Lloyd G. Foster oral history collection

Collection

Identifier: HHC 134

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This interview with Reserve (Catron County), New Mexico's Dr. Lloyd G. Foster (1908-1999), summarizes his nearly 50 years' medical practice in New Mexico. A "country doctor" in the traditional sense of the term, Dr. Foster has been the only physician in his Connecticut-size county for most of his half-century of practice. In addition to his personal and professional background, this interview surveys rural practice in an isolated setting, the special problems and rewards associated with it, and the personal ethos of this long-time practitioner.

Dates

1983 October 7

Creator

Spidle, Jake W., 1941- (Person)

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Dr. Lloyd G. Foster (1908-1999) was a general practitioner in rural New Mexico for over fifty years. Born in Clayton, New Mexico, Foster graduated from the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine in 1934 and became licensed to practice in 1936. He had private practices in Hot Spring, Mongollon, and Silver City before serving in United States Army Air Medical Corps during WWII. After the war, Foster practiced at the Watts Clinic in Silver City before opening a private practice in Reserve in 1948.