2 audiocassettes (110 min.) + 1 transcript (17 pages), correspondence, news clippings, 1987 August 3, other

File — Folder: 1057

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This interview with Dr. Hilton W. Gillett (1903-1992) summarizes his over forty years of family practice in Lovington, New Mexico. Arriving in the state in 1934, Dr. Gillett served a large, rural practice spanning most of Lea County. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Gillett's personal and professional backgrounds; the "old-time" physicians of Lea County, as he knew them; hospitals in Lea County; continuing education; rural medicine in southeastern New Mexico; and other topics.