Las Cruces (N.M.)

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Evelyn J. Basile (1917-2009), a board certified pediatrician of Las Cruces, New Mexico, discusses her life and career as a New Mexico physician. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Basile's medical education and post-graduate training experiences; the Las Cruces medical community in the early 1950's; Memorial Hospital's general lack of a pediatric unit and her establishment of a nursery for premature infants; osteopathic and ancillary health...

Abstract Scrapbook from a defunct Rebekah lodge based in Las Cruces, covering the years 1951-1972.

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...

Abstract Nelson’s Funeral home was one of three Las Cruces funeral homes in the mid 1930’s. The funeral home was in the same building that had been the home of the first mayor, Martin Lohman. The Nelsons retired and sold the business in 1965. The building was demolished during the Urban Renewal project in 1968. Funeral records from 1935 to 1965 are in 15 bound volumes. Information of the deceased includes: age, residence, occupation, date of funeral, place and cause of death, name of...

Content Description From the Collection: Twenty photographs on card mounts of Las Cruces, 1899-1900, possibly taken by Charles Fulton Neale and/or Katharine Meadows Neale, his wife. The photographs depict scenes and people around Las Cruces, New Mexico. The backs of the photographs contain descriptive information handwritten in pencil, presumably by the Neales.

Content Description From the Collection: Twenty photographs on card mounts of Las Cruces, 1899-1900, possibly taken by Charles Fulton Neale and/or Katharine Meadows Neale, his wife. The photographs depict scenes and people around Las Cruces, New Mexico. The backs of the photographs contain descriptive information handwritten in pencil, presumably by the Neales.

Content Description From the Collection: Twenty photographs on card mounts of Las Cruces, 1899-1900, possibly taken by Charles Fulton Neale and/or Katharine Meadows Neale, his wife. The photographs depict scenes and people around Las Cruces, New Mexico. The backs of the photographs contain descriptive information handwritten in pencil, presumably by the Neales.

Content Description From the Collection: Twenty photographs on card mounts of Las Cruces, 1899-1900, possibly taken by Charles Fulton Neale and/or Katharine Meadows Neale, his wife. The photographs depict scenes and people around Las Cruces, New Mexico. The backs of the photographs contain descriptive information handwritten in pencil, presumably by the Neales.

Content Description From the Collection: Twenty photographs on card mounts of Las Cruces, 1899-1900, possibly taken by Charles Fulton Neale and/or Katharine Meadows Neale, his wife. The photographs depict scenes and people around Las Cruces, New Mexico. The backs of the photographs contain descriptive information handwritten in pencil, presumably by the Neales.

Content Description From the Collection: Twenty photographs on card mounts of Las Cruces, 1899-1900, possibly taken by Charles Fulton Neale and/or Katharine Meadows Neale, his wife. The photographs depict scenes and people around Las Cruces, New Mexico. The backs of the photographs contain descriptive information handwritten in pencil, presumably by the Neales.

Content Description From the Collection: Twenty photographs on card mounts of Las Cruces, 1899-1900, possibly taken by Charles Fulton Neale and/or Katharine Meadows Neale, his wife. The photographs depict scenes and people around Las Cruces, New Mexico. The backs of the photographs contain descriptive information handwritten in pencil, presumably by the Neales.