Oral history interview with Martha Manock, 2007 December 7.

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Oral history interview with Martha Manock, 2007 December 7.

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Martha Manock discusses being diagnosed with polio when she was 11 years old while living in Boone, Iowa and how fearful most people were of the disease at the time. She describes the Sister Kenney treatments and physical therapy she received at Blank Hospital and struggling with post-polio syndrome pain that she struggles with as an older adult.

Transcript: 11 leavesSound recording: 1 sound cassette

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...

Manock, Martha Jane, b. 1945,

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Sullivan, Thomas J.

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Thomas Sullivan was a Sergeant of the British Army. From the description of Journal, 1775-1778. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122347646 ...