008
Porter, Suzanne interview, 24 and 26 May 2010
Duke University Medical Center History of Medicine Collections.
Pounds, Lois interview, 3 July 2007
Lois Pounds was an assistant professor in Duke's Dept. of Pediatrics, as well as the former associate dean for medical education and director of medical school admissions.
Major subjects in this interview include Pounds' experiences as a woman at Duke University Medical Center and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Powell, III, Thomas E. interview, 8 October 2009
History of the Davison Club.
Pryor, David B. interview, 23 May 2007
Pugh-Myers, Clydie interview, 18 January 2006
Pugh-Myers's recollections of her days as member of first class of practical nurses at Duke Hospital, 1949; working as an African-American practical nurse at Duke and beyond.
Pulley, Elizabeth interview, 30 January 2007
Elizabeth "Chi" Pulley is the daughter of Dr. Susan Dees and Dr. John E. Dees.
Major subjects in this interview include Pulley's recollections of her mother, Dr. Susan Dees.
Ramo, Barry interview, 21 March 2007
Division of Cardiology; Duke Cardiovascular Databank.
Rankin, Watson S. interview, 11 January 1965
Reed, R. Lawrence interview, 29 June 1994
Reves, Joseph Gerald interview, 21 March 1995
Richardson, Jane S. interview, 9 November 2007
Jane S. Richardson is a James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry. She is known for her work with protein structures.
Major subjects in this interview include Richardson's work with her husband in the Dept. of Chemistry at MIT and the Dept. of Biochemistry at Duke University Medical Center, including her work with protein structures and her ribbon drawings.
Riebel, John interview, 3 August 2005
Riebel, John, Hilda Blake, Robert L. Blake, Donald B. Hayman, Mary Helen Hayman, Geraldine Swanson, and Louis Swanson interview, 10 May 1984
Riebel, John, Robert L. Blake, Donald Hayman, and Louis Swanson interview, 10 May 1984
Robinson, Peggy R. interview, 28 October 2009
Ms. Robinson she discusses how she got into the physician assistant field and why she has stayed in it. She also explains the roles and responsibilities of the physician assistant in today's hospitals and how she operates here at Duke. In this context, she also elaborates on what it takes to make a good physician assistant, and how Duke is training physician assistants to have these skills. With regards to the job of physician assistant, she discusses some of the history of the field, the current state and the potential future of the physician assistant as a major source of primary care. Finally, in regards to her interest in obesity and family care, she expresses her concern over the changes in the demographics and spread of obesity she has observed during her career.
Robinson, [Roscoe R.] interview, undated
Duke Hospital North.
Rosati, Robert interview, 11 May 2007
Rosenthal, Zachary interview, 2 November 2009
Dr. Rosenthal discusses the definition of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), how he became interested in BPD, his research in emotional functioning of patients with BPD, and the training of interns in the Duke Medical Psychology Internship Program.
Roses, Allen D. interview, 21 November 1985
Alzheimer's Disease.
Rutt, Charles interview, 30 August 2006
Sabiston, David C. interview, 4 May 1992
Sabiston, David C. interview, 1993-1994
Sabiston, David C. interview, 18 April 1994
Sabiston, David C. interview, 30 November 1994
Alpha Omega Alpha.
Sabiston, David C. interview, 12 May 1997
Sabiston, David C. interview, undated
Saito, Vicki Y. interview, 13 February 2004
Salerno, Dorothy interview, 5 November 2008
Her time as member of the Duke University School of Nursing class of 1940; her time in 65th General Hospital.
Saltzman, Herbert A. interview, 28 November 2005
Major subjects in this interview include Saltzman's experiences with anesthesiology and hyperbaric medicine as the director of Duke University Medical Center's F.G. Hall Lab for Environmental Research.
Schiebel, H. Max interview, 28 July 2004
Residency at Duke beginning in 1933.
Schiebel, H. Max interview, 13 September 2004
Duke, Lincoln, and Watts hospitals; surgery.
Sealy, Will C. interview, 30 May 1984
Sealy, Will C. interview, 6 June 1984
Seigler, Hilliard interview, 18 July 1994
Melanoma immunology laboratory.
Semans, James H. interview (with Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans), 20 January 2004
Dr. Semans' work in urology; contributions to the arts; perspectives of Duke.
Semans, Mary Duke Biddle Trent interview, 27 July 2006
Major subjects in this interview include Semans's experiences with health care at Duke and in Durham throughout her lifetime
Semans, Mary Duke Biddle Trent interview, 2 August 2007
Major subjects in this interview include Semans's memories of female doctors and doctors' wives at Duke.
