Leslie L. Daviet oral history collection

Collection

Identifier: HHC 120

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This interview with Dr. Leslie L. Daviet (1911-2002), a general medicine/general surgery practitioner of Las Cruces, New Mexico, surveys his life and career. Arriving in Las Cruces in 1937, Dr. Daviet practiced 43 years in that community until his retirement in 1980. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Daviet's personal and professional backgrounds; the old-time physicians, especially Drs. Robert McBride and Charles Gerber, and the medical facilities of Las Cruces in the late 1930s and 1940s; the nature, focus, and development of his practice over four decades; his service on the New Mexico Board of Medical Examiners; and others.

Dates

1987 October 30

Creator

Spidle, Jake W., 1941- (Person)

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Dr. Leslie L. Daviet (1911-2002) was a general medicine/general surgery practitioner in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Arriving in Las Cruces in 1937, Dr. Daviet practiced 43 years in that community until his retirement in 1980. Born in Louisiana, he attended Tulane University and was married to Lady Gay Robertson since 1935. During WWII, Daviet served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was an avid photographer.