One of the richest resources in Special Collections about the history of health and health care is the oral history collection. The program began in 1982 as part of an effort to document New Mexico health history due to the New Mexico Medical Society’s 100th anniversary in 1986.
The collection contains almost 170 interviews with New Mexican providers and health administrators. Unrestricted oral history transcripts are available to view here. Topics covered in the interviews include nursing, rural health care, midwifery, tuberculosis treatment, rural health care, and the history of the UNM School of Medicine.
The complete list of oral histories is available here.