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Title: Durham-Orange County Medical Society Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1925-1992
Extent of Materials: 3 linear feet
Location: Shelf 27, office
Date of Accession: 31-Jan-07
Donor: Jack Hughes, Harvey Estes
Processor: Todd Johnson
Scope and Content: The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence to and from the society’s officers between 1929 and 1975. Of particular interest are items related to pioneering public health work, child abuse, sex abuse, impacts of World War II on the medical community, integration of the Society, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis,  AIDS education, hospitals, physical fitness, the American Cancer Society, free clinics/health screening, tuberculosis, and a Vietnam War protest by Duke University medical students. There is also a narrative history of medical practice in Durham and Orange counties covering the period 1849 to 1992. 
Restrictions: The collection is open for research
Biographical/Historical Note: Orange County physicians and surgeons formed a medical society in 1903, and it was chartered by the state medical society in 1904. A Durham County society was formed and admitted into the state society in 1905. The two societies merged in 1914 with a membership of 38, mainly Durham practitioners. 
Container List: Box Description Years Autographs
6 American Medical Association 1963-1965, n.d.
5 Child/Sex Abuse Task Force, prevention efforts 1984-1985
1 Circulars c. 1930/1940
1 Clippings c. 1930/1940
6 Committees 1948, 1966, 1983-1984
6 Constitution/By-laws
3 Correspondence 1968 Ader, O. L.
1 Correspondence 1932 Allen, Opal
3 Correspondence 1966 Anlyan, William G.
2 Correspondence 1944 Arena, Jay M.
2 Correspondence 1951-1952 Arnold, Ralph
2 Correspondence 1950 Atwater, Jodie
3 Correspondence 1962 Aull, George H., Jr.
2 Correspondence 1943 Bailey, Josiah W.
1 Correspondence 1941 Balcom, Millicent Rogers  (Mrs. Ronald B.)
3 Correspondence 1959 Bardin, R. M.
2 Correspondence 1952 Barker, Creighton
2 Correspondence 1949 Barnes, James T.
2 Correspondence 1950-1951, 1954-1957
3 Correspondence 1959-1961, 1964-1965, 1968 
4 Correspondence 1969 Barnes, James T.
2 Correspondence 1943 Berryhill, W. R.
4 Correspondence 1971 Berryhill, W. Reece
2 Correspondence 1954 Blalock, Tully T.
1 Correspondence 1935 Booker, Lyle S.
1 Correspondence 1937 Bost, Annie K.
1 Correspondence 1937 Bostic, W. C.
2 Correspondence 1955 Boutwell, Annette S.
2 Correspondence 1952-1953
1 Correspondence 1942 Bowles, F. Norman
1 Correspondence 1935 Bowling, E. H.
3 Correspondence 1968 Boyce, H. Spurgeon
5 Correspondence 1984 Brame, Robert G.
2 Correspondence 1953 Branson, Elizabeth
2 Correspondence 1955, 1957 Bugg, Everett I., Jr.
3 Correspondence 1966 Bugg, Everett I., Jr.
1 Correspondence 1930 Bullitt, James B.
2 Correspondence 1951, 1954
4 Correspondence 1970 Burch, Mary Jane
3 Correspondence 1965 Caldwell, Jesse
1 Correspondence 1942 Campbell, Arthur Samuel
1 Correspondence 1938 Carrington, George L.
2 Correspondence 1956-1957 Cates, Rheudelle T.
1 Correspondence 1934 Caveness, Z. M.
3 Correspondence 1967 Cheek, John M.
5 Correspondence 1975 Citron, David S.
3 Correspondence 1967 Clay, Elizabeth
1 Correspondence 1941 Cobb, Donnell B.
1 Correspondence 1938 Colwell, C. W.
1 Correspondence 1939 Cooper(?), Derwin
2 Correspondence 1943 Cooper, G. M.
1 Correspondence 1932, 1934-1936 Coppridge, W. M.
1 Correspondence 1942 Coppridge, W. M.
1 Correspondence 1935 Corbett, Clarence L.
2 Correspondence 1953 Cranford, W. E.
1 Correspondence 1940 Crawford, E. B.
4 Correspondence 1971 Cromartie, William J.
2 Correspondence 1945 Currie, Claude
