Childhood and family life, 1993 July 26

Hunter describes "no books, no God"; superstition about the number 13; polio and the possible cause; polio treatment; career choices; father, mother, grandfathers, and Aunt Jesse; summers in Niles, Michigan; schools, headmasters and classmates; importance of participating on rowing team despite being disabled in that era.

Video concludes with Photographs of family, friends and Dr. Hunter at various ages. Images show: Grandfather Hunter; Florence (Patchen) Hunter, grandmother; father in office, the early years before marriage; father smoking a pipe in front of a mirror; Aunt Jesse (devoted herself to 4 generations of Hunter men, never married, and lived with Dr. Hunter until her death); Hunter's mother and him as an infant; Uncle on mother's side; Hunter as an infant; Hunter and mother at approximate age of 2 l/2 - 3 years old; Hunter in wagon, about 3 years old; Barron Lake with grandfather and Aunt Jesse; Hunter on tricycle, about 4 years old; Hunter working with grandfather on farm in Niles, Michigan, about 5-6 years old; Hunter with father at about 5; Hunter with wagon and horse, which belonged to the neighbor; Uncle LeMont, father, and Hunter, first year after polio in 1922 at Barron Lake house; Hunter on crutches at the Niles, Michigan home; Class of Belmont Hill, Boston; Mother at a much later date; Hunter 9 - 11 years old; Hunter, 21 years old, an undergraduate at Harvard, about 1934.