Several officers in the Women's Auxiliary of the Veterinary Medical Association became interested in veterinarians' lives and biographies about the time that James Herriot published several books about a country veterinarian in the United Kingdom. They then sponsored Dr. George Frykman and Dr. Raymond Muse of the Washington State University History Department to interview veterinarians during meetings of the Washington State Veterinary Medical Association. Most interviewees were practicing veterinarians in Washington and many of them were graduates of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University.
From the guide to the Veterinary Medicine Oral History Project Transcripts, 1973-1979, (Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections)