2 Correspondence 1952 Currie, Claude
1 Correspondence 1931 Darden, O. B.
3 Correspondence 1966 Davis, James E.
1 Correspondence 1935-1936 Davis, Stephen W.
1 Correspondence 1935, 1938 Davison, Wilburt C.
1 Correspondence 1935 Donnell, Clyde
2 Correspondence 1943 Durham, Carl T.
2 Correspondence 1954 Durham, Carl T.
1 Correspondence 1940-1942 Eagle, Watt W.
5 Correspondence 1984 Easterling, William E., Jr.
2 Correspondence 1954 Edgerton, Ann
3 Correspondence 1962 Enlow, Robert A.
1 Correspondence 1942 Epperson, J. H.
2 Correspondence 1945 Epperson, J. H.
2 Correspondence 1955, 1957 Epperson, J. H.
2 Correspondence 1956 Ervin, Sam J., Jr.
3 Correspondence 1964-1966, 1968 Estes, E. Harvey
4 Correspondence 1970-1971 Estes, E. Harvey
3 Correspondence 1963 Evans, E. J.
1 Correspondence 1942 Ferguson, George B.
2 Correspondence 1943 Ferguson, George B.
2 Correspondence 1949 Fitzgerald, Robert G.
5 Correspondence 1990 Fleming, Barbara
2 Correspondence 1957 Fleming, Ralph G.
3 Correspondence 1959 Fleming, Ralph G.
3 Correspondence 1963-1964 Fleming, William L.
5 Correspondence 1975 Fondren, Frank B., Jr.
2 Correspondence 1955 Forbus, Wiley D.
1 Correspondence 1942 Forrest, D. Efland
3 Correspondence 1968 Frey, James L.
3 Correspondence 1967 Fugate, Wat
3 Correspondence 1968 Fuller, H. Fleming
2 Correspondence 1957 Gardner, Clarence E., Jr.
5 Correspondence 1974 Gardner, Tommy
2 Correspondence 1945 Gillespie, Frank S.
3 Correspondence 1963 Glasson, John
3 Correspondence 1968 Goodwin, James O.
1 Correspondence 1935 Gorham, Herbert J.
3 Correspondence 1959 Grabarek, R. W.
3 Correspondence 1968 Grabarek, R. W.
4 Correspondence 1972 Graham, William A.
2 Correspondence 1943 Gruber, Mittie
2 Correspondence 1949 Gunter, J. U.
3 Correspondence 1964 Hall, Kenneth D.
2 Correspondence 1954, 1958 Ham, George C.
5 Correspondence 1988 Hamilton, John D.
3 Correspondence 1967 Hannen, Lew
1 Correspondence 1934 Hansen-Pruss, Frances
3 Correspondence 1965 Harden, John
2 Correspondence 1954-1957 Harms, Lucy
3 Correspondence 1959 Harms, Lucy
2 Correspondence 1946-1947 Harris, Isaac E. 
1 Correspondence 1940, 1942 Harris, Isaac E., Jr.
2 Correspondence 1954 Harris, Isaac E., Jr.
2 Correspondence 1956 Hart, Deryl
5 Correspondence 1984 Hawkins, Ralph
1 Correspondence 1933 Hayes, R. B.
1 Correspondence 1940-1942 Haywood, Hubert B.
3 Correspondence 1962 Heacox, Maynard L.
2 Correspondence 1946 Hedgpeth, E. McG.
5 Correspondence 1976 Henderson-James, Douglas
1 Correspondence 1934 Herman, Charles B.
2 Correspondence 1943 Herndon, E. M.
3 Correspondence 1964 Hill, George Watts
4 Correspondence 1969, 1972-1973 Hilliard, William N.
5 Correspondence 1984 Hilliard, William N.
1 Correspondence 1941 Holloway, R. L.
4 Correspondence 1969 Hoover, Eddie L.
1 Correspondence 1942 Horack, Harold M.
4 Correspondence 1970 Horton, John
2 Correspondence 1954 Hubbard, Fred C.
3 Correspondence 1968 Hughes, I. Harding, Jr.
2 Correspondence 1958 Hughes, Jack
3 Correspondence 1959, 1961-1963, 1965 Hughes, Jack
4 Correspondence 1969 Hughes, Jack
5 Correspondence 1975 Hughes, Jack
3 Correspondence 1964 Huntley, Robert R.
2 Correspondence 1955 James, W. D.
1 Correspondence 1935 Jennings, Casper W.
1 Correspondence 1936 Johnson, C. B.
4 Correspondence 1971 Johnson, George, Jr.
1 Correspondence 1934, 1938 Johnson, Wingate M.
1 Correspondence 1935 Jones, Randolph, Jr.
1 Correspondence 1935, 1938-1939 Jones, Thomas T.
1 Correspondence 1942 Jones, Thomas T.
2 Correspondence 1955, 1958 Jones, Thomas T.
3 Correspondence 1963 Jones, Thomas T.
5 Correspondence 1982-1983, 1985 Joyner, Raymond E.
1 Correspondence 1942 Kempner, Walter
2 Correspondence 1943 Kempner, Walter
