Richard Payne papers, 1969-2023
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Summary
- Creator:
- Payne, Richard, 1951-2019
- Abstract:
- Richard Payne, M.D. (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. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections.
- Extent:
- 21 Linear Feet
6.3 Gigabytes - Language:
- Materials in English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.11890
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Richard Payne Papers includes a range of materials related to the life and career of Richard Payne. Included are conference handbooks, correspondence, photographs, video recordings, curricula, brochures, and organizational records related to various palliative care, end-of-life, pain management, and bioethics organizations with which Richard Payne was involved. Also included are materials from Richard Payne's practice as a physician, including certificates and diplomas, board certifications, medical notebooks, a leather doctor's bag, and medical instruments and supplies. The collection also includes material from Payne's academic career, from his undergraduate and medical school education at Yale and Harvard to his affiliation with a range of academic institutions including Duke University. Also included are personal materials including family photographs, correspondence, yearbooks, materials from a family reunion, and materials relating to Payne's longtime association with Mt. Teman AME Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
- Biographical / historical:
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Richard Payne, M.D. (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 Black Americans. At the time of his death, Payne was the Esther Colliflower Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Divinity at Duke University and the John B. Francis Chair at the Center for Practical Bioethics.
The grandson of a sharecropper, Payne was born on August 24, 1951, in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Clark Emory Payne Sr. and Lois Sykes Paine. He was the 9th of 14 siblings. Payne was the first in his family to attend college, earning a B.A. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University in 1973. Payne received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1977. He completed post-graduate training in internal medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, in neurology at The New York Presbyterian Hospital, and a clinical and research fellowship in neuro-oncology, pain medicine, and palliative care at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Payne held faculty positions at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University (1984-1987), at the University of Cincinnati Medical College (1987-1992), at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (1992-1998), at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (1998-2004), at Duke University (2004-2019), and at the Center for Practical Bioethics (2013-2019). At Duke, Payne served as the Esther Colliflower Professor of Medicine and Divinity and directed the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life. Payne edited four books and published more than 275 articles, book chapters, essays, and abstracts, some of which were co-authored with his wife Terrie Reid Payne. He was an elected fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Academy of Pain Medicine. He also served as President of the American Pain Society from 2003-2004.
Richard Payne was married to Terrie Reid (b. 1951 in Virginia), who he met at Yale. Terrie was valedictorian of her high school in Norfolk, Virginia, and was in the first class of women to graduate from Yale College. In her own career, Terrie worked as a researcher and advocate to ensure that all people had access to excellent palliative care, especially people of color. Among other positions, she served as Deputy Director of the Initiative to Improve Palliative Care for African-Americans and as Program Director for the Harlem Palliative Care Network.
Richard Payne died on January 3, 2019, at his home in Durham, North Carolina. At the time of his death, Richard Payne was survived by his wife, Terrie Reid Payne, two children, Richard E. Payne Jr. and Susan Oziogu, and four grandchildren.
Source: Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014 (accessed via Ancestry.com, 21 March 2024).
- Acquisition information:
- The Richard Payne Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift from Terrie Payne in 2021 and 2023.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Elliot Mamet, November 2021.
Accession 2023-0221 added by Leah Tams, March 2024.
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2021-0005, 2023-0221.
- Arrangement:
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Collection is arranged into the following series: Professional Materials; Writings and Publications; Academic Materials; Personal Materials.
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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