Black History at Duke Health

While the materials on this page provide a good starting point for researching African American history at Duke Medicine, you may also want to review our collections. Visit our website to see the complete Collections Listing. You also may search the contents of these collections by using the search box in the upper right hand corner of any page on the Archives site (be sure to select the "Finding Aids" tab).

To the left: Customers wait in line at a Duke Hospital cashier's window. Part of the Photograph Collection, and also available at MEDSpace.

Materials relevant to the history of African Americans at Duke Medicine may be found in several collections at the Medical Center Archives. Below is a selection of recommended archival materials. While these materials are not available online, we encourage you to contact the Archives to learn more or make an appointment to view items.

• Barnes Woodhall Papers, Box 5, "Integration Policy, 1960-1962"
• William G. Anlyan Papers, Box 8, "Dean's Committee on Black Affairs, 1987"; Box 15, "Minority Recruitment, 1986"; Box 129, "First Annual Meeting of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Duke, 1989"
• Physician Assistant Program Records, Box 1, "Minority Student Recruitment, 1969-1975," Box 2, "Minority Affairs, 1987-1993," Box 16, "Rotations, Opportunities for Blacks, 1972"
• Richard Lyman Papers, Box 1, "African American Employees, 1940-1942"; Box 3, "Negroes, Address to N.C. College"
• Thomas D. Kinney Papers, Box 5, "Black Students Organize, 1972"
• Medical Center Library Records, "Tea with Trailblazers, 2006-2011"

To the right: 1960 letter by School of Medicine Dean Dr. Barnes Woodhall concerning segregation at the Medical Center. Part of the Barnes Woodhall Papers.