Oral history interview with Nancy R. Nichols, 2007 November 14.

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Oral history interview with Nancy R. Nichols, 2007 November 14.

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Nancy Nichols of Knoxville, Iowa talks about contracting polio when she was 6 years old; being treated by the Brooklyn, Iowa town physician and recuperating in her home; having her house quarantined; gamma globulin injections for her family members as a preventative measure; two traffic accidents that were the result of post-polio symptoms; and her family and teaching career.

Transcript: 11 leaves + printout of 1 digital photograhSound recording: 1 sound cassette, 1 audio CD

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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...

Lincoln, Kathy,

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Nichols, Nancy R., b. 1933,

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Frazer, Claudia,

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