2 audiocassettes (105 min.) , 1 transcript (32 pages), correspondence, news clippings, 1984 July 10

File — Folder: 1179

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This interview with Dr. Alice Cushing (1930-2019) surveys the early part of her career. She was a pediatrician in Albuquerque and chair of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Cushing provides information about the foundation and early development of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in the early 1960s; the pioneer internship and residency programs at the Bernalillo County Indian Hospital (UNM Hospital); the pediatrics community in Albuquerque; and much else.