Wilburt Cornell Davison papers, 1881-1972.

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Wilburt Cornell Davison papers, 1881-1972.

Collection contains correspondence, subject files, memorabilia, scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, programs, budgets, reports, deeds, poems, manuscript materials, creative writings, genealogical materials, article reprints, diplomas, 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.

78,000 items (78 linear ft.) (52 Boxes)

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Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

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Born in Ontario, Canada, Dr. Osler was received his medical from McGill University in 1872. He became Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's first professor of medicine in 1889. Author of The Principles and Practices of Medicine (1892), Osler has been celled the father of psychosomatic medicine and the "most influential physician in history." From the description of Sir William Osler press clippings, 1905-1920. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14312601 ...

Altvater, F. Vernon.

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Duke University. Medical Center

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Residential psychiatric hospital located in Asheville, N.C. and partly operated by Duke University from 1944 through 1980. From the description of Highland Hospital papers, 1934-1980. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 60812123 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. From the description of Duke Health Sector Con...

Few, W. P. (William Preston), 1867-1940

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William Preston Few was an educator, President of Trinity College from 1910-1924, and President of Duke University from 1924-1940. From the description of William Preston Few records and papers, 1814-1971 (bulk 1911-1940). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 55635814 Born in Greenville, S.C. on December 29, 1867, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Rachel Kendrick Few, William Preston Few attended Wofford College, Spartanburg S.C. (A.B., 1889), and Harva...

Davison, Wilburt Cornell, 1892-1972

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U. S. pediatrician and first dean of Duke University Medical School. From the description of Diplomas and other papers, 1887-1969. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35870432 Physician. From the description of Reminiscences of Wilburt Cornell Davison : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122619997 Pediatrician, first dean and founder of the Duke University Medical Center. From the descrip...

Lincoln Hospital (Durham, N.C.)

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Durham, N.C. hospital established in 1901 Dr. Aaron Moore, Dr. Stanford Warren, and John Merrick to serve African Americans in the area. From the description of Lincoln Hospital (Durham, N.C.) Records, 1901-1988 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 778875051 August 1901 Hospital founded by Dr. Aaron Moore, Dr. Stanford Warren, and John Merrick; opened with 50 ...

Baker, Bessie

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Dean of the Duke University School of Nursing from 1930 to 1938. From the description of Bessie Baker papers, 1930-1941. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 57559197 ...

Rockefeller Foundation

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The Rockefeller Foundation was established in May 1913 by John D. Rockefeller, by act of the New York State Legislature, "to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world". From its earliest years, several separate organizations and divisions have carried on the Foundation's work in carefully selected fields. In 1913, the International Health Board (originally the International Health Commission) was formed in order to extend the work of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradi...

Arena, Jay M.

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Professor of pediatrics and community health, founder and director of the Duke Poison Control Center. From the description of Jay M. Arena papers, 1930-1995. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 57559194 ...

Bell, William Brown, 1879-1950.

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Hanes, Elizabeth Christene, 1965-

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Peele, Talmage L., 1908-

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Alpha Omega Alpha

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Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society was founded in 1902 by William Webster Root and five other medical students at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago. Root viewed the society as a protest against "a condition which associated the name medical student with rowdyism, boorishness, immorality, and low educational ideals." Root and his fellow medical students met to form a society that would foster honesty and formulate higher ideals of scholastic achievement. From the ...

Trent, Josiah C. (Josiah Charles), 1914-1948

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U. S. thoracic surgeon. Intern in surgery at Duke Hospital from 1939 to 1940; assistant resident in general surgery at Duke from 1940 until 1944; resident in general surgery at Duke from 1944 to 1945; associate professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Duke from 1947 until his death in 1948. Married Mary Duke Biddle in 1938. From the description of Josiah C. Trent papers, 1930-1957. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 731030577 U. S. thoracic ...

Hanes, Frederic M. (Frederic Moir), 1883-1946

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Chair of the Department of Medicine at Duke University (1933-1946). Pathologist and neurologist (1931-1946). From the description of Frederic Moir Hanes papers, 1927-1968. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 57559276 ...

American medical association

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American Hospital Association.

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Allen, George Garland, 1874-1960

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Association of American Medical Colleges

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The Association of American Medical Colleges is a non-profit association founded in 1876 to work for reform in medical education. Originally representing only medical schools, the Association now comprises the 125 accredited U.S. medical schools, the 16 accredited Canadian medical schools, 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, 90 academic and professional societies representing nearly 100,000 faculty members, and the nation's medical students and residents. Additionally,...

Perlzweig, William Alexander, b. 1891.

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Forbus, Wiley D. (Wiley Davis), 1894-1976

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Professor and chair of the Department of Pathology at Duke University (1930-1960). From the description of Wiley D. Forbus papers, 1925-1973. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 57559252 ...

Penfield, Wilder, 1891-1976

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Wilder Penfield was a research scientist, neurosurgeon and writer. He was a student of William Osler in England. In 1934, he founded and became the first Director of McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute. From the description of [Collected reprints of Wilder Penfield] 1930-1970 (Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas Medical Center). WorldCat record id: 318820159 ...

Davison, Wilburt Cornell, 1892-1972

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U. S. pediatrician and first dean of Duke University Medical School. From the description of Diplomas and other papers, 1887-1969. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35870432 Physician. From the description of Reminiscences of Wilburt Cornell Davison : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122619997 Pediatrician, first dean and founder of the Duke University Medical Center. From the descrip...

Semans, Mary Duke Biddle Trent

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Interviewee married James H. Semans; interviewee b.1920. From the description of Reminiscences of Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597351 Member of the Duke family and a female philanthropic leader in health care at Duke and in the Durham community. From the description of Oral history interview with Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, 2007. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: ...

Duke University. School of Medicine

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Hart, Deryl, b. 1894.

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Julian Deryl Hart (1894-1980), was Professor and Chairman of the Dept. of Surgery at Duke University from 1930-1960 and President of the University from 1960-1963. From the description of J. Deryl Hart records, 1959-1980 (bulk 1960-1963). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 55635815 ...

Society for Pediatric Research (U.S.)

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Rankin, Watson S. (Watson Smith), 1879-1970

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Professor of pathology; dean of Wake Forest Medical School; secretary of the N.C. State Board of Health; director of the Hospital and Orphan Section of the Duke Endowment. From the description of Papers, 1901-1970. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32604700 Watson smith Rankin was a Professor of Pathology; Dean of Wake Forest Medical School; Secretary of the N.C. State Board of Health; and Director of the Hospital and Orphan Section of the Duke Endowment. ...