- The activities and program during the National Foundation’s 20th Anniversary
Celebration and description of the Polio Hall of Fame were among Armstrong’s
personal papers including his correspondence with the Wall’s sculptor. - The press media covered Armstrong’s activities in poliomyelitis extensively,
initially with nasal spraying and then the adaptation of the virus to rodents. Some
representative news articles primarily during the spraying period include: The
Literary Digest August 8, 1936; The Youngstown Telegram January 14, 1936;
United Press 1936; Birmingham, Alabama, Herald August 15, 1936, (cartoon);
Science Service July 14,15, 1936; The Washington Post September 13, 1936; The
Washington Herald June 1, 1936. Many early articles occurred in the Washington,
DC area newspapers in 1935.
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