Medicine in Durham and Duke University

These papers are particularly rich in documentation of women in medicine and women's medical education in the second half of the nineteenth century and the Freedmen's schools in the Reconstruction South.

The collection documents, in part, the work of Mrs. Scarborough to provide effective and healthy daycare for African-American children in Durham, N.C.

President of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1923-1952. NC Mutual is the oldest currently active African American-owned insurance company in the United States, founded in 1898 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Spanning the period of 1917 to 2004, the Charles DeWitt Watts Papers contain files related to Watts's education, family, community activities, centered in Durham, N.C., and his career as a surgeon, administrator, and trustee on several boards.

Lincoln Hospital was a Durham hospital established in 1901 by Dr. Aaron Moore, Dr. Stanford Warren and John Merrick to serve African Americans in the area. The Lincoln Hospital Records primarily comprise the institution's administrative and medical files.

The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Archives documents the development of N.C. Mutual in Durham, N.C., and contributes to the historic record on African American businesses and entrepreneurship in the South and in the United States.

Collection contains an interview of Asa Spaulding conducted by Dr. John E. Fleming. Fleming was a research assistant for Spaulding's autobiography.

The papers includes a set of 29 audio cassettes of oral interview recordings conducted by Howard, with local individuals such as Wense Grabarek, Vivian McCoy, Floyd McKissick, Conrad Pearson, Jake Phelps, Ben Ruffin, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans.

Dr. Richard Payne (1951-2019) was a physician and researcher known for his work in pain management, palliative care, bioethics, neuro-oncology, medicine and spirituality, and end-of-life issues for African-Americans. The collection consists of his professional materials, writings and presentations, academic materials, personal materials, and medical objects.

This LibGuide, from The John Hope Franklin Research Center and affiliated collecting areas in the Rubenstein Library, holds many collections that document and highlight this rich history of the African American community in Durham, NC.

The Asa and Elna Spaulding Papers, 1909-1997 and undated, bulk 1935-1983, document an African American family's lifelong involvement in the business, political, educational, religious, and social life of Durham, N.C.

Black educator, journalist, and reformer from Raleigh, North Carolina. he material discusses and illuminates the problems experienced by emancipated blacks during Reconstruction and into the early 20th century, encompassing agriculture, business, race relations, reconstruction, education, politics, voting rights, and economic improvement for African Americans. Other topics include Durham and Raleigh, N.C. history.