Duke University Medical Center Archives

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.