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While most male inmates entered the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children at a younger age than their female counterparts in the 1920s, this man was 25 when he was transferred to Brandon from the Vermont State Hospital, where he had been…

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This pedigree describes an adult woman with a traumatic history who was committed to the Vermont State School in 1925. Of her father, the social worker writes, "Insane. Violent temper. Abusive . . . People afraid of him. Points gun at them." Of the…

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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 commitment exemplifies the practice, begun in 1919, of institutionalizing "feeble-minded" women of…

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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, he had been without consistent care for much of his life. Under "Additional History," the social…

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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, he ran away from the institution and was subsequently discharged. Runaways were not uncommon;…

Kelly_to_Sister_M_Virginia_Claire_6-22-51.pdf

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The image is a rendering of the institution as it was envisioned in the 1910s. The idealized illustration includes a church, a schoolhouse, and residential buildings arranged around a central green.

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