Inventory of the Lincoln Hospital (Durham, N.C.) Records, 1901-1998 and undated
[top]Descriptive Summary
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Creator
Lincoln Hospital (Durham, N.C.)
Title
Lincoln Hospital (Durham, N.C.) Records, 1901-1998 and undated
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
19.9 Linear Feet
7654 Items
Abstract
7654 Items
Hospital for African-Americans.
Collection primarily comprises the institution's administrative and medical files. The administrative records document the hospital's administrative history (bulk 1950-1976), primarily in files maintained by the hospital superintendents, especially Larry T. Suitt (1963-1977). The medical records (1925-1983 and undated) include obstetrical, surgical, discharge, and death records. The collection as a whole documents the biracial cooperation that was involved in establishing, running, and maintaining the institution, and outlines the collaboration between Lincoln Hospital, Watts Hospital, and the Duke University School of Medicine in providing patient care as well as education for African-American medical professionals. The medical records also demonstrate the emphasis superintendents placed on general record-keeping, statistics, and the documentation of a patient's medical history. Included is a Duke Endowment series that documents the funds the Endowment distributed annually to assist the hospital in meeting costs incurred by charity cases, equipment, and renovations. There are only a few items dated after the merger in 1976 and only one file regarding the institution's School of Nursing.
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lincoln Hospital (Durham, N.C.) Records, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Lincoln Hospital (Durham, N.C.) Records were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a
transfer in 2003.
Processing Information
Processed by Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library staff and student assistants, June 2004
Encoded by Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library staff and student assistants, August 2004
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Historical Note
| 1901 August |
Hospital opened with 50 beds, admitting patients regardless
of their ability to pay
Founded by Dr. Aaron Moore, Dr. Stanford Warren, and John
Merrick
Washington Duke covered construction costs and provided an
initial $5,000 endowment
|
| 1901-1923 | Dr. Aaron Moore served as hospital superintendent |
| 1922 | Original facility burned down |
| 1923-1934 | Dr. Charles Shepard served as hospital superintendent |
| 1925 | Second Lincoln Hospital opened |
| 1934-1959 | William Rich served as hospital superintendent |
| 1960-1967 | Frank W. Scott served as hospital superintendent |
| 1967-1968 | Ronald C. Foreman served as hospital superintendent |
| 1968-1976 | Larry T. Suitt served as hospital superintendent |
| 1976 Sept. 25 | Hospital closed |
| 1976 | Lincoln Hospital merged with the Durham County Hospital Corporation |
Collection Overview
The Lincoln Hospital (Durham, N.C.) Records, 1901-1998 and undated (bulk
1930-1976), primarily comprise the institution's administrative and medical
files. The administrative records document the hospital’s administrative
history (bulk 1950-1976), primarily in files maintained by the hospital
superintendents, especially Larry T. Suitt (1963-1977). The medical records
(1925-1983 and undated) include obstetrical, surgical, discharge, and death
records. The collection as a whole documents the biracial cooperation that was
involved in establishing, running, and maintaining the institution, and
outlines the collaboration between Lincoln Hospital, Watts Hospital, and the
Duke University School of Medicine in providing patient care as well as
education for African-American medical professionals. The medical records also
demonstrate the emphasis superintendents placed on general record-keeping,
statistics, and the documentation of a patient’s medical history. Included is a
Duke Endowment series that documents the funds the Endowment distributed
annually to assist the hospital in meeting costs incurred by charity cases,
equipment, and renovations. There are only a few items dated after the merger
in 1976 and only one file regarding the institution’s School of Nursing.
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Subject Headings
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- Suitt, Larry T.
- Duke Endowment.
- Duke University. School of Medicine.
- Lincoln Hospital (Durham, N.C.)
- Watts Hospital (Durham, N.C.)
- African American physicians-—North Carolina.
- African Americans--Health and hygiene.
- African Americans—-Hospital care.
- African Americans—-Medical care.
- African Americans—-Medicine.
- African Americans in the professions.
- Health services accessibility—United States.
- Hospitals--North Carolina.
- Medical care--Utilization—United States.
- Durham (N.C.)--History.
