| Title |
Shirley Rae Olson Christensen Burggraaf, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, September 30, 2009 |
| Alternative Title |
No.473 Shirley Rae Olson Christensen Burggraaf |
| Creator |
Burggraaf, Shirley Rae Olson Christensen, 1926- |
| Contributor |
Cooley, Everett L.; University of Utah. American West Center; Lloyd, Becky B. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2009-09-30 |
| Collection Number and Name |
ACCN 0814 Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project |
| Finding Aid |
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv48007 |
| Access Rights |
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| Date Digital |
2014-06-11 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5136454/ ; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ |
| Subject |
Burggraaf, Shirley Rae Olson Christensen, 1926- --Interviews; Poliomyelitis--Patients--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (23 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Shirley Rae Olson Christensen Burggraaf on September 30, 2009 |
| Abstract |
Burggraaf (b. 1926) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She graduated with an accounting degree from the University of Utah and worked locally until marrying. She and he husband moved to Schenectady, New York, for his employment and they had one child. She contracted polio around 1950, while in her early twenties. She was treated at a Schenectady hospital in an isolation ward for two or three weeks before being transferred by train to Salt Lake City, where she was cared for by family members. She discusses her treatment and therapy, along with her recovery, limitations, and post-polio syndrome. Shirley stayed in Salt Lake City and subsequently gave birth to two additional children. Part of the Polio Project. Interviewer: Becky Lloyd |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Matt Wilkinson |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6hd9d2k |
| Topic |
Poliomyelitis--Patients |
| Setname |
uum_elc |
| ID |
799499 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd9d2k |
