Oral history interview with Rae Leto, 2007 October 30.

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Oral history interview with Rae Leto, 2007 October 30.

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Leto talks about her childhood in Des Moines; her career as a nurse; her family; coming down with polio at age 13 and being treated at Blank Hospital in Des Moines by Dr. James Dyson; and attending some of her junior high school classes from home via a two way communication device. She also expresses concern about the fact the doctors are not trained to treat post-polio syndrome sufferers.

Transcript: 9 leaves + copies of 2 photographs and 3 newspaper clippingsSound 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...

Leto, Rae Louise, b. 1937,

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Wetteland, Annette,

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