Oral history interview with Merlin Stratton, 2007 October 31.

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Oral history interview with Merlin Stratton, 2007 October 31.

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Stratton talks about growing up on a farm near Quimby, Iowa; contracting polio as a young teenager; receiving treatment from doctors in Sioux City; rehabilitating at home with his parents' help; being ineligible for military service as a result of polio; and becoming a truck driver after the family left the farm.

Transcript: 6 leaves + digital copy of 1 photographSound 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...

Stratton, Merlin Tuff, b. 1937,

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Wetteland, Annette,

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