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The author studies the following problem arising from linear viscoelasticity \[ \begin{cases} \rho(t,x)u_{tt}(t,x)+K(t,x)u_t(t,x)=\psi_x(t,x)+h(t,x),\quad (t,x)\in[0,T]\times[0,1]\\ \psi(t,x)=E(t,x)u_x(t,x)+\int^t_{-\infty}b(t,s)u_x(s,x)ds\\ u(t,0)=u(t,1)=0,\;t\in[0,T];\;u(s,x)=\varphi(s,x), (s,x)\in ]-\infty,0]\times [0,1]\end{cases}\tag{1} \] transforming it into a first order system in the unknown \({u_x(t,x)\choose u_t(t,x)}\) and then by writing it in an abstract form in the Banach space \(X=C[0,1]\oplus C[0,1]\): \(x'(t)=Q(t)x(t)+\int^t_0H(t,s)x(s)ds+g(t),\;t\in [0,T],\;x(0)=x_0\) where \(Q(t)\) and \(H(t,s)\) are linear operators in \(X\). Finally this integro-differential problem is transformed in a Cauchy problem for an ordinary differential equation in a suitable product space. In this way one can apply the theory of time-dependent family of Hille-Yosida operators [see \textit{G. Da Prato}, \textit{E. Sinestrari}, Semigroup Forum 45, No. 3, 302-321 (1992; Zbl 0791.47040)] and get a classical solution for the initial problem (1). The main part of the paper is dedicated to the difficult task to verify the conditions given in the mentioned paper to get strict solutions (and so classical solutions of (1)).