Box 63
Container
Contains 19 Results:
No.531 Marcia Edgley Packer, 2010
File — Box: 63, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Packer (b. 1946) was born in Preston, Idaho. She tells about her early family life. She contracted polio at age six, inSeptember 1952. She describes what she remembers about getting sick. At home she received heat treatment, which she describes. She was taken to a doctor for a spinal tap and sent to St. Anthony’s Hospital in Pocatello when polio was suspected. She remembers experiencing pain and fever for some...
Dates:
2010
No.532 Richard William Sline, 2010
File — Box: 63, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Sline (b. 1947) was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He discusses his family life and schooling. He contracted polio in 1950 at age three in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He combines his own recollections with stories he was told about getting sick. His family home was quarantined with a large red “P” sign on the front door while Rick was in the hospital (approximately three months). After the hospital, his arm was in a...
Dates:
2010
No.533 Barbara Greenlee Toomer, 2009
File — Box: 63, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Toomer (b. 1929) was born in Pasadena, California. She discusses her family and schooling. She graduated from St. Monica High School in 1947, where she was on the basketball, tennis, and swimming teams. She attended Santa Monica Junior College, graduated from El Camino College, and graduated from St. Joseph’s College of Nursing in San Francisco. She discusses her school experiences and training during this...
Dates:
2009
No.534 Harold A. Decker, MD, 2010
File — Box: 63, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Decker (b. 1932), born in Salt Lake City, Utah, discusses his family, growing up and schooling. He contracted polio while in medical school at the University of Utah. He describes getting sick, including overall painful spasms through his body. He was admitted to the hospital for a spinal tap, which he describes. He was put in isolation for a period of time, then bed rest for one month. He received hot pack therapy...
Dates:
2010
No.535 Sharon Ann Jensen Duram, 2010
File — Box: 63, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Duram (b. 1939) discusses growing up in Brigham City while working in her father’s general store until her early twenties. She contracted polio at age twelve in early September 1951. She describes getting sick. She spent ten days in the hospital and relates what she remembers of her experiences there. After hospitalization, she received physical therapy at Dee Hospital in Ogden, along with heat pack therapy, which...
Dates:
2010
No.536 Christopher Lynn Hill, 2010
File — Box: 63, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Hill (b. 1947) was born in Los Angeles, California. He discusses his family and neighborhood. He contracted polio in September 1953 at the age of five. He was hospitalized and was in an iron lung for a period of time. He relates what he remembers of getting sick and his hospital experiences. He received hot pack treatments and some physical therapy. He talks about being ostracized in the neighborhood and at school...
Dates:
2010
No.537 Sandra Lee Day Johnson, 2010
File — Box: 63, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Johnson (b.1940) was born in Bremerton, Washington. She discusses her family and growing up years. She contracted polio at age eight. She talks about getting sick, going to the hospital for a spinal tap, and being admitted to the isolation unit. She spent approximately three months in St. Benedict’s Hospital in Ogden, Utah. She relates hospital conditions and treatments received, including hot packs, the Hubbard...
Dates:
2010
No.538 Joylene Kelsch Eves and Carol Kelsch, 2010
File — Box: 63, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
Ms. Kelsch (b, 1942) and Ms. Eves (b. 1947) are sisters. Both were born in Heber City, Utah, and grew up in Provo, Utah. Ms. Kelsch contracted polio at age ten. Ms. Eves was told as an adult that she had apparently suffered from a mild case of polio while a youngster.
In the interview, both women discuss family, growing up and schooling. Carol contracted polio at age ten in early September 1952...
Dates:
2010
No.539 Dale John Lambert, 2010
File — Box: 63, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
Lambert (b.1946) was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. His family moved shortly thereafter to California. He discusses his family. He contracted polio at age three. He relates what he has been told about getting sick. He was hospitalized in San Diego from early August 1949 to spring 1950. He recalls some hospital memories. While there he received some physical therapy, which continued on an outpatient basis...
Dates:
2010