Sharpe, Jane interview, 13 June 2008
Shingleton, William W. interview, 13 January 2004
Dr. Shingleton's thoughts on cancer and patient care.
Smith, Peter K. interview, 22 July 1994
Smith, Peter K. interview, 4 January 1996
Smitt, Julia, Leila Clark, and Dot Wilkerson interview, 5 February 1968
Snyderman, Ralph interview, 14 December 1990
Dr. Snyderman's life leading up to the time he spent at the National Institutes of Health.
Snyderman, Ralph interview, 23 March 1993
Dr. Snyderman's career from the time he left the National Institutes of Health until his time at Genentech.
Snyderman, Ralph interview, 22 April 1994
Dr. Snyderman's career from Genentech to the point when he accepts the chancellor position at Duke.
Snyderman, Ralph interview, 6 March 2003
Interview with Walter Campbell.
Snyderman, Ralph interview, 16 December 2003 and 16 January 2004
75th anniversary history; Dr. Snyderman's tenure as chancellor.
Snyderman, Ralph interview, 23 February 2004
75th anniversary history; Dr. Snyderman's tenure.
Spach, Madison Stockton interview, 8 November 2004
Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology.
Spaulding, Jean interview, 3 October 2006
Jean Spaulding is the first African-American female to graduate from the Duke University School of Medicine, a member of the Duke University Health System Board of Directors, and a member of the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors.
Major subjects in this interview include Spaulding's experiences as a woman and an African-American in Duke University's Department of Psychiatry and the Durham community, as well as her administrative roles in the Duke University Health System.
St. Geme, Joseph W. interview, 26 October 2009
Dr. St. Geme talks about his family, teaching, research, and his career as a practicing pediatrician. He also talks about playing football for Stanford and its impact on his education.
Stanhope, Bill interview, circa 1990
Stead, Eugene A. and Morton D. Bogdonoff interview, undated
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 29 September 1966
How to select a school of internship.
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 1987
Stead's life.
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 13 February and 16 February 1987
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 17 April 1987
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 10 August 1987
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 28 January 1988
Stead, Eugene A. interview, circa 1990
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 16 May 1991
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 7 June 1991
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 4 March 1992
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 1 November 1993
Soma Weiss and Peter Bent Brigham.
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 3 December 1994
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 22 July 1995
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 6 July 1997
Important people in the history of Duke and Duke in the current day.
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 30 December 2002
Dr. Stead's life and work.
Stead, Eugene A. interview, 9 January 2003
Loose ends that Dr. Stead may not have gotten on record.
Suitt, Larry interview, 7 December 2006
Durham Regional Hospital; Lincoln Hospital; merger with Watts Hospital.
Swanson, Geraldine, Hilda Blake, Robert L. Blake, Donald B. Hayman, Mary Helen Hayman, John Riebel, and Louis Swanson interview, 10 May 1984
Swanson, Louis interview, 1 February 1991
Swanson, Louis, Hilda Blake, Robert L. Blake, Donald B. Hayman, Mary Helen Hayman, John Riebel, and Geraldine Swanson, interview, 10 May 1984
Subject: Conscientious objectors/attending Civilian Public Service Unit 61 spouses.
Swanson, Louis, Robert L. Blake, Donald Hayman, and John Riebel interview, 10 May 1984
Swanson, Louis, Wilburt Cornell Davison, and John P. McGovern interview, undated
Taber, Robert interview, 25 August 2004
Office of Science and Technology.
Taylor, Bill, G. S. T. Cavanagh, and Leslie Hohman interview, 30 July 1966
Thomas, John interview, 25 November 1985
Alzheimer's Disease funding.
Treadwell, Henry Lee "Buddy" interview, 11 September 1985
Tyor, Anne Bradfield interview, 31 January 2006
Anne Bradfield Tyor graduated from the Duke University School of Dietetics in 1946. She married Dr. Malcolm P. Tyor, who was chief of the Division of Gastroenterology from 1965 to 1985.
Major topics include the role played by physicians' wives, Dr. Malcolm Tyor, the Duke University School of Medicine's class of 1946, and the Duke University School of Dietetics class of 1946.
Ungerleider, Ross interview, 22 July 1994
Van Trigt, Peter interview, 11 July 1994
Vaughn, George interview, 26 July 1994
Vieth, Roger interview, 12 August 2009
His time as a member of the School of Medicine's Class of 1959.
Vines, Hattie interview, 29 June 2011
Her 30 years working for the Duke University Medical Center Library.
Wagner, Galen S. interview, 14 February and 16 February 2007
Career; Duke Cardiovascular Databank.
