dawsonrobertedward Preliminary Inventory of the Robert Edward Dawson Papers, 1939-1998 Processed by: Ann Langford; Shayla C. Nunnally; Kate Crassons;Ruth E. Bryan; machine-readable finding aid created by: Ruth E. Bryan

Aleph Number: 002963988

Machine-readable finding aid derived from automated markupsystem and XMetaL software. Date of source: June 5, 2000, January 23,2001, and April 26, 2001 Processed by Ann Langford; Shayla C. Nunnally;Kate Crassons; Ruth E. Bryan June 5, 2000, January 23, 2001, and April 26,2001; Finding Aid encoded by Ruth E. Bryan, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, April 30, 2001 Description is in English. 08-18-2005 PUBLIC "-//David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::Robert Edward Dawson Papers)//EN" "dawsonrobertedward.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) changed to conform to current Rubenstein Library and NC EAD standards as laid out in the Inventory Style Guide and in the NCEAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. These changes were made by Michelle Belden. Also, container TYPE and LABEL attribute values were standardized according to the Rubenstein Library EAD 2002 manual and the NCEAD eadlocal.ent by Ruth E. Bryan.The tag list inside index was changed to indexentry by Ruth E. Bryan. December 19, 2001 Addition 2001-0153 made to electronic finding aid. Materialsreceived as a gift, 2001. Minimally processed by Ann G. Langford on November13, 2001. Encoded by Ann G. Langford on November 13, 2001. Date span notchanged. Linear feet changed from 33.5 to 46.1. Item count changed from 20,410to 25,113. 08-18-2005 PUBLIC "-//David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::Robert Edward Dawson Papers)//EN" "dawsonrobertedward.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Preliminary Inventory of the Robert Edward Dawson Papers,1939-1998 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary Robert Edward Dawson Papers, 1939-1998 Dawson, Robert Edward, 1918- 46.1. Linear Feet 25,113 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location ofthese materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert Edward Dawson Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Robert Edward Dawson Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift, 2000-2001.

Processing Information

Processed by Ann Langford; Shayla C. Nunnally; Kate Crassons; RuthE. Bryan

Completed June 5, 2000, January 23, 2001, and April 26, 2001

Additions minimally processed by Ann G. Langford

Last updated December 19, 2001

Encoded by Ruth E. Bryan; Ann G. Langford

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Biographical Note

African-American ophthalmologist and citizen of Durham (Durham Co.), N.C. Born on February 23,1918 in Rocky Mount, N.C., Dawson received his B.S. from Clark College inAtlanta, Ga., and his M.D. from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.

Collection Overview

This collection documents Dawson's professional and civic life.Materials include scrapbooks; reports; subject files; memoranda; andcorrespondence, in particular from prominent Durhamites, such as Floyd B.McKissick, Sr., and James E. Shepard. The collection details Dawson's medicalpractices, teaching, and board memberships at Lincoln Community Health Center, Lincoln Hospital, and Durham County General Hospital. It also documentshis lengthy and high-level involvement with the following institutions andorganizations: Meharry Medical College, George W. Hubbard Hospital, the National Medical Society, the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness,the North Carolina Society for the Prevention ofBlindness, the Old North State Medical Society, North Carolina Central University, and the Mutual Savings & Loan Association. Thecollection also contains 35 color photographs and 48 negatives. Acquired aspart of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African AmericanDocumentation. (1939-1998) (11,550 items) (19.00 lf) (acc#00-320)

The addition to the collection contains financial materials,correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings and magazine articles (8560items, 1946-1997), and photographs (300 items) that continue to documentDawson's medical career and his involvement in organizations in Durham, NorthCarolina, and nationally. In addition to the institutions, hospitals, medicalpractices, and civic groups that have been described in the first accession,this addition includes materials from Dawson's real estate ventures. Theseinclude owning apartments with the firms Dawson and Watts and then Dawson, Watts and Cleland (1970s) and buildingapartments with the firm Century Oaks, Ltd. (1977-1981). The majority ofthe 2 black-and-white and 297 color photographs appear to be of family. Onetintype is included of an unidentified woman wearing what may be a weddingdress (undated). (8860 items) (14.50 lf) (2001-73)

