Fred H. Hanold oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: HHC 59
Scope and Content
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.
Series I. Oral History, 1984-1985.
Series II. Miscellaneous, 1950, 1988.
Series III. Papers, 1985-1993, n.d.
Dates
- 1984-1985
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is available for research and open to the public.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Biography or History
Fred Heath Hanold (1915-2006) was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey in 1915, and spent his childhood in East Orange, New Jersey. His undergraduate degree from New York University was completed in 1937 and he received his M.D. from the same institution in 1940. Dr. Hanold started his internship and internal medicine residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City in 1940, but this training was interrupted by World War II. He was part of the U.S. Navy Medical Corps from 1942-1947 and spent some of the war on a ship in the Pacific. During his time in the military, he attended the U.S. Navy's School of Aviation Medicine in Pensacola, Florida, which included flight training. In 1947 Dr. Hanold returned to Bellevue Hospital to complete his residency.
The war contributed to the change in the practice of medicine in the United States. When Dr. Hanold's training ended in 1949, he entered a profession that no longer could meet the expectations with which he had started his residency before the war. His desire to stay in New York City and combine a private practice with a teaching career was not practical for the family man he had become. After seeing an ad for a salaried position with private practice opportunities at the Santa Fe railroad hospital, Memorial Hospital, in Albuquerque, Dr. Hanold traveled across country to interview. Having decided that the job was a good opportunity and that the level of medical practice was what he wanted, Dr. Hanold and his family moved to New Mexico in 1950.
Working first at the railroad hospital with a part-time practice, Dr. Hanold went to a full-time private practice in 1954. In 1974, he returned to Memorial Hospital, where he worked until he retired from practice in 1980. During these years, Dr. Hanold was Chief for the Bernalillo County Cardiac Clinic, from 1952-1972, a New Mexico delegate to the first and second annual meetings of the American Society of Internal Medicine, and Chief of Medicine and Chief of Staff at Memorial Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital, Bernalillo County Hospital, and Presbyterian Hospital. He was an attending physician at the Albuquerque Veterans Administration Hospital from 1952-1960, Clinical Attending at UNM School of Medicine from 1963-1976, and a clinical professor in Medicine at the medical school for many years. Dr. Hanold's interest in medical education led him to start a one year rotating internship and three year residency in medicine at the Bernalillo County-Indian Hospital in 1954 and 1955.
Dr. Hanold continued as an active participant in the New Mexico Medical Society and at the School of Medicine after retirement while he pursued his interest in the history of medicine in New Mexico. For many years, he was chairman of the Medical Society's History of Medicine Committee, which sponsors the collection of oral histories of health care professionals throughout the state. Dr. Hanold died April 17, 2006.
The war contributed to the change in the practice of medicine in the United States. When Dr. Hanold's training ended in 1949, he entered a profession that no longer could meet the expectations with which he had started his residency before the war. His desire to stay in New York City and combine a private practice with a teaching career was not practical for the family man he had become. After seeing an ad for a salaried position with private practice opportunities at the Santa Fe railroad hospital, Memorial Hospital, in Albuquerque, Dr. Hanold traveled across country to interview. Having decided that the job was a good opportunity and that the level of medical practice was what he wanted, Dr. Hanold and his family moved to New Mexico in 1950.
Working first at the railroad hospital with a part-time practice, Dr. Hanold went to a full-time private practice in 1954. In 1974, he returned to Memorial Hospital, where he worked until he retired from practice in 1980. During these years, Dr. Hanold was Chief for the Bernalillo County Cardiac Clinic, from 1952-1972, a New Mexico delegate to the first and second annual meetings of the American Society of Internal Medicine, and Chief of Medicine and Chief of Staff at Memorial Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital, Bernalillo County Hospital, and Presbyterian Hospital. He was an attending physician at the Albuquerque Veterans Administration Hospital from 1952-1960, Clinical Attending at UNM School of Medicine from 1963-1976, and a clinical professor in Medicine at the medical school for many years. Dr. Hanold's interest in medical education led him to start a one year rotating internship and three year residency in medicine at the Bernalillo County-Indian Hospital in 1954 and 1955.
Dr. Hanold continued as an active participant in the New Mexico Medical Society and at the School of Medicine after retirement while he pursued his interest in the history of medicine in New Mexico. For many years, he was chairman of the Medical Society's History of Medicine Committee, which sponsors the collection of oral histories of health care professionals throughout the state. Dr. Hanold died April 17, 2006.
Extent
1 document case, 4 audio cassettes
Abstract
This collection documents the professional life and interests of Fred H. Hanold (1915-2006). The emphasis is on Dr. Hanold's years in Albuquerque, New Mexico as an internist, the founding of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, generalist versus subspecialty medicine, specialty board certification, and local professional relationships. Other materials include copies of Dr. Hanold's "Archives Report" for the New Mexico Chapter of the American College of Physicians, "History of the New Mexico Physicians Service," "Recollections of the Bernalillo County Medical Society," and "History of the American College of Physicians in New Mexico."
Separated Material
Original audio recordings are stored in the Special Collections Annex.
General
Contact Information
- UNM Health Sciences Center
- Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, MSC09 5100, 1 University of New Mexico
- New Mexico Health Historical Collection
- Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
- Phone: (505) 272-8873
- Fax:
- Email: archivist@salud.unm.edu
- URL: http://hsc.unm.edu/library/spc
Processing Information
The collection originally was processed by Janet Johnson.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Fred H. Hanold Oral History Collection, 1984-1985
- Status
- Approved
- Author
- Processed by Peggy McBride
- Date
- ©2005
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
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
hsc-archivist@salud.unm.edu
MSC 09 5100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque New Mexico 87131 United States
505-272-2311
hsc-archivist@salud.unm.edu