Pedigree 14 - Male

Title

Subject

Collaboration between the Eugenics Survey of Vermont and the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children in the 1920s.

Description

The individual described in this pedigree was 9 years old when he was committed to the Vermont State School for FeeblemInded Children in 1917. His parents were poor French Canadian immigrants who were dependent on local relief. He spent time at the Vermont Industrial School before being transferred to Brandon. His defects are listed as "Sex perversion. Steals, elopes, unreliable."

Creator

Eugenics Survey of Vermont.

Harriett Abbott, Vermont Eugenics Survey field investigator.

Source

Records of the Eugenics Survey of Vermont. Eugenics Survey of Vermont and the Vermont Commission on Country Life Records 1925-1956. Series ID: PRA-005. Vermont State Archives.

Date

1925

Rights

Open Access. Publication contingent on the removal of personal identifying information. All names have been redacted from the document.

Relation

The University of Vermont has created an online resource containing many documents relating to the Eugenics Survey of Vermont. The url is http://www.uvm.edu/~eugenics/.

Format

Typescript page following a simple format, with names redacted.

Language

English.

Type

eugenics