Related Material
Duke Endowment Archives Records, 1902-ongoing (bulk 1920s-1990s)
Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Detailed Description of Collection
Hospital Administrator's Files Series, 1963-1977 and n.d (bulk 1968-1976)
(1650 items, 2.6 linear feet)
Box 1
Joint Executive Committee,
1976
Medical Staff Minutes,
1968-1975 and undated
(2 folders)
Loose material,
undated
Joint Executive Committee,
1975-1976
Medical Staff Minutes,
1972-1973 and
undated
Executive Committee DCHC,
1976
Development Committee,
1975
Executive Committee DCHC,
1976
Planning Committee DCHC,
1963-1975 (bulk
1975)
Planning Committee,
1974-1975
Building and Grounds Committee,
1976
Planning Committee,
1975 and undated
Education Committee DCHC,
1975-1976
DCH Corporation,
1975-1976 and
undated
Box 2
Executive Council Committee,
1975-1976 and
undated
(2 folders)
Filing System Materials,
ca. 1973
Executive Council Committee,
1975
Bylaws,
1975
(4 folders)
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting,
1968-1973, 1976 and
undated
(2 folders)
Economic Stabilization Program Bulletins,
1973-1974
(2 folders)
Education Committee, Education Sub-Committee, Executive
Committee,
1972-1975
(folder 1 of 3)
Box 3
Education Committee, Education Sub-Committee, Executive
Committee,
1972-1975
(folders 2-3 of 3)
Revised Bylaws, Rules and Regulations,
ca. 1970
Lincoln Log and Miscellaneous,
1970-1972
Hospital and Medical Staff Laws and Bylaws,
ca. 1975
(3 folders)
[Includes a Quality Review Center Seminar on the Accountability
of Health Care Providers; Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals]
Durham County Hospital Corporation Development
Committee,
1975
Pension Committee, Trustee Development, Ad Hoc Committee
Trustees, Joint Conference,
1973-1975
(2 folders)
Building, Grounds Planning Committee,
1973-1975 and
undated
(2 folders)
Finance Committee,
1975-1977
(folder 1 of 5)
Box 4
Finance Committee,
1975-1977
(folders 2-5 of 5)
Board of Trustees Loose Materials,
1975-1976
(4 folders)
Board of Trustees,
1971-1975
(folders 1-3 of 5)
[Includes some Data Processing Steering Committee Minutes,
1974-1975]
Box 5
Board of Trustees,
1971-1975
(folders 4-5 of 5)
[Includes some Data Processing Steering Committee Minutes,
1974-1975]
Data Processing Steering Committee,
1973-1975 and
undated
Medical Staff Reports,
1969-1973 and
undated
(2 folders)
Administrative Office Files Series, 1917-1989 (bulk 1930-1976)
(2925 items, 4.6 linear feet)
Box 6
School of Nursing,
1953-1973
Minutes,
1935-1940
(2 folders)
Miscellaneous Records,
1922-1939
(2 folders)
Lincoln Charter,
1917, 1943-1956
Deed giving over Lincoln Hospital land to County of
Durham,
1950
Federal Works Administration,
1943
Deeds and Lincoln Charters,
1940s and 1950s
Board of Trustees,
1943-1973
Lincoln Hospital Log,
1968
Needs,
1971-1973 and
undated
Periodicals,
1960-1965
Publicity,
1951-1961
Women's Auxilliary,
1954-1976
Directors' Correspondence,
1950-1969
Staff Notes,
1948-1957, 1975
(4 folders)
Building Committee's Report,
1948-1953
Box 7
Publicity (periodicals),
1948-1956
Executive Committee,
1967-1983
(2 folders)
Staff Reports,
1971-1975
Medical Staff Minutes,
1968, 1972-1976
(2 folders)
Staff Reports,
1967-1972
Staff Notes,
1973-1976
(5 folders)
DCHC Personal Policy Manual,
1989
(2 folders)
Box 8
Annual Reports: Lincoln Hospital, Lincoln School of
Nursing,
1923-1924
[Includes annual finance reports and nursing school admissions
and superintendent's recommendations for coming year]
Board of Trustees: Durham County Hospital Corporation,
1974-1976
(4 folders)
[Includes 1972-1973 Lincoln Hospital Utility Report]
Employment and Training,
1974-1976
City of Durham,
1961-1976
(2 folders)
[Includes utilities, fire code, complaints]
Durham Advisory Committee,
1973-1974
Dedication Ceremonies,
1952-1953
