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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 H. Follingstad oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 1333
Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Alvin H. Follingstad (1905-1989), a general surgeon of Albuquerque, New Mexico, surveys his long career in New Mexico. Originally (1939-1942) a small-town general practitioner, Dr. Follingstad set up his practice in general surgery and gynecology in Albuquerque after the Second World War and practiced there continuously until his retirement in 1981. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are his medical education and training; World War II service; rural/small...
Dates: 1984 March 14

Charles F. Fishback oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 130
Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Charles F. Fishback (1907-1990) of Albuquerque, N.M., focuses on his 30 years' practice of pediatrics in that city. A Mayo-trained pediatrician, Dr. Fishback came to the Lovelace Clinic in 1941 and retired in 1972. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Fishback's personal and professional backgrounds; his summary and evaluation of the Albuquerque medical community of the 1940s and 1950s, especially its pediatricians; the main personalities and operation...
Dates: 1985 June 6

Ellsworth Choate Bartlett oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 104
Scope and Contents This interview surveys the 46 year practice in New Mexico of osteopathic physician Dr. E.C. Bartlett, Jr. (1916-2011). Arriving in the state in 1939, Dr. Bartlett practiced for a decade in Alamogordo, then, after further training, another 36 years in Albuquerque. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Bartlett's personal and professional backgrounds; his father and two uncles, other osteopathic physicians in New Mexico; his education at Kirksville College of Osteopathy and...
Dates: 1991 November 6

Frank A. English oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 127
Scope and Contents This interview surveys the life and career of Dr. Frank A. English (1916-2009), an allergy specialist in Roswell, New Mexico. Born and raised in New Mexico, Dr. English returned to the state in 1947 after completing his medical education and World War II service. He started as a family practitioner in Ruidoso, then worked in family practice in Roswell. Dr. English gradually focused his practice on allergy and received board certification in that field in 1975. Among the subjects discussed in...
Dates: 1992 March 14

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 A. Dillahunt oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 123
Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Jack A. Dillahunt (1914-1996) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, summarizes his 34 years' medical practice in New Mexico. A board certified ophthalmologist, one of the first in the state, Dr. Dillahunt came to Albuquerque in 1950 and established a private practice in his specialty which operated to the mid-1980s. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Dillahunt's personal and professional backgrounds; the medical community of Albuquerque in the 1950s; the...
Dates: 1988 November 11

John Franklin Boyd oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 83
Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. John F. Boyd (1920-1999), an orthopedic surgeon of Albuquerque, New Mexico, surveys his personal and professional activities. Arriving in Albuquerque in 1953, Dr. Boyd practiced his specialty for 39 years until his retirement at the end of 1991. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Boyd's personal and professional backgrounds; his appraisal of Albuquerque medicine in the 1950's, including evaluation of hospital facilities and the Albuquerque medical...
Dates: 1991 July 26

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

John Joseph Corcoran, Jr. oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 90
Scope and Contents This interview surveys the life and career of Dr. J. Joseph Corcoran (1913-1996) of Albuquerque, New Mexico. A specialist in dermatology, Dr. Corcoran came to Albuquerque in 1949 and practiced continuously until his retirement in 1980. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Corcoran's personal and professional backgrounds; his extensive World War II experience; his selection of Albuquerque as the site of his practice; the Albuquerque medical community and medical facilities of...
Dates: 1984 September 17

Melvin D. Bivens oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 107
Scope and Contents This interview summarizes the life and 30-year career at Albuquerque's Lovelace Clinic of Dr. Melvin D. Bivens (1918-1987). A board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist, Dr. Bivens came to Lovelace in 1953 and served as head of its OB/GYN department from 1957 until his retirement in 1983. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Bivens' personal and professional backgrounds; his appraisal of the operations of the Lovelace Clinic and Foundation and the major personalities involved...
Dates: 1986 May 1

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

Percy Gillette Cornish III oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 117
Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. P.G. Cornish III (1929-1996), a retired general surgeon of Albuquerque, New Mexico, focuses on his father and grandfather, both also surgeons who practiced in Albuquerque. Dr. Cornish, Sr. practiced in Albuquerque from the 1890s until his death in 1932, and Dr. Cornish, Jr. from 1920 until his death in the 1950s.
Dates: 1991 January 11

Robert Friedenberg oral history collection

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Identifier: HHC 136
Scope and Contents This interview surveys the life and career of Dr. Robert Friedenberg (1909-1990) of Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of New Mexico's pioneer board-certified internists, Dr. Friedenberg practiced in Albuquerque from 1945 until his retirement in 1978. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Friedenberg's personal and professional backgrounds; his service in the U.S. Army and the Veterans Administration, including the VA Hospital in Albuquerque; the development and importance of the...
Dates: 1984 February 21

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