Oral history interview with Pat Moreland, 2007 October 5.

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Oral history interview with Pat Moreland, 2007 October 5.

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Pat Moreland talks about contracting polio when she was 7 years old and receiving treatment for the next 7 months in Blank Hospital in Des Moines. She describes her career as a dietitian; her family; the decision to have surgery to correct scoliosis at age 32; and adapting to the disabilities brought on by post-polio syndrome.

Transcript: 8 leavesSound recording: 1 sound cassette

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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...

Moreland, Patricia Barrett, b. 1948,

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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 ...