Junius A. Evans oral history collection

Collection

Identifier: HHC 128

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This interview surveys the two careers of Dr. Junius A. Evans as a physician in New Mexico. From 1946 until 1959, Dr. Evans served a large general practice in Las Vegas, New Mexico, until serious illness forced a career change. After a residency in dermatology, Dr. Evans returned in 1962 to New Mexico, this time to Roswell, and practiced his specialty for an additional quarter century. This interview provides detailed information on both these careers, including appraisals of the physician communities and medical facilities in both towns, and also contains information on traditional medicine, professional activity within the New Mexico Medical Society and specialty organizations, and other topics.

Dates

1984 April 8

Creator

Spidle, Jake W., 1941- (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Junius A. Evans (1911-1995) was a physician in New Mexico. Born in Missouri, he received his MD from the University of Texas - Galveston in 1943. From 1946 until 1959, Dr. Evans served a large general practice in Las Vegas, New Mexico, until serious illness forced a career change. After a residency in dermatology, Dr. Evans returned in 1962 to New Mexico, this time to Roswell, and practiced his specialty for an additional quarter century. In 1968 he served as vice-president of the New Mexico Cancer Society, and in 1976, he served as president of the Southwest Dermatological Society.