Oral history interview with John Dahm , 2007 August 27.

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Oral history interview with John Dahm , 2007 August 27.

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John Dahm talks about contracting polio at age 15; being treated at St. Joseph's Hospital in Sioux City; using braces, canes and other assistive devices as a young patient and later as an older person with post-polio syndrome; working in the lab and x-ray departments of the Elizabeth Kenny Institute; adapting his home to his disabilities; and his family life.

Transcript: 9 leaves + 26 photographs, project files, newspaper articleSound recording: 1 sound cassette

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...

Elizabeth Kenny Institute

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Dahm, John Edward, b. 1934,

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Dahm, John Edward, b. 1929.

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Scott, Kate.

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