3 Correspondence 1967-1968 Kenan, Patrick D.
4 Correspondence 1969-1970 Kenan, Patrick D.
5 Correspondence 1988 Kenan, Patrick D.
1 Correspondence 1937 Kilgore, Eugene S.
1 Correspondence 1934 King, H. L.
5 Correspondence 1975 King, LaRue A.
1 Correspondence 1937-1938 Knox, J. C.
2 Correspondence 1949 Koonce, Donald B.
1 Correspondence 1935 Kovacs, Richard
2 Correspondence 1954 Kuhlmann, A. J.
1 Correspondence 1937 Kutscher, G. W.
1 Correspondence 1933, 1935 Langston, A. E.
1 Correspondence 1933 Lawrence, George H.
4 Correspondence 1970 Levine, Ronald H.
2 Correspondence 1951 Lindsay, Robert B.
2 Correspondence 1949 Littman, Donald S.
4 Correspondence 1969 Lloyd, Betsy A.
2 Correspondence 1954 London, Arthur  
1 Correspondence 1941 London, Arthur H.
5 Correspondence 1980 London, William L.
1 Correspondence 1937-1938, 1940 Long, T. W. M.
2 Correspondence 1946 Loranz, C. P.
2 Correspondence 1951 Lull, George F.
1 Correspondence 1929 MacConnell, John W.
1 Correspondence 1935 MacNider, William deB.
4 Correspondence 1970 Mainer, Dan I.
1 Correspondence 1930, 1936 Mangum, Charles S.
1 Correspondence 1933-1936 Manning, I. H.
1 Correspondence 1941 Manning, Isaac H., Jr.
2 Correspondence 1958 Manning, Isaac H., Jr.
5 Correspondence 1980 Mayer, Eugene S.
3 Correspondence 1964 Mayes, W. F.
2 Correspondence 1949 McAller, Charles F., Jr.
1 Correspondence 1930-1931, 1933-1937 McBrayer, L. B.
1 Correspondence 1934 McCain, P. P.
5 Correspondence 1976 McDevitt, Noel B.
3 Correspondence 1965 McIntosh, Henry D.
1 Correspondence 1937 McKay, Hamilton W.
1 Correspondence 1935 McLeod, N. H.
1 Correspondence 1941-1942 McMillan, Roscoe D.
2 Correspondence 1943-1947 McMillan, Roscoe D.
2 Correspondence 1946 McNeill, Louise J.
1 Correspondence 1934 McPherson, S. D.
1 Correspondence 1941-1942 McPherson, S. D.
2 Correspondence 1955 McPherson, S. D.
2 Correspondence 1945-1946 Menefee, E. E., Jr.
3 Correspondence 1967 Monson, Donald M.
1 Correspondence 1941 Morehead, J. Lathrop
4 Correspondence 1970 Morris, Carl R.
2 Correspondence 1946 Murdoch, James W.
5 Correspondence 1975, 1984, 1990 Nance, Mrs. Jerry H.
5 Correspondence 1975 Newell, Josephine E.
2 Correspondence 1952, 1955 Nicholson, W. M.
1 Correspondence 1935 Northington, James M.
2 Correspondence 1955-1956 Norton, J. W. R.
3 Correspondence 1964 Nuckolls, James G.
1 Correspondence 1933 O'Berry, Annie L.
2 Correspondence 1945 Ohlson, Grace K.
5 Correspondence 1985 Paris, Bryant D., Jr.
5 Correspondence 1974 Parker, Fred
3 Correspondence 1960 Parker, Roy T.
4 Correspondence 1969-1970 Patterson, Hubert C.
1 Correspondence 1938 Pearse, Richard L.
3 Correspondence 1961 Peede, William P. J.
1 Correspondence 1940 Perrow, James B. S.
1 Correspondence 1938 Perry, W. C.
1 Correspondence 1942 Persons, Elbert L.
3 Correspondence 1968 Persons, Elbert L.
2 Correspondence 1944 Phillips, Coy T.
4 Correspondence 1972 Phillips, Harry T.
4 Correspondence 1972 Pickard, C. Glenn, Jr.
5 Correspondence 1974 Pickard, C. Glenn, Jr.
1 Correspondence 1941 Pollard, Forrest A.
1 Correspondence 1941 Powell, Albert H.
1 Correspondence 1941 Pratt, John M.
2 Correspondence 1954 Pugh, Charles H.
3 Correspondence 1962 Raiford, Frank P.
2 Correspondence 1949 Rankin, Pressley R., Jr.
1 Correspondence 1940 Ravenel, S. F.
2 Correspondence 1945 Remington, John W.
1 Correspondence 1934 Reynolds, Carl V.
1 Correspondence 1939 Reynolds, Robert R.
2 Correspondence 1943 Reynolds, Robert R.
2 Correspondence 1943, 1949 Rich, William M.
3 Correspondence 1959 Richardson, W. P.
2 Correspondence 1955 Roberts, Marie
1 Correspondence 1934 Roberts, Marion
1 Correspondence 1938 Robertson, J. F.
1 Correspondence 1937 Rosenau, M. J.
1 Correspondence 1934 Ross, Robert A.
