Interviewer
Barbara K. Dent
Project
El Paso Medical Community
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee
Wife of William C. Basom, M.D., El Paso orthopedic surgeon.
Summary of Interview
Part of Health Care on the Border Project; biographical information; Woman's Auxiliary of El Paso County Medical Society; El Paso hospital in existence in early 1940s; husband's internship at El Paso City-County Hospitals; acquisition of S.T. Turner Home by Medical Society; husband's involvement in pioneering El Paso Orthopedic Surgical Group; Frank Goodwin, M.D, El Paso's first orthopedic surgeon; Medical Auxiliary collection of physician log books from 1869-1940s.
Date of Interview
5-1-1989
Length of Interview
2 hours
Listen to the Interview
Tape Number
No. 816
Transcript Number
No. 816
Length of Transcript
57 pages
Interview Number
No. 816
Terms of Use
Unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Interview with Mrs. Maurine Basom by Barbara K. Dent, 1989, "Interview no. 816," Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso.