Box 65
Container
Contains 19 Results:
No.559 Anna Maria Bennett, 2010
File — Box: 65, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Bennett (b. 1952) discusses her family and early memories of Costa Rica. She contracted polio at sixteen months and spent a short time in an iron lung. She received treatment at the Shriners Hospital in San Francisco, California. She describes her treatment, permanent disabilities, and post-polio health issues.
Polio Oral History Project.
Interviewer: Becky B. Lloyd
Polio Oral History Project.
Interviewer: Becky B. Lloyd
Dates:
2010
No.560 Brent Manning, 2009
File — Box: 65, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Manning describes the climbing culture in Boulder, Colorado in the 1970s. He recalls climbing in Colorado, Europe, Alaska, and the Himalaya region. He describes his expedition to Mt. Everest in 1990, which was special to him because of his son's presence at base camp.
Utah Outdoor Recreation Project. Interviewed by Matt Driscoll.
Utah Outdoor Recreation Project. Interviewed by Matt Driscoll.
Dates:
2009
No.561 Rick Reese, 2008
File — Box: 65, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Reese (b. 1942) graduated from East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, then joined the army reserve and served active duty in response to the Berlin crisis. He worked for the National Park Service as a climbing ranger at Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park. His first great climbing experience was Mount Rainier, where he was a part of the youngest unguided climb up to that date. He became a part of the Alpine Buck Climbing Club, and was very active in the Wasatch, which has some of the...
Dates:
2008
No.562 David Clayton Dunford, 2010
File — Box: 65, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Dunford (b.1939) discusses his family and the family business, Dunford Bakery.He contracted polio at age 8 in February 1947. He describes getting sick. He and his two brothers contracted the disease at the same time and were all treated at home. They enlisted the services of Dr. Ted Robinson for a unique treatment method: liquid deprivation and sucrose injections. He describes the treatment. David also had bulbar polio and was unable to talk and swallow. He was fed through a naso-gastric tube...
Dates:
2010
No.563 Michael P. Collins, M.D., 2009
File — Box: 65, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Collins (b. 1945) was born in San Francisco, California. He discusses his family and early memories. He contracted polio at age five and tells about getting sick and being taken by ambulance to an isolation unit at San Francisco General Hospital. He recalls the hospital conditions and activities. He couldn't walk and had difficulty breathing. He was in an iron lung for a period of time. After isolation, he moved to a general ward and started physical therapy, which included exercises, massages...
Dates:
2009
No.564 Bruce Tremper, 2008
File — Box: 65, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Tremper (b. 1953) grew up in a large Catholic outdoorsy family in Missoula, Montana.His father was a working class businessman and his mother was an academic. Bruce was a ski racer for the University of Montana, was on the Junior National Ski Team for three years and the US Ski Team Talent Squad until he decided that he could not continue for financial reasons. In college he worked trail maintenance every summer for Glacier National Park. He got his degree in Geology and joined the Ski Patrol...
Dates:
2008
No.565 Paul Horton, 2007
File — Box: 65, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Horton (b. 1948) grew up in Salt Lake City. He was fascinated with climbing, and spent a great deal of his youth hiking with the Wasatch Mountain and Ute Alpine clubs. He discusses the two clubs extensively, stressing the effect they had on his development as a climber and providing background on who was climbing in Utah in the sixties and seventies. After college, Horton guided in the Tetons during the summer. He eventually became a partner in Jackson Hole Mountain Guides. Outdoor...
Dates:
2007
No.566 Susan Schoer, 2008
File — Box: 65, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Schroer was born and raised in Missouri and majored in journalism and psychology at Drury University. She discovered how rewarding it was to work with disabled children during a college internship. After college she did an AmeriCorps position with Splore, a nonprofit organization in Salt Lake City that provides outdoor recreation opportunities for people with disabilities. She is still working there. Splore takes kids and adults out into nature on an adventure, expanding their experience and...
Dates:
2008
No.567 Garth B. Myers, M.D., 2010
File — Box: 65, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Myers (b. 1921) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He discusses his family, growing up years, and schooling. He served an LDS mission to Los Angeles, California, while simultaneously attending school at the University of Southern California. He graduated from the USC medical school. While working as a resident at the Los Angeles County Hospital, Myers contracted polio. He was thirty years old. He describes his symptoms and treatment. He emerged from the disease with no noticeable disability. He...
Dates:
2010
No.568 Cerre Francis, 2008
File — Box: 65, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Cerre (b. 1979) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and suffered from hip dysplasia. Treatment for her condition involved multiple surgeries and a body cast during her first year. Her family was not particularly oriented to the outdoors so early in her life she was limited to taking lessons that her parents signed her up with. Her high-energy nature led her to more adventures in the outdoors when her family moved out of urban St. Louis. She first experienced climbing when a friend, who was an...
Dates:
2008