Oral history interview with Everett Jensen, 2007 August 8.

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Oral history interview with Everett Jensen, 2007 August 8.

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Everett talks about falling ill in 1952 and going to Sioux City, Iowa for treatment. When the Sioux City facility was closed he was moved to Iowa City before returning home 11 months later. He describes his rehabilitation activities at home and various aids and family members that helped him as well as his struggles with post-polio syndrome. This collection also includes a newsletter of the Nebraska Post-Polio Survivor's Association and one from Iowa Polio Survivors, Inc.

Transcript: 12 leaves + 5 photographs, issues of the Nebraska Post-Polio Survivor's Association and Iowa Polio Survivors, Inc. newsletter.Sound 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...

Jensen, Everett Ernest-Jens, b. 1933,

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Scott, Kate.

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