The addition to the collection (4703 items, dated 1946-1996 and n. d.,bulk date 1998-1994, 12.60 linear feet) includes subject files holding reports,memoranda, correspondence, and printed material, as well as many business andpersonal financial records. In addition, there are two color photographs.(01-153)

Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Dawson, Robert Edward, 1918- McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922- Shepard, James Edward. Meharry Medical College. North Carolina Central University. National Medical Association (U.S.) National Society to Prevent Blindness. Dawson and Watts. Dawson, Watts and Cleland. Century Oaks, Ltd. African American physicians--North Carolina. Ophthalmologists. African Americans in the professions. African American universities and colleges. Hospitals--North Carolina. Savings and loan associations--North Carolina. Black-and-white photographs. Color photographs. Clippings. Negatives. Scrapbooks. Tintype John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African-American Documentation. Contents of Collection Accession 2000-0320

Some of the materials in this collection are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.

Attention: Collection needs further processing before use. Reformat newsprint and coated fax paper in boxes 8-14; remove materials in envelopes and rusty fasteners throughout; resleeve photographs in boxes 3, 8, and 11; be aware of sensitive material in boxes 1, 9 and 14 (student grades) and personal medical and financial information (throughout). Contact Technical Services.

Attention: Collection is restricted. Patrons must sign a release form regarding privacy rights. Contact Technical Services.

1 Medical Records-Private Practice (Lincoln Community Health Center, 1969- ) Lincoln Hospital departmental records Lincoln Hospital committee and administrative records Business records Brochures/Publications ( National Medical Association/Medical-related) Proposal Durham County Hospital Corporation Affirmative Action Plan-December 1984 Personal correspondence Clippings Map Meharry Medical School files Dawson's children's school records 2 Correspondence ( 1979-1983) Financial records Personal medical information Miscellaneous files Map Various Hospital Financial/ Staff Concerns Meharry Medical College files (incl. Bulletins) Lincoln Community Health Center files (Private Clinic Proposal) Floyd B. McKissick writings George W. Hubbard Hospital at Meharry Medical College files

Other items in oversize folders.

3 Meharry Medical College files Board of Management of Alumni Association files Board of Trustees reports George W. Hubbard Hospital files Constitution and By-laws Alumni Association Presidency, Committee, and miscellaneous files Correspondence Lincoln Community Health Center files Photo with negatives (Meharry Class of 1943 Folder) Articles of Incorporation of Durham County Hospital Corporation ( June 21, 1971) American Medical Association (House of Delegates Handbook 1980) National Medical Association Convention (1979) files

Other items in oversize folders.

4 National Medical Association (NMA) files Journals and Annual Reports Insurance Program/ Committee Board of Trustees 1975 Council of Scientific Assembly Ophthalmology Handbook for the Auxiliary to the NMA House of Delegates (minutes) Retirement Plan Trust Management Committee Project 75 Clippings National Society for the Prevention of Blindness files North Carolina Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Inc. files Correspondence American Cancer Society files ( 1964- ; Annual Reports)

Other items in oversize folders.

5 National Medical Association (NMA) files Board of Trustees 1973-1975 Time and Place Committee E.E.N.T. Section Constitution Committee Awards Committee Black Congress on Health andLaw Financial Aid for Students Letters/Correspondence Task Force Activities of the President Planning and Development National Society to Prevent Blindness files

Other items in oversize folders.

6 Old North State Medical Society files American Hospital Association files Meharry Medical College Trustees' Manual Scrapbooks

Other items in oversize folders.

7 North Carolina College Health Service (present-day North Carolina Central University) files Lincoln Community Health Hospital files Correspondence (incl. James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University) Old North Medical Society files Durham County Hospital Corporation files Development Committee Board of Trustees Durham County General Hospital files Constitution and By-laws Miscellaneous files

Other items in oversize folders.

