Oral history interview with Jannis Larson, 2007 November 15.

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Oral history interview with Jannis Larson, 2007 November 15.

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Larson talks about being diagnosed in Sioux City, Iowa with polio at age 12 and being sent immediately to the hospital in Iowa City where she was in an iron lung for several weeks. She describes various assistive devices she used during her recovery.

Transcript: 8 leaves + copies of 3 photographsSound recording: 1 audio CD

Iowa State Historical Society

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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...

Larson, Jannis Kaye, b. 1938,

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Wetteland, Annette,

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