Duke Medical Center Archives August 2025 Archive

This is the third post in a three-part series about Dr. Eugene A. Stead Jr. (1908-2005), professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine from 1947 to 1967. To spotlight the addition to and reprocessing of the Eugene A. Stead Jr. Papers, this post will discuss how the Archives preserved the scrapbooks and the steps we took to maintain context while separating materials for preservation.

The first post introduces Stead, highlighting his accomplishments and career.

The second… MORE

Category: Collection Spotlight

This is the second post in a three-part series about Dr. Eugene A. Stead Jr. (1908-2005), professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine from 1947 to 1967. To spotlight the addition to and reprocessing of the Eugene A. Stead Jr. Papers, this post will delve into Stead’s family life contained in the scrapbooks and family albums recently added to the collection, which document the history of the Stead family and illustrate the guiding influence Stead’s family life had on the work he did every day.

The first post introduces Stead,… MORE

Category: Collection Spotlight

This is the first post in a three-part series about Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. (1908-2005), professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine from 1947 to 1967. To spotlight the addition to and reprocessing of the Eugene A. Stead Jr. Papers, this post introduces Stead, highlighting his accomplishments and career, and honors his role in beginning the physician assistant program at Duke University, the first in the nation, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. 

The second post delves into Stead’s family life. In 2020, the Archives received an addition from the Physician Assistant Historical Society of mostly… MORE

Category: Collection Spotlight