8 Speeches News Articles of Interest Correspondence Meharry Medical College National Medical Association National Society to Prevent Blindness American Medical Association 9 Durham County Hospital Corporation National Medical Association National Society to Prevent Blindness Meharry Medical College Fundraising Campaign Graduate degree problems in counseling at North Carolina Central University, 1974 Some personal financial and biographical information National Medical Association, Continuing Medical Education Meharry Medical College and George W. Hubbard Hospital NCCU Board of Trustees Other groups in which Dawson participated

Including the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust and the State of North Carolina, Department of Human Resources, Medical Care Advisory Committee

Meharry Medical College alumni materials, 1967-1968

[One folder includes sensitive material-student grades]

10 Rites of Passage ( S.A.G.E. Project) for African American Males NMA Black Caucus and NCCU Nursing School, 1969 National Society for the Prevention of Blindness Durham County General Hospital National Medical Association, including the Blue Ribbon Task Force Greensboro College Examples of reminder/overdue bill letters Meharry Medical College Board of Trustees Meharry Medical College Executive Committee Meharry Medical College Alumni Association 11 Durham County General Hospital Meharry Medical College and George W. Hubbard Hospital North Carolina Central University National Medical Association Mutual Savings and Loan Association [Building construction records] North Carolina Central University [Financial materials from office, ca. 1980s} [Loose professional correspondence, ca. 1980s] Photographs 12 Old North State Medical Society NCNB Educational Loan and other account and Robert Dawson, Jr. loan National Conference on Trusteeship, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges Washington Duke Ambassador's Club Curriculum vitae [ Arthur Boyd's case before the NC Medical Examiner's Board, 1986] Black Community Forum Brown, Roland Guardsmen, Inc., ca. 1960s Lectures-Nursing Class, ca. 1960

[includes sensitive material: student grades]

Articles of Interest (Abstracts, etc.), 1956-1958 and 1980s-1990s Oversize materials 13 Miscellaneous items from boxes 1-3

Includes correspondence and clippings.

14 Miscellaneous items from boxes 4-7

Includes clippings.

Accession 2001-0073

Attention: Needs further processing before use. See notes for each box below. Contact Technical Services.

Attention: Collection is restricted and contains sensitive information throughout. Users must sign release form regarding privacy rights. Contact Technical Services.

1 Medical/Professional Files

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Gray, Willie Grievance Committee DCGH American Board OPHTH American Op. Contact Lens Continuing Medical Education Duke University DCGH Department of Health and Human Services Duke University, Physician's AssociateProgram Dr. John Merritt Airline Schedules Correspondence (2 folders) Memorabilia Miscellaneous Financial, Tax, and Property Records (12 folders) 2 Medical/Professional Files

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Diseases, Glaucoma Eye therapy Dudley, Charles R. John Hancock Vision Plan John Joyner- NMA Vision Care Vision Care Contracts, Aetna Insurance Cont. Med. Education Arthur Boyd Quiglas Milton, M.D. Letters-pick up glasses Charles E. McClinton, Ph.D. Old North State Medical National Society to PreventBlindness Uzzle Motor Co. Windowman Computers Information Carolina Motor Club Blk Man Marriott Marriott's Club Marquis Financial, Tax, Property Records Amoco The Gold Card Mastercard-closed accounts Insurance, Massachusetts Mutual Life Union Insurance and Realty NCNB Credit Records A. Bord Thomas, Knight, Trent, King, andCompany Humphrey Analyzer Fidelity Investments Dean Witter Bobby 1987 Insurance Financial Planning Randall Miller Corporate Medical Mutual R.E. Dawson, M.D. P.A. Perry, Dwight Dawson-Perry Tintype of unidentified woman in [wedding dress], undated

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3 Financial, Tax, and Property Records

