NC Health History in Images

PUBLISHED APRIL 2023 BY LAYNE CARPENTER

This digital project complements a physical exhibit at Laupus Health Sciences Library by the same title. The exhibit features historical photographs from ECU Digital Collections that depict both the practice of and the dedicated practitioners of healthcare in North Carolina. Funding for the exhibit generously provided by the Friends of Laupus Library.

Click the drop-down option beneath each featured photograph to view items from our collections that are related to the featured image. These items have been specifically curated for relevance to this exhibit.

Children get Vaccinated, 1955

Children wait in line to receive vaccines at a Greenville school.
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Health department vaccinations

December 1955 - February 1956

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/2714

Polio vaccine

May 13, 1955

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/2534

Vaccine registration

March 23, 1964 - March 24, 1964

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/7000

Polio vaccine

March 23, 1964 - March 24, 1964

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/6998

Military Medical Transport at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, 1962

Medical personnel from Pitt County Memorial Hospital (now ECU Health) assist a patient after unloading him from a military helicopter.
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Helicopter unloading

July 21, 1962

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/5562

Malene Grant Irons, MD

Dr. Malene Grant Irons attended East Carolina Teachers College (now ECU) and later became the first female physician in Greenville and the first female pediatrician in eastern North Carolina.
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Oral History Interview with Drs. Fred and Malene Irons

November 12, 1998

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/57989

Oral History Interview with Drs. Fred and Malene Irons

May 12, 1999

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/57993

Oral History Interview with Drs. Fred and Malene Irons

November 19, 1998

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/57990

Oral History Interview with Drs. Fred and Malene Irons

January 06, 1999

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/57991

Recommendations of the Polio Committee for Polio Immunization

September 30, 1964

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/62275

Pitt County Polio Campaign Letter

April 08, 1964

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/62272

Portrait of Malene Grant

1935

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/3074

Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best February 17, 1999

February 17, 1999

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39730

Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best June 9, 1999

June 09, 1999

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39735

Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best March 3, 1999

March 03, 1999

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39731

Oral History Interview with Dr. Thomas Grant Irons

June 12, 2000

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/57059

Home Visit, 1962

Mack and Lenabelle Battle watch as Dr. Frederick B. Haar performs a home visit checkup on their infant triplets.
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Neeper Triplets

September 06, 1962

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/4417

Neeper triplets

September 06, 1962

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/4420

Andrew Best, MD Teaches a Health Education Class, 1960

Dr. Andrew Best, the second black physician in Greenville and a civil rights leader in the region, teaches a course for health educators at C.M. Eppes High School in Greenville.
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Andrew Best in his clinic

2001

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/52166

Andrew A. Best Family Practice Photos

2001

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39835

Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best June 9, 1999

June 09, 1999

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39735

Best at C.M. Eppes

September 24, 1960 - September 26, 1960

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/5075

Andrew Best with his National Medical Association ...

1971-1975

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/52178

Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best April 14, 1999

April 14, 1999

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39733

Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best December 9, 1998

December 09, 1998

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39728

Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best March 31, 1999

March 31, 1999

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39732

Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best April 28, 1999

April 28, 1999

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39734

Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best July 21, 1999

July 21, 1999

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39736

Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best November 3, 1999

November 03, 1999

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39737

Oral History Interview with Dr. Andrew Best March 3, 1999

March 03, 1999

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39731

Oral History Interview with Andrew Best, October 28, 1998

October 28, 1998

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39727

Andrew Best

2000-2005

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/52165

Andrew Best Public Forum Video

March 02, 1996

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/60616

Andrew Best with an award

April 27, 1991

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/52176

Andrew Best at the Best Homeplace

2000-2005

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/52174

Andrew Best speaking

1999-2000

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/52173

Portrait of Andrew A. Best

January 1947

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/51377

Andrew Best Induction to Board of Governors Photo

July 07, 1972

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39836

City of Greensboro Health Department’s public health nursing staff, 1927-28

Public health nurses who worked for the City of Greensboro health department stand in front of the old Guilford County Courthouse in their traveling uniforms, holding their nursing bags.
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Public health nursing bag

1947-1979

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/14372

Health Director and a group of public health nurses

1924-1929

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/65733

Group photo of 6 public health nurses

1919-1930

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/65732

Public health nurses in a field

1944-1949

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/65730

3 public health nurses

1940-1955

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/65731

Public health nurse with quarantine sign

1930-1935

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/65735

Oral History Interview with Sister Edna English

March 09, 2018

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/63042

Oral History Interview with Dan Shingleton

November 17, 2016

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/63041

Rhythm Therapy, 1962

Children in Greenville, North Carolina participate in rhythm therapy at the Trainable School, which was located behind Rose High School.
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Milton D. Quigless, 1946

Dr. Milton D. Quigless was a physician in Tarboro, North Carolina and opened the Quigless Clinic, which served primarily African American patients, in 1947.
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Milton Quigless Public Forum Video

February 24, 1996

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/60617

Photo of Dr. Milton D. Quigless

1975-1995

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39842

Quigless Clinic, Tarboro, N.C.

1965

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39177

Pharmacy Permit for Quigless Clinic Hospital

1970

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39839

National Medical Association Certificate of Award

August 1957

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39840

Program from forum honoring Dr. Milton Quigless

February 24, 1996

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/39841

North Carolina Public Health Dentistry

Public health dental hygienist teaching a class of school children

A public health dental hygienist teaches a class of school children about dental health.
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Public health dental hygienist in a classroom

1970-1990

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/65729

Sixth grade students flossing

1975

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/65466

Little Jack from the puppet play, Circus or Bust

1930-1939

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/65465

Stair Training with Crutches, ca. 1950-1965

Therapist Sally Moseley Lowe, L.P.T helps a polio patient with stair training.
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Gait Training on Parallel Bars

undated

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/62246

Active Muscle Testing

undated

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/62249

Sister Kenny Steam Packs Therapy

undated

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/62243

Ann Jobe Teaching Medical Students, 1998

Dr. Ann Jobe, Assistant Dean of the Medical School and assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences works with first year medical students.
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