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I. Oral History, 1984-1985

 Series

Scope and Content

From the Collection: This interview with Dr. Fred H. Hanold (1915-2006), an internist of Albuquerque, New Mexico surveys his life and career as a New Mexico physician. Arriving in Albuquerque in 1950, Dr. Hanold quickly became one of the major figures of the Albuquerque medical community and practiced thirty years before his retirement in 1980. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Hanold's personal and private backgrounds; his medical training in New York City and his World War II service; his evaluation of the Albuquerque medical community at the time of his arrival in 1950, including specific discussion of the major medical figures in the town and their reaction to specialty trained newcomers; medical facilities in the town, with special emphasis on its hospitals; the Santa Fe Railroad Hospital (Memorial Hospital) and its place within the medical community; the decision to build Bernalillo County-Indian Hospital and the establishment of internship and residency programs within the city's hospitals; relationships between the solo practitioners and the Lovelace Clinic; and the establishment of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and its impact on the physicians and the caliber of practice within the city and state.

Series I. Oral History, 1984-1985.

Series II. Miscellaneous, 1950, 1988.

Series III. Papers, 1985-1993, n.d.

Dates

  • 1984-1985

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Access Restrictions

The collection is available for research and open to the public.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 document case, 4 audio cassettes

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Repository

Contact:
MSC 09 5100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque New Mexico 87131 United States
505-272-2311