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The Brandon Training School as it was envisioned at the beginning.

The image is a rendering of the institution as it was envisioned in the 1910s. The idealized illustration includes a church, a schoolhouse, and…

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Pedigrees of Inmates at the Vermont School for Feebleminded Children, 1925

The collection includes selected pedigrees completed by the Eugenics Survey of Vermont of individuals at the Vermont School for Feeble-Minded…

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Prejudiced Accounts of Sexual Abuse in the Pedigrees

In 1919, the Vermont State School for Feeble-Minded Children began admitting not only children but "feeble-minded" women of childbearing age....

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Pedigree 43 - Male

This pedigree describes a young man who was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children when he was 11 years old. After 6 years,…

Pedigree 42 - Male

The boy described in this pedigree was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children when he was 12 years old. Like many inmates,…

Pedigree 41 - Female

This pedigree describes a young woman who was 20 years old at the time of her commitment to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children. Her…