Oral history interview with Joan Bellman, 2007 November 7.

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Oral history interview with Joan Bellman, 2007 November 7.

Bellman discusses contracting polio as a teenager; 9 months spent as a patient in Dubuque's Xavier Hospital; years of physical therapy; and the residual effects of the disease.

Transcript: 8 leaves + 3 photocopies of photographsInterview log: 7 leavesSound recording: 1 sound cassette

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SNAC Resource ID: 7532834

Iowa State Historical Society

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Iowa Polio Stories Oral History Project.

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The State Library of Iowa hired Kate Scott to coordinate an oral history project to document the history and impact of polio in Iowa. Interviewees represented counties across Iowa and ranged in age from 55 to 96 and included medical personnel, family members and friends of the afflicted, and polio survivors. The project was carried out in conjunction with the State Library's Center for the Book All Iowa Reads selection for 2007, The Splendid Solution by Jeffrey Kluger. From the descr...

Bellman, Joan Darlene, b. 1939,

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Scott, Kate.

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