Archival & Historical Research: Other Resources

Recommended books about the history of the medical center, organized by publication date.

• The First Twenty Years: A History of the Duke University Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Services, & Duke Hospital, 1930-1950, by Duke University Medical Center (1951)

• The First Forty Years at Duke in Surgery and the P.D.C., by Deryl Hart (1971)

• The Evolution of a Medical Center: A History of Duke Medicine to 1941, by James F. Gifford (1972)

• Stones, Bricks, & Faces: A Walking Guide to Duke University, by Marguerite E. Schumann, (1976)

• Davison of Duke: His Reminiscences, by Wilburt C. Davison (1980)

• Foundations for Excellence: 75 Years of Duke Medicine, by Walter Campbell (2006)

• Magic of Medicine at Duke: A History in Our Own Words, by R. Sanders William (2009)

• History of Medicine Finding Aids Consortium This website allows you to search 3,600 finding aids from 35 institutions that specialize in the history of medicine.

• Directory of History of Medicine Collections The U.S. National Library of Medicine's listing of medical libraries and archives throughout the U.S. and Europe.

• ArchiveGrid With over four million records describing archival materials, ArchiveGrid helps researchers discover primary source materials.

Joseph Beard instructing students or residents in the canine surgery teaching laboratory, date unknown

Part of the Photograph Collection