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International Rehabilitation Center for Polio 'Polio Voices' Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OH 186

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.

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Dates

  • Creation: 1936-2006 (bulk 2003-2006)

Extent

5.25 Linear Feet (7 boxes + 16,288,860 bytes digital files)

Creator

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.

Copyright and Re-use Information

Donor's copyrights were transferred to the public domain. Archival collections often contain mixed copyrights; while NLM is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. It is the user's responsibility to research and understand any applicable copyright and re-publication rights not allowed by fair... use. NLM does not grant permissions to publish.

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Privacy Information

Archives and manuscript collections may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in any collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications for which the National Library of Medicine assumes no responsibility....

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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.

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