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Alice H. Cushing oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 119
Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Alice Cushing (1930-2019) surveys the early part of her career. She was a pediatrician in Albuquerque and chair of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Cushing provides information about the foundation and early development of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in the early 1960s; the pioneer internship and residency programs at the Bernalillo County Indian Hospital (UNM Hospital); the pediatrics community in...
Dates: 1984 July 10

Alvin S. Hartz oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 143
Abstract This interview with Dr. Alvin S. Hartz (1915-1989) of Farmington, New Mexico, surveys his 35 years' practice of medicine in New Mexico. The first board certified internist in northwest New Mexico, Dr. Hartz arrived in Farmington in 1953 and was in private practice there uninterruptedly until his retirement in 1988.
Dates: March 1987

Bruce D. Tempest oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 63
Abstract The interview with Bruce D. Tempest (1935- ), an Indian Health Service physician, surveys his many years of practice on the Navajo Nation Reservation from 1967 until his retirement in 1996. Dr. Tempest was a key figure in the identification of the Hantavirus outbreak in the Four Corners area of the United States in 1993.
Dates: 1998

Clayton S. White oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 94
Abstract The collection contains the final transcript and audio cassettes from the 1985 oral history interview of Dr. Clayton "Sam" White conducted by Dr. Jake Spidle. Materials relating to Dr.White's distinguished career include newspaper clippings, a photograph, curriculum vitae and a listing of his publications.
Dates: 1938-1998; Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text

Clayton Samuel White papers

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Identifier: HHC 303
Abstract The collection documents the career of Dr. Sam White, a physician/scientist with the Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dates: 1932-1998; Majority of material found within 1950-1980

Donald E. Kilgore oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 60
Abstract This collection documents the professional life of Dr. Donald E. Kilgore (1922-2011) through two oral histories and miscellaneous materials. The Spidle oral history focuses on Dr. Kilgore's career as a physician, starting in 1953, with the many permutations of the Lovelace Clinic. The Weitekamp oral history and the two public broadcasting programs pertain to Dr. Kilgore's experiences with the first astronauts and the space program.
Dates: 1964-2001

Edward D. Fikany oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 129
Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Edward D. Fikany (1917-2002) of Fort Sumner, New Mexico (De Baca County) provides insights into rural or smalltown practice in New Mexico during the last half of the twentieth century. A Northwestern University Medical School graduate, Dr. Fikany set up practice in Ft. Sumner (pop. 3000 and less) in 1948 and remained in continuous service there for more than 42 years. Among the subjects discussed in some detail in this interview are the economics and logistics of rural...
Dates: 1987 February 1

Fabian Chavez oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 114
Scope and Contents This interview with former State Senator Fabian Chavez (1924-2008) focuses on his critical role in the establishment of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. State Senator Chavez (Democrat) was Senate Majority Leader in 1961, when the New Mexico Legislature first committed state money toward establishment of a medical school, and he was still in that position four years later, when the decision to expand to a four-year school was taken. This interview discusses the politics involved...
Dates: 1987 March 30

Fred H. Hanold oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 59
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...
Dates: 1984-1985

George E. Omer, Jr. papers

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Identifier: HHC 341
Content Description These papers help document Dr. Omer's medical career and other activities. They were left in the order found by the archivist. Types of records include publications by Dr. Omer, correspondence, photographs, slides, and other items.

This finding aid provides box-level description. Original folder titles were retained when present.
Dates: Primarily mid-20th to early 21st century

Harry D. Ellis oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 72
Scope and Contents This interview surveys the life and career of Dr. Harry D. Ellis (1921-1997), a longtime pathologist of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of the earliest board-certified pathologists to practice in the state, Dr. Ellis set up his private practice and laboratory in Santa Fe in 1954 and practiced there and throughout northern New Mexico until 1982. In that year, he shifted his practice to Albuquerque, while establishing The Reference Lab, Inc., the largest private pathology laboratory in...
Dates: 1991 September 6

Jack M. Campbell oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 111
Scope and Contents This interview with Jack M. Campbell (1916-1999) summarizes his involvement with two New Mexico medical institutions, the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and the Lovelace Medical Foundation. The medical school was created by the New Mexico legislature while Campbell was speaker of its House of Representatives, and the school formally opened during his tenure as governor. Governor Campbell also served for several years on the Lovelace Medical Foundation's Board of Trustees, and the...
Dates: 1985 October 25

Jean L. VanDuzen oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC218
Abstract This interview with Dr. Jean L. VanDuzen (1926-2012), a physician retired from service with the U.S. Public Health Service and the Indian Health Service, focuses on her practice on the Navajo Reservation from 1954 to 1980.
Dates: October 1996; Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text

