Interview with Louise Ray, Edward H. Ray, December 7, 1978
Project: Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Dr. Edward Ray began his medical practice in Lexington in 1929. He discusses his role in establishing a medical school at the University of Kentucky and his appointment as head of the Division of Urology at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. During the early 1960s he treated Mary Breckinridge and became well acquainted with her. Ray admires the work of the FNS because the local people were permitted to retain their self-respect. He mentions other contacts with the FNS, including patient referrals and internships from the University of Kentucky Medical School. Louise Ray comments on her acquaintance with Mary Breckinridge and other members of the Breckinridge family. She also indicates that their daughter served for one summer as an FNS courier.Interview Accession
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Edward H. Ray
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Ray, Louise Interview by Dale Deaton. 07 Dec. 1978. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Ray, L. (1978, December 07). Interview by D. Deaton. Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Ray, Louise, interview by Dale Deaton. December 07, 1978, Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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