Barbara Greenlee Toomer, West Valley City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, November 7, 2009

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Title Barbara Greenlee Toomer, West Valley City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, November 7, 2009
Alternative Title No.533 Barbara Greenlee Toomer
Creator Toomer, Barbara Greenlee, 1929-
Contributor Cooley, Everett L.; University of Utah. American West Center; Lloyd, Becky B.
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 2009-11-07
Collection Number and Name ACCN 0814 Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project
Finding Aid https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv48007
Access Rights I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah.
Date Digital 2014-06-11
Spatial Coverage West Valley City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5784607/ ; Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5393212/
Subject Toomer, Barbara Greenlee, 1929- --Interviews; Poliomyelitis--Patients --Utah--Biography
Description Transcript (52 pages) of interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Barbara Greenlee Toomer on November 7, 2009
Abstract 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 three-year program. After graduating, she accepted a job at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica in the surgery department. She joined the Army Nursing Corp in April 1953, taking basic training at Fort Sam Houston before assignment to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in a variety of posts. She met and married her husband (also in the Army) and completed her Army commitment in 1955. She gave birth to a daughter in 1955. Transferred to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in 1956. Barbara contracted polio in September of that year, along with five others from the base. She was hospitalized until January 1957 and recounts her hospital experiences, physical and occupational therapy. All of her limbs were affected and for a time was immobilized from the neck down. She regained considerable use of her arms (which are now quite limited with post-polio) but her legs never regained usefulness. After a series of moves around the country, she with her family moved to Utah in the early 1970's. Barbara has become an effective community activist, holding several paid and volunteer positions with various advocacy organizations, particularly for the disabled and disadvantaged. She discusses her interests, activities, accomplishments and continuing challenges in these areas. This interview is part of the Polio Oral History Project. Interviewer: Becky Lloyd
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Language eng
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ARK ark:/87278/s6rn4s6m
Topic Poliomyelitis--Patients
Setname uum_elc
ID 797673
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rn4s6m
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