Walker, Julie L. interview, 5 August 2009
Walker, Julie, Kathy Beck, Barbara Busse, Mary Dean-Nelson, Mary Jones, and Wilma Morris interview, 17 August 2009
Wallace, Cecil and Paul Newman interview, 30 November 2004 30 November 2004
Walmer, David interview, 14 May 2004
Dr. Walmer's medical trips to Haiti.
Wardell, Sarah (Sally) interview, 7 February 2012
Wardell's career at the Medical Center Library, beginning in the 1970s.
Waters, Raymond C. interview, 10 August 2009
Davison Club history.
Waters, Raymond C. interview, undated
Davison Club.
White, Lynn interview, 30 October 2009
Dr. White chronicles her career as a physician and as an academic dean. She also talks about her effort to balance her work and her family life.
Wicker, Evelyn Booker interview, 10 February 2006
Dr. Evelyn Booker Wicker held numerous positions at Duke University Hospital for more than 30 years, including director of Nursing Services for Duke Hospital South, 1978-1986; director of nursing, Division of Women's Health at Duke Hospital, 1986-1990; and director of Duke University Medical Center's Hospital Career Development Program, 1991-2000.
Major subjects in this interview include Dr. Wicker's experiences as an African-American woman during her career at Duke University Medical Center.
Widmann, Frances K. interview, 28 November 2007
Frances K. Widmann is a former director of the Durham Veterans Administration Hospital blood bank and faculty member in Duke's Department of Pathology.
Major subjects in this interview include Widmann's experiences as a woman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University Medical Center, and the Durham Veterans Administration Hospital.
Wilder, Pelham interview, 17 November 2010 and 24 November 2010
Wilfert, Catherine M. interview, 25 August 2006
Catherine M. Wilfert was chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics at the Duke University School of Medicine from 1976 until 1994. An award-winning AIDS researcher, she has done much of her work in developing countries
Major topics include Wilfert's work with AIDS patients in developing countries and the development of the anti-HIV drug AZT.
Wilkerson, Dot, Leila Clark, and Julia Smitt interview, 5 February 1968
Wilkins, Robert interview, 20 December 1995
Willett, Hilda P. interview, 21 May 2007
Hilda P. Willett was the first female in Duke's Dept. of Microbiology (now the Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology) and the first person to receive a PhD from taht department, later becoming a full professor.
Major subjects in this interview include Willett's memories of being a female in Duke's Dept. of Microbiology.
Williams, R. Sanders interview, 4 February 2004
R. Sanders Williams is a former dean of the Duke University School of Medicine. Contains audiotapes and a transcript of an oral history interview.
Major subjects in this interview include medical education and Duke University Medical Center administration.
Wilson, Joanne A. P. interview, 24 May 2007
Joanne A. P. Wilson was the second African-American woman to graduate from Duke University School of Medicine. She later became a full professor in Duke's Department of Medicine
Major subjects in this interview include Wilson's experiences as an African-American woman in the field of medicine.
Wilson, John McLean interview, 22 June 2005
Dr. Wilson's medical school experience, 1939-1942.
Wilson, Ruby Leila interview, 1 January 1991
Wilson, Ruby Leila interview, 2 December 1994
Wilson, Ruby Leila interview, 27 August 2003
Wilson, Ruby Leila interview, 21 September 2003
History of the School of Nursing.
Major subjects in this interview include Wilson's experiences as a woman leader at Duke University.
Wilson, William P. interview, 13 January 2010
Dr. Wilson's career and his memories of the Dept. of Psychiatry from its early days through 1984.
Wilson, William P. interview, 11 February 2010
Winn, Michelle interview, 8 November 2010
Wolf, Stewart interview, 2 July 1969 and 3 July 1969
Wolfe, Walter G. interview, 14 July 1994
Woodhall, Barnes interview, undated
Woodhall, Barnes interview, 1978
Wyngaarden, James B. and Philip Handler interview, undated
Wyngaarden, James B. interview, 9 April 1982
Major subjects in this interview include Duke University School of Medicine, the Department of Medicine, the research training program, National Institutes of Health, and Eugene Stead.
Wyngaarden, James B. interview, 21 March 2005
Major subjects in this interview include Wyngaarden's experiences as a physician and administrator in Duke University Medical Center's Department of Medicine and at the National Institutes of Health, including his leadership of the human genome project.
Wyngaarden, James B. interview, 17 October 2007
Yaggy, Duncan interview, 24 June 2011
His longtime DUMC/DUHS career in planning, certificate of need work, and affordable medical care.
Yaggy, Susan interview, 13 June 2007
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