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Canon--Uni-copy Watts, Cleland, and Dawson IBM--typewriter material Bank- Mechanics and Farmers Quarterly Report Copies, 1977January-December Unemployment Taxes 1979 Tom Gilmore, Deputy Secretary, Department of Human Resources Income Tax (General) Kehoe Plan Contributions Garrett, Sullivan, etc. Mrs. Mary C. Jones Contracts - Equipment Collection Tips Chapel Hill, Carboro Project Insurance and Finance Association, Membership, and Committee Records Eye-Bank Association ofAmerica EDSF, Standing Committee of Physician Consultants Assoc. Gov. Boards, Task Force Alpha Omega Alpha Association of GoverningBoards Better Health Foundation Carolina Motor Club Commission for the Blind (correspondence) Meharry Medical College Board of Trustees Addresses, Misc. Organizations Medical/Professional Files DCGH Directory EDS Federal [Opthalmology Seminar] Employee Folder AMA/ NMA joint liaison Correspondence Letters 1976 (3 folders) Letters 1994 (2 folders) Letters 1970-1971 Letters 1975 Employment of the Handicapped Advertising Firms Clark College (3 folders) Addresses (2 folders) 4 Speeches

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Clippings Personal and Professional Correspondence Memoirs Memorabilia Scrapbook Photographs (6 folders) National Medical Association, House of Delegates Handbook (4 folders) Hubbard Hospital Survey, 1978 97th Annual Convention of the Old North State Medical Society Folder Old North State Medical Society Finances and Investments (4 folders) Newsletters/Newspapers/Magazines/Clippings/Brochures (6 folders) Mauphin - Meharry Medical College Miscellaneous Computer Printout Ruth Dudley - bills Memorandums Church programs for various events Correspondence 5 Conventions

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Black Americans and Higher Education Durham Hospital-Laboratory Medicine Addresses Hospital Board Trustee Information Papers Ocular Bacteriology Annual Report of the National Medical Association, 1972-1973 Lincoln Community Health Center Health Themes of NMA to Secretary of Health University of North Carolina Durham Ambulatory Services License - N.C. Department of Revenue, 1978 Record of Laser Treatment, 1984 Planning Financial Service Guardsman Melanie Dawson Educational - Youth Leadership Program American Cancer Society, 1953-1963 N.C. Chapter of the American College of Surgeons North Carolina State Commission for the Blind Durham Chamber of Commerce-Community Development Committee Diabetic Retinopathy Study District Court of Durham Disability Insurance Division of Disability Determination Durham Chamber of Commerce Mutual Savings and Loan Association - Board of Trustees, 1975 Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Fee Ratios of Sectors Medicaid Title XX Fee Profile Overpayments Advisory Committee-Medical Assistance Program Department of Social Services (2 folders) Letters Filed-A-N, 1982 Letters Typed A-N, 1982 N-Z, 1982 Commemorative Gifts Committee Taxes Old - 1960s 1974 Income Tax - Business - Corp. - P.A. 1974-1975 1976-1977 Income Tax - Personal, 1978 6 Real Estate Associates Limited V

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Leave Records Miscellaneous Smith Barney Harris Upham Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Family W.B. Sanders Co. Surgery History and Work-ups Cataract Surgeries - Implants and Extractions Contact Lens Disability Insurance Hill, Deborah Miscellaneous Office Bills Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Personal Care Plan Alcon Laboratories Ambulatory Surgical Center Sashep Commission Report Nursing Joint Commission Miscellaneous Finances Employment - Fairweather Meharry Medical College (4 folders) Academic Papers National Medical Association, Inc. (2 folders) Newspapers USAFSAM Durham Community House, Inc. Glaucoma Duke Eye Center Clark College NC Medical Society Durham County Hospital National Society to Prevent Blindness Letters, 1977 July-December (2 folders) Letters, 1977 January-June (2 folders) Letters, 1978 (1 of 3 folders) 7 Letters 1978 (cont. 2 folders)

