Interviewee

Frances Hatfield

Interviewer

Barbara K. Dent

Project

El Paso Medical Community

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee

Former President of Woman's Auxiliary of El Paso County Medical Society and wife of Haskell Hatfield, M.D.

Summary of Interview

Part of Health Care on the Border Project; recalls husband's intership at El Paso City-County Hospital and opening private practice in Ysleta; economic conditions during the Depression; husband's military stint during WW II ; residency in Houston; polio epidemic; activities of Medical Auxiliary during WW II; Woman's Auxiliary of the Texas Medical Association; acquisition of Turner home by El Paso County Medical Society.

Date of Interview

4-21-1988

Length of Interview

45 minutes

Tape Number

No. 823

Transcript Number

No. 823

Length of Transcript

22 pages

Interview Number

No. 823

Terms of Use

Unrestricted

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