1 Correspondence 1937 Ross, Ruby
2 Correspondence 1956 Rousseau, James P.
1 Correspondence 1938 Rueger, William 
2 Correspondence 1950 Ruffin, Julian
2 Correspondence 1953-1954 Rundles, Wayne
3 Correspondence 1967 Sabiston, David C., Jr.
2 Correspondence 1952 Schiebel, H. M.
4 Correspondence 1971-1972 Schiebel, Nancy
2 Correspondence 1956 Scott, W. Kerr
1 Correspondence 1931 Seawell, Edward C.
2 Correspondence 1958 Semans, James H.
5 Correspondence 1974 Sessions, John T., Jr.
1 Correspondence 1935 Shands, A. R., Jr.
5 Correspondence 1984 Sheaffer, Charles I.
2 Correspondence 1954-1955 Shingleton, William W.
3 Correspondence 1967 Shingleton, William W.
2 Correspondence 1958 Shuford, Jacob H.
5 Correspondence 1985 Silberman, Harold R.
3 Correspondence 1968 Silver, Donald
1 Correspondence 1938 Sloop, Mary Martin
1 Correspondence 1935-1936 Smith, Annie T.
1 Correspondence 1941 Smith, D. T.
2 Correspondence 1944 Smith, Marion G.
2 Correspondence 1951 Smith, Willis
1 Correspondence 1934 Snyder, Dwight
5 Correspondence 1988 Spangler, Ernest B.
2 Correspondence 1943 Stainbrook, Elizabeth S.
2 Correspondence 1945 Stanford, Lois Foote
2 Correspondence 1945 Stanford, Mary McIver
2 Correspondence 1950 Stead, Eugene A., Jr.
3 Correspondence 1964 Stockbridge, George M.
1 Correspondence 1937 Strosnider, C. F. 
3 Correspondence 1968 Styron, Charles W.
4 Correspondence 1970 Sumner, Nancy C.
2 Correspondence 1955 Taylor, Isaac M.
2 Correspondence 1951 Thomas, James V.
4 Correspondence 1969 Thomas, Walter L.
4 Correspondence 1972 Turner, Larry
3 Correspondence 1964 Vance, Rick
2 Correspondence 1954 Vernon, Charles R.
1 Correspondence 1937 Walker, Ethel R.
1 Correspondence 1933 Watkins, George T., Jr.
1 Correspondence 1933 Watkins, William M.
2 Correspondence 1950-1951 Watson, George A.
3 Correspondence 1965 Watson, George A.
3 Correspondence 1962 Watts, C. D.
1 Correspondence 1936 Weede, Fred L.
2 Correspondence 1954 Wells, Warner
3 Correspondence 1968 Welton, David G.
3 Correspondence 1962 Whitefield, Jane
3 Correspondence 1965 Wiese, Mary
2 Correspondence 1954 Willis, H. S.
2 Correspondence 1949 Wilson, W. Howard
3 Correspondence 1963 Woodhall, Barnes
2 Correspondence 1954 Worth, Betty
3 Correspondence 1968 Worth, Thomas C.
2 Correspondence 1949 Young, Gilbert F.
4 Correspondence re: Duke students against Vietnam War 1970
5 Correspondence re: Selective Service registration 1952 Baker, Lenox D.
5 Correspondence re: Selective Service registration 1954 Barnes, James T.
5 Correspondence re: Selective Service registration 1952-1953 Berryhill, W. R.
5 Correspondence re: Selective Service registration 1953-1957 Gardner, Clarence E., Jr.
5 Correspondence re: Selective Service registration 1952 Greer, Joseph P.
5 Correspondence re: Selective Service registration 1951-1956 Paschal, George W., Jr.
5 Correspondence re: Selective Service registration 1951-1953 Persons, Elbert L.
5 Correspondence re: Selective Service registration 1952 Rich, William M.
5 Correspondence re: Selective Service registration 1956-1957 Slaunwhite, O. S.
5 Correspondence re: Selective Service registration 1953 Womack, Nathan A.
5 Correspondence re: Selective Service registration 1952-1953 Wright, John J.
5 Fee schedules, correspondence re: fees 1925, 1941-1955
6 History of Durham/Orange medical societies 1849-1992
1 List of N.C. Medical Society members in WWII service 1942
1 Membership records c. 1930/1940
6 Membership rosters 1935-1939, 1947-1957
6 Newsletters 1974-1979, 1990-1992
6 North Carolina Medical Association 1956-1965
1 Notes c. 1930/1940
6 Obituaries 1935-1987
6 Officers - lists 
6 Racial integration of Durham-Orange/State societies 1954-1965
1 Reports c. 1930/1940