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Professional Organizations/Institutions North Carolina CentralUniversity Meharry Medical College Greensboro College Sigma Pi Phi (2 folders) The Human Betterment League of NorthCarolina North Carolina Joint Council of HealthEducation National Society to PreventBlindness Old North State, North Carolina MedicalSociety National Medical Association Durham County General Medical/Professional Files Medical Secretary's Forms Manual and Magazine State of North Carolina Department of DisabilityDetermination Nursing Class Medicare Financial, Insurance, Tax, and Property Files [Checkbook records] Medical Mutual Insurance Medical Associates Inc. North Carolina Department of Revenue Medical Insurance Agency A Physician's Guide to Gearing up for Retirement (2 folders) Dawson, Watts, and Cleland, 1976 Dawson, Watts, and Cleland, 1971 Dawson and Watts, 1976 Dawson and Watts, 1977 Dawson, Watts, and Cleland, 1977 Century Oaks Contracts, Phase I, 1980 July [Shelter Properties] Printed Materials Newspaper, Magazine, and Journal articles (2 folders) [Personal Interest] 8 Professional Organizations/Institutions

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NC Central University (3 folders) [Meharry Medical College] (3 folders) [Old North State] [National MedicalAssociation] Professional/Medical Files (3 folders) Financial, Tax, Insurance, and Property Files (3 folders) Printed Material Newspaper, Magazine, and Journal articles (5 folders) 9 Financial, Tax, Property and Insurance Files

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Dawson, Watts, and Cleland, 1972-1975 (4 folders) Dawson and Watts, 1971-1975 (5 folders) Retirement Plan/Profit Sharing plan (2 folders) Professional Organizations/Institutions National Medical Association Medical/Professional Files Commission for the Blind (5 folders) [Speeches] Printed Material 10 Sigma Pi Phi

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Finances Warren Lockhart TV Sports Alexander&Associates Realty, Inc. (2 folders) Beverage Industry Tax Returns, 1970s Greeting Cards 11 [Miscellaneous/Loose Material] (5 folders)

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12 Financial/Real Estate

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[ Century Oaks, Ltd.], 1977-1981 (3 folders) Blank income sheets for R. E. Dawson, M.D.P.A. [Loose material: newspaper clippings] 1 Tintype of unidentified woman in [wedding dress], undated

[from box 2]

1997 African-American Heritage Calendar Summary of expenses, 1973 Oversize Material 1Miscellaneous Accession 2001-0153

1 Contents of box 1:

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Miscellaneous Information on Health Care Payments IRA 2 Contents of box 2:

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Banking Information including statements, investments, and accounts Insurance Incorporation of Dawson's practice 3 Contents of box 3: Miscellaneous Banking Information Insurance Investments 4 Contents of box 4:

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Incorporation of Dawson's practice Bills to Patients Clark College Letters typed and filed, A-M, 1981 5 Contents of box 5: Medicaid and Medicare 6 Contents of box 6:

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Medical Associations and Societies 7 Contents of box 7:

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One folder of legal-sized material removed to box 21.

Savings Receipts 8 Contents of box 8:

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Subject Files: O-P 9 Contents of box 9:

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Subject Files: P-S 10 Contents of box 10:

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Subject Files: S-V 11 Contents of box 11:

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Subject Files: A 12 Contents of box 12:

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Subject Files: B-F 13 Contents of box 13: Subject Files G-H M Medical Insurance Medical Associations 14 Contents of box 14: Subject Files: M

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15 Contents of box 15: Insurance

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Magazines and Journals Masons Multiple Miscellaneous Files

[possibly subject files]

16 Contents of box 16: Harris Corporation

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Greensboro College Subject files: B-D 17 Contents of box 17: Subject Files: D, N, P

One folder of legal-sized material removed to box 21.

18 Contents of box 18: Subject Files: R-Z

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NC health services Magazines and journals 19 Contents of box 19: Statements from Mechanics and Farmers Bank

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Receipts 20 Contents of box 20: Bank statements

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Journals, Magazines, and Directories 21 Contents of legal size box 21: Magazines, Fliers, and Journals Mutual Savings and Loans [from box 7] Paine Webber [from box 17]