(2 folders)
N.C. Medical Care Commission, Raleigh, Quarterly
Meeting,
December 18,
1953
Lincoln Hospital, Lincoln Hospital Report,
circa 1941,
1966
Box 9
Comprehensive Health Center,
circa 1964
(2 folders)
Fire Safety and Regulations,
circa 1961-1967
North Carolina Hospital Association,
1974-1976
(4 folders)
Procedures in Record-Keeping for Hospitals,
1963
(2 folders)
Survey of General Hospital Projects Built with
Hill-Burton or State Assistance in North Carolina and South Carolina,
1959, 1963
(2 folders)
A Study of Preadmission Techniques in General Hospitals
of North Carolina and South Carolina,
1963
North Carolina State Board of Health,
1948-1976
(folder 1 of 2)
Box 10
North Carolina State Board of Health,
1948-1976
(folder 2 of 2)
Duke University,
1952-1976
(3 folders)
North Carolina Hospital Association,
1971-1975
(2 folders)
North Carolina Hospital Association Forms,
1975 and undated
Lincoln Hospital Equipment List,
undated
North Carolina State Department of Administration,
1971-1976
(2 folders)
Medical Staff,
1974-1976
(2 folders)
Box 11
Intern and Residency Program,
1955-1959
National Association of Health Service Executives
(NAHSE),
1973-1976
(3 folders)
Durham County Hospital,
1950, 1970-1974
(2 folders)
Report on fire safety of Lincoln Hospital,
1950
Watts Hospital,
1948-1974 (bulk
1965-1974)
[Contains recommendations, salary and financial information]
Study Committee, Hospital Costs, N.C.,
1950-1952 and
undated
(folders 1-2 of 4)
Box 12
Study Committee, Hospital Costs, N.C.,
1950-1952 and undated
(folders 3-4 of 4)
Andre Vann,
1942-1964, 1993
County of Durham, E.S. Swindell, Jr.,
1961-1975
(3 folders)
Box 13
Nursing Service Correspondence,
1969-1976
Robert W. Johnson Foundation,
1974
Tarheel Hospital Financial Management Association (HFMA)
News,
1970-1971
North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc.,
1955, 1963-1964,
1975
North Carolina Hospital Association,
1973-1976
(4 folders)
Utilization Review Committee,
1971-1975
(2 folders)
Intensive Care Unit (all types),
1973
Operation Breakthrough,
1964-1973
Medical Records Series, 1925-1983 and undated
(1085 items, 6.9 linear feet)
Obstetrical Records Subseries, 1928-1976
Delivery Room Records
Box 14
1928-1930, Record of
Deliveries
1930-1949, Delivery
Room Record
(2 folders)
1949-1955, Delivery
Record
[Elizabeth Thorpe OR]
1957-1964, Delivery
Room Record
(2 folders)
Box 15
1949 Jan. 1 - 1950 Aug. 31,
Birth Record
1965 Jan. 15 - 1970 July 1,
Delivery Room Register
(2 volumes)
Box 16
Birth Reports
1939-1970
(13 folders)
Abortion Permit Forms
1974-1976
Surgical Records Subseries, 1925-1976
Mainly bound volumes rehoused in boxes according to their
size, rather than by year. The records are listed in order chronologically;
thus, the box numbers are not consecutive and, in some cases, repeat.
Operating Schedule Records
Box 21
1951 Feb. 1 - 1952 Nov. 3,
Operation Schedule and Record
Box 22
1952 Nov. 17 - 1954 Aug
7, Operation Schedule and Record
(2 volumes)
Box 21
1955 Mar. 5 - Sept. 30,
Operation Schedule and Record
Box 20
1956 Nov. 1 - 1959 July
6, Record of Operations
undated, Operation Schedule and Record
Operating Room Records
Box 17
1925-1926, Operating
Room Index
(2 volumes)
Box 19
1926 June 16 - 1935 Mar. 26,
Record of Operations
(2 volumes)
Box 17
1939 May 24- 1945 July 24,
Record of Operations
(2 volumes)
Box 20
1956 Nov. 1 - 1959 July 6,
Record of Operations
Box 17
1955 July 1 - 1958 June 30,
Operations Performed by Residents
Box 18
1974 Jan. 3 - 1975 July 31 and
1976 June 22 - Sept. 23, Register of Operations
Recovery Room Records
Box 19
1971 Oct. 1 - 1976 Sept.
26, Recovery Room Record Book,
Discharge Records Subseries, 1925-1972
1928 Jan. 25 - 1933 Aug. 12,
Patients' Index to File
[Includes loose paper with records from 1925 between pages 46
and 47.]
