Elizabeth Budlong oral history collection

Collection

Identifier: HHC 110

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

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

Creator

Spidle, Jake W., 1941- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Biographical / Historical

Elizabeth Budlong, RN (1911-1989) was 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, devising and executing her own public health and school programs such as dental clinics, well-baby immunization campaigns, venereal disease detection programs, and others.