John H. Dettweiler oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 122
Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. John H. Dettweiler (1920-2002), of Albuquerque, New Mexico, surveys his life and career as a New Mexico physician. An internist, Dr. Dettweiler came to Albuquerque in 1949 and practiced continuously for forty years before his retirement in 1989. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Dettweiler's personal and professional backgrounds; the Albuquerque medical community and medical facilities of the late 1940s and 1950s; the split within the Albuquerque...
Dates: 1989 June 30

Jose A. Dominguez oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 125
Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Jose A. Dominguez (1909-1999), an osteopathic physician of Taos, New Mexico, focuses on his half-century medical practice in that community. A family practitioner with special interest in obstetrics and surgery, Dr. Dominguez set up his practice in Taos in 1938. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Dominguez's personal and professional backgrounds; his medical education at Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery; the focus and economics of his Taos...
Dates: 1983 November 1

Joseph V. Scaletti papers

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Identifier: HHC 323
Scope and Contents The Joseph V. Scaletti papers, HHC 323, date 1950-2010. Types of records include correspondence, publications, research and teaching materials, photographs and other media, administrative files, and other items. These papers help document Dr. Scaletti’s education, career, and professional activities – primarily at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Original folder titles were kept when present. Folder titles and notes created by the archivist are in square brackets. The finding...
Dates: 1950-2010

Kenneth D. Gardner, Jr. oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 80
Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Kenneth D. Gardner, Jr. (1929- ), a nephrologist of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a long-term faculty member of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, focuses on his career in New Mexico. Among the subjects discussed are Dr. Gardner's personal and professional background; his pioneering and innovative work at UNM-SOM as dean responsible for graduate medical school education at the school; his reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of those programs at...
Dates: 1995 March 13

Latin American Social Medicine publications

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Identifier: HHC 336
Scope and Contents Consists of Latin American healthcare publications. The collection dates 1981-2013. These publications help document published work about social medicine and human rights in Latin America. The collection includes publications from Cuba, Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina.
Dates: 1981-2013

Lawrence D. Barbour Sr. oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 102
Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Lawrence Donald Barbour, Sr. (1908-2005), an osteopathic physician of Roswell, New Mexico, surveys his life and career. Among the subjects discussed in the interview are Dr. Barbour's personal and professional backgrounds; the nature of his practice and changes within it over forty+ years of practice; relationships between osteopaths and MDs in Roswell; the foundation and development of osteopathic hospitals in Roswell; the New Mexico Osteopathic Medical Association and...
Dates: 1991 August 10

Lloyd G. Foster oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 134
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...
Dates: 1983 October 7

Milton Floersheim, Jr. oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 132
Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Milton Floersheim, Jr., (1919-2000), a family practitioner who set up his private practice in Roy, New Mexico in 1946, then moved to Raton 18 months later, sheds light on both rural practice on the plains of northeastern New Mexico and on medicine and the medical community in Raton. (At the time of the interview, Dr. Floersheim had been in practice in Raton for 35 years.) Among the subjects discussed are the "old-timey" doctors of the 1920s and 1930s in Roy and Clayton,...
Dates: 1983 December 1

New Mexico State Medical Society records

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Identifier: HHC 1
Abstract Documented in this collection is the organizational history of the New Mexico State Medical Society and the Las Vegas Medical Society. This collection contains the constitution and bylaws of the society as well as various financial and administrative records from the NMMS from 1881 to current.
Dates: 1881-2006; Majority of material found in 1881-2006

Oliver S. Cramer oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 118
Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Oliver S. Cramer (1911-1997) of Albuquerque, New Mexico focuses on his nearly thirty years' practice of internal medicine in Albuquerque. Coming to the Lovelace Clinic first in 1941 and returning there in 1946 after military service, Dr. Cramer was a witness to the establishment of the Lovelace Medical foundation and a participant in the growth of the Clinic. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Cramer's personal and professional backgrounds; his...
Dates: 1984 October

Pediatric History Project collection

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Identifier: HHC 339
Scope and Contents The Pediatric History Project collection, HHC 339, dates 1966-1991, bulk 1989-1991. The collection consists of New Mexico Pediatric Society newsletters, correspondence, history committee materials, and research files about New Mexico pediatricians. The collection is organized into two series: Pediatric History and Provider Research Files. Original order and folder titles were retained.
Dates: 1966-1991; Majority of material found in 1989-1991

Prevention Research Center records

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Identifier: HHC 340
Scope and Contents The Prevention Research Center records, HHC 340, date 1977-2004, bulk 1991-2004. Types of records include Pathways curriculum materials, notes, studies, photographs, posters, and other items. These records help document the history and activities of UNM's Prevention Research Center.

To view additional materials, please visit the UNM Digital Repository.
Dates: 1977-2004; Majority of material found in 1991-2004

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American College of Physicians. New Mexico Chapter 1