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Several relatives of this young woman, who was 23 at the time of her commitment, were also in state institutions. Her father was in prison and her mother and one sibling were in the state hospital. Four of her siblings were in the Vermont Industrial…

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This pedigree describes a boy who was 14 at the time of his commitment to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children. As is evident in many of the pedigrees, the loss or desertion of a parent was a factor in this boy's institutionalization. …

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This pedigree gives an account of a young woman who was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children to prevent her from producing any additional offspring. Though her IQ score, at 84, was barely "below average," her status as a…

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This pedigree describes a woman who was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children in 1922 when she was 22 years old. Her family was the subject of a broader family pedigree. According to the eugenic fieldworker, sexual…

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This pedigree features a man with microcephaly who had bounced between various institutions throughout his first 23 years. Because Vermont did not have its own institution for "feebleminded children" until 1915, the Burlington Overseer of the Poor…

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Admitted to the Vermont State School for Feeble-Minded Children when she was 8 years old, the child described in this pedigree likely came to the attention of state authorities when her mother died. Her defects are listed as "Masturbation.…

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In 1980, David J. Crawford, a Rutland architect, was commissioned by the State of Vermont to complete a survey of facilities at BTS. The title of the document is "Facilities Study of Brandon Training School, Brandon, Vermont for State of Vermont…
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