Oral history interview with Charles R. Burkett, 2007 October 24.

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Oral history interview with Charles R. Burkett, 2007 October 24.

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Burkett discusses growing up on a farm in Dallas County, Iowa during the Depression; his employment at Hy-line Poultry; contracting polio at the age of 20; his treatment at Broadlawns Hospital in Des Moines; his marriage and family; living with the disabilities left by the disease; postpolio syndrome; and experiences with a polio survivors support group.

Transcript: 16 leavesSound recording: 1 sound cassette

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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...

Scott, Kate.

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Burkett, Charles William, 1873-1962

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