International Rehabilitation Center for Polio 'Polio Voices' Oral History Collection
Abstract
Audio tapes, transcribed interviews, notes and photographs document the experiences of polio survivors, family members, healthcare professionals and others interviewed by Julie Silver as part of the International Rehabilitation Center for Polio's Polio Oral History Project. The project was conducted through Center's Spaulding Outpatient Center, Framingham, MA. The compiled information was largely used for the book Polio Voices: An Oral History from the American Polio Epidemics and Worldwide Eradication Efforts by Julie K. Silver and Daniel Wilson.
Dates
- 1936-2006 (bulk 2003-2006)
Extent
5.25 Linear Feet (7 boxes + 16,288,860 bytes digital files)
Creator
- International Rehabilitation Center for Polio (Organization)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Access Restrictions
Collection contains restricted material. Portions of the collection are restricted according to HMD's Access to Health Information of Individuals policy. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For access to the policy and application form, please visit https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/manuscripts/phi.pdf.
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Historical Note
The International Rehabilitation Center for Polio is located at the Spaulding Outpatient Center in Framingham, MA. The goal of the Center is to provide all polio survivors with the care that they need to improve their quality of life. The International Rehabilitation Center for Polio also provides innovative research, treatment and personalized care for post-polio syndrome.
Collection Summary
Audio tapes, transcribed interviews, notes and photographs document the experiences of polio survivors, family members, healthcare professionals and others interviewed by Julie Silver as part of the International Rehabilitation Center for Polio's 'Polio Voices' Oral History Project. The project was conducted through Center's Spaulding Outpatient Center, Framingham, MA. The compiled information was largely used for the book Polio Voices: An Oral History from the American Polio Epidemics and Worldwide Eradication Efforts by Julie K. Silver and Daniel Wilson.
Word processing files exist for the majority of the transcripts along with audiocasette recordings.
Most of the interviews have releases that indicate the interviewee assented to having the transcripts used without restriction by third-parties after the book was published. In addition many of the patient's names and verbatim extracts of the interviews were published in the book. For these reasons there are no access restrictions on these interviews. Other interviews lacking releases or have releases without specific verbage about assenting to third-party use are PHI-restricted.
Abstract
Audio tapes, transcribed interviews, notes and photographs document the experiences of polio survivors, family members, healthcare professionals and others interviewed by Julie Silver as part of the International Rehabilitation Center for Polio's Polio Oral History Project. The project was conducted through Center's Spaulding Outpatient Center, Framingham, MA. The compiled information was largely used for the book Polio Voices: An Oral History from the American Polio Epidemics and Worldwide Eradication Efforts by Julie K. Silver and Daniel Wilson.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Gift, Anna Rubin/International Rehabilitation Center for Polio, 4/8/2008, Accession 2008-029.
General
- Processed by
- Jenni Orme
- Encoded by
- Jenni Orme
- Processing completed
- December, 2019
Processing Information
The International Rehabilitation Center for Polio 'Polio Voices' Oral History collection was rehoused from original containers into archival folders and boxes upon receipt from the donor. In the course of final processing duplicate cdroms containing word processing transcript files were discarded after the digital contents were transferred to local networked storage.
Creator
- International Rehabilitation Center for Polio (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the International Rehabilitation Center for Polio 'Polio Voices' Oral History Collection, 1936-2006 (bulk 2003-2006)
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- Jenni Orme
- Date
- December, 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
Collecting Area Details
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