Oral history interview with Lyle DeGraw, 2007 November 8.

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Oral history interview with Lyle DeGraw, 2007 November 8.

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DeGraw talks about being diagnosed with polio at Mercy Hospital in Mason City in 1952 and immediately being transported by ambulance to the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City where he stayed for 3 months. He describes his jobs, meeting and marrying his wife, and his struggles with post-polio syndrome.

Transcript: 11 leaves + 2 photos, project filesSound 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...

DeGraw, Lyle Everett, b. 1936,

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Scott, Kate.

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