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2 audiocassettes (120 min.), 1 transcript (23 pages), correspondence, news clippings, and 1 black and white photoprint (10 x 13 cm, 4 x 5 in.), 1991 July 26

 File — Folder: 1241

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This interview with Dr. John F. Boyd (1920-1999), an orthopedic surgeon of Albuquerque, New Mexico, surveys his personal and professional activities. Arriving in Albuquerque in 1953, Dr. Boyd practiced his specialty for 39 years until his retirement at the end of 1991. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Boyd's personal and professional backgrounds; his appraisal of Albuquerque medicine in the 1950's, including evaluation of hospital facilities and the Albuquerque medical corps; the major figures of the New Mexico orthopedics community during the span of his practice; the birth of BC-I and of UNM-SOM; and much else.

Dates

  • 1991 July 26

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Folder

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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