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1 audiocassette (75 min.) , 1 transcript (18 pages), 1983 November 2

 File — Folder: 1170

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This interview with Elizabeth Budlong, RN (1911-1989) focuses on her quarter-century career as a public health nurse/school nurse in Taos County, New Mexico. From 1950 until her retirement in 1973, Ms. Budlong played a major role as an independent health care practitioner in her county. She devised and executed her own public health and school programs such as dental clinics, well-baby immunization campaigns, venereal disease detection programs, and others, which dominated her work as public health nurse for Taos County. Other subjects discussed include her own personal background; the political realities of public health nursing (securing funding within tight county budgets); the relationship between the central administration in Santa Fe and public health workers in the field; popular reaction to public health work; midwifery in Taos County; and others.

Dates

  • 1983 November 2

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