Office of the Chancellor: Barnes Woodhall Records, 1969-1971

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Summary

Creator:
Woodhall, Barnes
Abstract:
Contains correspondence, addresses, reports, memoranda, clippings and printed material documenting Woodhall's role in the governance of the University. Topics include the student unrest of the period, such as the Allen Building takeover and Vietnam War protests, unionization of the Medical Center, the management of University-owned housing, as well as Duke Forest.
Extent:
5.5 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
UA.06.50.0001
University Archives Record Group:
06 -- Office of the Chancellor (inactive)
06 -- Office of the Chancellor (inactive) > 50 -- Barnes Woodhall

Background

Scope and content:

Contains correspondence, addresses, reports, memoranda, clippings and printed material documenting Woodhall's role in the governance of the University. Topics include the student unrest of the period, such as the Allen Building takeover and Vietnam War protests, unionization of the Medical Center, the management of University-owned housing, as well as Duke Forest.

Much of the collection is made up of folders Woodhall labeled memorabilia, grouped by month, which include correspondence, copies of newsclippings, Office of Information Services releases, invitations, programs, and other materials. For each month, Woodhall wrote a brief summary of the events and activities that occurred, which sometimes includes commentary or reflection, usually succinct. Most of these events and activities are represented to some degree in the folder.

1969 folders include materials about student protests, including the Allen Building Takeover, and administrative activities around Woodhall's appointmentment as the first Chancellor in the wake of President Knight's announcement of retirement. These folders also include a large number of newsclippings from around the county related to student protests, student involvement in academia, and administrative activities at Duke and elsewhere. 1969 and 1970 folders include some materials about the retirement of Douglas Knight and the selection of Terry Sanford as President of Duke University. Materials from June 1970 on focus primarily on activities in the Medical Center, including the founding of the Davison Club, and Woodhall's professional activities as a neurosurgeon, including his attendance of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in October 1970 and naming as a Statesman of Medicine in 1971.

The bulk of the memorabilia is made up of news releases and newsclippings. Much of the original material is related to the Medical Center. A smaller portion is related to Woodhall's activities as the Special Assistant to the President and then as Chancellor Pro Tem of the University. These materials include correspondence with administrators and members of the Board of Trustees as well as letters from friends, faculty, and members of the public, and other materials.

The remainder of the collection is made up of subject files, alphabetical by topic, which also includes some correspondence, printed matter, and other materials.

Biographical / historical:

Barnes Woodhall served as the Special Assistant to the President and then Chancellor pro tem from 1969-1970. Born January 22, 1905 in Rockport, ME, he was educated at Williams College (A.B., 1926) and Johns Hopkins University (M.D., 1930) and became a neurosurgeon. He held several positions at Duke University including appointments as Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice Provost of Medical Affairs. He died in 1985.

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Processed by: University Archives Staff

Finding aid derived from MARC record, November 2014

Materials re-boxed and screened for restricted information and finding aid updated by Tracy M. Jackson, October 2018.

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Subjects

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Subjects:
Student protest
Student-administrator relationships
Labor unions -- Organizing
Neurosurgeons -- Societies, etc.
Names:
Duke University. Medical Center -- History
Knight, Douglas M., 1921-2005
Sanford, Terry

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Records of the University's Board of Trustees which have been in existence for at least fifty years are available for scholarly research with the permission of the University Archivist. Access to records which have been in existence for less than fifty years shall be granted only by special permission, in writing, from the Board of Trustees.

Records, such as search committee files or others pertaining to employment where individuals are identified, are closed for 70 years.

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Copyright for official university records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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[Identification of item], in the Office of the Chancellor: Barnes Woodhall Records, 1969-1971, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.