Oral history interview with Matthew Vieira

Item Information

Title:
Oral history interview with Matthew Vieira
Description:
Matthew Vieira was born in 1934 in East Boston, Massachusetts. His father, who was Portuguese, worked as a truck driver. Matty had two sisters and describes his home as “Just an average American family.” Mr. Vieira has one son. He and his wife Eleanor are very involved with the hemophilia community and feel support is critical in coping with the disease. Matty was diagnosed with severe Factor VIII deficiency at age six. He was successfully treated for his Hepatitis C Transcript and .mp3 file of oral history interview with Matthew Vieira
Creator:
Boston Hemophilia Center Oral History Project, A Gift of Experience
Contributor:
Gray, Laura Vieira, Matthew
Date:
August 12, 2004
Format:
Documents
Genre:
Digital text document, digital audio file
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
The Gift of Experience, 2004-2007 (inclusive). H MS c228
Boston Hemophilia Center. Oral History Project. The gift of experience, 2004-2007, H MS c228
Series:
The Gift of Experience, 2004-2007 (inclusive). H MS c228
Subjects:
Vieira, Matthew
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Gray, Laura
Hemophilia
Hemophilia--Patients
Oral history
Extent:
1 transcript (35 pages) and 1 .mp3 file (70 MB)
Link to Item:
https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/17774
Terms of Use:
The Harvard Medical Library does not hold copyright on all materials in this collection. For use information, consult Public Services at chm@hms.harvard.edu
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Language:
English
Notes:
These records were donated to the Harvard Medical Library by Laura Gray, the coordinator of the project, in July of 2006
Identifier:
H MS c228