1931 Feb. 20 - 1933 Dec. 25,
Patients' Index
(2 volumes)
1932 Aug. 1 - 1936 Aug.
27 Consultations
1935 Jan. 1 - 1936 Jan. 1,
Patients' Index
1955 - 1972 and undated,
Discharge Records and Service Analysis
1925 July 2 - 1926 Nov. 2,
Discharge Records
Death Records Subseries, 1925-1983 and undated
1968-1976, Death
Reports
(4 folders)
1969-1983 and undated,
Burial Transit Permits
1970-1971, Death
Notifications
1951-1971, Vital
Statistics [x ray, admit/discharge, body release, death cert.]
(4 folders)
1962-1970, Death
Notification, Disposal Permits
[Also includes deposit slips,
1974-1975]
1970s, Miscellaneous
Birth and Death Reports
Box 25
1925-1933, Undertaker
Registry
1956-1976, Register of
Deaths,
(3 folders)
Financial Records Series, 1941-1976
(689 items, 2 linear feet)
Box 26
Accounts Payable,
1967 Oct. - 1968 Apr. and
undated
Accounts Receivable,
1967 Oct. - 1968 Apr. and
undated
Box 27
Accounts Payable,
1971 Apr. 26 - 1976 Oct.
21
(2 folders)
Account book, O.P.D. Emergency Dept.,
1965 May 12 - 1967 Feb.
8
Account book,
1972 June - 1974 Sept. and
undated
Loose papers,
1960 Oct. - 1975 Apr. and
undated
(2 folders)
[Includes: "Distribution of Receipts," "Distribution of Cash
Receipts," "Payroll Journal," "Receipts and Income Journal," "Disbursements and
Expense Journal"]
Box 28
Lincoln Hospital Income Statements,
1966-1967,
1970-1974
Lincoln Hospital Financial Statements,
1956-1957, 1962-1963,
1974-1975
Lincoln Hospital Budgets,
1969-1974
Lincoln Hospital Report on Examination,
1970-1973
Trustees' Report,
1943-1971
[Legal contracts and deeds]
Securities, Fidelity Bank,
1941-1958
Board of Trustees,
1950-1973
(3 folders)
Campaign Fund,
1967-1968
Statements of Income and Expense,
1970
Box 29
DCHC Finance Committee,
1970-1976
(5 folders)
Statement of Income and Expense,
1949-1960
Charges,
1971-1974 and
undated
(2 folders)
The Doris Duke Foundation,
1950-1968
Legal Papers Series, 1901-1975 (bulk 1940-1975)
(375 items, .6 linear feet)
Box 30
N.C. Medical Care Commission - Application for Donation,
1969
Deed of Lincoln to County of Durham for $10,
March 1950
Original Charter,
1901
North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners (Dr. Joseph J.
Combs, Sec.),
1958-1975
Meeting of Trustees - Mr. Rich - Deed of Property to
home,
1940
Certificate of Incorporation and Amendments of Trustees,
1917-1972 (bulk
1940-1950)
(2 folders)
Lincoln Hospital, Deeds and Lincoln Charter,
1949
WPA,
1943
Lincoln Hospital, Deeds and Lincoln Charters,
1950s
Contracts and Agreements,
1941-1975
(2 folders)
Miscellaneous Series, 1930-1998 and undated
(80 items, 1.0 linear foot)
Box 31
"History, 1901-1966,"
circa 1966
Integration of Schools,
circa 1955
Miscellaneous Lincoln Hospital Departmental Heads file,
undated
Clippings,
1949-1963, 1998
Medical Case Number Indicies,
1936 Mar. 3 - 1936 Nov. 20
1933 June 22 - 1934 Mar.
22
Wasserman [?] Reports,
1930 Nov. 26 - 1933 Oct.
28
Duke Endowment Series, 1925-1976 and undated
(850 items, 2.2 linear feet)
Box 32
Hospital Statistics,
1933-1941
Request for Assistance from the Hospital Section,
1925-1962
(13 folders)
Box 33
Request for Assistance from the Hospital Section,
1962-1973
(8 folders)
Loose materials, undated
Miscellaneous,
1959
Notes on the Revision of the Application for Assistance,
circa 1965
1956, 1970-1976
(3 folders)
Box 34
Comparative Miscellaneous Statistics,
1957-1968
Hospital Cost and Service Comparisons,
1941-1958
