Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, a physician from Kerrville, Texas, who also served as the city and Kerr County health officer. Dr. Bacon discusses his family history, as well as his education, medical career, brief stint in the Air Force, and general town life in Kerrville. While working at Peterson Hospital in Kerrville, he treated trauma victims from car accidents on Highway 27. In the Air Force, he briefly practiced psychiatry, served as a prison doctor, and finally switched to obstetrics and gynecology. He relates stories from his time as an obstetrician, as well as a general practitioner and family physician. He also discusses the history of minority communities in Kerrville, especially during integration, and the founding of the Kerrville Veteran's Hospital. Dr. Bacon's further remembrances, as well as a historical profile of the Kerrville VA Hospital, are included at the end of the interview transcript.

Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.

Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.

Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, physician and musician of Kerr County, including photographs of family, his career as a doctor, musical activities, and newspaper clippings.