Interview with Ruth Eichor, July 16, 1979

Project: Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Ruth Eichor was born in 1907 in Eureka Springs and left in 1929 for a period of forty years. She recalls the town being much larger when Mary Breckinridge lived there, since many people came for the healthful effects of the water. Eichor remembers Richard Thompson, the second husband of Mary Breckinridge, when he was president of Crescent College. She describes the Thompsons' son Breckie and talks about his death in Eureka Springs. She gives some information concerning local doctors and also comments upon the Thompsons' separation prior to their divorce.

Interview Accession

1980oh037_fns135

Interviewee Name

Ruth Eichor

Interviewer Name

Dale Deaton

Interview Date

1979-07-16

Interview Keyword

Arkansas. Crescent College Death Divorce Doctors Eureka Springs (Ark.) Eureka Springs 1907-1929 Healthful effects College presidents Clifford Breckinridge Thompson Water Crescent College and Conservatory for Young Women Richard Ryan Thompson

Interview LC Subject

Children--Health and hygiene--Kentucky Medical care Nursing Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965 Medical care

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