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    No.559 Anna Maria Bennett

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    Transcript (68 pages) of interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Anna Maria Bennett on July 18, 2010Bennett (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. This interview is part of the Polio Oral History Project. Interviewer: Becky B. Lloy

    Gwendolyn Bennett Coleman with Sam B. Coleman

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    “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974) took this image of his daughter Gwendolyn Bennett Coleman with her son, Sam B. Coleman (1938-2016). Bennett was a prominent pharmacist in Swain County, NC. Owner of the Bryson City Drug Company, Bennett served as alderman and mayor of Bryson City, on the Swain County Board of Education, as well as several terms as NC State Senator and NC State Representative. He participated in numerous other initiatives and organizations. Known as the “Apostle of the Smokies,” Bennett was an instrumental figure in the movement to create the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He was also an avid photographer, skillfully documenting a wide variety of people, places, and events in Swain County and the surrounding area
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